Please don’t disrupt our Chicken Feast – Nigerians launch heavy missiles on MFM Pastor Olukoya
Dr Daniel Olukoya, General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), says the church does not celebrate Christmas because it is unbiblical.
Olukoya made this known during the Wednesday Manner Water Service which coincided with the 2019 Christmas celebration at the Church’s Headquarters in Lagos.
He said that no book in the bible recorded the word ‘Christmas’ or that Jesus was born on Dec. 25.
“If you really study the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, there is no word like Christmas.
“The Bible only recorded that the Shepherds were taking care of their flocks during a very cold season when they sighted the star that announced the birth of Jesus Christ.
“This cold period could be around April or May,’’ Olukoya said.
According to the general overseer, Dec. 25 is a date originally set aside by the ancient Romans for Mars festival by the worshippers of the sun.
Olukoya said that the birth of Christ was subsequently co-opted into the same date to give the Mars festival more popularity and then renamed ‘Christmas’.
He warned modern Christians to stop promoting such an unbiblical celebration.
According to him, the MFM church has decided to henceforth engage members in various spiritual activities during such periods and other public holidays to discourage them from partaking in such an unscriptural celebration.
Following the comment made by Pastor Olukoya, the general overseer of Mountain of Fire Bible Ministry, saying that there is no verse in the bible that supports Christmas celebration, Nigerians have taken to their Twitter handle to launch heavy missiles at him.
Nigerians in the reactions have cautioned the cleric against disrupting their chicken feats while some others equally queried if MFM can equally be found in the bible.
What Nigerians are saying below:
Please dont disrupt our chicken feast.
— Mehmet or Muhammad (@CountMoh) December 25, 2019
All this our Pastors sometimes amuse me… You leave the essence of a celebration and attack the celebrants. #oversabi
— WaleAlakija (@oladrunken) December 25, 2019
Please somebody should tell Olukoya that this is what the bible says in Colossians 2: 16 – ''Therefore, let no one judge you because of what you eat or drink or about the observance of annual holy days, New Moon Festivals, or weekly worship days.''
— C. (@0xCxS) December 25, 2019
Yes, but did bible ask us to be going to church on Sundays?
Did bible ask us to be going for Tuesday bible study?
Wednesday midweek service?
Friday night vigil?— INNOCENT GB (@Innocentgb007) December 25, 2019
Is dollars in the Bible? Was Jesus born at all? Is MFM in the Bible?
— Avid (@ymme4show) December 25, 2019