<blockquote><b>An Abuja based cleric has cautioned both christian and non-christian comedians to refrain from using christianity or any other religion for entertainment.</b><br><br><b>Sarah Omakwu, Senior Pastor of Family Worship Centre (FWC) in Abuja, gave the caution on Sunday in Abuja during her Bible teaching series on How to Love God.</b><br><br>Omakwu said that part of loving God is to reverence him and to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ and all He represents.<br><br><b>Making jokes about christianity is provoking and a mockery to God and to those who believe in God, in Jesus and in Christianity.<br><br>Comedians should stop using Gods words for comedy and other forms of entertainment.<br><br>Comedians should stop throwing jokes about the word of God, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Communion, anointing oil, deliverance and powers.</b><br><br><b>Christian comedians, especially, ought to be telling the world about God and not making Christianity look like a joke to those whom they ought to be evangelising to,</b> she said.<br><br>She cautioned christians to refrain from reposting silly comedys about the gospel of Christ and about pastors and men of God.<br><br>According to her, most of the comedies are not funny, but silly and provoking to those who believe.<br><br><b>If other religion do not joke about their religion, why should christians joke about theirs.<br><br>Loving and knowing God include reverencing God, fearing him and honouring him both in words and in action.</b><br><br>If comedians must tell jokes to entertain the people, they should use the things of the world to entertain the world.<br><br>Christians should follow the examples of the three Hebrew boys in Daniel 3:16-18 in the Bible, who were ready to lose their lives in order to defend the gospel of Christ.<br><br>Same thing with Daniel in the Bible who was thrown into the lions den.<br><br>All these are examples that todays Christians should emulate, she said.<br><br>Omakwu said that Christians must be intentional in defending the gospel, not in a way to incite or cause trouble but in a way that pleases God and to draw men to Him.<br><br>She noted that <b>in an attempt to curb the attitude of telling Christian jokes which she considered to be provoking, a ban was placed from telling christian jokes on the church alter.</b><br><br>The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the cleric gave the caution against the back drop of <b>a trending video where someone posing as pastor was seen warning a congregation not to destroy things while under any form of anointing or deliverance.</b></blockquote><br><a href="https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/02/cleric-cautions-comedians-against-using-christianity-for-jokes/amp/">https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/02/cleric-cautions-comedians-against-using-christianity-for-jokes/amp/</a><br><br><b>Here is the video that made the pastor Condemn such jokes:</b><br><i>If You Fall Under Anointing And Break Anything Here, You'll Pay. Pastor Warns</i><br> <iframe class=youtube src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tL9eC5qzEv4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch'v=tL9eC5qzEv4">https://www.youtube.com/watch'v=tL9eC5qzEv4</a>
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