Doom prophecies...

I have keenly observed that, to a very considerable extent, Politics as an institution tries to shy away from religion, yet religion would always wade into muddy political waters at any given instance thereby making the church a palpable, interfering nuisance. What happened to give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s due?

Death is inevitable in our lives and cannot be avoided by any means necessary, but I guess the shift in paradigm will be very acute if we should start predicting each other’s death. Death is not even a topic many people feel comfortable discussing, let alone on a jest level. In the wake of the death of one sitting President, namely, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills and another Ex-Vice President, Mr. Aliu Mahama, A Pastor’s enthusiasm to announce his revelation of the death of the Current President, Mr. John Dramani Mahama must be condemned in no uncertain terms and treated with all the contempt it deserves.

The Head pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Prophet Owusu-Bempah came public some two weeks ago to announce the death of the President without any probable cause. A prophet or Pastor worth its salt who is supposedly being used by God as a vessel to reveal and to redeem could have interceded on behalf of the President by directing what should be done to avert God’s decree. He can even do that without notifying the President, let alone the whole world. He has goofed by going on air to spew that garbage of a revelation because it was his only claim to fame.

 “I’ll bless those who bless Israel and will curse those who curse Israel” says the Lord and He did not admonish anyone to use his words wrongly. I’m also sure that every vessel of the Lord should know by now that, every action of theirs that contradicts the teachings of the Lord, thus misleading the flock, amounts to populism and not doing the bidding of the Lord. They have to stop manipulating the Ghanaian just because of our extreme religious belief all in the name of the Lord.

It is now easy to own and lead a church with funny names. The church has been proliferated in every nook and cranny of the nation like businesses springing up in a free zone, yet immorality is on the ascendency. One is tempted to know what their role is, in the struggle to curb down all these vices and immorality. Why are they quick to establish and lead their own congregation if money is not the motivation? Why is it that, they cannot stay in their mother Churches and go about their evangelism by winning souls for one big church? And to think that all their diverse and incongruent doctrines are sourced from the same Bible is appalling.

They are quick to refer to themselves as ‘men of God’ and also to remind us of how anointed they are and how far off we should stay away from them and I ask if we are also not ‘children of God?’ What do they think of us? Why do they take delight in removing us from the banner of God, by reminding us of their importance in the sight of the Lord? 

The mission of the Church and myriad of stories we hear about God’s kingdom is predominantly about salvation. It is about the strong and willing ones, such as the clergy leading the more gullible, weak, the unrepentant and the unbelievers into God’s glory but the former group of persons have turn against the people they are supposed to lead thus turning everything upside down. 

However, it is also worthy to note that, the media has also not been helpful in shielding these Charlatans from our dear Mothers, Fathers, Brothers and Sisters. They connive with them all in the name of business by allotting them airtime to reach out to them. You even become restless as soon as they come on air and when you dare complain, you are labeled an evil incarnate. The media is into business and needs every dime for the day-to-day administration but they also have to know that, they owe society a duty to protect them by giving them the right and timeous information which is guided by ethical considerations. 

It’s not encouraging for the media to bury their heads in the sand like the proverbial Ostriches while these pastors extort and abuse society in the name of God.

Pastors and all those who hide behind the word of God as a means to their selfish ends must be reminded that the word of God is not owned by any mortal but God alone and it applies to all those who believe in him and even those who do not and it’s high time they stop fronting on us.

Sometimes, I like to think that, these Pastors, who are supposed to have a common aim, i.e. calling and leading the people to salvation, are not united and can easily be manipulated through a carefully woven conspiracy theory which will see the heads of the churches crashing because their motivation is simple; Money!

These Pastors have too many titles and are in constant competition to outwit each other. Some of the clergy are very educated and feel the need to be on top of the hierarchy hence the self-adduced titles…

The Clergy and all these zealots who are taking advantage of the already frail and gullible Society of ours must be reined in so as to stop availing the church to all kinds of ridicule, insults and dry-cleaning from the public.