Founder and Senior Pastor of Covenant Singles and Married Ministries, Pastor Chris Ojigbani, has cautioned Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) Worldwide against teaching wrong doctrines.
He gave the warning in reaction to a sermon preached by Suleman in which he permitted his members to leave a marriage if their spouse had lied about their fertility.
Suleman had said in his sermon last week: “You entered marriage with somebody who you discovered told you a destiny lie; a lady had no womb, she hid it from you, a man was impotent, he hid it from you. Now you are married you found out he’s impotent.
“I’m not saying he told you before marriage and both of you decided to pray about it, that’s understandable. But he lied! And he’s impotent. She lied! And she has no womb. And you already enter. Get out!
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“You say ‘Apostle, are you saying divorce?’ It’s not divorce because before the sight of God, that is no marriage, that is deception. It’s not divorce, it;s dissolve. In the law court, that is not marriage, that man can be sued and can be arrested.”
Reacting, Ojigbani, who posted a 10-minute video on YouTube on the issue said: “I am here to correct an error made by Pastor Suleman Johnson. I watched one of the videos where he spoke on divorce. He actually encouraged divorce and I cried in my heart.
“I was so shocked when I watched the video. The most annoying part of it is the fact that he used the law court to support his teaching. In Christianity, it is very wrong to use the law as your basis of teaching. In Christianity, we use the Holy Bible as our basis of authority. So let us go to the Bible and correct the wrong teaching.
“What has the Bible got to say concerning divorce? The first thing I would like you to know about marriage is that marriage is a covenant, a covenant between a man and his wife, and God confirms it.
“Rather than asking people to divorce, pray for them and they will have their desired miracles. That is what Christianity is all about, especially if you are a man of God. You should pray for people to have their desired miracles rather than teaching them to divorce.
“Do you know the extent of damage this wrong teaching has done to the kingdom, in the Christian community? Do you know how many people are planning to divorce now because of this wrong teaching?
“I would like to state here that this is not a personal spite against Pastor Suleman Johnson. No! It is not at all. I don’t even know him personally. All I am doing is to correct the wrong teaching so that people are not led astray.
“So why am I correcting it? Because it is a mandate from God. The next question is: Is this mandate in the Bible? Yes! It can be found in Book of 2Timothy 4:2. In that scripture, the Bible says rebuke and correct wrong doctrines and that is exactly what I am doing.
“I also want to use this opportunity to sound a note of warning. Make sure you don’t teach wrong doctrines, especially in the area of marriage. Because if I hear any wrong doctrine that is being taught, I will correct it. And I will not correct it in the secret. I will correct it in the openly just as the Bible prescribes.
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“Enough is enough! We are tired of wrong teachings. They are too many. The marriage institution has been destroyed today because of wrong teachings. Enough is enough! Let’s make sure that every message we teach is correct before teaching. If you are not sure it’s correct, please don’t teach it.
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“Divorce is never the solution. Please don’t divorce your spouse. If Jacob was deceived into marrying Leah and that marriage stayed. The marriage was not dissolved because Jacob had already entered into the covenant. If you are already married, do not divorce your spouse. Look for solution to your problem. God will help you. Our God is a God of miracle. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man put asunder?”
palmeridus1 at 17-09-2017 04:02 AM (7 years ago) (m)
My dear man of God as you claimed. Apostlet Suleman has not said anything wrong .what I see is that you just want to use[9/17, 04:52] Evangelist Palmer: My dear man of God as you claimed. Apostlet Suleman has not said anything wrong .what I see is that you just want to use this platform to seek attention so that people may know you and said pastor that criticis Suleman. How can a man build a marriage on deception. at the first place if anyone deceive just to drag a man or vice versa to marriage ,such man is far from be a believer such marriage is build on wood not on Gold such can not withstand the test of time . [9/17, 05:00] Evangelist Palmer: 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames. this platform
Posted: at 17-09-2017 04:02 AM (7 years ago) | Newbie
So if u get married to a man and then find out he has three wives already without him telling you, you stay? I think we should stop deceiving ourselves and face the truth. Why go into marriage wit lies, covenant here or there wit lies it has no value. A marriage based on lies is tend to break, bt most of us will decide to stay and suffer all in name of religion.
Posted: at 17-09-2017 07:06 AM (7 years ago) | Newbie
chopnuckle at 17-09-2017 09:06 AM (7 years ago) (m)
why are we deceiving ourselves?a lier is not of God..thats deception my people..how can a woman after several abortions happens to lose her womb deceive an innocent person into marriage and expect the marriage to survive when the man finds out?how can a man man whose manhood is not erecting deceive a young innocent girl into marriage and expect the man the girl to stay when she finds out?u are talking of mirracle ..easy said than done.who among us here can bear that ?
Posted: at 17-09-2017 09:06 AM (7 years ago) | Newbie
SULEMAN IS VERY CORRECT AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG IN WHAT HE SAID ALL THIS PASTORS WAY NO MEET UP THAT IS HOW THEY TALK TRASH. CAN YOU THIS MUMU STAY WITH A WOMAN WITH A WOMB? AND SHE DINT TELL YOU BEFORE ?
Posted: at 17-09-2017 10:31 AM (7 years ago) | Upcoming
Every covenant have its terms and conditions, both parties must know, understand and agreed to abide by them. But when either of the parties are decieved by not telling each other what they ought to know before going into that covenant, the other party have the right to break the covenant without any liabilities. Is Pastor Chris Ojibani saying that because Jacob was decieved to marry Leah and he stayed in the marriage everyone decieved into marriage must stay in that marriage. I think Pastor Chris Ojibani should also agreed that such a man have every right to marry the second wife as Jacob did. Teach your members not to decieve one another, deception disanulled every covenant so is also marriage.
Posted: at 17-09-2017 03:47 PM (7 years ago) | Newbie
samuel4777 at 17-09-2017 06:14 PM (7 years ago) (m)
Quote from: mysegun on 17-09-2017 07:06 AM
So if u get married to a man and then find out he has three wives already without him telling you, you stay? I think we should stop deceiving ourselves and face the truth. Why go into marriage wit lies, covenant here or there wit lies it has no value. A marriage based on lies is tend to break, bt most of us will decide to stay and suffer all in name of religion.
may God bless u
Posted: at 17-09-2017 06:14 PM (7 years ago) | Newbie
osarobo62 at 17-09-2017 07:48 PM (7 years ago) (m)
Pastor Chris Ojibani looks like a con man to me. he used Jacob who conned his brother Esau of his birthright . a marriage based on falsehood is no marriage in the sight of GOD
Posted: at 17-09-2017 07:48 PM (7 years ago) | Hero