MY ADVICE FOR "PASTOR JIMMY ODUKOYA.
– Jimmy Odukoya
In an interview with BBC News Pidgin, Odukoya stated that he has scriptural backing for his appearance and the things he does.
He said, “God has called me into this new season of my life. This new position is a big responsibility. All of my focus is here (on the church). As for my dreads, most people don’t know I can back up everything I do with scripture.
“If you say I’m wrong to keep my hair as a pastor, I can tell you that God told Samson not to cut his hair in the Bible. That means long hair is not a bad thing. Also, if you say the pastor is keeping beard, I can tell you that the Bible says that when Jesus was tortured, they pulled hair from his face.
“If you say this pastor is putting on earrings, I can tell you that in the book of Exodus, when the children of Israel got out of Egypt and wanted to do golden calf, they collected jewelry, rings, and earrings from their sons and daughters.
“Anybody can do what they want. A personal opinion is different from saying something is sinful. You should not use your own personal opinion to judge me.”
He also stated that, contrary to popular belief, he was ordained as a pastor in the church in 2012.
His words: “I was ordained as a minister in 2009 and became a pastor in the church in 2012. I was the lead pastor of the youth church until 2020 or 2021.
He also said he’s unfazed due to the challenges he has faced in life.
“With the things I’ve witnessed in life, there’s nothing that can shake me. I’ve lost two of the closest people to me—my father and mother—and, to an extent, some members of my family, including my aunt and grandparents. When the thing you feared most happens, then there’s nothing again,” Jimmy said.
“In all of this, my father was a strong man. He was full of life and energy.”
MY ADVICE FOR YOU:
YOUR ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO WHO YOU ARE, AND WHO YOU SERVE.
THE DIFFERENCES IN THE BIBLE, BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT BELIEVERS, AND THE NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS, ARE VERY REAL.
KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, IS THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY.
THE OLD TESTAMENT ESTABLISHED A RELIGION CALLED JUDAISM.
THE NEW TESTAMENT ESTABLISHED ANOTHER KIND OF RELIGION CALLED CHRISTIANITY.
MOSES WAS THE MEDIATOR OF THE FIRST.
JESUS CHRIST WAS THE MEDIATOR OF THE RELIGION OF CHRISTIANITY.
YOUR ANSWERS, TO DEFEND YOURSELF, YOUR DRESSING AND OUTLOOK SHOWS THAT YOU ARE YET TO UNDERSTAND THIS BASIC PRINCIPLE.
YOU STILL NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLEASE GOD.
YOUNG MAN, YOU ARE VERY DESPERATE TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YOUR FATHER, UNLIKE PAUL! READ GALATIANS 1:11-17.
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.Colossians 2:8 NKJV
THERE IS NO EXAMPLE OF A FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN IN THE WHOLE BIBLE WHO DRESSES THE WAY YOU DO, WITHOUT THE CONDEMNATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.I John 2:15-17.
DECIDE TODAY WHO YOU WANT TO WORSHIP AND SERVE. YOUR PRESENT POSTURE, IF COPIED BY THE YOUTH AND YOUNG CHRISTIANS, WILL LEAD MANY YOUNG CHRISTIANS TO HELL.
TAKE THIS SINCERE WARNING.
What's going on in all this denominational churches of today shows that, they lack the fundamental principles of Christianity, neither understand the core teaching's of Christ Jesus, if not ,they would have known the right thing from the wrong things. Any foundations that is of human establishment is bound to fail and fall Matt 7:26-27.
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