By Adeola Ogunlade
The General Overseer of Gospel Power Ministry, Rev Friday Bekee has said that 2020 will be a better and fruitful year for Nigerians if only we can embrace Jesus and his selfless love that resonate in its birth and death on the cross for the redemption of mankind.
He said this at the 2019 Chronicles of Nativity, an Extra Ordinary Christmas Concert organised by the church at Dansol High School, Ikeja.
The event tagged: “Jesus the son of God” brought hundreds of Christian faithfuls which featured bible teachings, children musical presentation, and performance from Osam Jazz orchestra, drama presentation.
He said that Jesus Christ remain the greatest gift from God to man as his birth opens up a new chapter of hope of making heaven after life.
He noted that the Christmas season is not a time for jollyment or a time of holiday but a time to reflect on Christ, the reason for Christmas and appropriate the life of holiness which he demands from every one.
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He stressed that when man fell at the Garden of Eden; he lost his dominion over the earth and gave it to Satan but Christ birth gave mankind hope of recovering of his lost dominion.
He asserted that God will change the fortune of Nigeria and the country will be a better place to live if we can appropriate the nature of God which is evidence in Christ
He said “Righteousness exalts a nation and sin is reproach to any people. No one is right and until Nigerians accepts Jesus into their lives, then they can live a righteous life that is well pleasing to God”.
He challenged the leadership in the country to embrace the grace of God into their lives and allow the word of God to guide them as they paddle the canoe of the country.
He said that God is interested in the leadership of any country as well as Satan is also interested in having them to his side, adding that allowing God to be at the Centre in the discharge of their responsibilities will bring good tidings to the country.
He opined that the challenge of mankind is self-justification and that will not take any individual communities and nations anywhere.
“Jesus is given to everyone and if you do not have him into our lives, you cannot do the things he expects of you and thus, you cannot enjoy his abundant blessings”, he said.
He challenged church leaders to shun materialism, and stay focused on the message of the gospel of Jesus that has the capacity to save the violence of sinners.
He said that we have been so materialistic and the values of Nigerians have shifted drastically that people now judge church leaders by their wealth and not by the lives and the principles that governs their lives.
In her words, the Team Lead, 2019 Christmas Carol Concert, Njoku Patricia said that this year’s event focuses on Righteousness people that lived in the land of Nazareth, with special emphasis on Joseph, the carpenter.
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