Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo [Photo Credit: The Nation]
Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo at the Kingdom Summit 2017 of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, RCCG, blamed churches for not speaking against corruption.
Mr.
Osinbajo, who was at the Kings Court Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Sunday,
remarked that corruption in the country still existed because the church had
failed to speak against.
They
failed to speak against graft simply because those involved in graft had
relationships with them, he said.
Mr.
Osinbajo also urged Christians against putting tribe above other things.
He said
that at creation, there was no difference in the nature of man and everyone
related in an atmosphere devoid of tribe or other differences.
“The
canal nature of man is that he places his tribe above others but the only basis
for the power and unity of the church is that there is no Jew or Gentile.’’
He also
advised the faithful to avoid divisive issues as much as they did to foolish disputes.
Mr.
Osinbajo added that it was wrong to seek vengeance as the gospel did not give
Christians the power to harbour hatred.
According
to him, when the disciple, Stephen, was killed, if the Apostles had retaliated,
there would not have been the gospel.
“The
gospel of the Lord says you must overcome evil with good.’’
He said
God had a purpose for the Nigeria with the kind of persons in authority.
But he
warned that the strategic position God had placed the leaders would be
meaningless if they failed to live by the gospel.
“I am
so pleased and happy and I believe that the Almighty God has a plan for our
nation by putting us in strategic positions in politics, business and
everywhere.
“But,
the strategic positions He has placed us will have no effect unless we are
prepared to live by the gospel.
“There
is no wisdom of man that can change men or change nations; it is the power and
wisdom of God that can,’’ he stated.
The
vice president, who titled his remark “Neither Jew, nor Gentile’’ noted that
the gospel of the Lord was transformational, meant to turn the market place
around by uniting God’s people.
According
to him, the only way to transform the nation is to obey the gospel and to do so
that citizens must free themselves from the canal and simply return to the
gospel in their practices.
Mr.
Osinbajo noted that sometimes people thought that God did not achieve His
purpose in man because God’s gospel contradicted the purpose of man.
He said
that many times, Christians interpreted the gospel to suit their purposes,
which explained why it was easy for them to pray against their enemies that
prayed for them.
“This
canal nature cannot save us; we are completely different from God because the
gospel is not a canal word,’’ he stated.
The
vice president pointed out that the Bible was not just a book but the wisdom of
God, which could not be trampled upon.
He
noted that the power of the church lay in its unity.
He
traced the history of creation where God made man in His own image, and that
man fell apart because of sin, but salvation still came when Christ was born.
Osinbajo
prayed for the country and the people and asked God to grant Nigerians
faithfulness to Him and give everyone the grace to avoid every form of
disunity.
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