JESUS VS NAIJA CHURCH LEADERS

VENUE: NAIRALAND

DATE: WATCH THIS SPACE

TIME: WATCH THIS SPACE

MATCH REFEREE: JESUSJNR


You can't afford to miss the live coverage of

this most highly anticipated in the

universe, "Jesus Vs Naija Church Leaders"

that would be brought to you live and

exclusively on Nairaland. For this is not going

to be a friendly match, hence it's befittingly

captioned "The Battle Of The Church" as it's

going to determine who takes home its highly

coveted crown.

Therefore it's a championship clinching match

in which a winner must emerge. So you do

not want to miss it for anything in the world

for it's surely gonna be a classic for the ages.


This match would be brought to you by

jesusjnr.

THE END

jesusjnr:
JESUS VS NAIJA CHURCH LEADERS

VENUE: NAIRALAND

DATE: WATCH THIS SPACE

TIME: WATCH THIS SPACE

MATCH REFEREE: JESUSJNR


You can't afford to miss the live coverage of

this most highly anticipated in the

universe, "Jesus Vs Naija Church Leaders"

that would be brought to you live and

exclusively on Nairaland. For this is not going

to be a friendly match, hence it's befittingly

captioned "The Battle Of The Church" as it's

going to determine who takes home its highly

coveted crown.

Therefore it's a championship clinching match

in which a winner must emerge. So you do

not want to miss it for anything in the world

for it's surely gonna be a classic for the ages.


This match would be brought to you by

jesusjnr.

tripplephi:
THE END

Oh ye of little faith, why do ye doubt? This is definitely not the end for it shall surely come to pass!

IMPORTANT UPDATE!

JESUS VS NAIJA CHURCH LEADERS

VENUE: NAIRALAND

DATE: SUNDAY OCTOBER 14

TIME: 8pm.

REFEREE: JESUSJNR

*BUILD UP KICKS OFF AT 7.45pm.

The countdown to the main event has already started. 59 minutes left.

37 minutes to go

25 minutes to go

20 minutes left

Sorry to announce to you that the match kickoff would be delayed for thirty minutes due to some technical hitches but our engineers are on top of it and expect to sort it out within a short while. We regret any inconvience this may have caused you. Please bear with us.

Match Build-Up: The stage is set for what promises to be an exciting final with all the key actors, the players, that would be on display entrusted with the responsibility to deliver on the pre-match hype.



Though it must be said that many expect this one to pan out a one sided affair going by recent form which is heavily tilted in the favor of Naija Church Leaders who seem to have everything going for them with also the supposed added advantage of numbers against an opposition that is considered to be an epitome of a one man squad.

But you never know as the saying goes "it's not by form nor by numbers but by the Spirit of God". So if you put all those permutations, calculations, and perspectives together, what you would get is a tantalizing match in prospect which is delicately poised to surprise and produce the unexpected.



Moreover it has to be noted that this upcoming encounter is a first of kind on the face of the this planet, as it has not only generated much interest nationally, internationally, and intercontinentally, but also interuniversally, as the extraterrestrials such as the angels in heaven are reported to have shown keen interest in this one, hence are expected to keep a close eye on proceedings right here.

And also not wanting to be left out of the occasion are the Angels who were deported from heaven, led by the chief of them all, Satan himself, who seems to have a huge stake in this upcoming match with respect to which side this one goes.



So what we have coming up shortly is a match whose stakes and audience transcends the boundaries of planet Earth, making it a contest of interuniversal proportions and appeal, so it doesn't come any bigger or better than this.

So what we have coming up shortly is a match whose stakes and audience transcends the boundaries of planet Earth, making it a contest of interuniversal proportions and appeal, so it doesn't come any bigger or better than this.



Enough of the talk now for it's time to cross over to the pitch side and let the game do the talking itself as the players are already out on the pitch, and it's well apparent that having gotten to this point that they just can't wait any second longer for the centre referee to blow his whistle so that they could finally get this over with.

And so the referee puts the whistle to mouth and... p-e-e-e-p.

So there you have it the moment we've all been waiting for is finally upon us as the match gets underway with Jesus kicking things off.



