The Methodist Bishop of the Obuasi
Diocese, Rt. Rev. Stephen Richard Bosomtwi-Ayensu, has said that the
violent conducts and chaos at some registration centers across the
country threatened the survival of the Ghanaian people.
According
to him, the unpleasant and ugly incidents were really heart-breaking
and must be arrested immediately by prayers and fasting.
Speaking at the opening of the 15th
Annual Diocesan Synod of the Obuasi Methodist Diocese, the man of God
made a clarion call to Christians in the country to wake up and hold on
tight to their “prayer machinery” to rescue the nation from chaos and
destruction before, during and after the elections.
Rt. Rev.
Bosomtwi-Ayensu observed that the recent media reports about some macho
men parading in Kumasi and causing destruction to registration gadgets
and materials, as well as unleashing violent attacks on innocent
citizens, were worrisome.
“With these instances, two quick
questions come to mind. Are safe, and what would the day of election
be?” he asked rhetorically, and continued that such behavior would make
the work of the peace council very difficult.
“For our brethren in the security services, be steadfast,hold fast
to your integrity, earnest prayers are being fired from all angles to keep you going,” the reverend minister stated.
In
his view, God has already chosen the man He wants to lead Ghana after
the 2012 elections, buttressing his point with a Biblical verse; “what I
have written, I have written.”
“Everybody wishes his/her
favourite become the next president, this is normal but do not forget
that God is part of the selection, if not the ultimate decider,” the
Methodist Bishop submitted.
According to Rev. Bosomtwi-Ayensu, no
amount of the intimidation, insults and threats would make the Lord
change His mind about who He had approved for the ‘throne’. |
He
called on President John Evans Atta Mills to reject the accolade
‘Asomdwehene’ (Prince of Peace) as it was the title of God, explaining
that its usage would only ruin him since it was tantamount to
blasphemous behavior.
“Can fellow Ghanaians agree to stop calling
the President Asomdwehene, because by calling him as such, we do him
disservice and more seriously invite the wrath of God upon him,” he
noted.
Quoting from Isaiah 42:8 and 48:11 to express his fears,
the reverend minister said, “God does not share His glory with nobody,”
adding that those who called President Atta Mills the ‘Prince of Peace’
were only seeking his downfall and doom.
“We should not forget so
soon what happened to Muammar Gaddafi, who pursued the title ‘King of
Kings’,” Bishop Bosomtwi-Ayensu reminded the praise-singers of Professor
Mills.
The man of God also used the occasion, which was held
under the theme “The law of sowing and reaping has never repealed,” to
reprimand church members about the low commitment of leadership in the
Diocese.
The Bishop noted that grassroots leadership in the
church had lost its savory, thus giving way to the same old fashion of
organizing activities and programs which yielded no returns.
He
noted that meetings and seminars at the society and circuit levels were
poorly attended by the leaders, but the same leaders rushed to Diocesan
and connectional meetings, where they represented these societies and
circuits they neglected, he observed.
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