A messenger of the Lord, Mr. Peter Ocloo, has stated categorically that the people who arrogate the position of pastors to themselves are “thieves and robbers” who take advantage of the ignorance of their followers, for their personal interest in creating wealth for themselves.
The man of God who quoted the Bible to buttress his point said everything is clear in John 10: 8 which states that “All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but my sheep did not hear them.”
In this regard, Mr. Ocloo called on Christians to be wary of so these so-called pastors and men of God to avoid being milked dry.
He said one means by which such pastors swindle their followers was through tithing.
Mr. Ocloo admonished Christians to invest the one-tenth (tithe) of their incomes in the poor and the needy within their communities, rather than giving it to the ‘so-called men of gods or pastors’ who don’t deserve it.
Also quoting Ezekiel 34: 2-3; 23, Peter Ocloo said these men of God rather feed themselves instead of feeding the flocks, pointing out that this was an abomination before the Lord.
Although he was not against tithing, he said tithes giving were falling into wrong hands.
According to him, the so-called pastors were nothing but followers of their master, the devil which is captured in 2 Corinthians 11:13-15.
Peter Ocloo, who was speaking in an interview with Today, indicated that none of the followers of Christ carried themselves as pastors, because they were cautioned by “The Master NOT to call themselves one, but that, they were Messengers (Apostles) to make disciples
He lamented that today many false prophets have emerged who are calling themselves “pastors, politicians, lawyers” delivering and teaching the doctrines of their master- the Devil (LIAR)- rather than delivering the message of GOD-TRUTH. Mark 7:13
“As messengers of God, we must deliver the message of God and not deliver the doctrines of a ‘tradition,’ religion or religious organisation – Acts 5:29.
…They must do exactly what the sender sends them to do. So anybody who calls himself a pastor and fails to do this – Luke 6:40 is a thief,” he said.
He made mentioned of messengers like Elisha/Elias (John the Baptist) Matthew 3:11, the Prophet Mohammed- Sura 43:61, as people who were then delivering the message of God within the community to everybody irrespective of tribe, colour or language diversity.
He noted that the church should rather be a community centre, where the word of God is delivered and taught and stressed that, “This is what the Lord requires we do.”
He added that “A place where everybody can walk in and be filled with the Word of God and must not bear any name: “That is what the Lord has asked that I tell all religious leaders” and that they shouldn’t be deceived by the fake NWO.”
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