The General Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life
Ministry, Pastor W.F Kumuyi, has warned
members of the church against celebrating
Christmas, saying the celebration of Christmas is
idolatrous and unscriptural. Kumuyi warned that doing so is making Christians
to go back from the commandment of Jesus
Christ. “We don’t celebrate Christmas. It actually came
from idolatrous background. That is why you don’t
hear us sing what they call Christmas carol,
Never! We always say it is
gathering together because it is the holiday period and love the lord more, and rededicate ourselves
more.” The cleric said this on Saturday at the annual
national December convention of the church,
which held at the church’s camp ground in Ogun
State. He said, “When you find anybody coming in, or
any leader, trying to introduce the idolatry of
mystery Babylon, that they call Christmas and
you want to bring all the Christmas carol saying
that is the day that Jesus was born, and you don’t
find that in the Acts of the Apostles or in the early church, then you don’t find that in the
church either. If you don’t know that before, now
you know.” He warned that any of the church’s leaders that
tried to introduce the “idolatry of Christmas” into
any section of the church would be sanctioned,
while also encouraging other believers in Christ to
jettison the celebration as part of their sacrifice to
perfection. Kumuyi said the duty of the church is to make
people more like Jesus Christ, not join in worldly
celebrations.
“We are not trying to make the church turn like the
world. We want it to be like Jesus Christ, and more
like the Apostles. If you don’t have that mind with us, then you have permission to go to other
places,” he added. Source: Sunnewsonline
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