By Patrick Titus, Uyo
The founder of Solid Rock Kingdom Church in Akwa Ibom State, Apostle John Okoriko has reasoned that the challenges that human beings are going through in the world today are caused by the belief system of the individual persons, not from God.
This, Apostle Okoriko stated, was rooted in the transgressions of the first Adam who brought condemnation after sinning and gone away from God’s commandments.
The Clergy revealed Jesus as the second Adam and urged Christians to imbibe His virtues for their redemption.
Speaking at Oron branch of Solid Rock Kingdom Church during the monthly Interactive Service for the month of February on the theme: “The Second Adam”, Okoriko explained that there are several secrets in the scriptures that can only be revealed in due season, adding that it is knowledge that will elevate God’s people.
Okoriko disclosed that the first Adam was the manifestation of the second Adam that came from above in the person of Jesus Christ.
He explained that the second Adam is called the Son of God though there are many misconceptions about the second Adam by religious organizations in the world.
Reading from Scripture in Genesis 5:5 and Romans 5:14, Okoriko revealed that the first Adam was a figure of Jesus who was to come for redemption of sins committed by the first Adam.
“The purpose of the first Adam was not to bring death, sin and sickness to the world but churches and religious groups changed the original plan.
“The church today dwell on the first Adam who ended in death which the death never stopped the second Adam whose purpose was to redeem the world
“The end of the first Adam was in death to give birth to immediate transfiguration of the second Adam. This is the truth that has been distorted by many churches through their long established doctrines.”
Okoriko while responding to questions from online callers further explained that the contents of the first Adam have been misrepresented by many churches forgetting that death never stopped the second Adam in his operation.
“But people could not develop such consciousness that when the first Adam died, the second Adam came to quicken the spirit.”
He said other religious groups and some churches use condemnation and judgement of the first Adam while salvation and redemption are the attributes of the second Adam who is Jesus Christ.
“Jesus who is the second Adam came to erase the condemnation in the first Adam and bring redemption and salvation to man as recorded in Romans 8:1”
Okoriko opposed the acts of prayer against the sin committed by the first Adam as well confession of sin in the first Adam adding that with the coming of the second Adam, who is Jesus Christ with the power of salvation and redemption, the transgressions of the first Adam had been forgiven and rolled away but only for those who believe.
“Whatever man made will die because anything associated with the first Adam died with him.
“Jesus didn’t come to condemn anybody in the world. He came to redeem. All the developments in science and technology in the world are telling us that God can give His wisdom to anybody,” Apostle Okoriko asserted.
