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haekymbahd:
Maybe you explain why he also called himself son of Man



Both son of God and son of Man are both metaphorical....

The thing is that the Israelites believe that the judge of the world must be a man and the saviour must be God Himself.

In order to get a saviour who is also a judge, the person must be a God and a man.

That is why Jesus Christ was born through a human being while still retaining His God nature.


So He was both the Son of man (so that He can judge the world) and the Son of God so that He can save the world.

He is the Son of man because He came through man. God gave Him authority to judge the world because He is the Son of man.

1 Tim 3:16, Apostle Paul wrote that God was manifest in the flesh. That is: God came as a human being.


So He was both the only begotten Son of God and the Son of man.

Also, so many times, Jesus Christ was called God and the Son of God. He accepted it because He knew that is who He is.

Thomas called Him "my Lord and my God"

Nathanael called Him "The Son of God, the king of Israel"

In 1 Tim 3:16, Apostle Paul wrote that God was manifest in the flesh.


So Jesus Christ was God who came in the flesh as a human being.


If Thomas, John and every apostle who were with Him, called Him God, who am I to say otherwise?



How can someone come 2000 years later to say He is not God?

It's like someone coming 2000 years from today to say that Jonathan was never a president in Nigeria.


It is better to believe those who lived when Jonathan was the president rather than believe someone who is arguing over what happened 2000 years before he was born.


So I would rather believe the apostles who lived when Jesus Christ lived, rather than believe someone who come many years later to argue on something he doesn't even know much about.

NuclearReactor:
7victor great insight... If i may ask whats the difference between Jesus- The Son of God and any other true christian who the bible acknowledges is a "A Son of God" In other words what's the difference between Jesus- A begotten Son and every other christian who is also a son of God

Everyone who believes in Jesus Christ is called the Son of God because he now abides in Jesus Christ.

Spiritually, he abides in Jesus Christ who is the only begotten Son of God.


Since he spiritually abides in Jesus Christ, he is called the Son of God because he is abiding in the Son of God.

Our beliefs have power. We abide in God simply by believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who is the saviour of the world.

sholay2011:
Interesting.

Also, acknowledging the Sonship of Jesus is at the same time acknowledging the Fatherhood of God. Which was one of the reasons the Pharisees etc. hated Jesus.

And this is the greatest revelation in the bible: JESUS AS THE SON OF GOD. The whole bible is actually about Him. The church is founded on this revelation. This is the revelation you must get to partake in the greatest miracle to happen to man (salvation).

Jesus was once the only begotten Son of the Father. But through Him, we can and have become begotten sons. He is now the first begotten Son, not the only (1 Peter 1:3).

Ok.

Thank you Sir.

Jesus Christ Himself called Himself the Son of God.

After He healed the man who was born blind, He asked the man whether he believed in the Son of God. When the man asked who was the Son of God, Jesus Christ confirmed He was the one.

Even Apostle Peter acknowledged before Jesus Christ that he and other disciples believed that Jesus Christ was the Son of God.


Son of God does not mean that God had intercourse with Mary in order to born Jesus Christ, as one religion like insinuating.

As Christians, we know that Jesus Christ has been the Son of God before He was born on the Earth.



He existed with God His Father before the world was created. He was the Son of God before the world was created.



Everything was created except Jesus Christ.

He is the only thing that was not created.

HE WAS BEGOTTEN, NOT CREATED.


As in, God spoke whatever He wanted and it came into existence. That is what's called creation.


As for Jesus Christ, God brought Him out from His own self. That's what is called "Begotten"


Jesus Christ was begotten, but not created. Just like a woman gave birth to a child, God brought out Jesus Christ from Himself.

Jesus Christ has always been one with His Father until God separated Him just as a baby is separated from the mother by coming out of her womb.


During His last prayers, Jesus Christ asked God to glorify Him with His (God's) own self with the glory He had before the world was created. Although Jesus Christ came out directly from God, He is still one with God.


