Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has given a clue on how to know a good Christian.
He said: “I have always said that if you are a Christian, we must know your salvation experience; we must know your story.
“If you don’t have a salvation experience, you must go get one, but when you know a man or a woman’s salvation experience, then you know where he is coming from and you will understand why he is who he is today.”
Professor Osinbajo spoke today, Tuesday at a Thanksgiving service to mark the 50th birthday of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, at the Living Faith Church, Goshen City in Nasarawa State.
He said that he had always known that the Speaker is an “exceptional person in this funny world of politics.
“As you can imagine, politics is not a picnic, but there are people who stand by their word and you can take them by their word.”
The Vice President admitted that until recently he never knew that Dogara is a Christian, saying: “Over time, I got to know that (he is a Christian). I didn’t even know his antecedents, but I recognized that there was something distinct and special about him.
“I think that, by just hearing the stories and various testimonies of his life, it is evident that he is a good Christian.”
He promised to get the book on the speaker and would tell his (Osinbajo’s) son the story “because I always tell him stories, especially about greatness and about great people.”
He said that he had always underscored to his son that there is something important about redemption and greatness.
“I was so pleased today when I heard Pastor Abioye talk about the relationship between redemption and greatness – the understanding that our lives really must be about service, because the one who saved us died for us and served us till the end.
“So, I’m really so excited to be here and to celebrate with my brother because I have been greatly enriched today and greatly encouraged in my Christian faith. And I want to just bless the name of the Lord for you, your wife and children.
“I pray that, just like the scriptures say, “That the path of the just is like a shining light and it will shine brighter and brighter until that perfect day”, I pray that your light will shine brighter until that perfect day in the mighty name of Jesus. I also pray that as your day, so shall your strength, so shall your wisdom and so shall your favour increase with God.
“Your family, who you see today, you will continue to see and you will have pride and joy in them every day. All your children will be greater than you and all that you desire, the Lord God Almighty will bring to pass in Jesus name. [myad]
