Ex-Media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan has taken to the Social to explain to would-be couple that church wedding is not approved by God.
According to him, parental approval and blessings not necessarily that of a pastor are enough for couples who intend to marry.
Read his submission below:
Some people say a church wedding is necessary because pastors are Godโs representatives on Earth. My question to such people is this: What are your parents? Devilโs representative?
No blessing on Earth is greater than parental blessings. There is no record of a church wedding in Scripture. However, there are over 20 records of family weddings at home in the Word of God.
Sadly, Christians do not even know that the word โchurchโ does not exist in Scripture. The word used is แผฮบฮบฮปฮทฯฮฏแพณ, Romanised as ekklฤsia. While Europeans deliberately or mistakenly misinterpreted ekklฤsia to mean church (a word that existed before Christianity, and was used to refer to places where Greek and Roman deities were worshipped.
See Acts 19:37), the word ekklฤsia actually means a gathering of believers. When Christ said โwhere two or three gather in my name, I am thereโ-Matthew 18:20, He was referring to an ekklฤsia. If your parents gather in the name of Christ to bless your wedding at their home, Christ is there!
