Angel Daniel Obinim Needs to be Congratulated

If you are on any social media platform be it Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Instagram and my personal favorite snapchat then am sure you have witnessed some Challenges trending . In recent times there have been a lot of challenges which have become socially accepted on the internet around the world.  When it comes to these Challenges, it doesn’t matter what position you hold, your age, sex or how much you have in the bank you can take part. Challenges like the mannequin challenge, the ice bucket challenge which big names such as Bill gates, Cristiano Ronaldo took part in other to create awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The most recent challenge is the Obinim sticker challenge which is making waves on the internet. Bishop Daniel Obinim popularly known as Angel Obinim is the founder and leader of God’s way international church; he is married to Ghanaian gospel icon Florence Obinim and the whole hullabaloo about the Obinim sticker challenge is centered on him.

I must say I am amused by the testimonies people are sharing. Hundreds of people have taken to the internet to share their testimonies including celebrities such as Afia schwarzneggar, D.K.B and the likes. My personal favorite is by the former President of Ghana John Mahama at a press conference, suggested to the ruling President his Excellency Nana Addo to get an Obinim sticker to help his government because they are super incompetent.

This issue of the Obinim sticker has generated a lot of controversies as to whether the sticker indeed works or it doesn’t. In my candid opinion the world is full of good and bad, real and fake so is pertinent, therefore, to ask are all men of God true or false men? I believe there are true men of God just like I also believe there are fake men of God. We should not be surprised to find false teachings in the church today. Jesus and his apostles were very clear that false teachers will arise. Jesus said “for false Christ and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. So be on guard; I have told you everything ahead of time” (Mark 13:22-23). Likewise, in Luke 6:43-44 Jesus says it twice so that we won’t miss it; you will recognize them by their fruits so all these warnings are clear.  It is very difficult to recognize in the moment because we do not have access to their personal live. But irrespective of that you cannot make it generic that all men of God are fake.

Also I will like to bring to your notice a clear warning. The Bible clearly states in 1 Chronicles 16:22 do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm. So though there may be false prophets, teachers, apostles and the likes you need to be careful who you cause harm or who you touch. In addition to that, Jesus said “very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these because I am going to the father”. So am not surprised about the testimonies people are giving about the Obinim sticker be it true or not.

As much as we joke with the dubious nature of these farfetched testimonies, I think we should sometimes have a moment of silence for the gullible victims of such deceptive tactics of these unscrupulous pastors cum confidence tricksters and reflect on how vulnerable our society has become due to poverty, lack of education and misapplication of religion.

This is what I deduced during my moment of silence. It's like this: some people are laughing on one hand. Other people are seriously adamant on the other hand. And you can't blame them. It's their faith which I have to respect as long as it's their right. We shouldn't only laugh though. We should open our eyes to the fake signs and wonders going on and the fake prophets they are worshiping nowadays as foretold in the Bible. We perceive God's blessings to be overnight riches and success and sometimes ‘unmerited favor'.  Can't Christians just trust their God and accept their destiny in good faith instead of chasing miracles or breakthroughs.  We pray as if we want our will to be done, not Thy will be done.

And you will think that exposing these disturbing deeds of these pastors will expose them in the negative light, but sadly in Africa, it's the opposite. The more his congregation will even grow with this negative publicity. A lot of religious people have become hell-fearing people instead of God-fearing people and the heaven-visa- granting pastors are cashing out.

All this being said I personally think Bishop Daniel Obinim needs to be congratulated for how viral his Obinim sticker challenge have gone. I have learned a lot and with all the testimonies coming in, this shows that with God all things are possible.

I assure you also that no matter how twisted the teaching may be or how deceiving some false prophets may be as God preserved Noah and rescued Lot; so the Lord Jesus will rescue his true people from false teaching and false living of false prophets.