Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr. Mike Okonkwo has said “CoronaVirus will come and go and we will still be here because God didn’t tell us that he will destroy the world with the virus”.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Bishop Okonkwo stated this on Sunday while preaching on the message title: the first thing first, stressing that “there is an answer to every infirmity and disease that is plaguing the earth.
“The Blood of Jesus was shed once and for all, for our eternal redemption! We are saved by His blood”.
Similarly, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye had on Saturday night prayed against any spread of the novel Coronavirus disease.
Adeboye offered the prayers in a live broadcast on Saturday night while making an address that marked the end of the church’s 50-day fasting and prayers which had started on January 11, 2020.
“There is no virus that is going to come near you at all because it is written that they that dwell under the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
“I believe that this is a time to show that there is a difference between those who serve Him (God) wholeheartedly and those who do not. It shall be well with you and you will enjoy peace and you will have good health,” Pastor Adeboye said.
Nigeria recorded its first confirmed index case of COVID-19 on Friday with an Italian traveller who arrived in Lagos on Monday night from Milan, Italy.
The novel virus, which was first confirmed in Wuhan, China, is fast-spreading in over 25 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Americas and Africa.