He said "I and my Father are one.

Share your thoughts on this.

Today marks the day that Jesus Christ showed his love by laying down His life so that those who believe in Him should have eternal life.

I believe in Him that He is the son of God who gives me salvation, therefore I know I have eternal life.

Thank you Jesus Christ my love.

If you want to do MSc in computer science, you will be required to do a PGD in computer science.

Although Mathematics statistics and computer science are all one department and in a normal University, any graduate in Mathematics should be very good in computer science, because you would be offering computer science courses.

So you will not need a PGD to do MSc in computer science.


But in Nigeria, you need PGD in most Universities because they know you didn't acquire enough computer science knowledge as a Mathematics student.

The problem is on the students.

Covid 19 took one year and now it's strike.

People Who started a four years course in 2017 are still in school because of these things.

I praise those who are already graduates.


Now it's hot cake to graduate.


It is reminiscent of the 80s and 90s during the military era when to graduate was very hard due to so many factors.


I still remember how people used to spend years in the universities and polytechnics.


That's what I was told sha.

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Emperor Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus(164-238 AD) ordered all Christians to be hunted down and killed.

Among those killed were:

Pontianus, bishop of Rome who was exiled to Sardinia and killed for preaching against idolatry.


Anteros his successor was also killed after 40 days in office.


The same day, a Roman senator Pammachius and his family and 42 other Christians were beheaded and their heads displayed on the city gates


A Christian minister Calepodius was dragged through the streets of Rome and then thrown into River Tiber with a milestone tied around his neck.


A refined, beautiful young virgin named Martina was beheaded.


Hippolitus a Christian minister was tied to wild horses and dragged along the ground until he died.


Maximus died in 238 AD and was succeeded by Gordian, who was succeeded by Philip.


During their reigns, the church was free from persecution.


However, a violent persecution was instigated by a pagan priest without the Emperor's knowledge.


During this persecution, an elderly Christian, Metrus was beaten with clubs, pricked with needless and stoned to death for refusing to worship idols.


A Christian woman named Quinta was scourged, dragged over Flint stones by her feet and then stoned to death.



A seventy year old woman Appolonia was fastened to a stake to be burned.


After the fire was set, she begged to be set free, which the mob did thinking she was going to recant Christ.


To their amazement, however, she hurled herself back into the flames and died.

During the reign of Emperor Lucius Septimus Severus (193-211 AD), the following people were martyred:

Victor the bishop of Rome in 201 AD.

Leonidus, the father of Origin, the Greek Christian philosopher known for his interpretations of the old testament.


A woman named Rhais had boiling tar poured on her head and was then burned.


Her mother Marcella was also burned. Her sister Potainiena suffered the same fate, but during her torments, an army officer named Basilides who was ordered to attend her execution was converted to Christianity when he saw how she held onto her faith.

He was later beheaded for refusing to swear an oath on Roman idols.


Irenaeus(130-202 AD) was a Greek Church father and the bishop of Lyons. He was beheaded in 202 AD.

Still during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Germanicus, a young man and true Christian was delivered to the wild lions on account of his faith.


He behaved with such astonishing courage that several pagans were converted to the faith that inspired such bravery.


Polycarp was a student of Apostle John and the overseer of the church in Smyrna.

Remember that Apostle John established the 7 churches mentioned in the book of Revelations.


He made Polycarp the overseer of the church in Smyrna.


When Polycarp was captured and was about to be killed, the governor asked him to deny Christ so that he could be released.

He answered "86 years I have served Him, and He never once wrong me. How can I blaspheme my king who has saved me?


He was tied to a stake in the market place because he told them he would stand immovable in the fire.

As they put sticks around him and lit the fire, it circled around his body but didn't burn him.

He was then killed with a sword.

Persecution of women

Since the time of Peter the apostle, women were persecuted and killed as much as the men.

But there are specific women being named in the Foxes book of martyrs.

