Christ has set Christians free from the power of sin - Apostle Mensah

Apostle Joseph Felix Kwesi Mensah, Chairman, Great Commission Church International (GCCI), Executive Council, has assured Christians that Christ through his death, burial and resurrection has set them free from the power of sin.

He said because of Christ's death, burial and resurrection, the Christian was no longer a slave to sin but rather a slave to righteousness.

He said Christians were buried therefore by baptism into Christ's death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of God the Father, they too might walk in newness of life.

Apostle Mensah said this in his homily on facebook live to mark the Good Friday Celebration of Christians, which was monitored by the Ghana News Agency in Accra.

Apostle Mensah had to resort to the use of the Facebook live to reach out to his congregants with his Good Friday Message, because of the ban on social gathering as part of efforts to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Quoting from the Bible, Apostle Mensah said "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts."

He said through Christ, Christians have crucified the lust of the eyes, the pride of life and the works of the flesh.

He said the Christian had been made alive with Christ and that he (the Christian) was now a citizen of heaven and a royal priesthood.

The Executive Council Chairman, who reiterated the change, the transformation, the newness that comes into a Christian when he accepts Jesus Christ as his Lord and Personal Saviour, said: "You are no longer a slave of sin, you are now a slave of righteousness and this union is from God".

Apostle Mensah urged Christians to reflect on the significance of Good Friday; declaring that the events of Good Friday, had broken the foundation of Satan and the power sin in the lives of Christians.