“Valentine’s Day celebration is a human doctrine and so the church should distance itself from anything that’s worldly and against the will of God,” he said.
The General Overseer of Christ Livingspring Apostolic Ministry,
CLAM, Pastor Wole Oladiyun, today condemned the celebration of Valentine’s Day
by Christians, saying it’s human and against God’s principle.
“Valentine’s Day celebration is a human doctrine and so the
church should distance itself from anything that’s worldly and against the will
of God,” he said (more after the cut)
Pastor Oladiyun backed up his message by reading out the history
of Valentine’s Day as published on the internet, saying, “Saint Valentine was a
priest from Rome who served in the 3rd century.
“Emperor Claudius II banned marriage when he decided that single
men made better soldiers and when Valentine felt this was unfair he broke the
rules and arranged marriages in secret.
“But when the emperor found out he was thrown in jail and
sentenced to death. During his imprisonment, Saint Valentine raped the daughter
of his jailer, Asterius and before his execution; he wrote her a letter signed
“Your Valentine” as a farewell.
The CLAM pastor stressed the need to show love to everyone on a
daily basis, saying, “Love is meant to be celebrated everyday and not on a
particular day; it’s normal and expected for you to show some love to your
spouse on his/her birthday but celebrating love on Valentine’s day is against
the doctrine of God and the church.”
Continuing, Oladiyun said “I speak today as the anointed of God
that even when I leave this world for His glorious kingdom, this doctrine should
remain in CLAM; let it be known that we forbid the celebration of Valentine’s
day in this church now and forever.
“As a member of CLAM, I urge you to stay away from anything
that’s not ordained of God; if they call you old school, please tell them that
your God is an ancient of days,” the cleric added.
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