Celebrating Valentine Is against the principle of GOD - CLAM pastor Oladiyun

The General Overseer of Christ Livingspring
Apostolic Ministry, CLAM, Pastor Wole Oladiyun,
today condemned the celebration of Valentine’s
day by Christians, saying it’s human and against
God’s principle.
“Valentine’s day celebration is a human doctrine
and so the church should distance itself from
anything that’s worldly and against the will of God,”
he said.
Pastor Oladiyun backed up his message by reading
out the history of Valentine’s day as published on
the internet, saying, “Saint Valentine was a priest
from Rome who served in the 3rd century.
“Emperor Claudius II banned marriage when he
decided that single men made better soldiers and
when Valentine felt this was unfair he broke the
rules and arranged marriages in secret.
“But when the emperor found out he was thrown in
jail and sentenced to death. During his
imprisonment, Saint Valentine raped the daughter of
his jailer, Asterius and before his execution, he
wrote her a letter signed “Your Valentine” as a
farewell.
The CLAM pastor stressed the need to show love
to everyone on a daily basis, saying, “Love is meant
to be celebrated everyday and not on a particular
day; it’s normal and expected for you to show some
love to your spouse on his/her birthday but
celebrating love on Valentine’s day is against the
doctrine of God and the church.”
Continuing, Oladiyun said “I speak today as the
annointed of God that even when Ileave this world
for his glorious kingdom, this doctrine should
remain in CLAM; let it be known that we forbid the
celebration of Valentine’s day in this church now
and forever.
“As a member of CLAM, I urge you to stay away
from anything that’s not ordained of God; if they
call you old school, please tell them that your God
is an ancient of days,” the cleric added.