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Judybash93:
i don't have a problem with it whatsoever, I'm just really tired of people coming up with lazy conclusions when they can dig in order to find answers. There's water coming out a rock behind my house. Oh!! It's God... With that kind of mentality, anything can be God, i am God, the radioactive elements that are buried deep in the earth's crust is God. it's disturbing to see intelligent people come to a conclusion that someone who lived 3 thousand years ago came to.

Yes, it is foolish when most people see something that can’t be explained within the sphere of their limitations and they attribute such occurrences to “God”.

I assume that the ones whom you refer to as ‘intelligent people’ are people who have lived in the last century; and those who made conclusions thousands of years ago as ‘foolish’ ones.

Eskimos have lived in the attic for centuries and can differentiate snowflakes ❄️ with their bare eyes even before the microscopic was invented. Do you know that snowflakes have existed for millions of years and each snowflake of the billions that have fallen to the earth is symmetrical (almost perfectly) and each individual snowflake is unique (no two snowflake are alike and Eskimos can tell with their bare eyes)? Who carried out this perfect calculation for this six-sided phenomenon?

In March 2020, scientists found evidence that Earth was covered by a global ocean that turned the planet into a “water world” more than 3bn years ago. But we were told by someone from a ‘primitive race’ that this was so; did you believe? That ‘unintelligent’ one from a time long gone said a ‘super being’ gave him knowledge of this. Hasn’t science proved this in 2020, billions of years later? now, who then is unintelligent?

You may say that the world the Bible speaks of is not up to 3 billion years; the seven “days“ in the Book of Genesis is translated as “seven time-periods”. If you are familiar with programming of complex energy equations on Matlab or Mathematica, you would understand that term - it is a term used to define an array of time cycles or it is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event e.g one time-period (T1) may be set at 0s to 5000s; another time-period (T2) maybe set at 60000 min to 12exp60 min. However, in a programmers presentation, he never speaks of the length of the time period to his audience but he speaks about specific occurrences at certain times within time period. If God is a programmer, the summary we see in the creation picture is perfectly not out of place.

Yes, people may be lazy to find out the source of certain strange occurrences. The problem isn’t God’s but the people’s; laziness is never encouraged by God - He abhors it. Didn’t the Centurion at Jesus’ Cross attribute the strange occurrences of the darkness from noon to 3 o’clock - when the sun stopped shining; and the great earthquake that emanated from the Cross immediately Jesus stopped speaking, to God? But he was a pragmatic man, one whose qualities made him rise to such a position in Caesar’s army.

If you read the eleventh chapter of the Book of Hebrews in the Christian Bible, you would see that God doesn’t want people to acknowledge Him by figures and objects, but by reasoning -retrospective and introspective reasoning.

Please don’t blame God when people fail to reason. He is God all by Himself; and He needs no one to validate Him.

Judybash93:
"God does whatever He likes; can a broken plate ask the housewife why she threw it into the garbage can?"

Wow!!! How does this analogy even fit what you're saying?

How can you demonstrate this?

God is the housewife

Judybash93:
Considering god to be all knowing, he could have told them to abolish that practice. Wasn't there any other means of making people not suffer without subjecting them to that

My bad
These texts might not be based on their lack of believes but these are points where God had to wipe people off the face of the earth

Numbers 11:1-3
Numbers 16:35
Numbers 25:9
2 Kings 17:25

The bolden is not coherent. Please, make me understand what you are saying. Secondly, when quoting someone, to avoid deviations, we should stick to what was said: He or she mentioned annihilation based on unbelief; my question was based on her object - unbelief. However, you have asked your question based God intents and purposes. God does whatever He likes; can a broken plate ask the housewife why she threw it into the garbage can?

You listed a few bible texts to indicate that God is a mass murderer; It would have been nice of you to show us why the antagonists and destiny derailing agents were wiped off. It would have been a wonderful gesture to reveal why false prophets were killed by God. It would have been nice, also, to disclose to us why you God chose to cause a pandemic to kill 24,000 people who chose to be a pandemic among his people and would rather chose to Bleep prostitutes instead of moving forward in life after forty years of stagnation. It would be all the more nicer if you would disclose why God caused lions to kill people who would not love each other but defile themselves and break every sane law known to man: These are the scriptures you have to me to show that God is kind in limiting the years of man sworn to commit every abominable thing - isn’t that mercy?

sonmvayina:
The Lord does nothing without first revealing it to his servant, the prophet..

