The Pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries, Oregun area of Lagos State, Reverend Chris Okotie,has condemnd the act of conducting church services online as he tag it Unbiblical.
Chris Okotie spoke on the ideology of online worship in one of his sermon tagged ‘The COVID-19 Mystery’ and noted that it is a satanic conspiracy against the power of God.
He argued that Christians must physically gather together to be able to truly worship God but in the absence of physical gathering the use of computer stands against the word of God and stated that it denies who he is.
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Meanwhile, due to the pandemic, the Federal government has imposed a restriction of church gathering as measures to curb the spread of the pandemic.
Okotie said, “We are dealing with one of the most sinister conspiracies in human history. What we call the online church is absolutely untrue, because for you to be in church, you have to be ecclesia, which is translated from the Greek word, ec, which is out, and the word caleo, called out.
“You cannot gather unto God until you are called out. That’s why Israel was called out of the world. So, this thing, this phenomenon that we are talking about, the Internet and cyber churches, is totally unscriptural.
“God knows where you are; if He was not interested in the assembly, you don’t need to come to church; you can pray in your house. I pray in my house. You praise in your house. I praise in my house. He can see all of us. He doesn’t need computers. But that denies Him who He is; so, we must – that’s why the Bible puts that verse as an imperative – you must not forsake the assembly ofb yourselves together.”
Christopher Oghenebrorie Okotie is a Nigerian televangelist and the pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries, a Pentecostal congregation in Lagos since February 1987.
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