Anglican Diocese ends Synod, wants Christians to embrace Holy Spirit

Delivering a message titled, “Receive ye the Holy Spirit, Explore the Power behind Every Mission and Transformed Lives,’’ he said that for any service to be meaningful and profitable, the Holy Spirit must empower the believer. He assured that whoever allows the Holy Spirit to come into him or her would be transformed for good. […]

Delivering a message titled, “Receive ye the Holy Spirit, Explore the Power behind Every Mission and Transformed Lives,’’ he said that for any service to be meaningful and profitable, the Holy Spirit must empower the believer. He assured that whoever allows the Holy Spirit to come into him or her would be transformed for good.
Speaking further, the prelate described insecurity in some parts of the country as a gang-up by some people to destabilise the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan and paint a picture of a failed state.
He said Nigeria’s problem was not the president but the opposition who want to use a different agenda to take over government.
“Kidnapping and the menace of Boko Haram are combined efforts of the devil and his collaborators to destabilise the nation,” he said.
The bishop blamed the present wave of terrorism ravaging some parts of the country on decades of corruption and impunity by those in various positions of authority, coupled with the failure of
successive governments to provide quality education to the Nigerian children.
Oparaojiaku, who observed that successive governments lacked the political will to decisively deal with corruption, regretted that corruption cases are concluded without adequate punishment on offenders. He noted that the level of corruption is spelling doom for the country, saying it is one of the indices of a failing state.
He further noted that factors being considered as features of a failing state include the security apparatus, factionalised elite, external intervention, high rate of poverty, economic decline, among other things.
The bishop condemned the reckless display of wealth by corrupt citizens of the country, even as government looks on helplessly.