1. Which prophet prophesied that the Messiah was coming to die for sins?

2. Who did God reveal the Jesus story to?

Here are your answers:

1. Daniel 9:26 And after the sixty-two weeks [of years] shall the Anointed One be cut off or killed and shall have nothing [and no one] belonging to [and defending] Him.

2. He would be a descendant of King David (Isaiah 11:1-5).

• He would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).

• One would precede Him who would announce His coming (Isaiah 40:3-5; Malachi 3:1).

• His own people would reject Him (Isaiah 53:3).

• A friend would betray Him (Psalms 41:9).

• The price for His betrayal would be 30 pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12).

• The 30 pieces of silver would buy a potter’s field (Zechariah 11:13).

• Wicked people would pierce His hands and feet (Psalms 22:16).

• He would suffer execution but without the breaking of any of His bones (Psalms 34:20).

• Others would cast lots for His garments (Psalms 22:18).

• He would be buried with the wealthy (Isaiah 53:9). Jesus Would Not Stay Buried but Rose from the Dead (Psalm 16:10)

• God would resurrect Him from the grave (Psalms 16:10). Jesus was Silent before His Accusers (Isaiah 53:7)

Judybash93:
The issue i was trying to raise is that both of us can cherry pick from the Bible and come to different conclusions. Moreover the Bible condones slavery. I don't how you can justify that. The same Bible that says thou shalt not kill is the same Bible where God instructed people to annihilate a group of people for not believing in him/her. It's also the same book where the wages of adultery is stoning.

If slavery was never mentioned in the Bible, would it exist? Slavery existed before a dot in the Bible was penned, it still exists after the Bible was written; so how then do you blame the Bible for the furtherance of slavery?

I would like you to know that God knew slavery existed, and his desire was: when his people get their country, not one person would be a poor fellow or a slave, forever: Concerning these, God said:

1. For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant.

2. If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service.

3. However, there will be no poor among you, since the Lord will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, if only you listen obediently to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.

Point 2, shows you that God in his infinite knowledge knew a time would arise where one of his people would voluntarily offer his/herself for slavery; in His own land, He decreed that there shall be no slave. Point 1 and 3, shows you the possibility of the people breaking the covenant and thereby, engaging in slave services.

God goes on to say: “If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother; but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings. For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.”

Slavery arises when men are stingy to the fellow men, and cause hardship to their fellow men; and God knew this and put safeguards to prevent slavery. But your subjective and incomplete evaluation of the scriptures has allowed you to disdain and even disrespect the God of Israel

You said: God instructed people to annihilate a group of people for not believing in him/her. I would have liked to ask you to furnish us with specific places in the Bible were God ordered the annihilating of a group of people based on their lack of belief in Him; I think I should ask you to do so; please, do so.

IMAliyu:
That's thing though. The idea of a son being held accountable for the sins of his father is an unfair one.
You see in the Muslim version of the story, Adam and Eve immediately turn to their Lord in repentance and God forgave them for their sin, but it was too late because they had already been expelled from the garden. So they and their children will have to earn their way back to Eden(paradise and Eden are thesame here) through good deeds and obedience. Every new born is born with a clean record until they taint it themselves when they grow up.
So I find it hard to believe that the merciful and loving God, could not had forgiven the original sin and would even judge the children for a sin they never committed.
And would need to resort to killing a beloved part of himself, just so he could forgive the parents of humanity for eating a fruit.

The version of the Trinity that makes the most logic to me is the three distinct individual entities The father, Son and Holy Spirit. United as the Godhead, but this to me would mean calling Christianity a monotheistic religion would be wrong, because monotheism implies belief in a single deity.

