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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Emmanuel Makndiwa\u2019s sermon in which he said \u201cwe don\u2019t like Jesus\u2019s instruction\u201d has sparked controversy with some calling him a non-believer.<\/p>\n

He was teaching on \u201clove your enemies\u201d from Matthew 5: 44. Jesus had instructed his audience to pray for those who persecuted them. Reads the verse:<\/p>\n

Matt 5: 44<\/b><\/p>\n

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;<\/p>\n

Responding to the verse, Emmanuel Makandiwa said:<\/p>\n

Pray for them, those that are despising us and those that are persecuting us we pray for them? Do you like that? We don\u2019t like that. You see, the reason why we don\u2019t like it it\u2019s against something within us. That goes to show how then power gets unlocked if we are to obey that because it\u2019s not our idea. If we liked that, that would make that our idea, there is no act of obedience, there is no submission to scripture. It has to be something that you don\u2019t enjoy doing and by doing it, it becomes an act of obedience to an external instruction. Something is telling you what to do and that something is not yourself, that something is God.<\/p>\n

Below is the part of the sermon which social media users have been quoting.<\/p>\n

There is the full video in which he explains what he meant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Emmanuel Makndiwa\u2019s sermon in which he said \u201cwe don\u2019t like Jesus\u2019s instruction\u201d has sparked controversy with some calling him a non-believer. He was teaching on \u201clove your enemies\u201d from Matthew 5: 44. Jesus had instructed his audience to pray for those who persecuted them. Reads the verse: Matt 5: 44 But I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,2293,3331,19],"class_list":["post-35754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-emmanuel-makandiwa","tag-jesus-christ","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"\nMakandiwa\u2019s \u201cI Don\u2019t Like Jesus\u2019 Instruction\u201d Remarks Spark Controversy - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emmanuel Makndiwa\u2019s sermon in which he said \u201cwe don\u2019t like Jesus\u2019s instruction\u201d has sparked controversy with some callin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Makandiwa\u2019s \u201cI Don\u2019t Like Jesus\u2019 Instruction\u201d Remarks Spark Controversy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emmanuel Makndiwa\u2019s sermon in which he said \u201cwe don\u2019t like Jesus\u2019s instruction\u201d has sparked controversy with some callin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-01T17:48:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/03\/img-603d13f7ac9a9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1915\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"797\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Makandiwa\u2019s \u201cI Don\u2019t Like Jesus\u2019 Instruction\u201d Remarks Spark Controversy\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-01T17:48:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/03\/img-603d13f7ac9a9.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"Emmanuel Makandiwa\",\"Jesus Christ\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/makandiwas-i-dont-like-jesus-instruction-remarks-spark-controversy\",\"name\":\"Makandiwa\u2019s \u201cI Don\u2019t Like Jesus\u2019 Instruction\u201d Remarks Spark Controversy - 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