alBHAGDADI:
Thanks very much for your request.

You see, I know I'm quite popular on Nairaland for my constant defense of Christianity and for exposing the lies of Islam. But during those period, I was never saved, mainly because I didn't understand what salvation is. I thought not committing sin is what makes you eligible for heaven , and that if we sin we go to hell.

One day, I came across a YouTube video which saved me. It is by Pastor Steve Anderson and it's titled Once Saved Always Saved. All through my life, I have always heard that the doctrine is false. But I took my time to listen to the pastor. That was the day I got saved.

Below is a link to the transcript of the video. You will even find the YouTube video at the beginning. You can download it, but if you feel you don't have enough data, then read the transcript.

I beg you in the name of Jesus to please spend time to read or watch the video. Ignore all those Toke Makinwa and Tonto Dikeh threads which add nothing to a man. Kindly read the link below and I believe it will set you free and save your soul.


http://faithfulwordbaptist.org/once_saved_always_saved.html

Thanks bro. But Jesus said ''those that stand till the end shall be saved''. What dies that mean?

OpenYourEyes1:
No need to be surprised.

Holy Bible talks about Great Deception being allowed in endtime.
It is all part of God's plan to separate the wicked from the righteous in the day of harvest.
We are all being tested.

"Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness." — 2 Thessalonians 2

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Sorry bro. The deception is not from the outside, so to say. That great deception is from within the ''church''. That is why ''the very elect will nearly be deceived''.

Originakalokalo:
Introduction:

The Devil uses a lot of tricks to bring down the faith of the children of God...and then expose them.

The question is,
Why does the devil result to using tricks?

Does he use tricks?

Yes...

Look at this:

" Ye are of your father the devil...When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. "
(John 8: 44)


The question is, why does he have to lie?

It is because HE IS POWERLESS. Yes.

You heard it correctly.
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See this :

" And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. "
(Matthew 28: 18)

ALL THE POWER IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH.

Nothing power is remaining anywhere... for anyone to possess.


If he has Powers, he will use it..and not result to tricks .

The devil cannot force you to sin. He manipulates... Why do you think that God pronounces Judgement on man anytime we sin,

WITHOUT CONSIDERING THAT THE DEVIL IS A FACTOR IN THE PROCESS OF sinning ?

It is because we cannot be forced by any devilish power to sin. He uses lies and tricks to make us err.

He therefore results to tricks and gimmicks and lies to deceive a child of God and take away his Faith.

Let me tell you how he does that.


All i will share with you on this thread are my personal experiences...These are not theories.

Wow! God bless you bro. You really hit the nail on the head. That is why he uses tricks of superstitions to weigh some people down, and tie some down.

darkchild64:

Assuming what u are saying is correct, do u know how long it would take the kangaroo to trek from Australia to Mesopotamia,you mighys also want to answer this question too,now considering that only a pair of each animal entered the ark,what did the lion and other carnivores eat when they came out from the ark ?

What do bears eat during their hibernation?

The church reminds me of the Pharisees. They care about the Sabbath day, but don't care if anyone is dying in front of them on the Sabbath day.

I always wonder where people got the pre-tribulation rapture thing from. Coupled with the tithe doctrine, I always wonder what other lies we have been fed with!

Hakeem12:
And the Lord Shakilimoon took me in a trance, and showed me heaven, his holy abode.

Before me was a huge aluminum container, filled with àmàlà to the brim. And right in the centre of it was a deep well filled with hot gbẹ̀gìrì and living and alive ewédú, intimately locked in a divine tango. In another concentric circle at centre of the central well was a collection of the most unimaginable assortment of ògúnfe, ṣàkì, roundabout, abọ́dì́, àgémáwo and the most luscious convoluted pọ̀nmọ́, baptized and immersed in the most aromatic peppersauce.

And the Lord said to me, "Behold, I prepare all this for those who do my will in my kingdom".

And he turned to his right and showed me a long queue of palm wine tappers, dressed in immaculate white dàńsíkí and sòkòtò, with abetí ajá caps to match, all bearing freshly tapped palm wine that was breathing life and fire in shiny gourds.

And lord Shakilimoon said, "this I have further prepared for all those who listen to the High Priest of Shakilimoon and send him palm wine and isi ewu during their earthly life".

And I saw myself take position among the saints, devouring these things provided by my lord in this great banquet. And I looked behind me and saw an army of irúnmọlẹ̀, bearing great local fans, fanning away the beady sweat gathering on my forehead as I devoured amala, which was singing shakaleluyah, in the company of gbẹ̀gìrì and ewédú, to the accompaniment of àgídìgbo drums provided by oríṣiríṣi and cow leg and goat meat.

