TRENDING: Smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol are not sins

The founding father of Abel Damina Ministries and Energy Metropolis Worldwide, Pastor Abel Damina, delivered a thought-provoking viral New 12 months’s Eve sermon that questioned some long-held beliefs and biblical passages, sparking a major debate.

Mr Damina’s controversial sermon stirred up a storm by claiming that smoking and consuming weren’t sins, opposite to common perception.

The 64-year-old pastor additionally questioned the idea that Adam and Eve’s sin within the Backyard of Eden was brought on by consuming fruit from the forbidden fruit.

By referencing Mark 7:18-21 within the Bible, Mr Damina argued that it’s not what an individual eats or drinks that makes them a sinner.

He mentioned, “Adam and Eve ate nothing. Adam and Eve didn’t eat something. Have been you there? You weren’t there. So how do we all know whether or not they ate one thing or not? Jesus was there. Was Jesus there within the Backyard of Eden? Sure. Can Jesus clarify to us what occurred? Sure.

“Do you not know that they might not be sinners if Adam and Eve ate one thing? It isn’t what individuals eat that makes them sinners. It isn’t what you eat. You can’t be a sinner by consuming or consuming one thing’’.

Smoking, consuming

Mr Damina additional ruffled many feathers when he acknowledged that smoking cigarettes and consuming alcohol aren’t sins.

“I’ve instructed you alcohol isn’t a sin. I’ve instructed you cigars aren’t a sin. For those who like, put it on the newspaper headline, I mentioned it. Am I saying it’s best to smoke? It is best to have a way out of your father’s home to know {that a} cigar will minimize quick your life. Am I saying it’s best to drink alcohol? It is best to know that for those who drink alcohol, you’ll lie down inside a gutter. Your shirt and trousers will disappear.

‘‘It is best to have the sense to know that. There’s nothing a person eats that enters his coronary heart. It’ll go to the digestive system and exit one way or the other. What comes out of a person defiles a person, not what goes in. What makes you a sinner is what you suppose, not what you eat. It’ll go to their abdomen in the event that they (Adam and Eve) eat. It’ll digest and go to the bathroom. They’ll be free’’.

Controversies

Mr Damina, a well-liked televangelist, has courted latest controversies over his unconventional beliefs and sermons.

In October, a Christian group, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs, berated him for allegedly preaching gospel messages with an “alarming fee of theological errors and heresies.”

In an open letter, the group mentioned Mr Damina’s messages represent “hate speech and cybercrime in opposition to the Christian religion.”

The highlighted controversial sermons, allegedly preached by Mr Damina, are points the organisation has included: “There is no such thing as a heaven,” “You don’t want God to succeed,” “Jesus isn’t coming again,” and “Heaven is a rip-off.”

The group mentioned that almost all subjects are mere “fallacies and heresies,” with unsound arguments, focused at attracting an viewers to Mr Damina by way of “content material creating hype slightly than being right and religious.”

No matter the criticism, Mr Damina, who in August mentioned that he performed a pivotal position in ordaining and mentoring Dunamis Church’s founder Paul Eneche, claims that the latter has firmly rejected in his sermons, boasts a major social media following and instructions affect among the many youth demography in Nigeria.