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I am doing what the Lord shows me, declares pastor

Published:Wednesday | December 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMRuddy Matthison/ Gleaner Writer
Bishop Rowan Edwards

Popular Spanish Town bishop, Rowan Edwards, said that he is doing what the Lord shows him as a minister of the gospel.

"As a prophet, I must let this country know that I am hearing from God," Bishop Edwards told Family & Religion, after official police statistics show that there is a 21 per cent reduction in murders islandwide, fulfilling a prophecy he made in April that was reported by The Gleaner.

Edwards was quoted declaring that the country would not see 1,615 murders this year. He stated then that there would be just over 1,000 or fewer.

"I speak to murders because I am from a place where murders are committed frequently, so I talked to God, and I told God that if He going to do anything in the community, tell me first," Edwards stated, while refusing to give a direct response to questions relating to his prophetic gift by Gleaner columnist and pastor of the Boulevard Baptist Church, the Reverend Devon Dick, in a recent commentary.

"God said Moses is as a friend, and He spoke to Moses as He were speaking to a man. God show me a lot of things, especially in politics, and I am able to tell my congregation. I give God thanks that there is tremendous blessings," beamed Edwards.

He expressed disappointment with the move by the Opposition to vote against the limited state of emergency. "It is unfortunate that they would do that when we are seeing signs of progress.

"The police department is working with the people. We will continue to be a praying people because we cannot allow the negatives to overcome us. As a church, we will to continue fight against, pray against, and stand against evil until we see a turnaround in this country," Edwards declared.

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