The late Lucky Dube, in one of his songs said; "Bob Marley said for how long shall they kill our Prophets while we stand aside and look but little did he know that one day the enemies will stand aside and look while we kill ourselves."

This painfully describes the state the church of Christ is today.
The social media is a custodian of the evidence of how our various churches and pulpits have become our choice strategic positions from where we launch missiles against our 'brother-enemies'.

Today, it's one Father of Faith viciously, mischievously, maliciously and angrily attacking another Father of Faith, tomorrow another fires at another.
"The SHORT MAN from UYO" who "has a SMALL CHURCH in UYO" and doesn't understand spiritual things dares not disbelieve another Father of Faith who drank tea with God when even God Himself said He will come in to us and dine with us. Thus, some Fathers of Faith, while defending or fighting for a BIGGER FATHER OF FAITH with a BIGGER CHURCH in BIGGER CITIES ridicule and disdain another Father of Faith doing ministry in a SMALL and LOCAL TOWN.

PFN, CAN and other Christian Organizations busy themselves with confronting Companies or Agencies of Government for felicitating with Christians with harmless messages perceived as blasphemous because they are not supposed to be in the RING. They are to stand aside and look while the Fathers of Faith do the fighting. So, PFN and CAN are akin to the powerless and helpless REFEREES in the RING.

What are Children of Faith like us supposed to do now? Learn the habit of anger, bitterness, enmity and throwing of abuses even from EXALTED ALTARS from our Fathers and fight each other to a standstill or become HOLIER than them by learning from Jesus as taught in the scriptures? What exactly are our Fathers of Faith teaching us?

Paul would admonish:
"Again I say, don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights. A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people. Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth." 2 Timothy 2:23-25

And to those of us who believe it is our duty to call out wrong Teachers or teachings, scripture says we should "do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear...because you belong to Christ." 1 Peter 3:16

One irony of life is that those of us who often criticize or should I say, correct others, often find it hard to receive corrections and those who easily point out the wrong in another person hardly tolerate those who point out the wrong in them.

Dear Fathers and Children of Faith, this is what the scripture says;
"Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ." Ephesians 4:11-13

Brethren, do you, in all sincerity, think we are headed in this direction or straying further away from it?
Are you using your gift as the wisest, most powerful, most knowledgeable Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor or Teacher in equipping God’s people and building up the church or edifying of the body of Christ till WE ALL come in the UNITY OF THE FAITH, and of the KNOWLEDGE of the Son of God, or we are more concerned in our persons and positions?

It's time to rethink our motives and actions. It's time to stop this, as Paul would put it, "foolish discussions about spiritual pedigrees or in quarrels and fights... these things are useless and a waste of time."

Today, while those outside the family sit quietly in their corners, we tell our pitiable conditions to them in Gath (Facebook) and publish it in the streets of Askelon (YouTube), giving the daughters of the Philistines something to rejoice about and the daughters of the uncircumcised something to triumph over and the name of our God is blasphemed among the Heathens through us.

But O LORD! Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
We may be experiencing 'revival' in the area of financial and material prosperity and in building of Stadium-like Cathedrals. We may be experiencing 'revival' in the 'Gospel Music Industry' to the point of winning Grammy and Special Awards. We may be experiencing 'revival' in 'Rhema' and 'Knowledge,' "...but while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church." Yes dear fathers and children of faith, it is love that edifies the church! And "If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing."
We therefore need the revival of LOVE AND UNITY in the body of Christ.

My brother Caesar did a song many years ago which, translating to English says: "It's because of the love God had for the world that made Him send His son to die for the world but today, that love is no longer found in the Church. Let it be HARD to you LORD that the death of Christ will be in vain. Far be it from you that the death of Christ will be for nothing!"

But my consolation in all this is that "no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones." And "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
A GREAT REVIVAL IS COMING!

Make all of una take am easy o

Amayanabo01:
Tsunami is coming

I fear for the day

Update ooo

Corn247:
I am glad you feel pained. As e dey pain you, e dey sweet us

The table will soon turn...
What goes round comes around

Goodvibes007:

Don't worry, Tinubu has 7+ years. Hope you have a pail of bucket to gather tears.

