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You can’t reorder mode of Christian worship – Okotie
Let no man’s heart be troubled by the vengeance of satanic antagonism. Dagon the god of the Philistines fell in obeisance before the Ark of God. Coronavirus, the god of Secular Humanism will be decapitated in like manner
BY NICHOLAS ABE
As the Lagos State and Federal Government tether on the issue of reopening of churches and other religious places of worship due to the fear of coronavirus infection, the shepherd of the Household of God Church, Rev Chris Okotie, has declared that the church will remain closed.
Okotie said the doors to the Household of God Church in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos will remain closed until the virus, which he described as an idol is destroyed.
He said effort by government to reorder the mode of church worship in deference to the coronavirus is an attempt to deny God the honour due to Him and which comes from congregational worship.
In a statement he sent out to members of the church on Friday, Pastor Okotie urged patience, prophesying that the god of coronavirus will soon be destroyed.
He said: “Beloved, yesterday (Thursday), the abomination of desolation took a giant step towards standing in the holy place. Fulfilment of Bible prophecy is being accelerated by the forces of Jannes and Jambres. To reorder temple worship is to deny God the divine prerogative of congregational adoration and the holy genuflects of the saints in light.
“Let no man’s heart be troubled by the vengeance of satanic antagonism. Dagon the god of the Philistines fell in obeisance before the Ark of God. Coronavirus, the god of Secular Humanism will be decapitated in like manner.
“Our doors will remain closed until these profanation and secularisation have been pulverised by the Emperor of heaven. Unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
“To thy tents O Israel…”
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Okotie described the concept of social distancing inside the church as blasphemous and contrary to the truth of God’s word.
“Healing is fundamental to the redemptive work of Jesus. To allow the idol of coronavirus to determine the scope of congregational worship in the house of God is an abomination of gargantuan proportions.
“No true minister of the gospel will succumb to such travesty of the faith,” Okotie who said he had restrained himself from making a public outcry of the issue of coronavirus said in an earlier statement.