Warns Political Aspirants Not To Get Involved In human Sacrifice
PHOTO: UMC Bishop Samuel J. Quire, Jr.
By Moses M. Tokpah, mosesmtokpah@gmail.com
Ahead of upcoming 2023 presidential and legislative elections, the Resident Bishop of the United Methodist Church Liberia area, Samuel J. Quire, Jr. has predicted hunger, hardship and gasoline shortage in the country.
It is no secret that Liberians have over the years decried hardship, the shortage of rice and gasoline on the Liberian market, something many have blamed on the “failure” of the George Weah administration to have price control and institute stringent measures to stabilize the Liberian economy.
But the Liberian Government has consistently attributed the increase in the price of the basic commodities to global challenge with the Russia-Ukraine war being the center point.
Now, the situation has also drawn the attention of this Christian cleric and spiritual leader of the Methodist Church in Liberia.
Delivering the noon day message at the seat of the just ended 25th annual session of the Weala District Conference of the United Methodist Church in Weala, Margibi County over the weekend, Bishop Quire predicted hardship, hunger and shortage of gasolione.
The United Methodist Bishop indicated that already there is a sign that there will be hunger, referencing the late bearing of fruits by plum trees in the country.
According to him, 2023 has started but Liberians do not know what it has noting that one sign that it has shown him is that fruits are late in coming thereby calling on Liberians to observe them.
“Ehn you see the plum tree there it just started growing small, small flower, it tells you that in the rainy season that’s the time the plum will start coming and so the plum will be poor this season, and it means when you see such a thing like this coming then that means hunger is coming in the Town,” Bishop Quire explained.
The Bishop placed emphasis on the shortage of gasoline, explaining how he was recently informed at a filling station that a vendor of gasoline was delaying to serve him, because vendors want to increase the price of the commodity.
“I was between sleep and wake and then I went to the filling station to take gasoline then somebody came to me they were looking for me they say we are looking for the papay who get this car, I say what happen they say papay we coming to tell you, you see; the people delaying to sell you the gasoline because they want carry the price up. Gasoline shortage is coming, hardship is coming,” the head of the Methodist Church in Liberia narrated.
Bishop Quire said that instead of the 2023 elections bringing enjoyment, it will bring hardship adding that because that’s the work of the devil.
Using the conference’s theme, “Be still” taken from Exodus 14:13-16, Bishop Quire admonished members of the Weala District Conference to be still no matter what comes.
“Weala District your God is saying to you this afternoon don’t worry, you have rice to eat you don’t have rice to eat don’t worry. School fees, no school fees don’t worry be still because you don’t know how God will deliver you.”
He called on the congregation to get on their knees and look up to God on grounds that it will not be easy. The Bishop warned his members to be careful before taking money that politicians will take to them in the name of campaign.
“It will not be the money that will fool you; you got to open your eyes, ask God to show you the way.
Bishop Quire used the occasion to call on those who will be contesting the 2023 elections not to get involved in human sacrifice, indicating that anyone who does that he/she will not be elected.
“Our politicians who are running; God wants me to tell them, don’t put your hand in any kind of blood business. Anybody who put their hand in blood business you will fail,” the United Methodist Church Bishop added.
Sacrifice is defined as “an act of slaughtering an animal or person as an offering to a divine or supernatural figure:”