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10/3/2005 |
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Asogli rounds of yam festival with church service
Ho, Oct. 2, GNA - Christianity could not be blamed for the ills of today''s societies because those ills pre-dated the faith, says Reverend William Ametefe of the Emmanuel Methodist Church at Ho. He said on the contrary, Jesus Christ, the head of the Christian Church came into the world mainly to address the ills of his time, which were replicated in today''s world.
Rev Ametefe made the point in a thanksgiving sermon to mark the end of the Asogli Yam festival in Ho on Sunday. The theme for the festival was: "Attitudinal Change--An Important Prerequisite For Prosperity". Rev Ametefe said crimes such as rape, murder, fraud and embezzlement, smuggling, stealing, and armed robbery were the manifestations of man''s misplaced priorities.
He said before sending Jesus Christ into the world, God had expressed regret for creating man because he had subverted his plan. "God had created the world beautiful and magnificent but it has been rendered filthy, corrupt and difficult by humanity''s misdirection of its focus."
Rev. Ametefe said like Christianity, governments could also not be blamed for society''s ills, derived from the nature of man and the misdirection of God''s plan for him.
He explained that on critical examination it was obvious that those things, which engaged the attention of man as valuable were derived from sources tainted with filth and corruption.
He said in the midst of those problems the Church remained a beacon of hope and redemption because of its role in drawing attention to the causes of human problems and the solutions that were available through god-inspired spiritual re-focusing of all human activities. It was, therefore, incumbent on the Christian community to unite and be focused on its primary task of restoring man to the original nature of God''s plan, he said.Source: GNA
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