Observe God’s laws, GKS president tells political office holders

The President of God’s Kingdom Society (GKS), Church of the Living God, Brother Godwin Ifeacho, has warned those in authority to learn from dastardly ends of past leaders, who believed they could use their positions to do as they pleased without regard for God and His word.

Speaking at the Christian Feast of Tabernacles held at the church headquarters at Salem City, Warri, Delta State, Brother Ifeacho gave examples of such men in Biblical history as Pharaoh of Egypt, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Goliath, the giant of the Philistines, and King Senacherib of Assyria, who, due to pride and self-will, opposed God Almighty and His people, disobeyed His commandments and thereby brought great suffering and desolation upon their people before they themselves suffered great humiliation, and in some cases, even death.

In a statement signed by the church’s Publicity Secretary, Brother Benedict Hart, the GKS President regretted that, in spite of these examples, many people today still place their trust not in God Almighty and His Son Jesus Christ, but in their fellow men, in their power and wealth.

According to him, they think all that is valuable in life is to eat, drink and be merry and that length of days depended on one’s affluence or wealth and magnificent lifestyle.

Explaining that wicked men struggle for power not for betterment of society but for their own selfish purposes, Brother Ifeacho said: “They seek power to live on their own terms, to influence or out-rightly control people’s behaviour, and to have the prerogative to make and break rules and violate norms, without as much penalty as powerless people. But it is a fatal error for one not to make God his strength.”

Brother Ifeacho noted that as many people have found out, power and money on their own do not bring lasting happiness, as there are many rich people “who are lonely, distressed and who had even committed suicide.”

He urged people to do God’s Will in whatever situation or position they might find themselves.