The Archbishop of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Ibadan North Anglican Diocese, Dr. Williams Oluwarotimi Aladekugbe, has called on Christians to stop living dual lives but totally commit their lives to the service of God through Jesus Christ, the Lord and Saviour.
He gave the admonition in the sermon during the Diocesan Board meeting held at the Conference Hall, Diocesan Headquarters, Moyede, Ibadan on Thursday, March 20.
According to a statement by the Ibadan North Anglican Diocesan spokesman, Chief Solomon Olugbemiga Ayoade, the Archbishop said: “Stop deceiving yourselves. On Sundays or other Christian events, you show yourselves as Angel, but outside the church, you are something else. That is dual life. Know that you can’t serve God with mammon.”
Drawing his Biblical references from Matthew 4:18-22 and Romans 12:1, Archbishop Aladekugbe said God is all knowing.
“He knows us from the beginning to the end: He needs your total commitment so as to reap all the benefits attached to a true Christian life,” the Archbishop admonished.
The clergyman reminded Christians to observe this Lent period which calls for soberness, humility, repentance, assistance to the masses and love for one another.
According to him, “this is a better period to pray to God to give our leaders a right sense of direction, protection of lives and property, and ability to lead the country in accordance with the constitution they swore to uphold.”
He assured the leaders and the led that if they obey God’s commandments, they need not fear but live a life of plenty and still inherit the heavenly kingdom.