Hi, I’d like to explain a bit what the Trinity is:

Where Jesus speaks extensively about the relationship between the Father and Him (John 15,17), He mentions three important subjects:

1. The Father and the relationship with the Son;
2. God;
3. Oneness.

In the discourse, Jesus makes it clear that He is not the Father; and the Father is not Him. Yet, He shows us that the Father and Him are equal in ability and authority; they take decisions jointly. In one place, He said: If a person [really] loves Me, he will keep My word [obey My teaching]; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home (abode, special dwelling place). In another place, He shows his ‘almighty-ness’ over Satan: I will not talk with you much more, for the prince of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me]. But we know Satan had power over an angel in Daniel’s vision and Satan has power over men; but He has no power over God.

This brings me to the second point, God. What is the meaning of God? In the sixteenth chapter of John, it is written: They will put you out of (expel you from) the synagogues; but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think and claim that he has offered service to God. And they will do this because they have not known the Father or Me. From this text, Jesus states succinctly that ‘God’ whom some people offer their service to is void if it is not based on the knowledge of God - The Father or Him. We can see that Jesus didn’t say God is: The Father and Him; He says God is the Father OR Him. I hope you have knowledge of meaning of a logic circuit: In an OR-gate logic circuit, OR states that A HIGH output (1) results if one or both the inputs to the gate are HIGH (1). If neither input is high, a LOW output (0) results; if the output is God, then we have to go through one or both of the inputs (which have the same value) - The Father or The Son: both have a High Output (1). This sounds like Binitarianism rather than Trinitarianism. Later on in the text, Jesus introduces a third High input, The Comforter. Then He prays for another input, His disciples, to have oneness (1) with the other three High inputs in this circuit. If we were to look at the God circuit, we would see that the output Jesus expected in this OR gate is: The Father and The Son and The Spirit with The Saints, producing God-like union. This is neither Unitarianism or Binitarianism or Trinitarianism; but Quadrilateralism. We can see that the -isms is neither the worship of several deities but a relationship of individuals or individual beings.

This brings me to the third point, Oneness. In myrmecology, it is well known that a colony of (millions) of ants see themselves as one individual: from the outside, we see millions of ants; but inside the colony, it is one ant. All ants within the colony transmit the same information between themselves and no ant is oblivious of anything the other ant knows; and none is more powerful than the other. In the scriptures, Jesus says, “I and the Father are One”. Jesus severally in the gospel of John describes ‘God’ in terms used for ‘advanced life form’ or ‘super-organism’ like the ants - this is where our confusion lies.

There is one God.

@Rozz

achorladey:
You to see am to ju ba fara bale daadaa a ri mu.

If this man na Sunday school teacher ehn, nobody go attend him class two times.

MuttleyLaff:
But if I tarry long,
that thou may know how it is expedient to behave thyself in the house of God,
which is the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of the living God,
the pillar and base of the truth.
- 1 Timothy 3:15 Jubilee Bible 2000

One of the major philosophical teaching of Jesus, in His capacity, as man and divinity, is about one body, ekklesia, being called out.

The ruling civilization of that Jesus time period, were the Greeks and normally "ekklesia" is the assembly of free citizens, whom have judicial and legislative power, that aliens, slaves and the likes were excluded, but here is Jesus, turning this whole political concept on its head, and now talking about having a gathering of citizens (i.e. any member of the demos or all people, as demo means people) no discrimination, no prejudices, no sexism etcetera called out from their homes into public space and to partake, deliberate, legislate and be become fully inclusive in the sovereign governing body's services, expectations and/or requirement. Praise God. Alleluia.

The point, to be taken away from here, is that God is Christianity atheistic, Christian atheistic and even Christian denomination(s) atheistic. He believes in plain and simple "ekklesia," His body. He doesnt believe in organized Christianity. He believes in nothing else than "ekklesia," His Bride

Na wa o! I used to think I was complex; now I have seen one greater than I.

No reference to Christ or the Apostles or the Prophets? Are you suggesting that saints should follow the example of Pharoah and Herod, types of the Antichrist?

No reference to Christ or the Apostles or the Prophets? Are you suggesting that saints should follow the example of Pharoah and Herod?

Myer:
lol what then is the work of faith if it is not in the result that the faith produces?

