Dr. Mark Omonze, Presiding Bishop of All Grace Cathedral Church, Lagos, has advised fellow ministers of God to desist from attributing to the Holy Ghost the calamity or punishment of offenders and sinners, saying the Host Ghost is never behind the calamity of anyone.
Omonze gave the advice in a message of exhortation to the new apostles ordained by Prayer and Intercession School (PIS) on Wednesday at Alagbado, Lagos and covered by www.worldstagenews.com/.
The bishop told the new apostles that with their ordination they had been endued with the supernatural power of the Holy Ghost for service and not to punish offenders.
He particularly cautioned that their mouths had received power such that whatever they utter, whether good or bad, would come to pass, therefore warning them against using the power negatively but be good examples as some Bible characters like Moses and some apostles by controlling their emotions and utterances at all times.
Giving the charge Omonze added: “As you are ordained today as apostles you have become gifts to the body of Christ to serve the body and not to ruin the body. You are now ambassadors of Christ. You have been endued with the supernatural power of the Holy Ghost to serve the body. Your mouths especially are now filled with that supernatural power, such that whatever you utter with your mouths; either good or bad, will definitely come to pass.
“So, be careful how you use that power. You have been endued with that power to serve and not to punish offenders like Moses and the apostles who killed Ananias and Sapphira out of emotions and anger. It was the apostles; not the Holy Ghost, that killed Ananias and Sapphira because the couple lied.
“The Holy Ghost does not kill liars. If the Holy Ghost kills liars, then with all the lies that many pastors are telling on their pulpits today, none will be alive now. Control your emotions and utterances at all times to avoid using wrongly or negatively the Holy Ghost supernatural power that you have been endued today as apostles.”
