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By Justina Paaga / Lawrencia Esi Annan
Sekondi, April
21, GNA – The Christians of Sekondi Takoradi metropolis multiplied on Sunday
their various places of worship to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
A lot of
the churches were well decorated with the faithful dressed in white clothes
signify their joy and happiness in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
At Wesley
Methodist Cathedral in Sekondi, the day was marked by a thank-you service
showing their gratitude to God for all the way that He brought them.
President
Bishop Paul K. Boafo of the Methodist Church of Ghana, elected Most Reverend
at the biennial conference last year, in his sermon on the theme "
Christ is resurrected, bringing newness to our lives ", explained that each
The Easter Sunday Christian gathering announces the words "Jesus our Lord is
risen ".
"Jesus was
terribly abused by the Pharisees who thought to end
Jesus Christ. "He died as the Cross writes and was brought
down and buried in a tomb covered with a stone and guarded by soldiers so no
you can steal the body, he said.
"So today
to be Easter Sunday believers who share this faith celebrate the resurrected
Christ because he triumphed over death, "he added.
"The
the resurrection of Jesus gives life to dead situations in the life of his people,
Jesus Christ died to save humanity, but because salvation is simple, people do not
want to believe it.
He warned
the congregation not to let the Easter message become nonsense in their
ears, emphasizing that "he is faithful and his words are true.
is lifted is the way, the truth and the life so do not walk otherwise than
His".
He then said
"sin, death and the grave have been vanquished and by his resurrection.
overcame injustice in society, so if Christ is risen then we have
resurrected with him and must therefore live for him because he brings novelty ".
Monsignor Boafo
said that God calls for novelty in every individual life and that the suppression of
corruption, immorality, laziness any negativity would result in a new character
it would give meaning to the resurrection of Christ.
He explained
that the absence of the body of Christ in the tomb showed that Jesus could not be
contained in the dead and that gives Christians the hope of celebrating
because the God whom they worship is a living God.
"The
The difference between Christianity and other religions is that Jesus died but he
triumphed over death and so he lives and that makes us victorious and
conquerors, "he said.
To the lady
Star of the Sea Cathedral Catholic Cathedral 34 people, including children who were
baptized at the Saturday vigil Mbad Saturday were officially welcomed to the
church.
L & # 39; occasion
was used for the congregation to renew their baptismal vows.
L & # 39; Apostolic
Nuncio to Ghana, Bishop Jean Marie Speich who baptized them says Easter
was the biggest celebration of the Catholic calendar because it commemorates the
the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
He said that it was
at Easter that Christians received salvation, noting that "how does the
world without the risen Christ ".
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