Actor-turned-pastor, Timothy Bentum, has likened his 17 year addiction to drugs as a creative to doing the will of Satan.
He claimed that his encounter with cocaine was unique since he didn’t undergo withdrawal symptoms.
During an interview on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, he conveyed his belief that God transformed his shameful ordeal into a testimony after dealing in drugs for 17 years.
He was speaking in connection with the hotline documentary detailing how drug addiction has had an adverse effects on the lives of creatives.
Pastor Bentum mentioned that they had spent 17 years doing drugs, something he likened to serving Satan.
“12 years of cocaine addiction, five years of wee addiction, in all seventeen years of addictions to the devil. If you find out how much we have done for Satan, you will understand our passion to do this for God. We have spent many years doing things for the devil and this is the time we think we can marshal for Christ,” Timothy Bentum said in 2017.
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Mr. Bentum described how, as he was overcoming his cocaine addiction, he developed a fondness for smoking cannabis.
He informed the press that he indulged in smoking cannabis for a period of five years.
He noted that despite seeking assistance from a few clinical psychologists and mental health experts during his struggle with cocaine addiction, it was ultimately the intervention of God that aided him.
“Personally, I believe that I was in that place to help people and everybody I have helped, it is about first admitting that there is a problem.
“Admitting that there is a problem is about 20% of the problem solved and so once the person admits it, then we can forge some kind of road to recovery.
“So number one is establishing that there is a problem, number two is bringing in the Jesus factor. Number three is breaking away from your regular friends that you hang around with and number four is making sure that you are always accountable” he hinted.
