Bishop Adio Counsels Preachers on Honesty and Integrity

Bishop Adio Counsels Preachers on Honesty and Integrity

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Like Apostle Paul in the Bible, Bishop Michael Adio, who was once a persecutor of Christianity as declared that integrity is the foundation of leadership. “You only lead people if they trust you. If you lose people’s trust, you’ve lost it all. That’s why the right to lead is earned, and it’s earned by being trustworthy. I think the most damaging sin a leader can commit is to betray the trust of his people”

A sixty years old Bishop and founder of Christ Preach the Gospel Apostolic Church who revealed his journey into ministry said, there are so many fake preachers and prophecies now and people should be careful of who to follow in their Christian life.

Bishop Adio

 

His words…

“I was born on January 1, 1960 to the family of Shittu Adio of Ijaiye, in Abeokuta, Ogun state. I was born as a Muslim. I served as a Muslim for many years.

 

I attended nursery and primary school before I stopped due to some reasons and later went ahead to learn mechanic of which I became a professional.

 

 

Like I said, I was formerly a Muslim, one day I was in the mosque because I happened to be the Imam of our mosque then, as I was praying in Muslim way something struck me that made me to start speaking in tongues I did that for many times before they could no longer condone me anymore, so they directed me to the Church where I gave my life to Christ Jesus.

 

 

Even after my reconciliation with Jesus I was still adamant to succumb because I did not belief in Christianity like I believed in Islam, but today Jesus has taken me all over.

 

 

Before then my son fell sick and they told me that if I did not surrender my life to Jesus that my son would die. So I accepted by giving my life to Christ on a condition that I would accept Christ if my son regained his consciousness.

 

 

All glory to God who perfected my son’s healing and that made me to fully belief that truly Jesus reigns.

 

 

From there I attended a Bible school from 1994-1995 before I started the ministerial work fully. Then the Church was at a small shop in front of my house before we moved to where the Church is today. To the glory of God the ministry is moving as God wants it today. Praise The Lord.

 

 

Speaking further, on how to maintain moral integrity as a minister?

 

 

“Never consider yourself above temptation.

 

 

Don’t kid yourself. People say, “It couldn’t happen to me.” That’s a bunch of baloney. We need to be aware how vulnerable all of us are. The first defense is an attitude of humility that says, “I’m a human being.” We need to watch out. 1 Corinthians 10:12 says, “So be careful if you are thinking, ‘Oh, I’d never behave like that.’ Let this be a warning to you, for you too may fall into sin.” None of us are invulnerable. None of us are immune. Proverbs 16:18 says, “Pride goes before destruction.

 

 

It’s like the person who believes he’s never going to be robbed, so he never locks his doors, never bolts down his windows, and leaves his money lying all around. Who’s going to get robbed? The guy who thinks he’s never going to get robbed. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

 

 

That means every person has his or her price. My heart is deceitful. That’s what God says about my heart — and your heart. Given the right circumstances and set of events, you can’t tell what you’d do. Me neither. We should have a holy fear of ever thinking we’re beyond temptation.”