Founder of Believers Love World
Ministry aka Christ Embassy, Pastor
Chris Oyakhilome, has finally spoken
on the divorce suit filed against him by
his wife after days of silence on the
issue.
According to the Vonnewz,
Oyakhilome described
the allegations
levelled against him as “crazy” and
“stupid” and urged his church
members to pray for his estranged
wife while speaking on Sunday
evening during the monthly global
communion service of the church.
Oyakhilome, who appeared visibly
disturbed during his first few minutes
on stage, acknowledged that divorce
is un-Biblical but suggested he could
consider the option should his wife
insist on it.
“I heard that some media houses–
especially in Nigeria, are writing
some things against me. All sorts of
frivolous charges, that’s crazy.
“You have to understand something
about a man of God. A man of God is
not just someone who worships God
or preaches God. A man of God is
handpicked by God, set on course by
God. If you study the scriptures, you
will not find one man of God go
against God, sinning against God.
“The only thing you might find will
be a man of God, maybe in two
different kinds of ways. Moses, for
example, when he struck the rock
twice, he was provoked by the anger
of the people. It was not because he
wanted to do something against the
Lord. No man of God does something
against the Lord.
“Are you hearing me? A man of God
is set on a course; there is a type of
life that he is given. Then you have a
young man, a young prophet; he
wasn’t named; he was deceived by
another man of God and so he went
in a direction that God said ‘don’t
go’.
“That is the only kind of thing you
find about a man of God when he
misses the message of God or he
acts beyond what God said. But a
man of God settles himself in the
fight against the world… like those
writing those stupid things about me,
that I did this and I did that.
“You don’t know who a man of God
is. I don’t go in that direction. I
wasn’t accused of the things you
said, nor did I commit those stupid
things that you said and I don’t need
to go into that level in such
discussions”.
He recalled that Jesus passed
through similar travails and
eventually overcame.
He said that although so many
people were making mockery of him,
he would remain steadfast and not
lose focus.
“Jesus Christ was accused by
many– a lot of frivolous charges.
There will always be those who would
like for it to be true. But you know, in
spite of the accusations against
Jesus, It didn’t change who he was.
It didn’t change him.
“There are preachers and there are
men of God. I am not a preacher; I am
a man of God and I go in the way I’m
asked to go. It may cause some
troubles with individuals but that’s
not because I have done something
wrong and when it comes to
Reverend Anita, what I will say to you
is ‘pray for her’.
“Don’t act like those people. If you
are married to a man of God, it
doesn’t make you automatically
mature. You can make mistakes; you
can do something that is wrong. But
some people expect the wife of a
minister to definitely be at the level of
that minister and so they may be
looked upon and the expectation may
be like that, but it’s a positional
thing.
“If a man of God is married, it doesn’t
automatically mean that the wife of a
man of God is therefore a woman of
God. That’s not the way it is in the
Bible. That’s why you don’t really
find the wives of men of God
mentioned in the Bible. How many of
them? Who was Peter’s wife, did you
ever know her name? You never find
that out. Who was John’s wife? Did
you ever read the name? What about
all the other Apostles? How many of
their names are written in the Bible?
You never find their names” , he
added.
At this point, one of the female
pastors sought to know why the
names of wives of the men of God
were not found in the Bible.
Oyakhilome’s response was that she
should ask God whenever she finds
him.
‘“Why? You ask God when you find
him. Ask God when you find him”, he
exclaimed.
“So, they are little things; don’t try to
make something big out of them. So
when journeying, doing the things
that God called us to do, Christians
should not have a divorce; it
shouldn’t be, but you see, that
doesn’t mean a Christian may not
take the step.
“They may do it but they have to
make things right and we shouldn’t
take one another to court. But when it
happens, not that we don’t just want
to go, it means someone is taking us
there.
“That’s a problem, but be wise and
stay focused in the word of God and
don’t let those who want to feast on
things like this, including Christians…
“There are Christians who like things
like this; they want to make
something big out of this: ‘Yeah,
yeah, yeah, we said it’. You said
what? Judge nothing before the time.
Be wise. Glory to God.
“So we are not working in sin and
living in sin and hoping that we can
mix sin and righteousness together.
We are the manifestation of his
righteousness. We walk in that light
only, and that’s the way it’s gonna
be”.
In April 2014, Anita Oyakhilome filed
for divorce at Central Family Court,
High Holborn, London, UK, citing her
husband’s “unreasonable behaviour”
and inappropriate relationships with
members of staff, a euphemism for
“adultery”.
The couple have meanwhile decided
to share custody of their children.
Sharon, the eldest, prefers Pastor
Chris, while Charlene is presently with
Anita.