Abraham had faith in the promise that he would be the father of many nations. Could the faith have been justified if he never gave birth to Isaac and Ishmael?
The place of faith never negates results. Which is what James was also alluding to. How can you claim you have faith and we are not seeing the works, the results that faith produces viz the fruit and gifts of the spirit etc.

It's simply denial not to admit that the Faith of Christians in Nigeria and the world at large has failed to produce the works (results) it is meant to.

Abraham’s faith was recorded that he believed God and righteousness was imputed to him; what did he believe? He believed in God’s voice - in the promise of His fatherhood of nations. Yet, he doubted: when he ask that his servant become his heir, and when he knew Hagar, and when he laughed at God’s promise a year before his son of promise, Isaac. Isaac means “laugh” or “laugh of doubt”. It is the laughter Sarah had in doubt when the messengers announced Isaac’s arrival; the laughter of doubt Abraham had when at 99 years old, God told him his 90 years wife will soon be pregnant with son (Genesis 17:17).

Abraham was not justified by Isaac’s arrival; rather it was God who was justified: so that you may be justified in your words (Psalm 51:4).

In James’ exhortation, the works of faith (or the faithful) were his focus; he was not talking about the faith that leads to salvation. Paraphrasing his words, he said: If you have been to the Cross of Christ, you will have to show the evidence that you have been there. Faith has results; if there is no result, then there was no faith - In this I agree with you. If one claims to have faith and there is no result, faith was never established. On the other hand, does result validate faith? If the result doesn’t endure, then it is invalid. (Mark 13:13); If it endures, it is not a validation of one’s faith, rather, it is a validation of God’s character (Psalms 89:38).

Looking the results of faith (of Christians In Nigeria and the world) in the short term is deceptive; however, when you view those short term results with the eyes of the scripture, you can tell whether those results will endure till the end.

Praylove:
Anyone kind enough to recommend a good study Bible..
I'm currently using the King James Version and the New International Version.
Any recommendations would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

What a topic?! The MacArthur study Bible in NKJV or NASB (preferably) is the best Study Bible anyone can have. If you like to add an online resource to the MacArthur Study Bible, Bible Hub and Bible Study Tools app or website is great.

JourneytoEL:
his messages are usually at least 50mins long and some up to 6hrs long but come as part 1-4, that you didn't hear what you wanted to hear in a short clip does not mean he didn't mention it. That aside, apostle actually means messenger, he that is sent, sent one.

Yes it is as you said. But that is half of the meaning. Kindly do a study on Romans 1:1-5 and 1 John 1-3.

Hope you had a good day?

CodeTemplar:
Please confirm that your meaning of the word apostle. It means "a sent one" or "a messenger".

Yes it is as you said. But that is half of the meaning. Kindly do a study on Romans 1:1-5 and 1 John 1-3.

Hope you had a good day?

I haven’t heard any of his sermons but his name got imprinted on my mind on his birthday with whatsapp status updates and Nairaland well wishers.

On one of the updates, he spoke to his congregation about the favor of David towards Mephibosheth; in the midst of his dramatic oratory, he left out the most important point; whether intentional or not, I regarded that short clip as a lying message. Then a few days later, my friend in the US called and expressed his dismay about one of his friends being misled by this man’s messages. I thought: “what a coincidence”!

An Apostle means “an eye witness (of the resurrection of Christ)”. So, I always regard people who go about that title as false messengers.

Your writeup is cool; and I hope young people will realize that this man isn’t the real deal, very soon.

Maximus69:
The simple fact is that Apostle Paul and Apollos both came from different teachers.
Paul learned about the Christ through the Pharisees but his teachers rejected Jesus as the coming Christ.
Apollos learned about the Christ through John the baptist but his fellow disciples of John have joined Jesus' group.
Both of them still need to learn certain things from the Apostles who walked with Jesus for almost three and a half years!

So it's complete heresy to say anyone can become a Christian without the formal mouth to mouth learning from either Christ in person or from those who had been with Jesus!

Yes, sir

Maximus69:
Simple practical application of scriptures!