Tinubu having 7+ years is immaterial.
Nigeria might still be there and Nigerians, as usual will still be living.
After all, people endured the last 8+ years and never believed anything could be worse than the experience of those years.

But what sort of life will we be living, given the recent happenings in the country?

Padipadi:

It's not about tribalism.
Some people already had issues with Yorubas and the last election opened their yansh. I m not a fan of Tinubu. So it's wise to fight sensibly. Is Tinubu the gov in all states?
Why point fingers to him alone.

But Goodluck and Buhari were the Govs in all the states when Nigerians complained about their government.

edogu:


It's quite unfortunate how we introduce tribalism in every comment we make on this forum.

My dear brother that pain can only kill me if this post was made from an insincere heart.

Unlike you, I'm not going to wish you bad that's not part of my upbringing.

I was going through 'spaghetti', trending on twitter when I came across this post.

Same thing I would have said irrespective of the tribe.

We need to learn that Nigerian politicians that don't give a f***k about us. You don't know me neither do I know you.

The same thing that happened on that twitter post is exactly what you are doing to me right now (the same economic reality is affecting you and I but not the politicians). But unlike you, I would rather prefer to channel that energy to something positive.

It's not worth it.

It's not worth it indeed, bro.

casualobserver:


Either you are naturally daft, your parents were naturally daft and you inherited their genes, you were improperly educated or you were dropped as a child resulting in brain damage. Where did I say it is ok to rig? I said if you truly have evidence, you should go to court. I also said there are those like Obi who know they lost but go to court for ulterior motives. Where in any of that did I say I co done rigging? 1diot!!’

Discrediting INEC aand the judiciary is exactly what these losers want to acheive. Those with brains know that INEC has produced a system where you cannot rig without leaving evidence of rigging. If less than 30,000 people were accredited but results showed 133,000 as he claimed there will be evidence. All you have to do is tender BVAS, tender EC8 forms….do they match…..end of story!!!

"INEC has produced a system where you cannot rig"

How exactly have they done that especially in recent times?
By being selective and subjective with their rules and methods?

Successlane:



One of the few objective comments so far.

They ALL rigged.

Those complaining are the ones with LESS resources (MONEY, POWER, etc) to rig.

And because "They ALL rigged" in a democracy, a ballot system, we should all move on as though nothing happened? Rigging an election is ok if all parties are involved.

How are we going to come of this?

CSTRR:

Yaradua ended it and Jonathan made it even better by losing to an opposition peacefully.

Another Yoruba man has started it again.

Hmm...

Osanoghodua1:
Anyone supporting this irregularity now, will one day experience a grave irregularity in his life and God will withdraw his mercy from such an individual.

Sharpsharp00123
Michealadex
Okoroawusa
Seunmsg
Yarimo

seunmsg:
SDP rigged the election massively in Igala LGAs while APC outrigged them in Ebira LGAs. INEC accepted and collated all the rigged results from both Igala and Ebira so what’s the noise about? Free and fair election only took place in Kogi west (Okun land) so both Ajaka and Ododo are guilty. It’s good that he has accepted his faith. That’s the spirit.

That's the spirit of what?
Giving credence to illegally?

The hearts of true Nigerians are bleeding!

Okoroawusa:
Oga if you have evidence I will advise you go to court. Many have gone to court and they won. Saying that because INEC will be a witness at the tribunal therefore you won't go is either naivety or deceit.

What is he going to court to do? And to which court?

chiefolododo:
What do you expect from Yakubu's INEC?

In all sincerity, Yakubu should be prosecuted

INEC, unfortunately had become a criminal organisation

hardbody:


I choose my battles. Don't cry for me bro.

I believe you

Kobojunkie:
Try to comprehend what you read, OK. I can't confirm money rituals are real since I have never witnessed it myself, and never in fact met an actual case who didn't need to work for a living. Get it?

