Primate Ayodele Calls For Religious Tolerance Among Nigerians On Easter Sunday

<h4>Primate Ayodele Calls For Religious Tolerance<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"><strong>OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reports that the Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church&comma; Primate Elijah Ayodele has made a case for religious tolerance as Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement released by his media office&comma; the man of God urged Christians to remember the sufferings and pains of Jesus Christ especially during crucifixion&period; He noted that Jesus Christ laid down his life for everyone in order to redeem our souls to our maker&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He explained that the death of Jesus Christ was to make Christians to remain one body&comma; while calling for a total shunning of division in the Christian body regardless of the religious doctrines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Primate Ayodele called on Christians to ensure the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is worthwhile by imbibing the teachings of the Easter season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Read full statement below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I extend my greetings to all Christians in Nigeria and worldwide as we celebrate Easter Sunday&colon; A memorable day that connotes the resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I congratulate every one of us for witnessing another Easter which is a golden opportunity to reflect on God’s incessant love for mankind without regard for our religion&comma; language&comma; gender and any differences&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>For Christians&comma; Easter is the most important event in our lives because it mirrors the ultimate sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ&semi; laying down his life for us and redeeming our souls to our maker&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>As we observe Easter Sunday&comma; I urge us to imbibe the lessons of the season which among many others teaches us to render selfless services to humanity&comma; inculcate the attitude of humility&comma; show love to one another without regard for any form of differences&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Most especially as a nation&comma; I compel us to embrace religious tolerance as a virtue&period; We will all return to the same heaven at the end of the day&comma; therefore&comma; religious intolerance should never be allowed to cause division among us&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Jesus Christ didn’t consider religion when he paid the ultimate sacrifice with his life&comma; we should demonstrate his selflessness as we celebrate him in our daily living&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>We should understand that Jesus Christ died for we all to remain one body&period; To make his death worthwhile&comma; let’s totally shun religious intolerance&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I wish you all a blessed Easter Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;