The Arole Oodua and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo were among the dignitaries that graced the occassion of this year’s edition of “Celebrate The Comforter” organised by the world famous Reverend Esther Ajayi of the United-Kingdom based Love of Christ Church (LOC).
The epoch making event attended by a multitude of members of Celestial Church and Cherubim & Seraphim worldwide with about 500 members and guests from outside countries like Nigeria, UK, Ghana, India, South Africa, Canada, Ireland and Turkey also had several prominent Yoruba traditional rulers, international clergymen, renown media practitioners and notable Nigerian artistes in attendance.
While speaking as the Royal Father of The Day, Ooni Ogunwusi charged Christians to emulate Reverend Ajayi by living in peace, loving one another and exetending hands of gererosity to the poor people in the society, saying the Reverend greatly epitomises love, peace and generosity.
“God wants us to love others the way we love ourselves. Are you all doing this as christians?
“This great woman of God is undoubtedly an embodiment of love, peace and uncommon generosity who carries herself with unequalled simplicity and humility. Are you also emulating her? You must do so if you are true christians because these are virtues money can never buy and this is what Jesus Christ also symbolizes,” Ooni said.
The African foremost monarch described the annual event “Celebrate The Comforter” as a God’s project, “saying God himself is the Chief Comforter who is always happy with anyone that selflessly commits his or her resources to helping other people, especially the poors”.
“This programme “Comforter” is all about love and God because God is love and he is the greatest comforter.
“God owns our lives, he is the only king of kings, he enthrones and dethrones kings, the best way to serve God is to use the comfort he has given us for the comfort of others. I believe this is what this event stands for and this is what Reverend Esther Ajayi stands for,” Ooni added.
Also in his speech, former president Obasanjo who was during the event named “Generalisimo” of white garment churches admonished church members of C & S and Celestial churches to “celebrate the comforter” by making themselves blessings to the mankind in emulation of Reverend Mother Ajayi.
“We must praise, and we must be steadfast in thanksgivings and prayer. As a matter of fact, you must become blessings to humanity because if your lives are not blessings to others, then we are not celebrating the comforter.
“This is what Reverend mother Ajayi is doing, this our job, this our responsibility and this is the way we must live as children of God as we are here celebrating the comforter,” Obasanjo charged.
Fondly called “Iya Adura”, Reverend Mother Esther Ajayi gave a brief history of white garment church as a unique one pioneered with the creation of Cherubim Seraphim Church in 1925 by St. Moses Orimolade followed in the same path by the Celestial Church of Christ founded by Rev J.B. Oshoffa in 1947, saying the two churches are spiritually and identically intertwined in all areas of their worship and message of salvation as thaught by Jesus Christ.
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