ISLAMIC WAR IN NIGERIA

“With the abduction of 247 school girls mostly Christians from Chibok, thousands of believers and scores of pastors killed during church services…the jihad has simply been declared."

Bishop David Oyedepo, president and Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide has described the boko haram’s onslaught on the West African nation as an Islamic war. “Mr. President (Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan-GCFR) must not be deceived to believe that the bombings which have claimed hundreds of lives and abductions of over 200 school girls in Chibok, a largely a Christian community in Borno State is anything other than a religious war not political, with well-defined targets”, the cleric warned.

The man of God was speaking to a mammoth crowd at Faith Tabernacle, Canaan land Ota, the global headquarters of the commission during Sunday service on May 25^th 2014 tagged covenant day of vengeance.

He queried:”How many scholars or Imams have been killed and mosques destroyed so far” as against the thousands of believers and a number of pastors who have been slain between 2010 till date, many during worship services?

Bishop Oyedepo called on well-meaning Nigerians to vent their wrath on the enemies of the nation through intense prayers instead of engaging in idle political diatribes, adding that the most populous black nation on earth was at the brink of collapse if nothing is done spiritually-Ps 7;11,Ps.139:21-22. “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil” (Eccl 8; 11), Papa as he is fondly called, stressed that it was religious ignorance to pray for the wicked to be saved.

The 59-year-old preacher admonished lovers of the nation to join the winners family as the movement engage in the next 21-day-prayer of vengeance as our God who is a two-sided One both kills and makes alive: ”Suffer not a witch to live “-1Sam 2:6 and Ex.22:18.

The visibly angry preacher said vengeance was needed because it is the believers’ gateway for total liberty which is an end-time agenda. It is also an access to supernatural breakthrough, all round comfort and our redemptive right. God’s servant detailed the weapons of vengeance like Revelation, Faith, Prayer and fasting, bold speaking and prophetic verdict.

The Omu-Aran-born cleric who turned 33 in ministry this month assured all and sundry of victory over evil forces particularly in the month of faith as the church and nation will emerge stronger than ever:”By it the elders obtained a good report”-Heb 11:2

By Laurent Kel