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Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by BluntTheApostle(m): 7:37pm On May 31, 2018 |
annyplenty: Many of you don't understand the meaning of church. All these church programs you mention were/are created by humans and turned into some rituals like pagans. Nothing will happen to you if you choose a football match over a church service as long as you are walking before God blameless. We have had many churches dedicate services to polithiefcians, which means these pastors call the shots as far as church services are concerned. The World Cup does not even last two months so how would it hurt anyone to miss church services in favour of football matches? The church bosses can even show the match on their screens and after that, do their thing. After all, a church is an assembly and not a building. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 8:03pm On May 31, 2018 |
BluntTheApostle: The Lord Jesus Christ established the church by Himself as a gathering of two or more believers coming together to serve the Lord. Howbeit, they need a place for such meeting and hence the building. The issue of what each church denomination does can be of discussion any other day. But what I am saying here is what the Lord asked me to say! I am only saying that the Lord says if such happens, then choose to come and serve him rather than stay at home to watch football. What is difficult to understand in this one? How many times have the bosses at companies asked their employees to stay at home because they want to watch big brother? How many times have parents asked their children to stay at home because there was a cartoon to be shown on monday morning and the children must watch? 2 Likes |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by Primesky(m): 8:20pm On May 31, 2018 |
Anything that takes or occupies a large chunk of your heart and passion becomes a god to you and that's adolatory. What the OP said is true. I remember when I was in school, the Lord asked me a question. He said, how is it that people say they want to go to heaven, yet they take the things of heaven lightly and treat it as unimportant. Then He said how will it work? This question came because, on a fellowship day, there was also a football match fixed at that time, and many people opted for it rather than the fellowship. Many people are ignorantly engaging in adolatory without knowing it. God bless you @annyplenty. Please don't mind the scofers and insulters. May God open their eyes to see and know the truth. 2 Likes |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by BluntTheApostle(m): 9:27pm On May 31, 2018 |
annyplenty: Your comparisons are too weak. First of all, the Church is not a corporation where workers are paid to work and so obedience to the superiors is sacrosanct. The church is supposed to be an assembly of equals. Second, the Church is not a parent to the worshippers. The Church is the worshippers. So, your parent-child sample does not carry any weight. Last, serving God does not happen only in a church. What if I had served him together with my family through family devotion? Must I still go to a church before it can be registered that I have served Him? You are just like the Pharisees who demanded total obedience to the rituals of the Law from Jesus. Don't put guilt into people. Even if football time clashes with church time, service to God and watching the match can still happen. Hope you know that one way to serve God is to serve humanity? When you enter into a viewing centre and provide income for the owner who is trying to make a living, you are serving God in your own little way. Because of you, many Christians have come to see church attendance as enough to cleanse their sins. You will see a fraudsters seeing himself better than his neighbor simply because he (the fraudster) goes to church while the neighbor doesn't. The essense for assembling as a Church that Paul gave has been lost. Can you even tell me the essence of going to church today? Just one? |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by paxonel(m): 9:39pm On May 31, 2018 |
annyplenty:are you suggesting that Mary and Martha should keep sitting at Jesus feet listening to the word of God from Jesus forever? If that was the case what time would Jesus had to go to cross and be crucified? Will he spend all his life preaching to Mary and Martha without going to the cross for crucifixion and actualise what he has been preaching to them? Try to understand what I'm saying, there is time for everything. There was time when Jesus was preaching, there had to be time when he will stop preaching and surrender himself for crucifixion. At the time of preaching it was expected that Mary and Martha should understand. At the time of crucifixion it was expected that they should use what they have understood to develop their faith. The same thing applies here, we don't go to church to keep practicing religion or keep wasting our time listening to semons . We go to church to learn from the sermons. After learning we use what we learn to live our lives outside the church most importantly. So, someone who has already learnt and thinks he will reserve his church periods to watch football matches, i think he is good. Nothing is wrong with him |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 5:20pm On Jun 01, 2018 |
2 Timothy 3:1-4 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 8:58pm On Jun 03, 2018 |
Jesus is coming. Stay ready. 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 11:22pm On Jun 04, 2018 |
Give intimacy with the Lord a priority. 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 6:00pm On Jun 08, 2018 |
Don't go into sins in this period of the world cup. 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by chaarly(m): 10:43pm On Jun 08, 2018 |
annyplenty:please throw more light bro |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 7:35am On Jun 10, 2018 |
chaarly: if you have to go to russia, some of the things that are done around football arenas could be sinful. Sport betting and gambling are also inclusive. drinking alcohol and and beer and many more. 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 1:26pm On Jun 10, 2018 |