And I looked again, and saw my grandmother, encouraging me to eat a little more àmàlà but that I should take it easy as the Lord Shakilimoon always keeps his word about abundant amala in his heavenly kingdom. But I did not heed her advice as I was too drunk in the presence of my Lord, the Giver of all Morning Erections and the Lubricator of all Plates in Middle Earth.

To him be all common sense and logic forever. Amen.
Shakmen!

Why is smoke all around you? What's that glowing thing in wrapped paper in your hand?

lerrytunechi:
Please read your Bible very well you can tell Jesus wasn’t crucified.. instead it was made to appear to them
He was ..
 
Let us expose the following facts:
 
Jesus made it clear that crucifixion was not his purpose (Matt. 9:13, 12:7, Mark 1:38, Luke 4:43, 19:10)
 
The apostles did not believe Jesus rose from the dead (Matt. 28:17, Mark 16:14, Luke 24:11).

The apostles did not expect Jesus to rise from the dead (Matt. 16:22, Mark 9:30-32)
 
Jesus never foretold his crucifixion (Psalms 20:6, 18:50, Matt. 26:39)
 
Jesus did not want to die, he was unwilling (Mark 14:26, Luke 22:42-43)
 
God promised to save the Messiah (1 Chron.16:22, 2Chron. 6:42, Psalms 28:
 
Christians believe the exact opposite of the Bible (Proverbs 21:18)
 
The Bible rejects human sacrifice (Deu. 12:31, 2 Kings 17:17)
  

Try dusting that white powder around your nose, son.

alBHAGDADI:


I stopped believing in work based salvation few months ago. That was when I truly got saved. I came across the truth and it set me free. All these while on Nairaland, I wasn't saved because I was depending on my works to save me. I now depend on Grace through faith.

Hi bro. Pls I will like a discussion with you on this. How do we go about this pls?

Using herbs as a Christian is not bad. But when incantations are involved (as shown in your story), then that is beyond the use of herbs. It has become demonism, which is a sin.

The problem of Nigeria is not corruption or lack of money. The problem is lack of shame.

jesusjnr:
I feel you bro for i feel just about the same way. One way to explain it is because it wasn't Jesus that brought christianity, for it was the kingdom of God that Jesus brought to us. But christianity is what man's made of what Jesus brought to us, to bring it down to his desired level.

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I feel the same way the bro feels, but what you posted here just put things in proper perspective. Thanks and God bless you in Jesus Name.

sulasa07:
Yeye person

Truth is bitter, isn't it?

I am not judging, but pertaining to the Joseph story have you not read a part in the scriptures that says ''the time of ignorance God winked at''?

sulasa07:

Muslims go for evangelism but not d xtian type that they walk around like disturbed people.

Yeah that is true. The Muslim kind of evangelism is ; blow an area up while screaming Allah Akbar, capturing survivors of the blast and screaming '' believe in the Koran or get your head chopped off? Choose one''. Not like the Christians actually.

ZACHIE:
When the church struggles to be CORRECT, this is what you get. Another word for CORRECT is CONFORM.
And clearly the Bible warns us not to conform to the world.
Daystar will lose my respect if it does not speak up on this matter and openly denounce Gayism. It must aslo dissociate itself from the opinion of this frontline member.
All these minnow Presidential Aspirants who just want bragging titles will put many people in trouble.
Nonsense aspirant

.Have you heard any top GO in Nigeria preach against gays? Probably they are scared of losing their holdings in US and UK.

nwabekeyi:
Abeg, bible gurus please help me with this. I was reading the story of the great flood of Noah's era. Two questions just kept ringing in my head.
1. If all specie of animals where selected in pairs of male and female and we know the Noah's ark was in the Asia, how did specie of animals that are domicile in Africa, Australia and the Americas cross the seas and oceans to get to the Ark in Asia?

2. After the flood how did say for example an African lion and all other animals local to Africa cross the red or indian ocean to get back to Africa or how did kangaroos and other animals local to Australia cross the Indian ocean to get back to their locality from Asia, where the Noah's ark was built and where it stopped?

The only bible Guru is God Almighty, the Author of the bible. Back to your question, there is a land link between Asia and Africa through Egypt. I think the African lion and other African species used that route.

Gggg102:



Hail Mary, full of grace,

the Lord is with you,

blessed are you among women, and

blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.


Holy Mary, mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now, and the hour of our death,

amen.

point out the part of the prayer that is problematic.

cc: solite3, doyinbaby.

If you read through that prayer as a christian and you can't see what is wrong with it, then I think something is wrong somewhere. Pls point to a single scripture that insinuates that Mary can intercede for you.

was the drawing made during biblical times? The artiste drew them as humans, and to him a Hunan should have a belly button.

Evilthoughts:


Nigeria is already a model to Africa and the shining star under Buhari , when we sign we will dominate all the countries in production and take our right place as giant .

