Stop attacks on president, governors, other leaders, Kumuyi tells Christians

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The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM), Pastor William Kumuyi has urged Christians not to attack the President through any means.

Pastor Kumuyi, who gave the admonition during his sermon yesterday at the Deeper Life Bible Church, Headquarters, Gbagada, Lagos, said that real Christians must obey constituted authorities and shun violence.

Delivering his sermon titled: “The Believers’ preservation until the day of visitation”, Pastor Kumuyi told the congregation that Christians are strangers and pilgrims in the world and must be Christ-like in their character, conducts and conversations.

The cleric, who took his Bible text from I Peter 2: 11-25, said that Christians lifestyle must reflect Christ in a civil society, saying that government derives their authority from God.

He said: “Don’t attack the President of the country whether in words or in the newspapers or through internet.

“Honour kings; don’t disrespect or dishonour the governors. Don’t disrespect leaders of the community and leaders in the church.

“If we are to honour the governors in the states, how much more the President?”

According to him, such remains the will and command of God, adding that God wanted Christians to submit to the leadership He had given to them in the Church, community, country and corporate organisations.

The cleric, who stated that the end of life on earth is not the end of existence, urged Christians to always think of the day of reckoning in their character and conduct.