ON COZA, PASTOR B AND NEW LEVEL OF GRACE
I have thought of a better response to the alleged sexcapades of
Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA Ministries and have not been able to
stir up any. Reading this piece by Agwuna Samuel Sopuluchukwu, I found
my thoughts couched in better language and grasp of God's word. So I
share it with you here. Feel free to add your comments.
Starts here:
I was going to be silent on this sad, pathetic but true (in many
shades) allegation against Pastor B and his popular and trendy
ministry. My silence was borne out of respect for the kingdom of God
and things that pertain to God. But all this changed when I heard the
horrific tales of people who had been through the mess of this blind
man, and the fact that he had no moral motivation to deny or accept
the allegation; all he showed on Sunday was a demented swagger and
perverse talk.
My sole purpose in writing this piece is to open the eyes of the world
and believers to the hypocrisy and nonsense behind the pulpit, and to
plea that these wolves and blind men stop deflating the faith of
people who Christ died for. I am a Pastor, a full time minister at
that, and I shall not sit back while
the name of my God, the ministry, and the works of other shepherds is
brought to disrepute by the activities, action and inaction of a few
blind men behind the pulpit.
I am tired of the nonsense of religion crying out, "touch not my
anointed"; does this mean we cannot rebuke ourselves when we err, this
much Paul did to Peter when he erred in Galatians 2:11 "But when Peter
was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be
blamed". It is therefore pertinent that I rebuke the wolves in
shepherd's clothing's. It is time to set the record straight, and
please don't sell me the bullocks of judge not, I haven't said anyone
is going to hell, but of course if they don't change, they have only
one path.
It is high time we told the truth, which is plain, simple and without
coloration. The stories of Franca and Ese is not only true but they
are just a few tales of the tantalizing sex escapades of this clergy.
This has been a recurring decimal in the ministry of the clergyman.
This wasn't the first time these stories will come forth, for those
old COZA members, for those who were there when he was in Ilorin, when
the church moved to Pipeline Road, Ilorin, having left Kwara Hotel,
they will remember there was a time when the Pastor was suspended from
ministering by his Father in the Lord, Rev Oset of Canaan Ministries.
Rev. Oset sent guest ministers to the church every Sunday after that,
but still Pastor B in his deceit will still minister in the pretence
of introducing the guest minister, while he exhorts for minutes. I
therefore laugh in mockery when He says his wife loves him, the woman
has no choice. His core circle of Pastor Wole (Ilorin Chapter, the
only man who maybe clean), and Pastor Flo (COZA, Lagos) knows of this
fact, little wonder Ese said Pastor Flo said he knows about their
adventures in that hotel room in London.
This is not the story of a hater; I don't want or envy anything he
has. He cannot ever have what I have and carry; neither do I crave for
what he has. I am sure no one in the city of Ilorin, where this man
started is bemused by these stories, no one who finished from the
University of Ilorin during the period of 2003-2008, and was not a
blinded COZA member can be mightily shocked at these revelations. I
have heard tales of many more victims, I even heard from a woman who
knows five friends who were victims, I saw it online the other day of
a guy who said he formally works for him and he knows up to 130
people, outrageous as it may sound that too is true. Rev Oset in true
conscience cannot deny the knowledge of these negatives. But we are a
nation of hypocrites and religious folks; we ask no questions of
leaders, so they can hide under the canopy of religion, even when they
are filthy. Anyone who asks is rebuked by those who say, the bible
says pray. It is sad that those who say pray themselves have not
prayed. But Pastor B is just a decimal in an ever mounting number of
wolves in the Church of Christ.
Someone told me yesterday that this can't be the end of him and his
tyranny, because even in Ilorin in those days, the allegation was
rolled under the rug. On Sunday, August 25, 2013, the man leading
certain blind men under the veil of religion and 'spiritism' said God
told him not to say anything, he then said they are preparing a robust
response. Who is fooling who? We must not keep quiet and watch the
bride of Christ, the church, rubbed and undignified in mud and slime
by a filthily rich pastor who thinks he can do anything and get away
with it.
It is a pity that we run sensational press and media outfit in this
country, and that our press is blinded by religion. If this were to be
'saner' climes the press would by now be researching, there would by
now be investigative journalism. The truth would be dogged up and
resurrected to life. For this is not about a mistake that a Pastor
made, it is about a filthy man's way of life.
