Buying private jets, building universities not also biblical, Nigerians fire Pastor Olukoya

African weddingsDec 27, 2019Read original

The general overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Pastor Daniel Olukoya, has come under serious fire from Nigerians, over his comment about Christmas being a pagan celebration, that the celebration is umbilical.

Olukoya made this known during his Wednesday “Manner Water Service”, which was hosted same day with the 2019 Christmas celebration, at the Church’s Headquarters in Lagos.

He said no book in the bible recorded the word “Christmas” or that Jesus was born on December 25, but Nigerians did not allow him to land before pounding his flesh on social media. 

According to various social media users, Olukoya was told that, it is also not in the bible that pastors should be flying private jets, as Jesus Christ himself did not do such. 

Jesus Christ during his life time, did not mention the word Christianity or Christian, it was his followers that gathered together after his death, that saw to what we call Christianity today.  

According to the bible, it teaches that Christians and followers of Christ must forgive the enemy and pray for them, but Olukoya's church in contrary to the word, believed in praying for their enemies to die by fire, this has further fuelled the criticism against his church and his stance against the celebration of Christmas.

See comments below:

Religion, like culture is evolving and not static, don't allow those cracked head to confuse and enslave you by interpreting what God does not say to you. - Prince Wale 

Christ never had a church but moving FROM place to place. So why are they having private houses and jets as pastors. They're not in the bible too. - Osita Amadi

Buying private jets is not institutionalised in Christiandom. Christmas is. - Uzo Mastermind 

Buying Private jets is in the Bible right? - Almusty Hendry 

Some churches that I can never worship again. I was there and have seen a lot within a short period of time. I don't want to start World War 3. - Bunmi Ogun 

The truth is that Christmas has pagan origins. But a lot of Christians actually use the season to genuinely ponder on the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. This is not a bad thing. A lot of people still use this season to commit all sorts of sins: fornication, adultery, drunken revelry and lasciviousness in the name of celebrating Christmas. - Uzo Mastermind 

For me, one of the wise decisions taken by the church or old was institutionalizing Dec 25 as Christmas day celebration, cos a lot of Christians of old joined the pagan celebrating the “god of the sun” .... so it was wise for them to make same days Christ birth day, which today. The world celebrates Christmas while the pagan celebration is little or no more, nobody talks about that one again, talk more of celebrating. This is a major achievement for the church of old. - Bonaventure 

Some of the parishes fight dirty and involved diabolical means. I know a Pastor that have relocated to Ekiti when they wanted to kill him. I worshipped in 2 parishes same of same.

I no do again. - Funmi Badmus 

Religion and poverty are the two major tools used by oppressors in the guise of religious and political leaders to enforce slavery..Break yourself loose. Laja 

99.9% of these new generation church pastors are kleptomaniacs - Chidiebere