Reno Omokri has faulted Pastor Sam Adeyemi’s assertion about Christmas, arguing that standards should be scripture and not other nations
By Kehinde Okeowo
Social critics, author, and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has countered General Overseer of Daystar Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi over his comment on the Christmas celebration.
Pastor Sam Adeyemi had taken to his Twitter to disagree with persons calling out Christians who are celebrating Christmas day in Nigeria.
The clergyman argued that countries where we imported the culture of celebrating Christmas still do so, he then wondered why Nigerians are trying to be holier than the Pope by chastising those marking the birth of Jesus Christ.
In his words, “The countries from where they brought Christianity to Nigeria celebrated Christmas with uninterrupted power supply. Some of us were quarreling over whether eating Christmas chicken will make us go to heaven or not. Sense will ‘fall on us’ one day. I pray it won’t be long.”
Reacting to his tweet, Reno Omokri in a lengthy post on Instagram countered the preacher, giving insights on why Christmas should not be celebrated.
His post reads; “Christianity came to Nigeria from Britain. In 2005, the same Britain, from where missionaries came to Nigeria, agreed to allow homosexual priests be ordained. Should we now also accept that practice in our own churches because Britain brought us Christianity?
“Our standard should be Scripture, not other nations.
“Having uninterrupted power has absolutely no bearing on true religion. Christ and His disciples had no electrical power, but that did not stop them from having uninterrupted and unlimited spiritual power. That is why it is said that “the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power”-1 Corinthians 4:20.
“The argument is not that people should not celebrate Christmas. Rather, it is that when we choose to celebrate Christmas, we should not do so in the name of Christ. Because Christ Himself asked us to ONLY teach others what He taught us-Matthew 28:20.
“Also, Scripture warns us of God’s curse on us if we add to the Word of God-Revelations 22:18.
“Christ handed over to us a complete faith, which is why He said ‘it is finished’-John 19:30. So, there is no reason to help Him and His Father by adding to the complete faith He gave us.
“You can have uninterrupted power and still miss God’s Kingdom. The two are not connected in any sense. The Laodicean Church had uninterrupted money, but Christ Himself told them they had missed God’s Kingdom-Revelations 3:17.
“This your Christmas is exactly like what the Israelites did in Exodus 32:5. They on their own agreed together to have “a festival to the Lord.” They did not call it a festival unto satan. They called it a festival unto God. But God rejected their so called ‘festival to the Lord’, because He did not instruct them to hold such a festival.
“Pastor Sam, who instructed you to celebrate Christmas? Christ, or “the countries from where they brought Christianity”?
“When you choose what you will do in your religion, are you still worshipping God? Is it you or God that will tell you how to worship Him?
“Christ lived for 33 years on Earth. How many times did He mark birthdays? Yet, birthday celebrations were common in Christ’s days-Matthew 14:6.”
In a related development, Daddy Freeze, who has said multiple times that Christmas is not biblical, tagged Adeyemi and responded to the tweet.
Daddy freeze wrote: “Dear Pastor Sam Adeyemi, the concept of Salvation through Christ came from Israel.
“John 4:22m New Living Translation: You Samaritians know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.
“Now please scroll left to view a list of ALL the public holidays in Israel in 2021.
“Christmas wasn’t even a public holiday In Israel, let alone a celebration.
“England on the other hand, is the country that brought our version of Christianity to us and as of today, England is fast becoming one of the least religious countries on earth, rapidly abandoning Christianity along with other faiths.
“Should we proceed to emulate this template as well, since they are now a reference point for our doctrines?
“Christianity is a faith based on Christ, NOT on other countries, so if Christ never celebrated Christmas while on earth and never asked us to, I’m deeply concerned about who really needs sense to fall on; is it you or us?
“I’d humbly suggest you read the scriptures more and base your judgement on the contents therein, as salvation does not come from motivational speaking. – FRZ.”
