Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has finally spoken on
the divorce suit filed against him by his wife after a long
time of silence on the issue.
According to Daily Post, Oyakhilome described the
allegations leveled 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.
Pastor Oyakhilome, who appeared 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 female members.
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