Popular Daddy Freeze
expressed his passionate opinion over congregation tithes payment to Encomium
Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly
known as Daddy Freeze, has been courting controversies like a second skin
through his social media pages. He is often against pastors, tithes and
offerings – and he has vowed not to relent until he spreads the “truth” about
the gospel of Christ.
You
have been going against the payment of tithes and offerings for a while now.
Can we know why?
I am a messenger of the
most high God. The first thing you have to do is to teach the truth. Why will I
believe in it when Paul said he would rather die than collect money to preach
the gospel. He said he would rather die than charge money to preach.
All of a sudden, the gospel
became a private jet gospel. I am a teacher of the word of Christ that is why I
can’t keep the truth to myself. What they are teaching is not the Word of
Christ.
Never is there a verse in
the Bible where Christ was paying tithes or collecting tithes. Christ spoke to
the Pharisees and teachers of the law. He said, woe unto you teachers of the
law, for you tithe from your garden but you forget the weightier matters.
Christ said they should tithe because they are teachers of the law but we are
not under the law, the scribes and Pharisees are not our teachers, they teach
the law.
I have to admonish the lies
that they are feeding this generation.
Switzerland has less than
20 churches in the country and they are one of the world’s best stable
economies. Nigeria has 23,000 registered churches and we wallow in poverty.
I was talking to a friend
of mine who is a pilot he was on his way to Morocco for simulation training. Is
Morocco not in Africa, Nigeria does not have a simulator training facility for
pilots. Ethiopia has a stimulator training facility. Do you know that Nigeria
gave Ethiopia its first plane? What have we done? You are telling me that I am
attacking tithes and wealth generation of a country. Ask Kenya what they have
done to stabilize their economy, don’t tell me about tithe and offering that
has failed to work.
Malachi 3:12 says, And all
nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the
lord of hosts.
Is there anything
delightsome here? It also says other nations would call you blessed, which
nation calls us blessed. These are some of the benefits we are supposed to get
from paying tithes, it shows we are not doing the thing. By the way, tithe is
not supposed to be paid to the church. Deuteronomy 14:22 says you are supposed
to eat your tithe in the place the lord has chosen. Read your bible, it is
there, very clear. They just don’t preach it, they don’t like it.
Malachi was referring to
the priest and not to us, it is for the priest who are stealing the money that
is supposed to be in the temple. If you read Deuteronomy 14:27-28, the bible
instructs us that in the third year, we should bring the tithe to our gate.
The Levite’s were
instructed to give 10% to the priests, those priests were not bringing the 10%
to the store house, hence the curse placed on them. But it has all been twisted
into our problem it is the same priests that have been robbing God, not you and
me.
Do
you belong to any church?
Not anymore. But once in a
while I worship at the Catholic church. I cannot worship among the den of
thieves, especially Pentecostal pastors who are not speaking the true gospel of
Christ.
Based
on your conviction, do you see yourself setting up a church soon?
Yes, but I do not intend to
set up a physical church. Before Jesus Christ died, he said, I would pull down
this temple and rebuild it in three days. And everyone asked, it took us 43
years to build this temple, how do you intend pulling it down. He was not
referring to the physical temple. The church of Christ is not the physical
place anymore, it is a spiritual temple. The church of God is in you and the
brethren worshipping will not come to a physical building anymore (Act
7:42-48).
I am here to demystify that
building called the church of God, I am here to empower you as a Temple of
Christ. It would be cheaper, less manipulative. You are the church and carrying
the truth everywhere. Everything I say I can back up with bible verses.
So
we should expect more truth from your social media page?
Not only on the social
media, but anywhere I find myself and I have the opportunity.
But
the supposed truth is making you controversial?
The truth made Jesus
controversial. He was nailed to the cross like a common criminal. It made the
12 disciples controversial, they were executed. Only Paul died in exile. The
truth would make you controversial.
Apart
from talking about the truth from the religious aspect, why can’t you focus on
other areas and leave religion alone?
Let me ask you a question,
what is an architect’s job in a building? Will an architect lay the blocks or
fix the bathroom? I am a biblical scholar, a preacher of the word of God, a
follower of Christ. Everything else is somebody else’s business. Let a political
scholar analyze politics, let an lslamic scholar analyze Islam. I do not have
the grace I have about biblical things on all subjects, though I make comments
about them. But they are side attractions, they are not my main essence.
How
did you come about your calling, how were you called?
I have been preaching on
the radio for 10 years and I have been preaching the same doctrine. I read more
and more, I asked more questions as well just to deepen my knowledge.
We are paying tithes and
our pastors are rich. Instead of having wealthy Christians, we are having
wealthy pastors, pastors who neglect the poor.
I went on holiday to my
mother’s country Romania, I haven’t been there for over 20 years. They have 20
million people and there is constant electricity, beautiful roads, no Police
check points, they don’t have armed robbers, you can drive at any time of the
night or day. In Europe, they have the best internet. Nigeria has 90 million
Christians, Redeemed has more people than Romania.
Yet Romania gives its
citizen free education. Which church gives its citizens free education? None.
So it is not adding up. Jesus Christ said if you want to give me money, give it
to someone around you, not to a church, not to Pastors.
We can’t blame the church
in totality for all these ills?
Why can’t we blame the
church, when Goodluck was campaigning, didn’t he take it to the church? You are
blaming the politicians who work with the pastors.
Who was the first person to
go and see the President when he was recovering in London, was it not a pastor?
They are one and the same. I don’t know politics but I know the bible, I would
tackle the one I know. Which Nigerian pastor has stood up to point his hands in
the eyes of politician, they are all best friends. I don’t know politicians, I
know and understand the bible. I understand when you are using it to tell lies.
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