Their persecution happened during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus(162-180 AD)

The women were:

1. Blandina.

She looked so weak in body that people thought she would not be able to withstand the tortures. But she stood her ground and refused to deny Jesus Christ. Her tormentors became exhausted.


She was taken into an amphitheatre and suspended on a piece of wood and exposed as food for wild lions.


The lions refused to eat her. She was then taken out and put into prison.

Later, she was taken and subjected to the severest punishments and tortures.


She was torn by lions, scourged, put into a net and tossed by a wild bull, and placed naked into a red hot metal chair.


When she could speak, she exhorted all near her to hold fast to their faith.


When her torturers were unable to make her recant her faith, they killed her with a sword.


2. Felicitatis, a well-known lady of a wealthy Roman family was a devout and pious Christian.


When she refused to deny Christ, her 7 children Felix, Philip, Januarius, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis and Martial were all killed.

During the reign of Emperor Trajan who ruled from 98-117 AD,Ignatius was sent to Rome to be eaten by lions. Yet on the way to Rome, he was preaching the gospel to everyone.


When he was thrown to the lions, and heard the lions roaring, he said "I am the wheat of Christ: I am going to be ground with the teeth of wild beasts that I may be found pure bread".

He said this with joy and gladness as the lions tore him to pieces.


During the reign of Emperor Adrian who ruled from 117 AD,

about 10,000 Christians were were martyred, with many of them crowned with thorns, crucified, and had spears thrust into their sides in cruel imitation of Jesus' death.


Eustachius a brave Roman commander refused to join in an idolatrous sacrifice to celebrate his victories, because his faith in Jesus Christ was greater than his vanity.

Emperor Adrian was so enraged that he had Eustachius, his wife and children killed.


Two brothers Fausines and Jovita bore their tortures with such patience that a pagan named Calocerius was so struck with admiration that he cried out in a kind of ecstasy "Great is the God of the Christians!".


He suddenly believed in Jesus Christ because he knew that it only needed a strong belief in something before someone can suffer so much and refuse to cry or deny the thing.

For this, he was immediately arrested and put to the same tortures.

All the Apostles except John were killed for their testimonies about Jesus Christ.

Apart from them, others who died for Jesus Christ were:

2. Several of the seventy appointed by Jesus Christ(Luke 10:1).

3. Others who were martyred were Erastus, treasurer of Corinth (Romans 16:23),

Aristarchus the Macedonian(Acts 19:23),

Trophimus the Ephesian(Acts 21:29),

Barsabas who was surnamed Justus(Acts 1:23)

and Ananias, the bishop of Damascus, whom Jesus Christ sent to restore sight back to Saul after Jesus Christ intercepted Saul on his way to persecute Christians (Acts 9:10).


Timothy, the spiritual son of Apostle Paul was martyred in 97 AD when the Ephesians were celebrating a pagan feast called Catagogion. Timothy blocked them as they were doing their pagan procession, and rebuked them.


They descended on him and beat him so badly he died 2 days later.
This happened during the reign of Emperor Domitian. Timothy was the overseer of the Church in Ephesus.

According to the Bible, those who suffered or/and died for their faith in Jesus Christ would make it to heaven to be with Jesus Christ for ever.

According to the Foxes book of martyrs, the disciples of Jesus Christ were so convinced about who Jesus Christ was and that He is the saviour to the extent that they chose to die because of their testimony of Jesus Christ rather than deny Him. They were given opportunities to deny Jesus Christ but they refused.

They had been with Jesus Christ and were eye witnesses to who He was. They were so convinced that instead of denying Him, they rather die to drive home the truth that Jesus Christ is the son of God who is the saviour of mankind.

In those days, if you were so convinced about something, you could give up your life as a final declaration that what you are saying is true.

That was what the disciples of Jesus Christ did.


1. Peter

According to an early Christian writer call Hegesippus, Caesar Nero wanted to put apostle Peter to death for believing that Jesus Christ is the son of God who died to redeem mankind.


