31st NIGHT PRONOUNCEMENTS ARE PREDICTIONS, NOT PROPHECIES – Rev. Akyerekwah

Pastors in Ghana have been cautioned to desist from the pronouncements of what they say are prophecies from God, especially during 31st Watch Night service every year to usher in the new year.

More often than not, these prophecies concerns death and misfortunes, targeted at prominent people in society.

This situation led to a directive by the Inspector General of Police, warning pastors who have developed the habit of pronouncing prophecies during such occasion, to desist from the acts, or risk facing the rigors of the law, as such prophecies have the tendency of sending fear and panic in the country.

Though some saw the directive as needless, as according to them, amounts to meddling in the work of God by the security service, others say it helped sanitized the system, as it stopped the so-called men of God from coming out with their “fake” prophecies during such period.

The practice, which has become a norm among most pastors in the country, has been condemned by the minister in charge of the Swedru branch of the Christ Chapel Int. Mission, Rev. James Akyerekwah Jnr. who described such pronouncements as predictions, and not prophecies.

He said majority of the men of God who give such prophecies do so for either fame or money.

According to him, God does not wait for only 31st night before He reveals His intents to His people, and therefore questioned why the practice is common and Ghanaian and African pastors, and not those in the developed countries.

By Robert Ayanful

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