Public Agenda (Accra)
Wisdom Dzidedi Donkor
13 October 2008
Accra — The President of God's Kingdom Society (GKS), Brother Oseghale Emmanuel Aighalua, has called on the government to ban the airing of unsubstantiated miracles by preachers on television stations to protect the public from exploitation by people who parade themselves as miracle workers.
Brother Aighalua made the call at a press conference in Accra on Thursday as part of the church's activities to mark its Freedom Day Celebration to mark the birth of Jesus Christ which the church believes is in October and not December as being done by other Christians.
Brother Aighalua noted that members of the public are confronted with giant posters and proclamations persuading them to come for deliverance from afflictions, bareness, joblessness, poverty, business failure and other problems, a situation he said is only to exploit people.
He said those seeking miracles from men are ignorant about the purpose of God adding; "instead of doing works of righteousness based on the accurate knowledge of God so that He may have mercy on them they are looking for miracles thereby making themselves easy preys for false miracles." Brother Aighalua observed that the proliferation of miracle workers is a sign of the end time.
He urged the media to do more to uncover the huge racket going on in the name of miracle cures. "Follow up on these claims of miracles. Are people being actually healed?
He alleged that the media is denied the opportunity of interviewing those purported to have been healed. He also alleged that there have been several cases in which patients are discharged from hospitals with the hope of getting cures from miracle workers only to be taken back to the hospitals after they had been fleeced of their hard-earned money.
The GKS President said his outfit whole heartedly endorses the ban by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of Nigeria on the airing of unsubstantiated miracles by preachers on television stations.
He said the decision which is a vindication of the stand of the GKS over the years is no doubt informed by the need to protect the public from exploitation by the myriad of charlatans who parade as miracle workers.
On the forthcoming elections he said Ghana must do everything possible to maintain the peace it has sustained over the years, adding that the election is one of the most crucial democratic tests Ghana must endure.
Brother Aighalua enjoined political leaders in the country to preach peaceful co-existence and tolerance of opposing views. "They should not fan the embers of hatred and conflict as our Lord Jesus Christ said "the wheat and tares should grow together until the time of harvest," he said.
He urged those who controlled the reins of power to know that their blessing resides not in how long they stayed in office or how much wealth they acquired but on how they have used the opportunity given them by God to improve the conditions of the people.
To the electorates, he said it is time for them to realize that they suffer the most when they aid and abet the rigging of elections for the wrong people to be in office. "Underdevelopment, poverty, distress and continual mourning will be the lot of those who fail to uphold truth and justice because of immediate gain," he said.
He also called on the security services to do things in the fear of the Lord adding; "the work of maintaining law and order in society is a very important one for which they will be richly rewarded by God when they do His wishes always." He entreated them to read Luke 3;12-14
God's Kingdom Society (GKS) is an international Christian organization with over 150 branches worldwide. It has its headquarters in Salem City, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria.
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