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frosbel: There is no hiding place for these thieves and robbers.Ehm.... Sorry bro frosbel,i just want to know whether you are in support of collection of offerings in churches. |
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pls, whenever you come across the third visit God had with him,kindly post it on nairaland.I was truly blessed reading this especially in the area of evangelism.God bless you. |
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CrazyMan: Good evening my fellow christians, please I've been pondering this question for a while now, I felt I should share it with the house.i perceive you are not even a beleiver at all.If you truly beleive in God and His Word,you should not be asking these questions.You are prone to untimely death,failure,sickness,death etc because you believe so.Have you not read in the bible where God says "you shall not die but live to declare the works of God?Have you not heard or come across this verse"for he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.Have you not also read this in your bible " The name of the lord is a strong tower,the righteous runneth into it and is safe.The best answer to your question is simply in psalm 91.If you beleive what is written there,then you will know where God comes in in the life of a believer.Just to add this,When you are still living in the fear of all the problems you highlighted,then you are an unbeliever,so don't expect God to come in.True beleivers put their faith in God because all those problems you highlighted are too small to withstand the power of God.lastly"he sent out his word and healed our diseases".Shalom |
Charism: Very shocking! It just kame to my notice that a popular pastor who has probably the largest auditorium in the world sleeps with men. A source said he does it to recharge his powers that he uses to do miracles.this is how people like you invite problems into their lives and later they start running helter skelter for deliverance.Did you witness it yourself or as any of them slept with you before?Come to think of it you are claiming you have witnesses.when Jesus was alive don't we have false witnesses that testified against him in front of pilate?May God deliver you IJN. |
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"come unto me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens and i will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,for i am gentle and humble in heart,and you will find rest for your souls"(mathew 5 vs 18 - 19). Are you burdened down with sorrow?is there any problem you are facing that seems insurmontable? Jesuschrist is calling out to you,no matter the burden in your heart,no matter thesorrow you may be feeling right now,Jesus is the only solution to your problems. How long will you remain inthat condition?for how long will you keep rejecting the gentle voice of Jesus?are you not tired of living under the bondage of sin?are you not tired of the yoke placed upon your life by the devil? If you desire rest from all your problems,then you've got to make a decision right now. You have to give your life to Jesus christ because he is the only one that can save you. To accept Jesus christ as your personal lord and saviour, say thisprayer "lord Jesus i come to you as a sinner seeking for forgiveness. Jesus forgive me and wipe away mine iniquities, break every yoke of the devil upon my life in Jesus name"."As ye have therefore receive christ Jesus the lord,so walk ye in him"(collosians 2 vs 6).REMAIN BLESSED. Source: www.dailypower.blog.com |
frosbel: No one is disputing that the power of GOD is available for the casting out of demons etc, our talk is about the endemic situation in many churches , where this is practiced more on the believers than unbelievers. Should believers not be mostly free from demonic possession ?I knew from the begining of your post where you are going to and that is to attack MFM.Since all this while you've been condemning churches,how many souls have you won to God's kingdom? |
1. Was Barnabas really its author? This book professes to be a Gospel andalleges that its author was the Apostle Barnabas. We must therefore begin by enquiring who the man Barnabas reallywas and at the same time must decide whether he is the author of the book we are considering in this booklet. To do this we must make some comparisons between the knowledge that we have of the real Apostle Barnabas in the Bible and the professed author of the Gospel of Barnabas. At the beginning and end ofthis book two comments appear which immediately assist us in our quest. They are these: Many, being deceived of Satan, under pretence of piety, are preaching most impious doctrine, calling Jesus son of God, repudiating the circumcision ordained of God for ever, and permitting every unclean meat: amongwhom Paul also hath been deceived. (The Gospel of Barnabas, p.2). Others preached that he really died, but rose again. Others preached, and yet preach, that Jesus is the son of God, among whom is Paul deceived. (The Gospel of Barnabas, p.273). The author of this book uses strong language to denounce the teaching of Paul in particular, especially regarding circumcision; the crucifixion, death andresurrection of Jesus; and the Christian belief that Jesus is the Son of God. Thewhole book abounds in discourses levelled against those things which theauthor particularly takes Paul to task for, and there can be no doubt that theauthor of this book is poles apart fromPaul and his doctrine and is diametrically opposed to his preachingand teaching. This is the first of many evidences against the authenticity of this book for whoever wrote it expediently appended the name “Barnabas” to it asits author, whereas only a brief reflection on the actual profile of the real Apostle Barnabas will show that he cannot possibly be the author of this book. Let us briefly go through the history ofBarnabas in the Bible. He only appearsamong the apostles after the ascensionof Jesus to heaven when the early Christian Church was taking root in theland of Palestine. As a gesture of faith and love towards his brethren, he sold a field he owned and gave the proceeds to the apostles for distribution at their discretion to those who were in need among the brethren.This gesture of kindness was a great source of encouragement to the believers and the apostles accordingly named him “Bar-nabas”, which means “Son of encouragement”. Before this he had been known only by his common name Joseph (Acts 4.36). Here the author of the Gospel of Barnabas makes his first serious blunder for he suggests throughout hisbook, not only that Barnabas was actually one of the twelve