Senior Pastor of Bible Believing Mission Incorporated, Aba, Abia State, Kingsley Innocent, has commended the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega for the success of the just-concluded general elections.
The Aba-based cleric, who is fondly called “God of Talk-na-do,” said there is a difference between prophecy and predictions. He said that pastors should be careful because some of them give predictions, which are interpreted as prophecy, which fail and are ridiculed.
Pastor Kingsley spoke on politicians offering bribes to clerics, his expectations for the incoming government and xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
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Some prophecy about the elections failed. How could that have happened?
There are things that we must know about prophecy and predictions. Predictions and prophecies are not the same. Predictions may fail but prophecy may not because of the source. Predictions are mainly human while prophecies are spiritual. How and when do you know a prophet? You don’t know a prophet at the point of his prophecy, but you know him or her when the prophecy comes to pass. It is the fulfillment of the prophecy that will determine a true prophet. I will consider most of the things that were said during the elections as predictions. Men predicted and their predictions were wrong. Prophecy can’t be wrong because God cannot lie. Whatever God says must come to pass.
The truth of the matter is that the presidential election was an interesting one because our country is growing. The outcome of this election shows that Nigeria is growing and there is hope. I once said there is hope for our nation. This is the beginning of that manifestation.
The President-elect, General Muhammed Buhari is a Muslim and there are things we know about him. His character, personality and integrity. He is the man we need at a time like this. Nigerians have proved that this change is what we need now. I’m hopeful that God will give us the change.
I will caution my fellow ministers of God to be careful about what we say and the things we predict. Let us be careful to know when we are talking and when God is talking. You don’t have to lie about your personal opinion and say it was from God. We should not be carried away by emotions, feelings, situations or conditions, but we should be focused and go back to Bethel, to the place of the altar. This is not to discourage pastors over prophecies but I want all of us to retrace our steps. Let’s get back and get going knowing that predictions and prophecies are not the same and they will never be.
Some politicians were accused of offering bribe to some pastors. What do you say?
I am very worried and ashamed as well. Our place is the altar and the reason for this is that too many pastors are running to government houses, hence, this whole shame. Let us sit down and do what God has called us to do. Let us remain at the place of the altar. We should stop running around government officials; it is a disgrace that money was allegedly given to ministers of God to mobilise for votes. It is one story that should not be heard of the church. I feel so sorry for anyone who is involved in this act. It is ungodly. God is not part of this. We are not politicians. The church is not political; it’s the church of God. We should pray for politicians and tell them the truth. A politician who would release money because he wants to be elected is simply telling us that he is not coming to do anything that will better the lives of the people; we should be able to tell them the truth.
Having spent much money before getting into office, they will want to get their money back. This is unacceptable, ungodly and the church should not allow it. The church should say no to it; they should stand against it, so that our nation can move forward and for our country to be developed the way other countries are. To better our nation, the time has come for our leaders to work for the people. It has come to the time that integrity and record of the people should count. The prerequisite for getting into public office should not be how much money someone have, but it should be the strength of one’s character that will take you there.
What are your expectations from the in-coming administration?
There are a lot of things to be done by the in-coming Buhari government. He is going to face a lot of challenges, which I believe God will help him. My only fear about this will be the people around him. It is one thing for a man to have good plans and it is another thing for him to have a team that shares his vision. If the people do not share the same vision with him, all his efforts, at the end of the day, may not work, I want to trust God to help the president-elect to choose men who have quality of character, men who are zero corrupt, men who are into the vision of nation-building, selecting the right people and not bringing the old elements who have plunged our nation into shame and disgrace over the years. He should choose men who have the fear of God, selfless men, who have the interest of our nation at heart; then we are sure of getting somewhere.
Let Buhari put his ears on the ground. God will help him, so that he can choose men who will represent him well because he cannot fight corruption alone. He cannot do it alone.
Buhari should also tackle power shortage so that we can have 24 hours of electricity supply. There are so many things that Nigerians can do for themselves. He had helped the refineries through the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) before and I believe that he would do it again. If he can fix our refineries and build new ones, then the issue of fuel would be a thing of the past.
What do you think about Jega?
I commend the INEC Chairman, Prof Jega, who conducted the 2015 elections well. Although, it was an exercise that was not completely free and fair, we can say it was an improvement on 2011 general elections. Prof. Jega is a true Nigerian, who had a good plan and motive, but his Resident Electoral Commissioners didn’t live up to expectations. They messed up his plans. You discover that the system is still having some questions to answer, which is unacceptable.
Source:The Sun
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