There has been so much buzz about
pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo regarding an
allegation of rape levelled against him by Timi Dakolo's wife Busola Dakolo.
Biodun Fatoyinbio, is the founding pastor of COZA ministries headquartered in
Abuja Nigeria. This is not the first time he has been accused of the same crime
though the first time the issue of rape against him came up, the interest it
generated was not so much as the mattered fizzled out after awhile.
In the light of this, a lot of interest
groups have called out the pastor, while some are calling for his arrest and prosecution;
others are calling for him to step down as a pastor pending the outcome of the
investigation, that is, if it will be investigated at all.
A crime case cannot not be established against
the culprit if the parties involved refuse to come forward to the police as the
police have said they are incapacitated without victims coming forward to
establish a case.
Having said this and with the overwhelming
testimonies from numerous ladies who have in one way or the other have accused
Fatoyinbo of the same crime¸ what is the way forward?
Do we have to sit around and see that
nothing is done or do we take the law in our hands and enforce justice? Rape is
not synonymous to churches alone but what makes it bad is that it is being
committed by those who are meant to be the custodians of the word of God.
As trivia as some people
will make this case look, this is a serious matter not just for the victims but
also for the body of Christ. The church is meant to be the body of Christ but a
lot of teachers of the bible hid under the church and are committing atrocities
left, right and centre in complete flagrant of the doctrine and the teachings
of Christ. If this is not addressed now, then who knows who the next victim
will be.
The mistake we make as Christians
is that we are too, trusting, relaxed and gullible. Some of us will whole
heartedly accept what our pastors will say over what our parents will say to us.
We have completely idolised these pastors that they now act as if they own us. One
sad phenomenon is that those who have the clout to speak against their evil ways
do get attacked by people especially members who are always shouting 'touch not
my anointed and do my prophet no harm' as if they are the only ones anointed by God
Religion is good but we
must be able to discern what is right from wrong, be able to tell the truth to
these pastors when we think they have deviated from the usual, after all, no
one is perfect before God. It is imperative also for us to know that it is not
all who stand on the pulpit have the type of relationship we think they do with
God. That one has the grace to teach the bible does not make him infallible.
Finally, with the way
churches are springing up, one would have thought that our society would have
been sanitised and be free of the immoralities but that is not the case. Moral
should the watch word for all and sundry. It is built majorly at home and
partly society. Therefore, anybody who is of low moral standard cannot expect
to fix that when he or she is married. It takes the grace of God for that to
change marriage.
Please study your partner
very well to avoid this sort of embarrassment in the future.
655 days ago
If you break the law you pay the price. There should be no safe heaven for no damn good individuals regardless of their status period.
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