"A virgin as a tool in bringing about Christmas" by Pastor Maichibi

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” Isaiah 7:14​.

When Adam and Eve sinned, there was a virgin needed as a bridge to bring about the saviour into the world. The angel was sent from the presence of God with a message about the conception of Jesus to a virgin that resulted in the celebration of the Christmas we are celebrating every year:

“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us” Matthew 1:23

Imagine for a while if there was no virgin in the world. If the immorality in the world was rampant as we have it today, the likelihood of getting a virgin within that geographical location would have been very difficult to get. That is a call for us to get many more virgins in the society as we go about celebrating Christmas.Thank God that Mary kept herself as a virgin in their corrupt and defiles generation.

The Devil loves immorality but God loves morality and holiness. The Devil used immorality to destroy the generation of Noah and that of Lot and he is at it again in this generation as Jesus predicted that our generation will be like the generation of Noah and Lot.

Immorality is destroying the young and the old, the clergy and the laity, the rich and the poor and the religious and non-religious people.

The wave of immorality is very high and it is about making this world go down in disaster. Gay, lesbians and transgender are now the order of the day. Man is now marrying man, woman marrying woman and humans marrying animals and instead of feeling ashamed about it they are even proud about it.

Apostle Paul warned about the subtlety of the devil in making people lose their virginity:

“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:2-3

I have observed for some time now that the Devil uses the Christmas period for immorality. Instead of them to reflect on how God used a virgin as a bridge to bring about Christmas to us, they are using the period to dis-virgin many virgins.

As we reflect on the virgin birth, that should motivate us into living as virgins in this corrupt generation. Forgetting the message of holiness at Christmas is to forget the essence of the coming of the Lord Jesus into the world.

The Bible that we used at Christmas is a holy Bible; the Holy Spirit we have is the Holy Spirit; Jesus is holy, the father is holy, the angels are also holy and to undermined holiness at Christmas is to demean the spirit of Christmas and mock the one that brought redemption to us.

Heaven is still looking for virgins to save the world from destruction but the Devil is using non-virgin people to bring destruction to this generation.

The world is neatly divided into moral and immoral people; virgins and those that are not virgins. I am calling upon all to use this Christmas season to glorify the king of kings and the Lord of Lords that love us enough to come to this deplorable world for our redemption.

Want to conclude by wishing merry Christmas and New Year in advance to the president Christ Apostolic Church worldwide, Pastor Abraham O Akiosun, General Superintendent and president designate, Pastor S.O Oladele, The General Evangelist Pastor Hezekiah Oladeji, General Secretary Pastor Emmanuel E Mapur, Finance Director Pastor J F Omitinde, General Superintendent designate Pastor Emmanuel O Odejobi, Mission Director Pastor C S Fasuyi and all clergies and laities in Adelaja Region. Wishing them many more years in return.

Pastor Solomon Nanpan Maichibi,

CAC Adelaja Regional Superintendent