A thanksgiving meeting called to appreciate Christians for organizing a successful Passover Service turned into a stern rebuke Saturday evening (25th April, 2026), as the supreme spiritual leader of Universal Apostles Fellowship Church of Righteousness (UAFCR) expressed deep disappointment with believers from Jinja Zone over what he termed “brother-in-law familiarity” with God.
Prophet David Isanga popularly known as Nabbi Daudi, who convened the gathering to thank organizers, said he was grieved that Christians from Kirama Zone in Kaliro District and others from Luwero, more than 200 km away in Buganda, arrived at the venue very early in the morning, yet believers from Jinja, a walkable distance of between 10 to 15 minutes trickled in late evening, while others did not attend at all.
Like the Biblical Israelites who would see God’s wonders and favors in the morning but by evening they had already forgotten, Nabbi Daudi says some Christians now treat God as their brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
He says many have familiarized(okumanyira) God and take everything He does for granted.
To him, the Christians of Jinja Zone were behaving like the children of Israel, who would boast after an achievement the way Jinja was acting after the Passover as if it was by their own might, knowledge and wisdom.
“We Have Familiarized Him”-Nabbi Daudi.
In his address, Nabbi Daudi drew a direct parallel between modern believers and the Israelites of Exodus.
“Like the Biblical Israelites who would see God’s wonders in the morning but by evening had already forgotten, some Christians now treat God as their brother-in-law or sister-in-law, we have familiarized Him. We take everything He does for granted”, he said.
Prophet David explained the cultural weight of the phrase to the congregation. In many Ugandan clans, a sister-in-law is referred to as “muka mwana waffe”, “our wife.” She is joked with, sent on errands, borrowed from, and often reminded she can be returned to her family. The relationship, known as omuko/mulamo is one of “licensed familiarity without holy fear.”
“That is how we now handle God, we call Him ‘Daddy’ on Sunday, then ignore Him like a boring uncle that very day or the next Monday. We want His blessings but not His lordship.”
Deuteronomy 8:7ff — The Land of Plenty Forgets the Giver.
Nabbi Daudi took the congregation to Deuteronomy 8:7-18.
“For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land… a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity… Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth.”
“Israel entered a land flowing with milk and honey,” he preached. “God warned them: when you are full, when your houses are built, when your herds multiply, do not forget. But they forgot. We forget. Jinja organized Passover. People came. Money came. Then we acted like it was our wisdom. Deuteronomy 8 is Jinja Zone. God gave the increase. We took the credit.”
He said the 10-minute walk to the thanksgiving service exposed the same amnesia: “You are in the land of plenty, the church is near, the freedom is here, yet you came at dusk. Kirama walked from famine to be here at dawn. Who remembered the Lord?”
Ezekiel 33:30ff: Entertainment, Not Obedience.
The prophet then turned to Ezekiel 33:30-32:
“As for you… they hear what you say, but they will not do it… for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain… And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs… for they hear your words, but they do not do them.”
Shrine (Essabo/Eisabo)Obedience vs. Sanctuary Stubbornness.
Then came the comparison that silenced the hall. “abantu bagondera amateeka g’essabo ne batatya Katonda…”
“Devil or demon worshippers who go to consult in shrines are so obedient and loyal that they obey orders or instructions without defaulting,” Nabbi Daudi said. “The witch doctor says: ‘Enter the shrine barefoot.’ They remove shoes. ‘Return without looking behind.’ They walk straight. ‘Do not eat pork or drink alcohol for 7 days.’ They fast.”
The charismatic man of God paused. “Why? Because they fear the shrine. They fear the demon. They believe if they disobey, calamity strikes.”
“Then why should Christians who have been saved by God through His Son Jesus Christ be stubborn and want always to familiarize the true Living God?” he asked. “The demon gets obedience. The Creator gets excuses. The shrine gets bare feet. The altar gets late feet. The witch doctor gets ‘Yes, sir.’ God gets ‘I am busy.’”
“Are demons more worthy of fear than the God who gives you breath? Are shrine rules more serious than ‘If you love me, keep my commandments,’ John 14:15? We obey darkness without question, but argue with Light.”
Red Sea at Dawn, Grumbling by Dusk.
Nabbi Daudi traced Israel’s journey from the Red Sea to the Promised Land. “God split the sea. He rained manna. He brought water from the rock. Cloud by day, fire by night,” he preached. “Yet Exodus 16:3 shows them saying, ‘You brought us out to kill us with hunger.’ Psalm 106:13 says, ‘They soon forgot his works.’ Morning miracles, evening amnesia.”
He likened Jinja Zone’s late arrival to that pattern. “Kirama came from Kaliro. Luwero came over 200 km. They set affection on the house of God. Jinja is 10 minutes away and came at dusk, after the work, after the sacrifice. That is Cain’s religion. Crops, not special treasure.”
He contrasted Israel’s grumbling with King David’s posture in 1 Chronicles 29:3: “Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given… my own special treasure of gold and silver.”
You Cannot Even Swallow Without God — The Medical Doctor cum Prophet Speaks.