The same Paul asked his fellow Christian brothers "who makes you different from others?" 1Corinthians 4:7
Every Christians who didn't have the opportunity to meet Jesus during his life ministry must learn about him from others, otherwise everyone will like to meet Jesus one on one and what God's word said at Ephesians 4:11, the Apostles, prophets, evangelizers and teachers will definitely become useless!

Please don’t be hasty. I was referring to the response of that fellow. I responded according the the content of his comment rather than what you have imagined. Thanks for your understanding.

Janosky:
When Paul converted....
Acts 9:6 Jesus commanded Paul:
"You will be told what you are to do"
Who will tell Paul Jesus command that Paul will do?
The Apostles of course .


DrLiveLogic, have you forgotten so soon you LIED that the Son whom his Father sent is the Almighty God?
You no wan get SENSE

Galatians 1:11-12

For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 1:15-18

when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.

Are your insults warranted now?

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alBHAGDADI:
What I'm about to say will appear to be an attack on Pastor Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, but it is rather an exposé to show that he's a false prophet leading millions to hell fire.


To Adeboye, all those people from other religions are his brothers. He's right, because they carry the same spirit which is that of the Antichrist and their goal is to prepare people of the world towards attacking Jesus.

Such people are not my brothers because only those who believe in Jesus and are born again with the Holy Spirit are sons of God and therefore my brothers, not people in Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism and someone like Adeboye.

It seems to me that what you are writing is your personal opinion rather than an expose: Though you seem objective but your opinion and the person pronoun, “I”, is causing your writeup to be subjective and personal. Apart from these, your concern is valid.

Enjoy your day.

Firstandonly:
Pastors in the house is it bad to adopt a child?

Galatians 4:4-5: But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Romans 8:15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

Adoption of children is the core of the gospel of Christ. It is the foundation to which the Christian finds comfort in the adoption of children because God has adopted us as His children. Adoption involves giving children legal status; which God has done for us, and given us the right of dignity in sonship; how wonderful would it be to give a child, who has no knowledge of mother and father, joy and dignity and a face in the eyes of the law of the land?

Since He adopted us, His righteous love should encourage us to adopt children who are not initially ours.

Missyajoke:
Didn't get mine from calvary for souls and I don't know where you got yours.
I'll add the link and give them credit.Stop Disturbing me.

I didn’t say Calvary for souls, Ms. Do you know why you haven’t got the kind of reception you expected? Many know the height of your conversation and the depths of your acumen; that they leave a lot to be desired.

You haven’t studied to show yourself approved but gleaned from someone’s work that your may appear studious.

It would have been nice to see something original from you so that those cheering you on may be happier for one more thing everyday.

May the Lord guide you.

Missyajoke:
Am here to pass a message across and I can get it from any source.
Didn't post a link because I respect the writer...
I get some of the messages I share here on Facebook, religious messages, , books and others. If I post the link then its plagiarism, but I didn't because I respect the writer. Am not here to seek fame you understand The last time I posted a link I was banned for a day, so I will never post a link...

I suggest you should read rules on plagiarism. Your intention may be right but your action isn’t. You don’t have to paste the link; you can credit the writer by just saying his/their names. Not doing so is disrespectful - it’s like singing someone’s song without making mention of their name.

The writers were Calvary Interlink Network. Not giving them credit is not right.

@ Missyajoke

This isn’t your write up. In many climes, you would have been charged for plagiarism.

ThothHermes:
Here(on earth) men that die receive tithes, but there he (Melchizedek/Jesus) receives them.
Read from verse 1.
Abraham paid to Melchizedek. Jesus is the High Priest after the order of Melchizedek.

No comments.

ThothHermes:
The tithe is paid to Jesus, not pastors. Heb 7:8

Hebrews 7:8 In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives on.

The writer was speaking of the imperfection of the levitical priesthood. At what point did the writer suggest that tithes are paid to Jesus in Hebrews 7:8?

paxonel:
as a boast that they are self righteous?
Let's be sincere, I don't think that there is any Christian today that sing that song to boast that he is self righteous.

I know there is a communication gap between you and me; that’s why I keep responding in the hopes that you will understand me completely.