Nigeria is a great model for Africa in areas of electricity generation, health care services...

When did Yorubaland sink down to this level? When did this Northern stupidity creep into Yorubaland where people are voted into offices based on their religion? Yoruba ronu!!!

Ishilove:

Your cousin is the problem, not religion. She is hypocritical, haughty, without love and a liar. Is that what the bible teaches? If she has refused to imbibe the virtues preached in the word of God then how is the religion or her nationality the cause? Since when did these character flaws become a Nigerian thing?

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I don't think he is faulting Christianity. He is faulting Nigerian Christians. I understand where he is coming from, because the kind of Christianity practised in Nigeria is somehow. Maybe it was Nigerian Christians Mahatma Ghandi saw when he said ''I like your Christ, but I don't like you Christians''.

Did those mugs also ask the fed govt to deduct the VAT from these companies from their allocation? Northerners and boneheadedness.

enilove:



Which means , people don't need to pray , is that not so ?

People need to pray, but not out of fear like many pastors induce them to. They need to pray with faith in God and not fear of the devil.

FreshGreen:
THE BONDAGE OF DELIVERANCE
You know what? Believing that the activities of witchcraft can work against God in your life that now makes you to watch yourself instead of God watching over you, that you careful not to go to barber shops so they will not use your hair against your destiny, you are not careful in helping people, you can't give use clothes or shoes you don't need so they will not use it against you, and all that. Now you can't free give or live freely in Christ.

You know what? You are under the bondage of Satan than you think, you need deliverance from the "deliverance of fire and fall down and die"

The "so called" deliverance you got from "enemy die" and "enemy suspicious life" has actually put you in bondage of fear and slavery. Now you need to experience the real deliverance that comes by the word of God, not by marathon fasting and prayer.

You can see that since you have been going for such deliverance, listening to such deliverance messages and praying such deliverance prayers, you are more afraid, more suspicious of people, even of your own mother or spouse, you are not as free as you were before, you cannot freely live, at any little situation, you are afraid, thinking it is attack from enemies who have refused to die by fire. You can't even testify of the goodness of God in your life, maybe in the church or in your preaching, because you believe the enemies are more powerful than God who did the miracle for you.

Is this how you want to continue living your life? Is this the freedom and liberty Jesus went to cross to purchase for us? Is this how you will continue living in fear and being suspicious of people and eventually make you to be disqualified of heaven? Or don't you know that wrong accusation or being suspicious of people wrongly in a frivolous way is a sin?

Now, are you ready to be free indeed? Are you ready to experience total freedom of our Lord Jesus Christ? The rededicate your life to Jesus, live for Him, read the word of God and believe it with all your earth more than the messages of "enemies activities"

Only the Word of God can set you free and that can make us live a victorious and fearless Christian life in Jesus.

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7.

God bless you!

RTEM: rtemoutreach.org

I don't think I have read anything more spiritually uplifting and blessed than this on nairaland. This is what I have always tried to tell ''Christians'' but they have been programmed to believe in the fear of Satan than to have faith in God. God bless you bro. Pls I would like to put this on my church's what
WhatsApp platform. Thanx.

babajeje123:
This guy is a nuisance. Go and do Uber if you no get work.

The way ''Christians'' react to this guy always makes it like he is saying the truth. Pained expressions, curses and all that. Like he is spoiling business or something.

solite3:
I think this confusion is common in many even some believers.
I, myself used to be confused until I took my time to study the bible and I found out that
1. God is a triune being, he consists of three distinct individuals but yet one.
2. Jesus who was God became a man the result was that he had both the God characteristics and the human characteristics except sin ( because sin was not originally part of humans human).
4. Jesus had the opportunity to disobey God just like Adam but he was faithful to God.
3. by virtue of his humanity he was less than God but equal to God by his divine nature.
4 for Jesus to fulfill his mission he needed to be under the law hence he need to take upon himself the human nature. God is not subject to any law but rather he is the law giver.
5 When Christ died and resurrected he was no longer under the law he was glorified but he still had his humanity and will continue to be so forever ( he won't pull it off).
6. make no mistake Jesus is 100% Almighty God and his 100% human.

If God is a triune being, meaning they are all equal; then answer these questions;
Does Yahweh have a God above Him?
Does Jesus Christ have a God above Him?

alBHAGDADI:
Are names translated into English?

Em...yeah. Moses is translated ''brought out from water'' or something. Many names in the bible are translated into English. By d way, Lucifer in English means ''light bearer'' and also ''morning star'', which is another way of referring to the planet Venus.

Originakalokalo:



Salvation can be lost.

Accepting Jesus as the lord and Savior is Salvation.

The life that is lived after that will determine if that salvation is retained or lost.

Don't be deceived.

The question directed at the brothers saying once saved always saved.