Peter was ready to be killed because he was so convinced about his testimony. Being filled with the Holy Spirit, he was able to see the truth about Jesus Christ because of the revelations God gave him about Christ. He wanted to go join Christ in His kingdom in heaven.


But some people begged Peter to flee. He refused. After enormous pressure from his people, he decided to leave Rome.


When he got to the city gate, he saw Jesus Christ walking towards him. He knelt down and asked "Lord where are you going?".


Jesus Christ answered "I have come to be crucified again"

By this, Peter understood that it was his time to die for Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ had already told him (in John 21:19) that Peter would die to glorify God.

Peter then went back to the city and was captured. When he was crucified, he asked them to crucify him upside down because he didn't consider himself worthy to be crucified in the same position as his Lord.

Peter sealed his testimony of Jesus Christ by dying for Jesus Christ.



Before then, he convinced some people about Jesus Christ by performing miracles in Jesus Christ name.

Finally he allowed himself to be crucified to show that he was speaking the truth of which he paid the supreme price. After his death, so many people were converted to the faith which inspired such bravery in Peter.

lomprico:
His resurrection was not his miracle but the Father's

Jesus Christ said in John 10:17-18

"... because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.


... I have power to lay it down and I have power to take it again".


So dying and rising again was all in His power.

To me, I consider His act of dying and rising again from the death His greatest miracle.

Prior to that, He had been raising people from the death.


He decided to show to the world that He could conquer death, so He allowed Himself to be crucified, lost all His blood which is necessary for life, yet He resurrected and live without any blood to show to the world that there's nothing He cannot do.

He conquered death by dying and rising again.



The blood He shed is still available somewhere in the universe to wash the sins of people and to protect people.

Because in the old testament time in Israel, blood of animals was used to wash sins and to protect people. So Jesus Christ Himself decided to provide a more perfect blood by providing His own blood



During the final supper with His disciples, He gave them bread and wine which He called His body and blood. So He was the perfect sacrifice. Before then, the body and blood of animals were used for sacrifice while parts of the body was then eaten.


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Jesus Christ is the perfect sacrifice to God in order to make peace between sinners and God, as the Bible says.

His death and resurrection is therefore His greatest miracle.
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I am always very happy to see Rev Uma Ukpai.

Apart from my mum who has given me huge sums of money (like in 2016, she once gave me N150,000 as pocket money)

In 2019, she gave me N120,000.

She had been giving me money always when I was an undergraduate.


Apart from my mum, the only people who have ever given me money were females and one male.



During my undergraduate days, the wife of a professor gave me N500.

During my NYSC in Kano, a female banker gave me N500. That was like N3000 now.

When I started MSc in Sokoto, one woman from my state gave me N500. That was 2013.


When I started work as a teacher in a private school in Sokoto, the proprietress saw me once and gave me N1000.


A male professor saw me in 2019 and gave me N500.


So the highest amount someone has ever given me, apart from my mum, is N1000 (One thousand naira)

Bye.

Just move back to your village.

Don't bother pleading with him to unlock the door.

When the strike is over, just come back and rent another room.

By then, you must have gathered some money.

Tomorrow, you may even be richer and better than him.

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MrBrownJay1:
he teaches her that this man aint to be messed with, which is a great life lesson....

here to understand better what goes through her mind:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFcYWA1NHfc

Ok Sir.

Thanks.

Bluntguy:
It depends on whether the slapper is a Bianca and the slappee an Ebelechukwu.

Slapper and slappee.

Very funny words.

I remember one funny statement I heard today.

Someone said: If I die and you no die, make I die.

As in: If I die and you don't also die with me, let me die.

Very funny statement.

Thanks.

illicit:
Well when I was teaching I hardly use the cane except in the case of theft or insubordination

Ok Sir.

Thanks.

Recently, I watched a video where a UK based Nigerian woman said in the UK, some families still spank their children but that so many of such families leave the spanking to the wives.


