The Founder of the Grace Nation Church International in Lagos State, Dr Chris Okafor, says he remains unperturbed over claims in certain quarters that his miracles of healings and deliverances are fake.

Okafor said in over 20 years of active ministerial work, he has lost count of the occasions where he has been called a false prophet by people he stated do not understand the operations and manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

He said he has since learnt to draw inspiration from the life of Jesus Christ who he noted was also persecuted in the same manner.

The cleric said this during a recent Sunday service in his church in Lagos State.

Pastor Okafor stated: “Jesus was also called a false prophet by the very people he was sent to save.

“You remember His encounter with the Scribes in the book of Mark chapter 3:22-27? Not being able to comprehend how he wrought incredible miracles, signs and wonders, his traducers simply said he was of the devil. That he cast out demons by the spirit of Beelzebub that was in him!

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“Of course, he did take an exception to that accusation because He saw it as a blasphemy against the Holy Spirit – a sin He said was unforgivable.

“However, He still made them see the incongruency of their logic, maintaining that no demon could cast out a demon.

“In the book of John 8:48, Jesus was also accused by His own people, the Jews, of having a demon in Him.

“Again, look at what happened in the book of John chapter 11 concerning Lazarus. In verse 4 of that scripture, Jesus said, ‘This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it’, in response to the news of Lazarus’ terminal ailment.

“But Lazarus still ended up dying despite Jesus’ prophecy. Now, did that make Jesus a false prophet?

“But those who did not understand the full meaning of his earlier response would easily write him off as fake.

“So, I have learnt to pay less heed to such accusations because they are mere distractions meant to derail one from his core objective of winning souls to God’s kingdom.

“Any true Christian who, therefore, understands the truth of what Jesus said is unlikely to be caught in the web of arguments about whether the move of God in his life or ministry is devil-induced or not.”

The Star