And then about, "teaching a new level of grace'; please be reminded
that Grace is not a license to sin, rather it empowers us to live
above sin. Romans 6:1-2 says, "What shall we say then? Shall we
continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that
are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" In my years of being a
Christian, studying God's word, preaching the gospel, listening to
sound teachers, I have not heard of a grace that gives permission to
sin. Stop being deceived, grace is the new dispensation, according to
Hebrew 8:6-12, and under grace we do not follow any written code, law
or traditions. That is done away with. The tablet of Moses is over
with. But we are not reckless sinners; we are under a new covenant
based on better promises. God's law is written in our minds and
hearts. We live according to His dictates. The Holy Spirit and our
conscience convicts and judges us respectively. This is the only way
we live a holy life. God's strength and empowerment is the grace to do
according to that written by God in our hearts and minds.
I write this with a heavy heart, though I wish I never had to write
this, but I pray this madness stops. I know many who have stopped
going to church, many whose faith has been derailed by the act of
madness of this man, and many blind men like him. If they are not
going to heaven, let them stop taking men out of the straight and
narrow. No one understands the pain in meeting a man, whose faith has
been derailed by a man who was supposed to help establish him. For
such a man, words can't bring him back, the best we can do is to pray
and hope. I indulge the clergy to be of a higher moral standard.
My candid advice to the church at this end time is that the church
must grow in knowledge; it's high time we stopped bamboozling you. You
must stop making idols of men. You must stop making men such as I,
substitute for the Holy Ghost. Honour us; revere us… but that is where
it ends. Without the Call, the Oil, and the Holy Spirit; we are mere
mortal. But know for sure that this too shall pass; only the truth of
the Gospel of the Kingdom abides forever.
For Pastor B and his sense making COZA people, remember the word of
Christ in Matthew 15:14. How many of you even live life bearing the
fruit of righteousness. Stop being blind, the ditch is close by. Look
into this case, ask your pastor questions, seek genuine answers and
not emotional rhetorics, hold him responsible, and do not forget the
word of God, "then shall they know if they follow to know…" I am sure
evidence abound. Seek to know from some key PCU members (who may need
to be deposited in Gods ICU). Its time you hear not only about grace,
but HOLINESS without which no one will see the Lord.
Finally don't bother praying against me, I can say like Paul, "For me
to die is gain, to live is Christ", but I cannot even go now, because
I am yet to fully finish the task set before me. Don't waste your time
using misguided scriptural interpretation. This I write is true, and I
am sorry if you don't like it. Your Pastor, and every other wolf whose
conscience is not seared knows it is the complete true.
God bless you.
God bless His Church.
God bless Nigeria.
By Agwuna Samuel Sopuluchukwu
Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA Ministries and have not been able to
stir up any. Reading this piece by Agwuna Samuel Sopuluchukwu, I found
my thoughts couched in better language and grasp of God's word. So I
share it with you here. Feel free to add your comments.
Starts here:
I was going to be silent on this sad, pathetic but true (in many
shades) allegation against Pastor B and his popular and trendy
ministry. My silence was borne out of respect for the kingdom of God
and things that pertain to God. But all this changed when I heard the
horrific tales of people who had been through the mess of this blind
man, and the fact that he had no moral motivation to deny or accept
the allegation; all he showed on Sunday was a demented swagger and
perverse talk.
My sole purpose in writing this piece is to open the eyes of the world
and believers to the hypocrisy and nonsense behind the pulpit, and to
plea that these wolves and blind men stop deflating the faith of
people who Christ died for. I am a Pastor, a full time minister at
that, and I shall not sit back while
the name of my God, the ministry, and the works of other shepherds is
brought to disrepute by the activities, action and inaction of a few
blind men behind the pulpit.
I am tired of the nonsense of religion crying out, "touch not my
anointed"; does this mean we cannot rebuke ourselves when we err, this
much Paul did to Peter when he erred in Galatians 2:11 "But when Peter
was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be
blamed". It is therefore pertinent that I rebuke the wolves in
shepherd's clothing's. It is time to set the record straight, and
please don't sell me the bullocks of judge not, I haven't said anyone
is going to hell, but of course if they don't change, they have only
one path.
It is high time we told the truth, which is plain, simple and without
coloration. The stories of Franca and Ese is not only true but they
are just a few tales of the tantalizing sex escapades of this clergy.
This has been a recurring decimal in the ministry of the clergyman.
This wasn't the first time these stories will come forth, for those
old COZA members, for those who were there when he was in Ilorin, when
the church moved to Pipeline Road, Ilorin, having left Kwara Hotel,
they will remember there was a time when the Pastor was suspended from
ministering by his Father in the Lord, Rev Oset of Canaan Ministries.
