This
is the observation of Rev. Robert Asante, Head Pastor of Grace Baptist Church
in Kumasi when he spoke to Luv Fm on his New Year message.
According
to him, the high percentage - over 70 percent - of the population claiming to
be Christians contradicts the high levels of corruption in the country.
Rev.
Asante therefore concluded that people in the Churches are practicing
corruption because they have compromised their faith in attempt to get worldly
satisfaction.
“All
those who call themselves Christians should live by the tenants of our faith;
they should live for Christ; they should take the example of Jesus Christ who
came to model what a real human being should be like,” he stated.
The
real need of each of us is to have life and real life is in Jesus, said the
Pastor, noting that people are being dispossessed of their wealth because the
nation is not living as Christ expects.
“Don’t
let us be stealing the resources of the nation as we are doing. Public
officers, politicians, even pastors who are taking advantage of people, let’s
live for Christ, let’s serve humanity because Christ came to serve humanity;
let’s serve one another and we’ll be better off than individuals amassing
wealth and getting armed robbers to attack us.”
Rev.
Asante admonished that terrible things are ahead unless Ghanaians change their
ways of life.
“Politicians
let’s change, pastors let’s change, public servants let’s change, police
officers let’s change, customs officer, let us all change and ensure that we
actually mobilize resources for the nation rather than for ourselves,” he
stated.
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by Kofi Adu Domfeh
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