The nationwide move to continue closing churches, as part of the broader effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus has encountered resistance for several weeks now.
Pastor Charles Kasibante, the vision bearer of Destiny Matters, is among several born-again preachers who have stepped up and disregarded claims that Churches in Uganda are not essential.
The preacher recently encouraged government to reopen churches noting that their role goes beyond the physical, to dealing with spiritual matters.
“The word of God has been sustaining people for the longest time. Governments of the world do not even know half of what the church has done. I pastor a Church. I meet all kinds of people that come to me at the altar. And they share problems that the government cannot solve,” he said.
“I laugh at people that think church is not essential. If churches are closed for the next one year, you are going to see the people that will run into depression,” he noted.
Pastor Charles went on saying that the country must understand the reality of the spiritual world. “The spiritual world is real. It is not a myth. It is not an ideology,” he said.
“Your physical world is a reflection of your spirit world. When there is a spiritual connotation to an issue, you cannot solve it with a physical approach,” he continued.
In Mark 5:9, readers are introduced to a man possessed by a “legion” of demons living inside of him. The scripture reveals that he kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.
As the people of the nearby village found out, Pastor Charles explained, the impulse to self-harm couldn’t be healed by shackles and chains (Mark 5:4) – only Jesus could.
“From this bible story we find a revelation that the man was under the influence of something spiritual. Many people in the modern world try to alienate the fact that someone can be spiritually bound, that is why they are going to use all Kinds of names like mental health issues and are going to recommend therapy,” he said.
“It is important for you to understand that you can treat a situation of which a demon has left but you cannot treat a situation that still has a demonic bondage. That is why when it comes to matters of sickness, healing is from God, but treatment can be by doctors,” he said.
“When the light comes to a place, demons have to leave. One of the things Jesus did mostly was that he cast out devils. ‘For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.’ (1 John 3:8),” he said.
“I know so many people who are in incarceration that have been locked down, but the truth is, their situation is spiritual, and when demons leave, those men will change,” he continued.
“Somebody needs God to deliver them, and we are going to minister deliverance at the altar. So many people are wrongly positioned in matters of destiny not because they are not hard working, because there is a spiritual opposition. Matthew 12:29 says, “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.”” he stated.
“Many people think that you can solve a demonic situation by going to a shrine. That is false. You cannot solve a demonic situation by visiting another demonic entity. You have got to find a place that carries another spirit,” he noted.
“There are things we can do that hospitals cannot do. When the church of Jesus Christ operates fully at its power and level, we can deal with issues that marriage counselors can’t,” he said.