At this point, Nabbi Daudi’s tone shifted. Speaking authoritatively as a trained medical doctor, he delivered the line that broke the congregation:
“You can put food in your mouth, but collapse and die, or be rushed to hospital in critical condition with food trapped in the throat. It’s God who controls every aspect, including the human body and organs.”
He explained the medical terms. The vagus nerve, cranial nerve X, which is the longest cranial nerve in the body. It governs involuntary actions: it tells your epiglottis to cover the trachea so food does not enter your lungs. It drives peristalsis, the wave-like muscle contractions that move food down the esophagus. It regulates heart rate. You do not command it. You do not negotiate with it.
“If God withdraws His hand for one second, your luwombo, pork chops or chips and chicken or pizza and pilawo, among other delicacies becomes your last meal, if you cannot guarantee the next swallow, what makes you think you secured the Passover Service by your own might?”, he said in rhetoric sending the audience which included health professionals into dead silence.
Then he anchored it in Scripture: “Nabbi Daudi’s words are also embedded in the Bible. Daniel 5:23 says to Belshazzar, ‘The God in whose hand is your breath and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.’ And Acts 17:28 says, ‘In him we live and move and have our being. Every safe swallow is a sermon. Every heartbeat is manna.”
Bended Knees, Not Mixed Reactions.
This rebuke prompted believers of Jinja Zone, which has more than 10 churches alongside their leaders, to go on bended knees asking God for forgiveness, promising never to be slothful or sloppy again.
“We felt pierced, but it was the truth,” said one Christian from Walukuba who was among those who knelt. “The sisters from Kaliro slept on buses to be here. We are 10 minutes away. We have no excuse. We repent.”
Another elder added: “We had become Israel at dusk. We had become Ezekiel’s crowd, hearing, not doing. Today we choose David’s affection. Jinja will not treat God like mulamo again.”
Nabbi Daudi closed with Lamentations 3:22-23: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases… they are new every morning.”
“Manna was daily so Israel couldn’t boast,” he said. “Your breath is daily for the same reason. You can plan the menu. You can’t guarantee the swallow. Will we remember before we choke?”
The Point Is this: Nabbi Daudi, speaking as prophet and physician, says Jinja’s late coming exposed a heart condition: familiarity has bred contempt. Deuteronomy 8 warned us not to forget in the land of plenty. Ezekiel 33 exposed us as hearers, not doers. And the shrine comparison shamed us: demons get obedience; God gets excuses.
Conclusion: The Double-Edged Sword Still Cuts.
Paul’s instruction to the young pastor Timothy is the lens through which Nabbi Daudi’s message must be read. “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work,”2 Timothy 3:16-17. Then the charge: “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching,” 2 Timothy 4:2.
The Word is a double-edged sword, Hebrews 4:12. It cuts to heal, it wounds to restore. That is what Nabbi Daudi did on Acacia Road. Like Nathan before David in 2 Samuel 12, like Elijah before Ahab in 1 Kings 18, like John the Baptist before Herod in Mark 6, he refused to trim the blade. Israel grumbled at dusk. Jinja came at dusk. He rebuked. The zone knelt. That is 2 Timothy 4:2 in Jinja City.
Righteousness: The Trademark No Money Can Buy.
Unlike other churches or denominations where the wealthy and powerful are pampered because of fear of annoying them and losing tithes and offertory or any financial and material support, at Universal Apostles Fellowship Church of Righteousness the catchword phrase is Righteousness.
The prophet is not shy to say: “Take your money, wealth or power elsewhere once the Christian in question has strayed off the path of righteousness.” That is Amos before Amaziah: “Do not prophesy against Israel,” Amos 7:16. Amos answered: “I was no prophet… but the Lord took me… and said, ‘Go, prophesy.’”.
Micah 3:11 indicts leaders who “judge for a bribe… yet they lean on the Lord and say, ‘Is not the Lord in the midst of us? ’Nabbi Daudi reverses it. The tithe is not the Lord. Righteousness is. Cain brought crops. God wanted blood. Simon Magus brought money. Peter said, “May your silver perish with you,” Acts 8:20.
Universal’s pulpit says the same: “We will not trade the sword for silver.”
From Jinja To The Moon: The Sword Points Everywhere.
And the message that started at Universal Church along Acacia Road now goes to Uganda, to Africa, to the Western world that circled the moon. Nabbi Daudi says: “You split the atom, you mapped the genome, you cannot command the vagus nerve. You cannot guarantee the next swallow”.
Daniel 5:23 hangs over every parliament and space agency: “The God in whose hand is your breath… you have not honored.”
To the Ugandan who built an empire: thank God, do not thump your chest. You are not the Alpha and the Omega. Revelation 1:8 says only God is. To the nation that lands rovers on Mars: be humble, be thankful, not boastful. Psalms 24:1: “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.”, including the moon.
In a nutshell, Paul told Timothy the Word must correct and rebuke. Nabbi Daudi did. Other pulpits fear the rich and protect the offertory. Universal protects righteousness and lets the money walk. Because the double-edged sword cuts both ways, it cuts pride in Jinja, and it cuts arrogance in any part of the world.
The church’s trademark is not prosperity. It is not influence. It is Righteousness. And the prophet, like Paul, like Nathan, like Elijah, will wield the sword in season and out of season.
