The head of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua has asked Christians to stop thinking they can’t be touched by Covid-19 because it is just like another affliction. He stated this during a question and answer session.
TB Joshua said this while responding to questions from different people on his Facebook page.
A concerned individual asked if a real Christian can contract COVID-19 since many have read on the internet that true Christians cannot contract it?
The individual also claimed that many are worried because there are many people they know as Christians and pastors who have contracted the sickness and some have even died.
The inquirer also claimed to be worried about the situation and wondered if those people infected are Christians or not.
The Prophet while answering the question said `Capital YES!’
He said that Christians should not make the mistake of thinking that they could not be touched by the pandemic.
“God often uses ‘anything’ to preserve us and to strengthen our desire and determination.
He said that whatever one’s situation as a believer, it all depended on one’s obedience to God (Hebrews 5:8).
TB Joshua said that a Christian can contract COVID-19 as the virus is just like any other affliction.
“A Christian can be sick in the body and yet be a friend of God or a candidate for Heaven, so don’t let your situation mislead you and cause you to start doubting your God.
“This should be the reason for you to look deeper, pray the more and dream of other ways you might have ignored the leading of God’’.
He said that Christians should not measure their Christian lives by their situations.
“The rich should not concentrate on their pains or riches and the poor should not concentrate on their pains or poverty because a man may be afflicted or poor and yet be a candidate for Heaven’’.
He concluded by saying that `As a Christian, what you see as COVID-19 or affliction, God may sometimes allow it as a test of one’s faith’.
“Oftent we run from the very things that will bring strength to our lives, such as trials and afflictions of various kinds, all of which are meant for our spiritual benefit.
“They are to test (our) maturity. A true Christian is tested by his ability to face situations and deal with difficulties’’.
According to him, `as a Christian, if you contract COVID-19, don’t begin to misjudge yourself by worrying, ‘Am I really a Christian? Why me?
“Don’t worry about whatever people say, if truly you are a Christian.
“God wants you to pray more because what we see as a disadvantage in our lives can be turned into an advantage.
God is still saying something!”
(NAN)
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