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A news popped up some days ago about three teenagers of the age 15yrs who were involved in the beheading of their teenage girlfriend for ritual. I had to listen attentively and also ask the person next to me if the presenter said 15 or 50years. I was shocked when it was confirmed she said 15years old boys. To be honest I was really perturbed and saddened by the news. When asked why they did it, their reply was that they wanted money. What on Earth does a 15years old boy need huge amount of money for? Build house? But car? Or what exactly? People in the car started showing their displeasure and were blaming the parents of the children. I only looked at them and shakes my head. The very people condemning the children were actually one of the factors fuelling criminal acts in the society. One of them was a pastor who was obviously showing his displeasure through some Bible talks and quotations. I was going to ask the man if he was aware he is part of the problem, but one a second thought, I decided to hold my peace. It would be to my own disadvantage if I try reasoning with them cos he and others would end up battering me with either insults or curses.

The major reason why one should give is life to Jesus is eternal life according to 1john 3. Hence, the measure of how buoyant your Christian Life is should be how strong your relationship with God is and wether or not you're still inline with his word. But in Nigeria today, the first proof of a true Christian must be amount material possession. If you are a Christian and you are broke or not having material possessions, people would easily conclude that you are either serving God in the wrong way or that you are a sinner. Out of 100% of the sermons dished out from the pulpit, 85-90% of them are center on wealth gaining and becoming successful in life. Hence, if brother A is doing well financially and bro B is not, it means bro A is more devoted and upright than bro B. Then if bro B sees a means of 'getting rich quick', do you think he won't take the opportunity? At least no one would ask him how he got it, and if they do, the simple answer would be 'it is the Lord's doing'. Infact some pastors have even legalized internet frauds so far you pay your tithe and keep everyone happy. Then when an evil act is perpetrated, they blame it on the devil. When you make money and wealth gain the focus, expect the unthinkable.

In our day to day activities, we must be careful of what we esteem as the most important. We must be careful about what we relate to out younger ones. These boys said they got the ideas from a Facebook post. The post was about a Yahoo guy that was saying he is rich because he is smart and that money ritual is easiest way to make money. This post corrupted the mind of these children and they went ahead to lure their girlfriend to an hotel, killed her and cut off her head. I thought children were supposed to be soft and compassionate and innocent, but the horror and danger this poses is more than we see it. If these boys have done this, only God knows how many other boys have and are trending that part. At least we only got to hear of this one because they were caught.

Conclusion

Children should be made jealously and conciously guided in the way of Truth. We also should rise and reject the spirit of Mammon and he urge to get wealth by any means necessary. There is a saying that he heart of a child is like a fertile ground, what ever you plant on it will grow and produce multiples of the same. They should be fed with creativity, education, leadership training and other important societal values not approving them of doing wrong or indulging them in evil activities such as stealing, money rituals, gangster, child prostitution and every other vices.

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