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Widespread OAP, Daddy Freeze
There aren’t too many lettered folks within the country6 in the present day that might inform you they have no idea the radio persona popularly often called Daddy Freeze. He’s that widespread. Point out the title Daddy Freeze at any gathering and you’ll make certain that heads will flip in your path. It’s because this excellent broadcaster has, over the previous few years, constructed for himself a scary repute, attracting a big following of lovers and haters alike. Hundreds adore him to no finish. They respect his views as a Christian, most particularly his braveness to name out nice and highly effective males of God, difficult them to indicate to him the place it’s said within the scriptures that it’s obligatory for each Christian to pay tithe. In similar method, 1000’s detest him. They despise him and the whole lot he stands for. They’re additionally Christians, however they discover it unthinkable that certainly one of their very own may come out to query among the doctrines their religious fathers and revered pastors have embraced so fiercely which they think about embarrassing to the church of God. They hate Daddy Freeze’s guts and he is aware of it. Ordinarily, this intense hatred would’ve bothered anybody. However not Daddy Freeze, whose actual title is Ifedayo Olarinde, a local of Osun State. He was born in Cluj Napoca in Romania. His mom, Smaranda Olarinde, is Romanian. Daddy Freeze, certainly one of Naija’s most excellent On Air Personalities with COOL FM, has confirmed over time that he’s one man who by no means shies away from what he firmly believes, irrespective of the stress to make him do in any other case.
However, surprisingly, Daddy Freeze has slowed down vastly on his criticisms of males of God. He’s now not as important as he was once of them and their conduct. Lately, it appers he merely chooses to igore them and focus on different issues just like the state of the nation and political issues. His church membership too seems to have decreased. He had such intimidating following. Metropolis Folks’s Senior Editor, WALE LAWAL (08037209290) spent near an hour chatting with this gentleman with an unbelievable information of the bible. He opened up on why he has decreased his criticism of pastors and why his church membership went down . Take pleasure in excerpts of the interview.
First, let me begin by speaking about your church, the Sheeple Motion, inform us what has been occurring. I do know that a few years in the past whenever you began, you had a lot of younger folks gravitating in the direction of your church, but it surely seems that isn’t the case now, am I appropriate?
Yeah, you see, the pattern is, on a regular basis there are new folks and generally you lose outdated folks. There are some individuals who imagine my job is to assault pastors, so the second I slowed down on attacking pastors and began extra of dialogue, I misplaced plenty of members. I believe that, for this set of individuals, they’ve misunderstood me completely. I’m not doing what I’m doing as a result of I take enjoyment of preventing pastors or am simply out to embarrass males of God. No, that’s not what I’m about or what that is about. The message is far greater than that. Now, I imagine there are people who find themselves within the church who want to listen to the message. These of you who’re outdoors, you don’t actually need my message. Let’s additionally discuss to those inside. Let’s present them the scriptures, let’s focus on with them. Let’s assist them maintain an open thoughts and see possibly they’ll be satisfied about our message. However no person’s going to be satisfied about our message when you insult their religious leaders. So we adopted a extra conversational method if I can put it that approach.
I used to be going to speak about your combat with some males of God, why Daddy Freeze decelerate on taking over pastors?
Effectively, the reply is kind of easy, you can not maintain utilizing the identical strategies and anticipate to get totally different outcomes. To inform you the reality, I’ve seen a slight change within the approaches of many pastors and church buildings. You’ll be able to inform now that inside the final one yr, no pastor has come out publicly and say come and sow your {dollars}. I don’t even must say something. In case you come out now and say to folks come and sow your {dollars}, folks will bash you for it. Daddy Freeze doesn’t even must say a factor. So, our work in that regard has been finished. Some pastors even ask for regular issues like help, as a result of whether or not you prefer it or not, supporting the church is scriptural, and I’m not speaking about tithes and providing right here. I’m speaking about help and help is scriptural. Luke chapter 8 teaches us about how Christ’s ministry was supported, so there’s nothing unsuitable in asking for help. There was a pastor who, through the pandemic, got here out and requested for help after he completed his sermon. Folks simply posted the final a part of that sermon and everyone simply got here down laborious on him, criticizing him for asking for help in a time like this. However the man hasn’t finished something that’s out of order, that is what church buildings usually do. So, our intention isn’t create hostility. And you should agree with me that for a really very long time, folks refused to see any type of unsuitable within the dealings of their pastor. So, we additionally needed to present that these persons are human beings. Paul and Barnabas introduced the gospel to the Gentiles and by the best way, we’re Gentiles. They needed to inform them that, look, we’re human beings such as you, we’re not Gods. There was a time within the ebook of Acts when folks wished to begin sacrificing to Paul and to Barnabas, and Paul and Barnabas needed to come out and say, look, we’re simply folks such as you, no want for all this stuff.
Earlier than you slowed down, you have been taking over males of God each passing day, insisting a few of them haven’t been following the scriptures to the letter. How a lot would you say you might have achieved by way of getting our males of God to be upright?
