The President of the Omega Fire
Ministries worldwide (OFM), Apostle Johnson Suleman, has lent his voice to the
burning issue on tithing stoked by an OAP, Daddy Freeze.
Below is the reaction of the man of
God during a church service;
“Let it be clear that if anyone is not a pastor, he has no
right to attack a pastor on church issue. He should leave everything to God. I
only laugh. Somebody who is not a doctor cannot teach a certified doctor how to
go about doing his job; he will just be laughed at. Someone who is not a
journalist can’t teach a true journalist how he should do his work; they will
just be laughing at him.
I wouldn’t have spoken on the issue but you don’t argue
with a man whose mind is already made up on any issue. It is futile. And I’m
not going to confuse anybody to pay tithe, no. if you attend my church and you
decide not to pay tithe, it’s left to you. In my church they don’t pay me
allowance. I live on my personal businesses and I write books. So far, I have
written 52 books that are inspirational and I’m still writing. If you write
books that are inspirational, believers and non-believers will buy. It is not
as if it is only church members that buy pastors’ books. That alone is enough
to sustain any pastor. So, you don’t just jump to criticize any pastor for
buying private jets of expensive cars because you think it is tithe that they
use to buy them.
If you asked me, there is nothing wrong with tithing. But
tithes should be used by pastors to maintain Christianity, assist the poor in
the church, the vulnerable and the stranded. Not that everything should go into
the pastor’s pocket, that’s wrong. Every pastor should be on allowance.
That young man does not deserve a response; in fact, I’m
not talking because of him but because my Papa, Pastor Adeboye had spoken, I’m
speaking on the issue. Now, if it requires that we go into a debate, let’s have
it. Yes, your tithe is not a license to make heaven but it is an acknowledgment
of God’s mercy in your life. But because Papa Adeboye corrected the wrong
notion and the young man dared to respond to him, I felt it was insulting. This
is not about sentiment or emotion, it is about commonsense. You don’t respond
to an elder in certain manner, especially a man of Pastor Adeboye’s standing.
There are things people shouldn’t just dabble into
especially when it is not their field. Even if you mobilize the whole world
against tithing, you will only end up being counterproductive because this is
not your field. Men of God do not need to react to such issues because like I
said earlier, once somebody has made up his mind on a position, nobody should
argue with such a man. My reaction to such a man is, if that is your position,
keep it, continue with what you believe but don’t confuse people to believe
what you believe.”
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