THE Koforidua Area Head of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Samuel Ofosu, has called on Christians to learn in sharing their wealth with the underprivileged in society.
He said apart from being a practical demonstration of their commitment to improving the lot of the underprivileged, the practice would also help to win more souls for Christ.
"We can only call ourselves true Christians when we learn to share our wealth, material gains and other blessings with those who are unfortunate in society. This is the surest way to draw more souls to Christ," he stated.
Preaching a sermon to climax the Easter convention of the church at Koforidua, Apostle Ofosu said, "as a demonstration of our appreciation for the death and resurrection of Christ, Christians should also learn how to share the gospel and their material wealth with the needy."
The four-day event on the theme: "Being transformed into the image of Christ," brought together four assemblies of the church in the Ogua Zone of the New Juaben Municipality.
Apostle Ofosu appealed to the people, especially Christians, to be practical doers of teachings of the Bible, saying "the death of Christ was a practical demonstration of God's love and forgiveness for mankind".
"Before we can be transformed into true and practical Christians, we must know and appreciate Christ, His sufferings and death, and practise the same love and forgiveness towards others," he emphasised.
Apostle Ofosu added that "this is what we can also do for God and not what we will get from Him".
He also appealed to the political leadership of the country to demonstrate honesty and transparency in the pursuit of their political careers.
The Apostle said the commitment of politicians to focus on the supreme interest of the people they served would motivate the masses to look up to them as role models in society, instead of being associated with corruption.
"The desire of our politicians to go into politics to serve and seek the supreme interest of the people requires them to honestly apply every fund meant for development and the benefited of the people without any diversion of such funds," Apostle Ofosu stated.
According to him, most developed countries had attained an enviable socio-economic status by virtue of the commitment of the leadership of such countries, which focused on the welfare and interest of the masses.
"This can never be said of most developing countries that are currently experiencing under-development since the commitment of their leadership is always questionable as they only go into politics to seek their parochial interests at the expense of the masses whom they profess to serve," he stated.
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