The President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Sunday, said arrogance of humans against God and the constituted authority were responsible for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic across the world.
The CAN president said this in a special sermon on a cable television, which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by his Special Assistant, Media and Communications, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji.
He also mentioned sin and all sorts of wickedness as parts of the things responsible for the outbreak of the virus.
Although Ayokunle, who is also the General Secretary, Nigeria Baptist Convention, described Coronavirus as a disease that defied human solution, he said that God had provisions for its cure.
The cleric called for a change of heart among humans so as to see to the end of the pandemic.
He also identified others factors as ungratefulness or ingratitude as well as the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ.
“As in the case of the children of Israel in this passage, the arrogance of man against God and lawfully constituted authority led to God’s anger and judgment over the people.
“People say anything today against God and against His word. The injunctions of the Scriptures, which are God’s commands, no longer matter to us.
“We query the validity today of the word of God and equally deliberately act against it,” he said.
He said that all practices that would make us worship God had been rejected or abandoned under the guise of fundamental human rights.
“In some advanced nations, anything about God must not be mentioned in any public event and neither can people worship God nor share the gospel with their neighbours.
“Doing so is an offence. This pride and arrogance against God came because of advancement in technology. We feel we can do many things without God and thus become ‘god’ unto ourselves.
“Technological advancement should make us to reverence God the more, because He is the revealer of knowledge,” he said.