Minister and Lecturer at Trinity Theological Seminary, Rev. Dr. Charles Amarkwei, has charged newly commissioned ministers to embrace their divine authority to confront evil and establish God’s rule wherever they are sent.
Preaching at the commissioning service for ministerial probationers from the Ramseyer Training Centre (RTC), Abetifi – Batch 2, held last Sunday at Adom Congregation, Twenedurase, Rev. Dr. Amarkwei drew from the prophetic ministry of Jeremiah.
He explained that God’s authority brings both judgment and salvation, and that the New Testament—particularly the ministry of Jesus Christ—draws significant inspiration from Jeremiah’s prophetic symbolism.
He referenced Jeremiah’s writings, highlighting the new covenant written on the hearts of believers and the dramatic imagery of Babylon’s destruction. He situated Jeremiah’s ministry within a turbulent historical moment marked by shifting global powers, noting that idolatry, corruption, marginalisation, and deceptive religious practices were widespread.
Into this chaos, Jeremiah was called into a 40‑year ministry with a divine mandate to confront rebellion and spiritual decay. Rev. Dr. Amarkwei outlined Jeremiah’s sixfold mission—uprooting, pulling down, destroying, overthrowing, planting, and building—describing it as a spiritual military operation through which God invades enemy territory, conquers evil forces, and establishes His kingdom.
He connected Jeremiah’s mission to the ministry of Jesus Christ, noting that Christ fulfilled God’s plan to eliminate evil kingdoms through His death and resurrection. Quoting Scripture, he reminded the probationers that “the Son of God was manifested to destroy the works of the devil.” Jesus’ anointing in Acts 10:38, he said, continues today through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Rev. Dr. Amarkwei stressed that Jesus’ commissioning of His disciples is rooted in Jeremiah’s prophetic commissioning. Christian mission, he said, is therefore a continuation of God’s ancient strategy: confronting darkness, uprooting evil, and planting righteousness in the world.
He reminded the newly commissioned ministers that they are agents of this mission. Just as Jeremiah uprooted evil from nations and peoples, ministers today are sent to uproot evil from lives, communities, and systems. Wherever God sends them, they are called to confront darkness, overthrow wickedness, plant righteousness, and build lives for God’s glory.
By Jerome Otchere
