“Some people are looking for my trouble. And I came here prepared. Today, there are some pastors with the gift of divination who go about ripping people off. This is why we should carry our ‘guns’ and defend ourselves. I will particularly be coming very soon for some of you sleeping in the church,” he said as the church erupted in laughter.
The church statement reads: “On Sunday, February 12, a resident pastor of House on the Rock, Abuja Church, Pastor Uche Aigbe in a message about fighting the good fight with spiritual weapons, carried an unloaded gun to illustrate his message on ‘Guarding your Faith.’
“Without hesitation, Pastor Uche has acknowledged the gravity of his actions and apologises unreservedly for them. As a church, House on the Rock rejects all forms of violence and we stand on the good news gospel of Jesus Christ which embraces peace and goodwill for all of mankind. We are cooperating fully with the authorities as they carry out their investigations into this incident, and we will continue to engage internally to ensure this break in protocol does not happen again.”
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https://dailytrust.com/house-on-the-rock-why-our-pastor-mounted-the-pulpit-with-ak-47/Please correct me if am wrong but I think something like this has never happened before in this country and this should be the very first time a pastor is bringing a gun to church.
I've my thoughts on this subject and it can be found in 2 Cor 10:4
"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds" (NKJ)
"The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds". (NIV)
I don't really know what message he was trying to send by bringing a riffle to church. Nigeria is very fragile, and we don't need this. I would really like to hear your take on this.