Founder
of Believers Love World Ministry aka Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris
Oyakhilome, has finally spoken on the divorce suit filed against him by
his wife after days of silence on the issue.
Chris and Anita Oyakhilome
According to the Daily Post,
Oyakhilome described the allegations levelled against him as “crazy” and
“stupid” and urged his church members to pray for his estranged wife
while speaking on Sunday evening during the monthly global communion
service of the church.
Oyakhilome, who appeared visibly
disturbed during his first few minutes on stage, acknowledged that
divorce is un-Biblical but suggested he could consider the option should
his wife insist on it.
“I
heard that some media houses– especially in Nigeria, are writing some
things against me. All sorts of frivolous charges, that’s crazy.
“You
have to understand something about a man of God. A man of God is not
just someone who worships God or preaches God. A man of God is
handpicked by God, set on course by God. If you study the scriptures,
you will not find one man of God go against God, sinning against God.
“The
only thing you might find will be a man of God, maybe in two different
kinds of ways. Moses, for example, when he struck the rock twice, he was
provoked by the anger of the people. It was not because he wanted to do
something against the Lord. No man of God does something against the
Lord.
“Are
you hearing me? A man of God is set on a course; there is a type of
life that he is given. Then you have a young man, a young prophet; he
wasn’t named; he was deceived by another man of God and so he went in a
direction that God said ‘don’t go’.
“That
is the only kind of thing you find about a man of God when he misses
the message of God or he acts beyond what God said. But a man of God
settles himself in the fight against the world… like those writing those
stupid things about me, that I did this and I did that.
“You
don’t know who a man of God is. I don’t go in that direction. I wasn’t
accused of the things you said, nor did I commit those stupid things
that you said and I don’t need to go into that level in such
discussions”.
He recalled that Jesus passed through similar travails and eventually overcame.
He said that although so many people were making mockery of him, he would remain steadfast and not lose focus.
“Jesus
Christ was accused by many– a lot of frivolous charges. There will
always be those who would like for it to be true. But you know, in spite
of the accusations against Jesus, It didn’t change who he was. It
didn’t change him.
“There
are preachers and there are men of God. I am not a preacher; I am a man
of God and I go in the way I’m asked to go. It may cause some troubles
with individuals but that’s not because I have done something wrong and
when it comes to Reverend Anita, what I will say to you is ‘pray for
her’.
“Don’t
act like those people. If you are married to a man of God, it doesn’t
make you automatically mature. You can make mistakes; you can do
something that is wrong. But some people expect the wife of a minister
to definitely be at the level of that minister and so they may be looked
upon and the expectation may be like that, but it’s a positional thing.
“If
a man of God is married, it doesn’t automatically mean that the wife of
a man of God is therefore a woman of God. That’s not the way it is in
the Bible. That’s why you don’t really find the wives of men of God
mentioned in the Bible. How many of them? Who was Peter’s wife, did you
ever know her name? You never find that out. Who was John’s wife? Did
you ever read the name? What about all the other Apostles? How many of
their names are written in the Bible? You never find their names”, he added.
At this point, one of the female pastors sought to know why the names of wives of the men of God were not found in the Bible.
Oyakhilome’s response was that she should ask God whenever she finds him.
‘“Why? You ask God when you find him. Ask God when you find him”, he exclaimed.
“So,
they are little things; don’t try to make something big out of them. So
when journeying, doing the things that God called us to do, Christians
should not have a divorce; it shouldn’t be, but you see, that doesn’t
mean a Christian may not take the step.
“They
may do it but they have to make things right and we shouldn’t take one
another to court. But when it happens, not that we don’t just want to
go, it means someone is taking us there.
“That’s
a problem, but be wise and stay focused in the word of God and don’t
let those who want to feast on things like this, including Christians…
“There
are Christians who like things like this; they want to make something
big out of this: ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, we said it’. You said what? Judge
nothing before the time. Be wise. Glory to God.
“So
we are not working in sin and living in sin and hoping that we can mix
sin and righteousness together. We are the manifestation of his
righteousness. We walk in that light only, and that’s the way it’s gonna
be”.
In April 2014, Anita Oyakhilome
filed for divorce at Central Family Court, High Holborn, London, UK,
citing her husband’s “unreasonable behaviour” and inappropriate
relationships with members of staff, a euphemism for “adultery”.
The couple have meanwhile decided
to share custody of their children. Sharon, the eldest, prefers Pastor
Chris, while Charlene is presently with Anita.
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