Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi leading the funeral procession for his late wife after the church service
To an average Christain,the death of a beloved signifies pain and end of a life cycle never to be experienced again.
However, for Pastor Haastrup Alexander,Regional Administrator of the The Redeemed Christain Church of God,Region 23, ehp deliver the sermon titled-Death is not the end,the death of a born-again believer, presents an opportunity to enter into a blissful life of eternity with Christ whose death on the cross of Calvary “gave us hope that all believers has conquered death cuting the book of Thessalonian 4:16-17.
These were the soothing words of the Senior Pastor to Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi , Secretary of the Province and the children while delivering the sermon during the funeral service of his late wife, Pastor Mrs Oluwaseyi Olatokunbo Olubiyi, nee Oluwa,Friday, November 13 inside the House of Favour Parish in the Redemtopn City.
In the service attended by senior Pastors,family, relatives and friends of the Olubiyis,the transition of their beloved who until her demiise on November 1,was Deputy Registrar of the Lagos State University of Technology, Pastor Alexander said her passage was the beginning of her journey to a final address in heaven.
According to him,life is not measured by duration but by impact quoting John 19:30.
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Pastor Akexander urged all believers to accept that death is to enable us to meet Christ and reign with him.
The clergy used the example of Lazarus who died but his life made it possible for him to see father Abraham who died hundreds of years earlier adding same was apostles James, John and Peter who saw Jesus with Moses and Elisha who passed on hundreds of years earlier.
He quoted Luke 16:22 to admonished believers to get prepared in their daily activity t o have a final address in heaven which he said is the ultimate for all Christains.
He commended the devotion to service and duty of the late Pastor Okubiyi both to her immediate family and the church of God.
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