‘Jesus didn’t lock up critics’ – Deji Adeyanju blasts Pastor Ibiyeomie

‘Jesus didn’t lock up critics’ – Deji Adeyanju blasts Pastor Ibiyeomie

 Lawyer and rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has slammed the
founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, for threatening to
arrest and detain anyone who writes negative reports about him.

 

The cleric, in a trending video, accused unnamed bloggers of
deliberately twisting his messages and alleged that some members of his church
were colluding with them.

 

The pastor vowed to take firm action against anyone who
“crosses the line,” adding that he would not be moved by pleas for mercy. He
insisted that he would deal decisively with those who defy him.

 

“My type when I go after people, they will now send people
to come and beg. So I’m warning you for the last time. Next time, there will be
nothing like a warning if you dare it.

 

“A young man, I know you. Your father won’t beg me, I know
your father too. Your mother won’t beg me. I will deal with you.

 

“Because when I pick them and people say, ‘Why do you go
like this?’ You know, people are one kind – some people will be for me and some
people will be against me. But for me, there are always many.

 

“I’m warning all of you who used to be against me. Hear now,
because when I go that way, they will say ‘how can a man of God curse people,
go and arrest people, will you do this one?’

 

“So, when I go the other way, don’t come back to say this
man of God is now using the police to arrest people. I will arrest you, I will
lock you up. I don’t care. No man of God will pray for you and succeed.

 

“Don’t carry my news. I don’t want your news. You won’t make
me popular. Already, I am talking to the world. Good or bad, don’t carry my
news. I don’t want you to carry it. Don’t carry news from this church.

 

“You know what they do? They will carry news and incite
other bloggers. And some of you in this church are part of it. They plant you
inside the church, and instead of you listening to the message and getting
blessed, you now pick one thing and twist, say what I didn’t say.

 

“My gospel is before you slap, I slap you. I am not that
kind of pastor. Young man, I will fight you,” Ibiyeomie said in the trending
video.

 

Reacting on his official X handle on Tuesday, Adeyanju said
he was disappointed in Ibiyeomie, accusing him of “de-marketing Christianity”.

 

“I’m so disappointed in Papa David Ibiyeomie warning and
threatening Nigerians not to talk (about) or criticize him or his church else
he will lock them up. Who are you sir that people can’t talk about your church
or criticize you?

 

“People criticized Jesus and He did not lock them up. And
boasting about using police to lock people up, a pastor ooo! These pastors are
acting like unbelievers and de-marketing Christianity. They are the reason many
people are no longer going to church,” the lawyer said.

Source: ‘Jesus didn’t lock up critics’ – Deji Adeyanju blasts Pastor Ibiyeomie

 - NigerianEye

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