READ-FOR-YOURSELF: Here are the tweets on which toxic tongues are trading tantrums on twitter
The Senior Pastor of The Covenant Nation, Poju Oyemade, has deleted a Twitter thread, which some supporters of Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, said was demeaning to the aspiration of the former Anambra State governor.
Obi was a regular face on Oyemade’s annual event where he usually talk to participants about his prudence in government
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Although the Lagos pastor did not mention Obi in his tweets, some tweeps who are supporters of the Labour party candidate felt his tweets were directed at their preferred presidential candidate.
Here is the tweet
“Faith is not just blind belief or hoping for a miracle. Faith sees. Faith has her eyes opened and possesses the evidence upon which it builds its belief. Faith prepares long, sometimes for years just as Joseph did for the years of famine. Faith counts the cost before embarking.
“Without having real evidence upon which you are acting nor preparation for the task, recognising real obstacles that lie ahead and making concrete plans, one is just being delusional about the outcome. The enthusiasm of the youth must not be wasted on poorly planned projects.
“Noah spent months/years planning for the flood & he was operating in faith. Jesus said no man goes to battle without taking stock first nor lays the foundation of a tower without counting the cost first lest he will be mocked. Our faith is intelligent it doesn’t live in denial.”
Reactions
A wave of reaction had trailed the tweets, which have now been deleted.
Even as he has deleted the tweets, his name is still trending on Twitter with varied reactions.
A tweep, Afam said, “I’m not sure why Pastor Poju deleted his tweet. He received several push backs but most of them were people disagreeing without being insulting.
His tweet was pragmatic. But the youth now know that pragmatism gets you more of the same sh*t in Nigeria. And we are tired if it.”
Nkem tweeted, “Pastor Poju should have read the mood of the nation before putting out that tweet. Does he know the amount of time and money people have sacrificed since this movement started? If he had came out to support Tinubu that would even have been better than talking down on the struggle.”
Another supporter of Obi, Ikem Okuhu, penned a rejoinder to the tweet on his Facebook wall.
The rejoinder tittled; “My take on Poju Oyemade’s tweets, now deleted,” read: “Poju contradicted the very foundations of “faith” as laid down by Christ Himself.
“When Christ asked Peter (this time, the Apostle) to walk on the sea, did he make that command, knowing there was need for preparation or He did so because He knew that instant faith was only what was needed?
“I think there’s pressure on Poju to push certain narratives that’d whittle down the leverage Obi had got, using “The Platform” which he owns.
But on the issue of faith, he got it totally wrong.
“As an evangelist, or should I say, proselyte, did his converts require digging the foundations of their faith before joining his church? Many converts switch mainly after a simple call to “give your life to Christ.” I’ve never seen anywhere a preacher asked his targets to prepare to become born again. In fact faith building abhors preparation, especially because of the sudden nature of His coming. “Tomorrow may be too late” is the language of all preachers, Poju inclusive.
“Faith, the Bible says, “comes by hearing, and hearing the Word of God.” The Holy Book never prescribes hearing and getting prepared. Which was why, when Christ was calling His Apostles, He rebuked those who wanted to go home to inform their wives and people. He chose those who “heard the Word of God and believed” and not those who needed time to process what they heard.
“Poju’s explanation of faith is wholly unbiblical.”
