David Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop over Living Faith Church, has on Wednesday criticised the Nigeria government over the ill treatment of the Church since the CoronaVirus pandemic by permanently shutting down Churches living markets open.
As part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus virus, the Nigerian government banned religious gatherings till further notice.
Bishop Oyedepo during the Covenant Hour of Prayer programme of the Church held at its headquarters in Otta, Ogun State on Wednesday morning, broadcast live to members, screamed with anger about the continuous closure of churches was suspicious.
According to him, the Lord revealed to him that it was part of moves to stop the church of God from expanding saying “I can smell a rat behind the closure of Churches. The Lord spoke to me about it. It’s part of moves and strategies to stop the Church from spreading and growing.”
He added “How do you have the markets open and the Churches remain closed? Which one is more organized? The devil is surely targeting the people, but God’s words says I shall build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail”
He went on praying that “Any gang up against the Church shall surely fail. The devil and his agents shall surely pay for this,” .
He added that it was not acceptable that Churches where people get saved and healed were permanently closed.
While advicing the government, the bishop said “It’s wrong to continue to have the Churches closed. This is an upside down way of looking at things. I declare that the world is free and the nations are liberated from continuous lockdown,”
Oyedepo had earlier said in one of the church Sunday service been 26 of April that the Nigeria leaders should stop surrounding themselves with bad individuals and consult prophets like him and others within the nation before making some decisions citing Elijah, Daniel, John the Baptist and some prophets in the Bible who were consulted by the reigning kings before taking some actions
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