First issues first, I have to say that this journey isn’t a journey I can end in my lifetime as a result of it didn’t begin in my lifetime, it’s a journey that’s a number of centuries outdated. And also you’re not going to simply want it away over night time. It’s an extended haul. However yeah, we’ve begun to see progress. Many individuals are starting to see that the best way they have been doing issues was not sustainable. It’s laborious in a world the place the highest ten richest folks on this planet aren’t tithers, they don’t seem to be Christians but you’re telling them the doctrine that when you don’t give us tithe you’ll not earn a living. The primary query is how does a person who’s out rightly atheist, practices no faith and doesn’t even imagine in God? How is he the second richest man on earth? How did he single handedly take advantage of cash in 2020 through the pandemic? So, you see, the questions begin to come up, its now not hidden. Now, persons are starting to see for themselves that you just can not worship God with cash. Secondly, persons are starting to appreciate that why Nigeria is on the intense crutches of poverty is due to faith.
There’s a church not removed from my home that took over a former manufacturing facility because the parking zone for his or her members that attend service on Sundays. How can we reconcile this? How do you shut down a manufacturing facility owing to financial causes however then a church that doesn’t earn any earnings besides from what it will get from the folks, it recycles the folks’s cash, how does that church now purchase over the house of the manufacturing facility after which we’re complaining of poverty? What are we producing? Let’s take a look at one of many world’s most dynamic economies and most prolific producers -China. In China, it’s unlawful to place a toddler youthful than eighteen right into a church or mosque. So, it’s the most irreligious nation or earth. It’s one of many producers of the whole lot on earth, together with the telephones we’re having this dialog on. Go searching you, people who find themselves atheists aren’t solely creating their nation but in addition creating the world. International locations which might be out rightly irreligious after China, China is probably the most irreligious nation on earth, after China topping the record, we have now Germany, the UK, we have now Canada, these are among the least spiritual international locations on earth and these are among the locations we run to. So now, the essence of faith and spirituality is to construct us spiritually for the hereafter. Now, in fact, there are guarantees. The Lord stated search me first and the whole lot else needs to be added. So, it’s search the Lord and so He would add the whole lot else. You see, one of many issues we have now in Nigeria is that we base our religion on ignorance, Hosea chapter 6 verse 4 may be very clear, it says my folks perish as a result of they don’t know me. So, we base our religion on ignorance as an alternative of data as a result of when you base your religion on information as Christ stated within the ebook of Matthew chapter 13 verse 12, please let me quote this, when you learn this from the New Dwelling Translation which explains it in probably the most detailed, it says, ‘to those that take heed to my teachings, extra understanding can be given and you should have an abundance of data. However those that are not any listening, even what little understanding they’ve can be taken from them.’
The extra you take heed to Christ’s instructing, the extra you notice that it’s essential love your neighbor. The extra you notice that it’s essential work and be progressive. The extra you realise that so that you can prosper, you’re not going to try this by praying. Essentially the most prayerful nation on earth is Afghanistan and Nigeria comes second and you’ll say one thing in regards to the two international locations. In the meantime, the least prayerful is China adopted by Germany, and Canada and the UK. You’ll be able to see the pattern in that path. So, the extra pastors begin to preach and say, look guys, let’s make it easier to along with your religious want, let’s make it easier to along with your salvation regains its worth, however so long as they’re telling you that they’re apostles of prosperity into this land, then issues won’t ever get any higher. Nigeria has the biggest variety of folks residing in excessive poverty. If there’s any apostle popping out of this land, he needs to be a disciple of poverty. As a result of that’s one factor we’re excellent at, we all know methods to make and create poverty as a result of it’s all we’ve finished since 1960. Don’t overlook that in 1965 when Nigeria was already a rich nation, Singapore barely obtained its independence amidst plenty of poverty. As we speak, Singapore rose from poverty to change into one of many wealthiest nations in Asia and their passport is rated because the second strongest passport on this planet. So, if there’s something we’re good at, its turning prosperity into poverty.
I’m nonetheless curious to know why nobody has taken you up on this. You’ve all the time made it clear that you just have been keen to return as much as a debate to any man of God, I’m stunned that, as we communicate, nobody has overtly challenged you to a debate, or has there been one which most people isn’t conscious of….
(Cuts in) None. None, As a substitute of difficult us, what they usually resort to are threats and curses and insults. And also you see, if I make an announcement and say tithe isn’t a Christian factor and that its unsuitable for Christians to pay tithes, and then you definately come out and curse me, and threaten me, on the finish of the day, you haven’t answered the query. Even if you wish to threaten, when you first got here out and stated, no, in keeping with this gospel, right here is an instance of Christ accumulating tithe, right here is an instance of Peter paying tithe to Christ, right here is an instance of Timothy paying tithe to Paul, when you had include that after which cursed me and insulted me, it’s totally different. However you see, on the finish of the day, persons are starting to get up. Now, an enormous man of God won’t problem me to a debate as a result of he doesn’t stand to realize something until he wins. And to win goes to be plenty of laborious work. And if he loses, he may lose his congregation. So, that’s one of many points, no person needs to gamble their congregation.
That’s the place the massive situation for them is. As a result of when you tackle a Daddy Freeze and also you lose, that would very effectively spell doom for the church…
(Cuts in) You’ll lose your congregation, you perceive? Sure, there are nonetheless some folks that may nonetheless observe you finally and all, however then, on the finish of the day, those who’re keen to check the bible will certainly have points with that sort of theology.
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