All Catholics will go to hell - Chris Okotie. Monday, December 02, 2013 All Catholics in the world will go to hell because they worship Satan and are led by an Anti-Christ Pope who is a friend to the devil, Nigeria’s controversial preacher and former presidential candidate, Chris Okotie, told his congregation on Sunday, leaving members bewildered. Fifty-five year old Okotie, while preaching in his Household of God Church in Ikeja area of Lagos, western Nigeria, said the Catholic church is “a counterfeit church set up by Satan” and that Catholics “bow to idols and crucify Jesus every Sunday when they eat bread claiming they are eating Jesus’ body.” “They are not Christians and have never been,” Okotie told a stunned congregation.“They don’t know Jesus. They believe that when they eat bread on Sundays, they are eating the body of Jesus. It’s ritual,” Okotie said. He said Pope Francis is an Anti-Christ who does the job of the devil and that time is fast approaching when the Catholic church will pledge allegiance to Satan. “The pope is an Anti-Christ and the Catholic church will soon declare for Satan. This is the end of times,” Okotie erupted. He advised members of his church to come to the rescue of Catholics and evangelise them. This, he said, was not out of disrespect but out of respect for the word of God. He said those who know the truth should bring it to those who do not know it in the Catholic Church. Okotie said one of the Catholic most revered Popes, Pope John Paul 11, surrendered the Catholic Church to Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus Christ, instead of Jesus himself. He said even the current Pope Francis has also done same. He said Catholics are not Christians and do not worship the same Christ that he preaches in his church, at least the one spoken about in the Bible. Okotie said he did not write the Bible but it was clear to him that those in the Catholic church were lost and were heading to hell fire. “They don’t believe in heaven. They believe in purgatory, the purgatory that they invented,” Okotie said. “That church, the Catholic church has been there for Satan and at the right time, they will declare for Satan,”Okotie said. Okotie who has been married twice and divorced also twice said a beauty pageant will take place in his church next Sunday to select the most beautiful woman in his church. He also said his yearly “Grace programme” where he makes donations to charity organisations will also take place next Sunday. The once rock star turned celebrity preacher and politician has been controversial for years. He once said it was the devil who told him for the first time that he was going to be a preacher. He also said Nigeria’s famous preacher Prophet T.B. Joshua is the son of the devil and his followers will go straight to hell. In recent years, he has been saying that God has anointed him to be Nigeria’s president. That prophecy has not come to pass in two presidential elections that he participated in. RESPONSES FROM SOME CATHOLICS (1) Well, for more than two thousand years Christ is the Lord forever. It is not just end time happenings but confusion of what he believes in. Its simply jealousy. For me such a preaching is rather shallow to engage a congregation. He may need retreats to re-orient himself not to attack Churches but mind his business ventures (2) Nothing but some form of mental degradation of someone who had never been sure of himself nor what he wants to be. Seeking cheap popularity? May be as understood by those who are same but he himself may not even be aware of that. He needs a Psychiatry. (As a catholic, what have you to say to this Man of God?). As for me, the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Jesus Christ Himself. It is not a Church founded by some materially unsatisfied, spiritually confused and psychologically imbalanced men, with their claimed visions to open a church, and their visions are not of divine origin. Jesus Himself has said it that any house founded on sound cannot stand the storm and gales. The Catholic Church is not a Church founded on sand but on rock. The problem with many of those who are attacking the Catholic Church, both from within and from without, is that this our Church is not anyhow Church. It is a Church that is very original, first class, and as such it is sophisticated and complex; and why is it so? Because it is a mystery, because the Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. (The Catholic Church is One, Holy, Apostolic and Universal). If something is a problem, you have to look for solution; but when something is a mystery, you have to make real and serious effort to understand it; and you will not be able to do so without the proper guidance of the Holy Spirit. And for you to be guided by the Holy Spirit, you must be humble and obedient. So, those who are are attacking the Catholic Church, like this very one, are doing so because in their minds they sees the Church as a problem and such they are looking for the solution and once they cannot get the solution, they settle for attack. As good, original and authentic Christians that we are, let us not attack them back; let us rather pray for them. They are our enemies. This is what Jesus meant when He said, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; and also, when they slap you on one cheek, turn the other. Am proud to be a catholic, and I will remain so till dead. This is the faith of our fathers, as we usually sing it: Faith of our fathers holy faith............
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 03:36:05 +0000
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