*Feel free to chip in your comments while the match's ongoing.

*A thousand apologies for the delay, it was due to circumstances beyond our control but we've finally conquered it.


*Perhaps this was just to crucially remind us of how the day of the Lord would come upon us, for though it may tarry, do not give up or grow weary but wait for it, for it would surely come to pass.


*We'll just take it up from where we left off, so just sit back, relax, and behave as though we never left.

1' Jesus: "Blessed are you poor for yours is the kingdom of God".(Lk 6:20, Mk 5:3).


NCL: "Cursed are you poor for poverty is a curse".

4' Jesus: "Woe unto you that are rich! For you have received your consolation".(Lk 6:24).


NCL: "Blessed are you that are rich".

8' Jesus: "Do not judge according to the outward appearance": for instance, the way a man is dressed".(Jn 7:24).


NCL: "The way a man is dressed is the way he'll be addressed".

11' Jesus: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you".(Mt 5:44).


NCL: "Hate your enemies, curse bless them that curse you, do evil to them that hate you, pray against which despitefully use you and persecute you"

15' Jesus unto his church: "The princes of the gentiles exercise dominion over them and they that are great exercise authority upon them but it shall not be be so among you...".(Mt 20:25-26).


NCL: "Even as it is with the gentiles and those of the world so shall it be in the church...".

22' Jesus: Emphasis-Give alms to the poor, help the needy etc.(Lk 12:33, Mt 19:21, Lk 14:12-14, Mt 25:31-46).


NCL: Emphasis-Tithes and offerings etc.

26' Jesus: "Distribute the wealth".(Lk 18:22, 12:33)


NCL: "Accumulate the wealth".

30' Jesus: His Meat-To do the will of God and to finish the work that God had given him to do, to please God, to say what God wants him to say, to have the honor and praise that comes from God and God alone etc.(Jn 4:32-34, 8:28-29, 12:49-50, 6:63, 5:40-44, 14:30-31, 15:30-31)


NCJ: Their Meat: To do their own will and to finish their self-ambitious, self-driven, and self-glorifying projects, to please men and also themselves, to say what men want to hear, to have the honor and praise that comes from man etc.

36'. Jesus: Characteristics-Humble and meek, selfless, sacrificial, God-centered, compassionate, etc.(Mt 11:29, 20:28, Jn 8:28, Jn 13:3-17, Jn 8:28, Lk 22:41-42).


NCL: Characteristics-Egoistic and arrogant, self-centered, self-ambitious, self-serving, etc.

40' Jesus: Helper, defender, friend, and advocate of the poor, needy, helpless, illiterates, oppressed, etc.(Lk 6:20, 12:33, 14:12-14, 10:21, Mt 25:31-46, Mk 12:41-44, Jn 8:3-11).


NCL: Mockers, despisers, enemies, and haters of the poor, needy, helpless, illiterate, oppressed, etc., but friends, advocates, admirers, lovers, of the rich, powerful, literates, powerful, etc.

44' Jesus: Giving-You are judged based on how much you have, in other words it is out of how much (percentage) and not how much.(Mk 12:41-44, Lk 12:47-48).


NCL: Giving-You are judged only based on how much you give.

45' One minute of added time left.

46' P-e-e-p, P-e-ee-p.

And so that means we've already come to the end of the first half. Wow! What a match! So frenetic, end to end stuff, never a dull moment, it seemed a tall ask to deliver on the pre-match expectations but it suffices to say that thus far it has lived up to the billing.


It certainly got our pulses racing so fast that we also need a break ourselves to enable us catch our breath, but don't you go anywhere cause we'll be right back!


*Meanwhile keep your comments coming, let us know what's your take on the match so far.

Thank you for staying with us, as we get set for what we hope would only serve up a continuation of what would go down as the greatest ever forty five minutes of game action ever witnessed by mere mortals. And we just hope that the break would not disrupt the intensity of the game prior to that.


Well at least the players are well aware of the precedent they've set in the first half, so they should know that this is all on them and that they simply can't afford to rest on their laurels.

That should be that on the build to the second half as the players are back on pitch and ready to do battle once more.