When we put words or phrases in quotes, it means we want to use the word not in the real sense of its meaning but that it may fit the narrative. The Don Moen song twisted a scripture out of its meaning, yet many people sing along: you should have seen that I meant don’t aim your sword at those who sing along with him; but aim it at the songwriter.

We will always follow those whom we think are our leaders through the Byzantine verses of the scriptures until we know they are wrong in many things as we read for ourselves or taught correctly; if the false teaching makes us metamorphous into your label, “boasters”, why do you then slander us? When you sing “Give thanks“, who slanders you? If a scripture is misunderstood, does it call for a slaughtering or it calls for correcting?

paxonel:
survey?
You don't need any survey to see the obvious.
Now tell me, when a Christian says I'm born again, is he not simply assuming that he does not commit sin or he commit little sin compare to those who are not born again?

I had pointed earlier that the main problem (which you aren’t considering) is false teaching. We were not born to know what the term born again means; we only knew because we read about it or we were taught rather.

There is a popular song by Don Moen - Give thanks; it has as its chorus: And now, let the weak say I am strong. We always sing along delightful; but you know what, it is a song that twists the scriptures upside down; That verse from the Book of Joel is a statement God uttered to taunt his enemies. But today, we sing it as a “boast”. If those whom you say boast, know what is right, will they boast?

You say it is obvious; if it was obvious, will people boast? Unless you have the ability to know the intent of the heart, your postulation - “he not simply assuming that he does not commit sin or he commit little sin compare to those who are not born again“ can be termed as a wild guess, to say the least. If you must be objective, you would bring results from the their hearts and not the scriptures.

Please, don’t point your gun at the students, point it at their teachers - that is what Christ will do.

paxonel:
You didn't get it!
I said "saying that born again implies that you are boasting that your works will save you against the salvation by grace through Christ "
That is, you are not depending on grace for your salvation, rather you are depending on your works.
I also defined what most people generally known as born again, that it is being morally upright in Christ which is the same thing as works of the law( in Christ).
If you have read Galatians 3:10 before you will understand what I'm saying.

Hi, did you do a survey to ascertain that those who proclaim (boast) that they are born again mean that they are saved by works and depending on works for their salvation? If you haven’t, how can you be objective? If you are a frequent reader of Christianity Today’s articles, you would see that they don’t write articles without surveys, because a subjective writeup is a biased writeup. Haven’t you read a couple of times Paul saying: “I have found this? - It is a statement of searching by interaction - an objective survey.

Hope you had a good night’s rest?

Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.

Phil. 4:8

paxonel:
Saying "I'm born again " implies that you are saying that you are justified by your works or works of the law against being justified by your faith.

The TV preacher admonished the viewers to pray this simple prayer - the “Sinner’s Prayer”:

Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior.

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I think you are overreacting in saying that those who care to tell all and sundry that they are “born-again” are boastful.

Typically, after the “Sinner’s prayer” the preacher declares to the viewers or those in the congregation who “took a step of faith” to accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour, that if they said the prayer verbatim, then they have become “born again”. Now, the questions one should ask are these: did they really become born again? What message or sermon was preached to those who “took a step of faith” before they took the step?

Regarding salvation, any message other than the message of the redemptive work of Christ at Calvary is falsehood. If the message is falsehood, then the step taken is of no effect. If the step taken is of no effect, then the “Sinner’s prayer” is offensive to God.

However, the preacher’s pronouncement after such a prayer creates an “illusory truth effect” in the sinner. As one continues to get exposed to the falsehood and prayers intended to lead the laity into Heaven (as many of us were when we were babes, giving our lives to Christ a million times with every “Sinner’s prayer” trumped into our ears every Sunday), the effect influences such a one till his/her “confession” fashions him/her.

Declaring to people that one is “born again” isn’t boasting but a symptom of the falsehood the asserter is exposed to - it should call for your pity and prayers rather than a label.

PhantomProbe:
Good day house, pls I need help on how to get tinted glass permit. I have tried accessing the npf website for the initial online stage, but the site isn't responding. Pls anyone who can suggest how I should go about this? I am in PH. Thanks in advance.

Go to the police headquarters in PH.