Love God more than pleasures. 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 10:45pm On Jun 11, 2018 |
He that God loves, he chastise |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 10:09pm On Jun 12, 2018 |
I will continue to sound the warning until after the world cup. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 6:43am On Jun 13, 2018 |
Let no love of pleasure hinder you from God. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by GEJfan1: 6:58am On Jun 13, 2018 |
You can't serve two masters |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 9:58am On Jun 16, 2018 |
GEJfan1: Truth |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 9:35am On Jun 17, 2018 |
Wherever you are reading this from, whether Russia, USA, Nigeria, Brasil, Kenya, or just anywhere, don't Forsake the Service of the Lord For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches or just any football match. If there is a clash between the time of your local church service and the time of a football match and you are confused which to choose, choose to be at the presence of the Lord at His Service. Shalom. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 11:37pm On Jun 19, 2018 |
Let the Lord takes the first place in your heart. Don;t forsake the service of the Lord because of football. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by frank317: 12:03am On Jun 20, 2018 |
TheEminentLaity: Thanks for this... I have always asked the guy to seek help... He is greatly disturbed. Go through his thread since 2015 he has been having dreams of earthquakes in Nigeria, dreams of rapture, hailstones, Ebola and stuff. The bad news is that his fellow Christians are seeing a mental case right in their faces but instead of helping him out they are busy encouraging him. No one has asked why none of his dreams for the past four years have done to past. I have even begged him to get help.. But he feels like Noah. I just feel for the guys shaa 3 Likes |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by TheEminentLaity: 7:54am On Jun 20, 2018 |
Annyplenty, can I ask you a question: How was your life like before you got born again and how did it happen? Guess I'm asking for your testimony 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by frank317: 8:06am On Jun 20, 2018 |
Anny... Forget the usual online banter. I am truly concerned about u. It is obvious fear drove u to Christianity that's why u have always having dreams and visions of doom. None which have ever come to pass. How do u even sleep at night? 3 Likes |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 7:33pm On Jun 20, 2018 |
TheEminentLaity: I was worse than most of you on the religion section of nairaland and was neck-deep in gross occultism, idolatery and darkness more than most of you before the Lord, Jesus Christ, sorted me out with mercy. I would not ordinarily have believed on Jesus Christ because of what I had seen and done and nobody would have been able to preach to me and win me for Jesus but He sorted me out by himself and the rest is ............. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 7:34pm On Jun 20, 2018 |
frank317: Thank you for your comment. It makes me stronger in the Lord. 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by TheEminentLaity: 9:12pm On Jun 20, 2018 |
annyplenty:Let's not dwell on who's worse. You said you were deep in occultism and idolatry, interesting! could you elaborate. You could save a soul here. I would not ordinarily have believed on Jesus Christ because of what I had seen and done and nobody would have been able to preach to me and win me for Jesus but He sorted me out by himself and the rest is ............. Just say what your life was like before and how it is different now. Details pls. 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 9:28pm On Jun 20, 2018 |
TheEminentLaity: By the grace of God, I am better because now I do things with the right perspective in mind. And that view can be found in the conclusion of King Solomon in ecclesiaistes 12:13 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter[/u[: Fear God, and keep his commandments: [u]for this is the whole duty of man. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by Nobody: 11:48pm On Jun 20, 2018 |
TheEminentLaity:[/s] |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by Nobody: 11:54pm On Jun 20, 2018 |
annyplenty:Sir,you don't need to make them understand ......you're on point . God should give u more Grace & Wisdom to persist in serving Him ....Amen. .....Like seriously,I sincerely need God's salvation & sanctification in my life right now.. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by Nobody: 11:59pm On Jun 20, 2018 |
JeromeBlack:He never said world cup is a sin ....and I can rightfully guess that you did not read what he wrote up there |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by Nobody: 12:07am On Jun 21, 2018 |
BluntTheApostle:...Now,you made a very good point .kudos. The truth is that church going doesn't take one to heaven...but to take a look at the people op was talking to,church going is very important to them & the true relationship they have with God..They have personally had an encounter with God in Truth & Spirit, hence,they need to growth their spiritual life & fellowship with God,both in quite time & fruitful association with other group of persons that share common interest ...technically, church gathering . Got the drift ?.. |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by annyplenty(m): 12:26am On Jun 21, 2018 |
Glycolysis: God bless you sir! Please read these 3 teachings. God will use them to help you in your request. ttp://www.nairaland.com/3705186/born-again-10-practical-ways https://www.nairaland.com/3045443/preparing-rapture-part-10-holiness https://www.nairaland.com/3973192/preparing-rapture-part-11-crucifixion 1 Like |
Re: The Lord Warns Against Forsaking His Service For The 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches by Nobody: 12:35am On Jun 21, 2018 |
annyplenty:Thank you sir .....I will do just that . Good morning ....and do have a blissful day. |
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