Rev. Oset sent guest ministers to the church every Sunday after that,
but still Pastor B in his deceit will still minister in the pretence
of introducing the guest minister, while he exhorts for minutes. I
therefore laugh in mockery when He says his wife loves him, the woman
has no choice. His core circle of Pastor Wole (Ilorin Chapter, the
only man who maybe clean), and Pastor Flo (COZA, Lagos) knows of this
fact, little wonder Ese said Pastor Flo said he knows about their
adventures in that hotel room in London.
This is not the story of a hater; I don't want or envy anything he
has. He cannot ever have what I have and carry; neither do I crave for
what he has. I am sure no one in the city of Ilorin, where this man
started is bemused by these stories, no one who finished from the
University of Ilorin during the period of 2003-2008, and was not a
blinded COZA member can be mightily shocked at these revelations. I
have heard tales of many more victims, I even heard from a woman who
knows five friends who were victims, I saw it online the other day of
a guy who said he formally works for him and he knows up to 130
people, outrageous as it may sound that too is true. Rev Oset in true
conscience cannot deny the knowledge of these negatives. But we are a
nation of hypocrites and religious folks; we ask no questions of
leaders, so they can hide under the canopy of religion, even when they
are filthy. Anyone who asks is rebuked by those who say, the bible
says pray. It is sad that those who say pray themselves have not
prayed. But Pastor B is just a decimal in an ever mounting number of
wolves in the Church of Christ.
Someone told me yesterday that this can't be the end of him and his
tyranny, because even in Ilorin in those days, the allegation was
rolled under the rug. On Sunday, August 25, 2013, the man leading
certain blind men under the veil of religion and 'spiritism' said God
told him not to say anything, he then said they are preparing a robust
response. Who is fooling who? We must not keep quiet and watch the
bride of Christ, the church, rubbed and undignified in mud and slime
by a filthily rich pastor who thinks he can do anything and get away
with it.
It is a pity that we run sensational press and media outfit in this
country, and that our press is blinded by religion. If this were to be
'saner' climes the press would by now be researching, there would by
now be investigative journalism. The truth would be dogged up and
resurrected to life. For this is not about a mistake that a Pastor
made, it is about a filthy man's way of life.
And then about, "teaching a new level of grace'; please be reminded
that Grace is not a license to sin, rather it empowers us to live
above sin. Romans 6:1-2 says, "What shall we say then? Shall we
continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that
are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" In my years of being a
Christian, studying God's word, preaching the gospel, listening to
sound teachers, I have not heard of a grace that gives permission to
sin. Stop being deceived, grace is the new dispensation, according to
Hebrew 8:6-12, and under grace we do not follow any written code, law
or traditions. That is done away with. The tablet of Moses is over
with. But we are not reckless sinners; we are under a new covenant
based on better promises. God's law is written in our minds and
hearts. We live according to His dictates. The Holy Spirit and our
conscience convicts and judges us respectively. This is the only way
we live a holy life. God's strength and empowerment is the grace to do
according to that written by God in our hearts and minds.
I write this with a heavy heart, though I wish I never had to write
this, but I pray this madness stops. I know many who have stopped
going to church, many whose faith has been derailed by the act of
madness of this man, and many blind men like him. If they are not
going to heaven, let them stop taking men out of the straight and
narrow. No one understands the pain in meeting a man, whose faith has
been derailed by a man who was supposed to help establish him. For
such a man, words can't bring him back, the best we can do is to pray
and hope. I indulge the clergy to be of a higher moral standard.
My candid advice to the church at this end time is that the church
must grow in knowledge; it's high time we stopped bamboozling you. You
must stop making idols of men. You must stop making men such as I,
substitute for the Holy Ghost. Honour us; revere us… but that is where
it ends. Without the Call, the Oil, and the Holy Spirit; we are mere
mortal. But know for sure that this too shall pass; only the truth of
the Gospel of the Kingdom abides forever.
For Pastor B and his sense making COZA people, remember the word of
Christ in Matthew 15:14. How many of you even live life bearing the
fruit of righteousness. Stop being blind, the ditch is close by. Look
into this case, ask your pastor questions, seek genuine answers and
not emotional rhetorics, hold him responsible, and do not forget the
word of God, "then shall they know if they follow to know…" I am sure
evidence abound. Seek to know from some key PCU members (who may need
to be deposited in Gods ICU). Its time you hear not only about grace,
but HOLINESS without which no one will see the Lord.
Finally don't bother praying against me, I can say like Paul, "For me
to die is gain, to live is Christ", but I cannot even go now, because
I am yet to fully finish the task set before me. Don't waste your time
using misguided scriptural interpretation. This I write is true, and I
am sorry if you don't like it. Your Pastor, and every other wolf whose
conscience is not seared knows it is the complete true.
God bless you.
God bless His Church.
God bless Nigeria.
By Agwuna Samuel Sopuluchukwu
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