02/12/2025
ON INNOCENT “2FACE” IDIBIA AND NATASHA
As a pastor, I often keep my views on certain matters private because my assignment is to preach the Gospel. But I am dropping my two cents on this case because over 90% of the people reacting to what is happening between Mr. Idibia and his new wife, Natasha Idibia, are believers — 70% of them particularly women. And when believers stumble emotionally, morally, or socially, it becomes my responsibility to counsel the sheep.
The other month, when Regina Daniels had issues in her marriage, you were among the first to troll her online.
You mocked her. You jeered. You said she got what she deserved because she “married for money.”
By your judgment, you—who are “not money-driven”—are automatically better than her.
As if you have no crisis in your life… as if you have never entered a season of confusion or pain.
Recently, when 2Face and his former wife, Annie, parted ways, you suddenly became their “online in-law.”
You acted like their neighbor… their housemaid… their close confidant.
You claimed to know everything that happened in their marriage.
You picked sides.
You used their pain to gain traction on social media.
Now again, you are praying and hoping that 2Face fails in his new marriage.
The moment you heard of an altercation between him and Natasha, you RAN to the comment section to laugh.
You thanked God—as if it was an answered prayer—that their crisis became public.
You celebrated it.
You publicized it.
You analyzed it.
You legalized it.
You utilized it.
Let me ask you:
Why are you always praying for something bad to happen to others?
When did this evil enter your heart?
When did this bewitchment conquer your emotions?
The spirit that makes you mock the pain of others—pain you too can experience tomorrow—is not of God.
The moment news of divorce or crisis breaks out in someone’s home, you are the first to share it, dissect it, and exaggerate it.
Hear me:
If you rejoice when evil befalls others, you are not a genuinely happy person; you are a bitter and depressed soul wearing white teeth to hide a dark heart. (Proverbs 17:22)
Comment sections today are full of bitter, angry, wounded people masquerading as comedians.
Why are you this evil?
Did you hear yourself laughing because someone’s marriage is shaking?
Did Jesus clap for you?
Did the Holy Spirit applaud you?
Certainly not.
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU REACT TO THE DOWNFALL OF OTHERS
Scripture: “Rejoice not when your enemy falls… lest the Lord see it and be displeased.” — Proverbs 24:17–18
If you are a married woman, the moment you hear of trouble in another home, your first response should be intercession, not mockery.
If God has given you a peaceful home, pray for those whose homes are in pieces.
If you are a single woman desiring marriage, be extremely careful how you react to marital issues.
Nobody enters marriage hoping it will end.
Nobody posts their private battles.
You assume you know the story, but you truly don’t know what goes on behind closed doors.
As long as you hope to marry, never laugh at someone facing what you may one day face.
Couples go through tough moments. The only reason 2Face and Natasha’s own is trending is because they are celebrities.
If you are not married yet, stop positioning yourself as an online judge when couples quarrel.
Pray that God helps you choose right.
Pray that you learn from the lessons of others—not laugh and miss the warning.
If you are married, remember this:
If your spouse has not annoyed you today, they may annoy you tomorrow.
This is why you pray for other couples.
Stop mocking people you should be praying for. (Galatians 6:1–2)
Stop gossiping about people you should be interceding for.
WHAT SCRIPTURE SAYS ABOUT YOUR BEHAVIOUR:
• “Let your light so shine before men…” — Matthew 5:16
It says let your light shine—not your teeth—when others are in trouble.
• “Mind your own business.” — 1 Thessalonians 4:11
The Bible warns against needless meddling.
• “Do not sit in the seat of the scornful.” — Psalm 1:1
Leave those comment sections where people mock the struggles of others.
• “Pray for the weak, lest you also be tempted.” — Galatians 6:1
What you mock today may become your battle tomorrow.
• “Remove the log in your own eye…” — Matthew 7:3–5
Stop magnifying the speck in another’s home.
MY FINAL WORD
You see this life?
Be humble. Be careful. Be prayerful.
You have no idea the private battles people fight—battles that influence their decisions, reactions, and weaknesses.
Stop celebrating the downfall of others.
It is not godliness.
It is not maturity.
It is not discernment.
It is not love.
It is not Christ.
Choose compassion. Choose intercession. Choose humility.
That is what Jesus would do.
The mistakes of others don't make you more righteous than them.
As a believer, approach issues as a believer, not as an unbeliever.
Jesus' response should be your disposition.
Husbands, love your wife as Christ loves His Church and gave His life for Her.
Women submission is biblical, submit to your husbands as the Church is under Christ.
Cover each other's nakedness.
Pastor Stephen Bassey