Back in the 80s, we were regaled with stories of how those who engage in money rituals would simply call out the names of their victims and money would come pouring in. Meaning no need to work at all for money, right? But all those that I were accused of this all has jobs and businesses, even scams, that required their regular attention for their survival then too. So fast forward to yahoo-yahoo days and the same pattern of accused money rituals needing to work hard for their money continues.

So why do they have to use people for rituals since they need to work hard for their money?

benuejosh:
You made no single sense. Absolutely no sense in your statement. How does politics have to do with this stupid moral behavior? From your statement it tells that you are as dirty as they are.

So you don't think that when your mentors the politicians engage in certificate forgery, election malpractice, stealing and diversion of public funds for their interest, corruption, subversion of justice, it will influence and impact society negatively?

Ok

Ok

Kobojunkie:
1. You claim they do but I have never met any since I have been out in the West. All claims I had previously heard have been adequately debunked since then. So, you tell me.

2. Can you please get back to telling us about your personal experience with spiritual wife/husband. So far, all I hear people saying is they are afraid of having sexual dreams.

I'm now in Nigeria and have never been to Iceland. It will be correct to say there are no tall Icelanders since I've never seen one. For you, what you have not seen or experienced doesn't exist.

I've had my own spiritual experiences but will that convince you since you have not seen it for yourself?

Kobojunkie:
Why do you ask? If it was that real, I often wondered how come yahoo-yahoo boys still depend on scamming folks to make money even after their many money rituals?

So you can confirm that money ritual is a delusion. It does not work.

AsaBlackheart:


But life *is* that simple.

Instead of humans to take responsibility for their actions and find ways to rectify or adjust the situation, we prefer finding an excuse.... a higher power..... some spirit or demon.... luck.... fate....

My point? Take full responsibility for whatever you do. Whether good or bad. If things are not going well, instead of running around looking for a spiritual solution, why not sit down and evaluate yourself for just 30 minutes.

Most problems will get solved if we just apply a little bit of thinking power.

I'm glad you said "most problems will get solved if we just apply a little bit of thinking power" but not all

Kobojunkie:
Abegi! Those are people who lack a self control and tend to act on impulse. That in no way means the act was against their very will. Oh, It was definitely their will in action... only they don't pause to reason before proceeding like one who is disciplined would.

Is money ritual real?

Can one use human parts to sacrifice to a nonexistent thing and start having money from such action?

Kobojunkie:
So you don see onyibo wey get spiritual wife/husband, is what you are trying to have us believe here, abi? Tell us more!

So you want us to believe spirits and demons don't exist or only exist in Africa?

So no white man or woman has any form of spiritual problem?

Listen, the fact that you can use science or psychology to explain things doesn't mean such explanation is always true and correct.

After all man evolved from apes. Don't you think so

thomasjoe:


There may be influences but no force ...I repeat NO Force on earth or in any realm can take away your will .
Your will is yours till you give it away to your base desires ... and start misbehaving.

Blaming our misbehaviour on an innocent spirit is at best laughable but sadly at worst only complicating inability to take responsibility and change from our wrong ways .

Oh how I wish life is this simple!

People do things they never imagined or planned for but afterwords wonder how and why they did it.

Kobojunkie:
Spiritual wives/husbands in the western world? Where?

Sometimes I don't understand you guys.
You have not heard of spiritual and demonic influences and operations in the 'white man's land?'
They only happen in Africa right?
The ones that come to Synagogue and not actually from the western world.

The fact is, the 'cleaner' a society the lesser the operations of evil forces.

But don't you ever think that the abnormal vices like homosexuality, bestiality, etc over there are normal.

Samantha124:
So what you're saying is that we shouldn't be dreaming about getting married and being pregnant because it would've been the work of a spiritual husband?

Is that what you could get from what I said?

How is "dreaming about getting married and being pregnant" a problem?

Will the lady be crying if that was just her experience?

Most dreams are the products of our imagination and subconscious mind but some others convey spiritual things

hardbody:


Please say a similar prayer for me

Be careful what you wish for