QUESTION: A lot of people, including pastors, have been criticizing some of the messages you teach. How are you coping with all the attacks and criticisms? DR. ABEL DAMINA: It’s normal. You know, the gospel when it is preached in truth attracts criticisms. Even Jesus, when he was on earth, was criticized by the Pharisees and the Sadducees who were custodians of the law. They never agreed with Jesus because Jesus didn’t come to present a religion. Jesus came to reveal God to us. The Pharisees and the Sadducees were custodians of the Torah and the Torah is Genesis to Deuteronomy. So they were in a religion, but Jesus brought life; Jesus came to talk about God, the character of God, the love of God, the purpose of God for man and Jesus tried to show the Pharisees that everything they were holding onto as the Torah was pointing to him. In John 5:39, Jesus said to the Jews ‘you search the scriptures for in them you think you have eternal life, but there are they which testified of me.’ So, that is why there was always that clash between Jesus and the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and it continues for the rest of lifetime. Anytime you come up with the truth of the gospel, there will be people that will criticize you, there will be people that will persecute you, there will be people that will attack you because the gospel of Christ attracts persecution. So for me, it’s fine. I knew it before I started preaching this truth, that I will be persecuted, I will be maligned. I knew that was coming, but I made up my mind that my loyalty is to Jesus Christ because he alone died for me; he alone paid the price for my forgiveness and for my eternity with God. That’s where my loyalty is and that’s what keeps my focus on. #jesus #facebookviral #grace #nigeria #God #Revealed #critism