Because, according to them, it is not proper for a daughter to see her father flogging someone as it could have a psychological effect on the daughter at the time and in the future.


I think it is because female children don't believe that male adults can be violent. Female children tend to fear female adults and are often more relaxed around male adults.


Therefore seeing a male adult, especially the father, engaging in a violent act could have some lasting negative effects on her.


Female children don't have a problem with a woman engaging in a violent act because naturally, they expect a woman to be strict.


When I was a teacher in a mixed gender school, I didn't use to beat any student because I didn't want to frighten the female students.


Although when I taught in a boys-only school, I didn't flog a single student because my reason was that I don't beat children. But when it was a mixed gender school, my reason was that I didn't want to frighten the female children.


It was recently when I watched the video that I know that the mentality is also shared even by UK people.


What is your take on this?

I believe if a man can be truthful to himself, he would discover that a woman who is strong, rich or connected is attractive.

It doesn't mean one woman would be strong, rich or connected at the same time.

But if she has any of these, it's an attraction in itself.

A woman does not need to be weak with low IQ for you to feel attracted to her because of the possibility of controlling her.


Anything or anyone that is attractive must have some or all of these qualities: strength, wisdom, power, inner and outer beauty.

He or she must be caring and loving.


If as a man, you don't believe a woman should have any other quality except outer beauty, then sorry for you.


There is a man who dated a woman who liked carrying him from the parlour to the bedroom whenever he fell asleep in the parlour.


Some men were condemning him for marrying a woman stronger than him.

Yet the man's marriage was better than those men's marriages who married weak and dumb women whom they hope to control.

So many women are very strong.

I remember when I used to go for taekwondo training at the Uyo sports stadium in those days.

There were so many girls of 16 to 25 years who came for the training.

Some were even older than 30.

We didn't pay any Kobo.

All one needed was to come to the stadium by 7am to join the training.


So many girls came to be trained.


Sometimes, the coach would pair a male and female to fight.

Half of the time, it was the female who won.

You must give your best, otherwise the coach would punish you.

I advanced from White belt to the Brown belt before I left for NYSC.

When people say that men are more powerful than women, I know they don't really know what they are saying.


Maybe a man is more powerful than women in the ratio of 51:49.


That means if a male is fighting with a female, almost half of the time a woman would win if both of them use all their strength to fight.



How can a man just claim he is stronger than all women when he has never fought with a woman before?


Men just like assuming things because of unnecessary ego.

As a man, you believe it is a man's world yet you cannot see a woman passing on the road and command her saying "Hey come and clean my house".

If you cannot command any lady you see on the road to do something for you, then it's not your world.

STOP LYING TO YOURSELF AND FACE REALITY.

You believe that women are inferior to you, yet there are thousands of women richer and more connected than you.

So many women are very strong.

I remember when I used to go for taekwondo training at the Uyo sports stadium in those days.

There were so many girls of 16 to 25 years who came for the training.

Some were even older than 30.

We didn't pay any Kobo.

All one needed was to come to the stadium by 7am to join the training.


So many girls came to be trained.


Sometimes, the coach would pair a male and female to fight.

Half of the time, it was the female who won.

You must give your best, otherwise the coach would punish you.

I advanced from White belt to the Brown belt before I left for NYSC.

When people say that men are more powerful than women, I know they don't really know what they are saying.


Maybe a man is more powerful than women in the ratio of 51:49.


That means if a male is fighting with a female, almost half of the time a woman would win if both of them use all their strength to fight.



How can a man just claim he is stronger than all women when he has never fought with a woman before?


Men just like assuming things because of unnecessary ego.

As a man, you believe it is a man's world yet you cannot see a woman passing on the road and command her saying "Hey come and clean my house".

If you cannot command any lady you see on the road to do something for you, then it's not your world.

STOP LYING TO YOURSELF AND FACE REALITY.

You believe that women are inferior to you, yet there are thousands of women richer and more connected than you.