“God has instructed me to go ahead” he told PUNCH
in a recent interview.
When asked why he lost past elections even with
the claims that he was being instructed by God to
contest, Chris Okotie said, “these election questions
are inter-related. If they didn’t rig, then I could have
won. Apart from election malpractices, the duty of a
servant of God is to obey his master when he gives
him instructions, irrespective of whether he fails or
succeeds. Like Moses in the Bible, who kept fighting
until Pharaoh released the Israelites.
“Those who opined that my presidential ambition is
a dramatic serialisation of a political whim are
indeed the unintelligent who seek to fathom the
Okotie enigma. I consider such people a necessary
comic relief from the tedium of the day. Why would I
jeopardise my life, deplete my domestic economy,
engage political rascals, hoodlums and brigands
and threaten the stability of my ecclesiastical
responsibility if I’m not fully persuaded that this a
heavenly calling? My only reply to these gainsayers
is, delay is no denial.” He further said.
Re-affiriming his controversial statement on the
Roman Catholic, he said “It is because the church
perverts the gospel of Jesus Christ and that
perversion is located in the leadership. Even as
Pope Francis recently announced. However, there
are many good Christians within the Catholic Church
who are not aware of the doctrine of the Roman
Catholic Church, that has substituted Mary for
Jesus, in what is known as the hyperdulia of the
Virgin Mary. Salvation for them is not through Jesus
alone but in accordance with what Pope Francis
recently announced to the world. That, in itself, is a
direct violation of the sanctity of the scriptures.
Defending his flamboyant fashion style and
hairstyle, the controversial pastor said “Pastors are
human beings, right? We could be fashionable like
everyone else. King Solomon, the servant of God
was the most fashionable icon in his day. My hair
style is part of my fashion statement. I have no
misgivings at all. Also, I do not wear jerry curls. It is
now old fashioned. There are better innovations in
hair styling today.
in a recent interview.
When asked why he lost past elections even with
the claims that he was being instructed by God to
contest, Chris Okotie said, “these election questions
are inter-related. If they didn’t rig, then I could have
won. Apart from election malpractices, the duty of a
servant of God is to obey his master when he gives
him instructions, irrespective of whether he fails or
succeeds. Like Moses in the Bible, who kept fighting
until Pharaoh released the Israelites.
“Those who opined that my presidential ambition is
a dramatic serialisation of a political whim are
indeed the unintelligent who seek to fathom the
Okotie enigma. I consider such people a necessary
comic relief from the tedium of the day. Why would I
jeopardise my life, deplete my domestic economy,
engage political rascals, hoodlums and brigands
and threaten the stability of my ecclesiastical
responsibility if I’m not fully persuaded that this a
heavenly calling? My only reply to these gainsayers
is, delay is no denial.” He further said.
Re-affiriming his controversial statement on the
Roman Catholic, he said “It is because the church
perverts the gospel of Jesus Christ and that
perversion is located in the leadership. Even as
Pope Francis recently announced. However, there
are many good Christians within the Catholic Church
who are not aware of the doctrine of the Roman
Catholic Church, that has substituted Mary for
Jesus, in what is known as the hyperdulia of the
Virgin Mary. Salvation for them is not through Jesus
alone but in accordance with what Pope Francis
recently announced to the world. That, in itself, is a
direct violation of the sanctity of the scriptures.
Defending his flamboyant fashion style and
hairstyle, the controversial pastor said “Pastors are
human beings, right? We could be fashionable like
everyone else. King Solomon, the servant of God
was the most fashionable icon in his day. My hair
style is part of my fashion statement. I have no
misgivings at all. Also, I do not wear jerry curls. It is
now old fashioned. There are better innovations in
hair styling today.
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