Tougher laws needed

THERE has been a lot of sorcery-related killings lately and Churches have been silent on this issue.
This issue is complex in nature due to its spiritual connections.
There is no physical evidence to prove what the torturers allege is the truth.
Without any physical evidence of death caused by an alleged sorcerer, it is all based on suspicion and is obvious no one in the community would admit openly to practicing such evil. So how do the torturers know which sorcerer had caused a certain death and for what reason?
The answer is simple, it is all based on suspicions, rumours, gossips, manipulations and bad influence.
Consequently, some of the people killed after much torture are in fact innocent but were forced to admit being sorcerers because of the intense brutal and at times inhumane methods of torture and interrogation employed by the torturers.
But if the victims are in fact sorcerers as they may admit after much torture, they are only vessels used by demonic spirits to promote their evil practices.
The Christian Church admits that there are such evil practices and that there are those humans who can be used as vessels by the evil spirits.
But they cannot be dealt with physically through the human methods such as torture or killings.
While the word of God forbids such practices, not all of us are Bible believing Christians who practice living the word in its strictest sense.
The question is: what have those who killed the sorcerer gained from the killing?
If churches are given the opportunity to cast out the evil spirit, the person possessed could be prayed for after his or her deliverance and a soul could be won for God’s kingdom.
The person will be set free from the control of demons to live in society as a normal person.
Our job as commissioned by Jesus is to populate heaven while plundering hell of souls.
God’s Word forbids killing.
Not all deaths can be related to sorcery.
Because of a lack of physical evidence, in a sorcery killing, it is a matter that cannot be treated and prosecuted through the normal physical ways of investigating and prosecuting.
If we are serious about eradicating such evil practices in the country, we need our politicians to make tough laws that will not only stop such evil practices but that will also stop the killings relating to such practices.

Ps Peter Ropra
AOG, Highlands Regional Superintendent