Church backs Govt’s ban on sale of anointed products

Wed, 31 May 2017 11:30:01 +0000

By SANDRA MACHIMA

 A CLERGYMAN has described as immoral the selling of anointed products by some church leaders and backed Government’s ban of the practice.

Christians Against Poverty in Zambia (CAPIZ) director Evangelist Gregory Chileshe commended the Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs for having banned the selling of the products, saying it was unbiblical.

Mr Chileshe said selling of the anointing oil were not fundamental doctrines of Christ but were ordinances that could change any time.

“God does not sell the anointing. What is coming from God is given freely and therefore, clergymen selling those products must give them to people freely,” he said.

The Minister is spot on because this is what the Bible says, “that freely you have received, freely give, no one should sell the anointing oil or water”.

The clergyman stated that there was no doctrine of anointing water or oil but instead the Bible talked of people using such to perform miracles and not as a routine practice because believers are guided by the power of the Holy Spirit.

While in Livingstone during a meeting with members of the pastors’ fellowship, Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili urged the church to stop the selling of anointing oil and holy water, a practice she described as a manipulation and abuse of ordinary people.

And Mr Chileshe appealed to Zambian preachers to do what was right and allow the Holy Ghost to clean the country, saying what ever came from God was holy.

He said it was vital to scrutinise and discipline the clergymen so that they did not go off track in trying to administer the work of the Lord, saying not all should prophesy.

Mr Chileshe said it was the duty of the Ministry to scrutinise the churches and ensure there was sanity in the country.