Christianity without Easter is a mirage – Rev Akolbugri

Religion of Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-04-23

Reverend Robert Akolbugri, Chief Pastor of the New Year's Assembly of the Assemblies of God Assembly, urged Christ's followers to hold on to the celebration of Easter because "Christianity without celebration Easter is a mirage.

He was delivering a convocation on Easter Sunday in the regional capital of the Upper West, where hundreds of worshipers gathered in the church of the Assemblies of God (AG) to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The theme of the celebration was "Here is the empty tomb, Jesus is risen".

Reverend Akolbugri, who is also the Regional Superintendent of Upper West AG Church, said that the central truth of Christianity was the Cross, which is the power and wisdom of God, emphasizing that "Christianity without cross is a confused meeting.

He described the celebration of Easter as the most excellent of the Christian calendar and stressed that Christians could do without the Christmas and New Year celebration "but they can not do without the celebration of Easter."

He urged Christians to hold in high esteem the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross and to emphasize the importance of the offering and tithing in the church, but of the need for them believers to value the meaning of the death of Christ.

He called for equal treatment of the faithful in the church, rich and poor, wondering why many churches lately have tended to celebrate the rich or the members with the necessary means to give more and more money. 39 money to the church without offering similar gestures to the underprivileged.

He said that what mattered most was the willingness of people to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and their personal savior and not the size of their financial contributions to the Church.

Henry K. Takyi, district pastor of the Pentecostal Church, Wapaani's Wa branch, called on Christians to seize the opportunity to meditate on the death of Jesus Christ and not to limit it. at the party.

"Ghanaians should not lose sight of the spiritual side of Easter, which is to reflect and meditate on their relationship with God," he said; and urged Christians to consider the occasion as a time of reconciliation and to forgive one another.

Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, as described in the New Testament of the Holy Bible, the third day after his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary more than 2000 years ago.

The resurrection means a renewed faith between Christians and their creator God as well as the forgiveness of sins.

However, in Ghana, that day, like many other Christian festivals, has become synonymous with rejoicing characterized by wild jubilations and excessive consumption of alcohol.

The Chief Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Wa District, Reverend Samuel Atobi Yeboah, also in his sermon, instructed the faithful to prepare their lives for the second coming of Jesus Christ.

He also asked them to submit fully to Christ and to avoid an excessive celebration.