By Sam Eyoboka

Peace and security will continue to elude the world unless world leaders make deliberate efforts to back off from the path of hypocrisy and insincerity and make the word of God their guiding principle, the God’s Kingdom Society has declared.

Addressing a large congregation at the Freedom Day celebrations, in honour of the birth of Christ, held at the GKS Service Hall at Kubwa, Abuja, chairman of the Executive Board of GKS, Brother Godwin Ifeacho regretted that whereas the leaders were effusive in declaring their commitments to peace, they were steeped in the very acts that gave rise to conflicts.

He spoke of the mindless violation of the laws of God and the no-holds-barred struggle for control of the limited resources of the world, adding that there is “so much selfishness, crime, drug abuse, poverty, kidnapping, cultism, election rigging, corruption and stockpiling of arms, among the nations”.

In the address entitled: “How can the world attain true peace and safety?” Brother Ifeacho pointed out that the obstacles to peace were being erected by the religious, political and commercial elements in the world and quoted the words of St. Peter to wit “While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.” (2 Peter 2:19).

He asserted in the address read on his behalf by the Station Minister, Brother Timothy Esimagbele, that it is a forlorn hope for people to expect peace in this world as that is the prerogative of God Almighty in His kingdom fully established.

The GKS leader referred to the words of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon who declared at the observance of the World Peace Day on September 21, 2014 that “much remains to be done to douse the fires of extremism and tackle the root causes of conflict” and that “too many are suffering today at the brutal hands of war mongers and terrorists”.

For the world to have relative peace the GKS said, the people must have the accurate knowledge of God and the faith to act on what they have learnt.

He said they must love their neighbours as themselves and be tolerant, long suffering, respectful and kind among other qualities which will enable them to be at peace with one another.

The annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ in the month of October which the GKS designates as FREEDOM DAY is spread through all the Sundays in October and is marked by divine services, songs and dances.