disciples of Jesus during his ministry on earth, but also that he was known by this name “Barnabas” throughout that period of ministry. On more than one occasion in the book we find that Jesus allegedly addressed him by name and the first occasion, which comes particularly early in the book, is this one: Jesus answered: ‘Be not sore grieved, Barnabas; for those whom God hath chosen before the creation of the world shall not perish’ (The Gospel of Barnabas, p.21). Now we have here a patent anachronism which destroys the possibility that this book was really written by the Apostle Barnabas. The apostles only gave him the name “Barnabas” (Son of encouragement) after the ascension of Jesus because ofthe generous act he had done which had heartened the spirits of the early Christians. But the Gospel of Barnabas makes Jesus call him by this name some three years before he ascended to heaven. This is a serious – in our view fatal – objection to the claim thatthis book was written by the Apostle Barnabas. As we press on in our study of the life of Barnabas, however, we find further proofs that destroy the claim that this book was really written by him. The next time he appears in the early events of the Church was on the occasion of Paul’s first visit to all the apostles in Jerusalem. Because the apostles knew that Paul had in previous years been a relentless persecutor of the early Christians (primarily because they believed that Jesus was the Son of God!), the apostles and other Christians in Jerusalem doubted whether he really was now converted to their faith. It is indeed a revelation to discover, in the light of the vehement attacks made onPaul in the Gospel of Barnabas, just who it was who went to great pains to assure the brethren in Jerusalem that Paul was really a disciple: But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how on the road he had seen theLord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. Acts 9.27 We are now confronted with a second serious chain of evidence against the suggestion that Barnabas was the author of the “Gospel” attributed to him. Only seven verses earlier we read that when Paul engaged in public preaching in the synagogue of Damascus, “immediately he proclaimedJesus, saying, ‘He is the Son of God’.”(Acts 9.20). When this same Paul came to Jerusalem, it was Barnabas who vigorously defended him as a true disciple of Jesus. What a contrast we have here with the book we are considering where the author, supposedly Barnabas, takes Paul to task for the very fact that he was proclaiming that Jesus was the Son of God. The true Barnabas was theright-hand man of this very Paul who publicly taught that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. It is this same Barnabas who represented him at Jerusalem and who spared no effort in persuading the disciples there that Paul really was a disciple of Jesus. Later on in this booklet we shall show that the Gospel of Barnabas was first written not earlier than fourteen centuries after Christ and that the author, whoever he was, simply chose to make Barnabas the alleged author of his obnoxious forgery. The men we referred to earlier, who have made much in-depth study into the origins and sources of the Gospel of Barnabas,have also tried to ascertain why the real author of this book chose to makeBarnabas its supposed author. One or two plausible theories have been suggested, but to this day we have notbeen able to discover why he did this. But one thing we do know – the actualauthor of the Gospel of Barnabas couldnot have made a worse choice for the “authorship” of his book than Barnabas. He has written this book ostensibly as a defence against “Pauline Christianity” (as some put it) and yet he has, probably without serious reflection, chosen as his author the one man we always find at the side of Paul – recommending him at all times as a true disciple of Jesus andendorsing his preaching wherever he went. To put it plainly, the author of the Gospel of Barnabas has chosen as the alleged author of the book he has composed against the teaching of Paulthe very man who supported that teaching more actively than anyone else during his ministry. Barnabas was the spiritual blood-brother of Paul. Ourreal author has, in a second awful manner, made another calamitous blunder by suggesting that the ApostleBarnabas – of all people! – was the author of the fraudulent “Gospel” he has composed. As we go further into the life of Barnabas this fact comes out even more clearly. When the church in Jerusalem heard that the church in Antioch was growing well, the apostlesdecided to send Barnabas there to takeover the teaching and instruction of the new believers. But Barnabas, of hisown volition, decided that he could not handle this by himself, and decided to obtain the assistance of another fellow-believer well-grounded in the faith for this work. Without hesitation Barnabas went all the way to Tarsus in Asia Minor to find Paul and immediately he brought him to Antioch to assist him in the instructionof the church in the city. We read the following of their ministry: For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company ofpeople; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians.Acts 11.26 Under the joint ministry of Paul and Barnabas, the disciples were first calledChristians – because Barnabas was a true champion of the very “Pauline Christianity” that the Gospel of Barnabas sets out to refute. After this Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem with aid for the brethren because of a famine that was taking place in the days of the Roman emperor Claudius (Acts 11.28-30). After this Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch (Acts 12.25). They continued to lead the church there and were subsequently sent out by the church to preach the Gospel in the provinces of Galatia (in what is part of Turkey as we know it today). Wherever they went Paul and Barnabaspreached that Jesus was the Son of God and that God had raised him fromthe dead (cf. Acts 13.33). And yet, the author of the Gospel of Barnabas would have us believe that Barnabas was an archenemy of Paul on these matters! We even find them both proclaiming that the restrictive ordinances of Judaism (e.g. circumcision) should not be forced upon the Gentiles and that they were unnecessary for salvation. A very interesting event in their joint ministryis recorded in these words: But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, ‘Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot besaved’. And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles andelders about this question. Acts 15.1-2 Certain Judaisers had come among the early Christians stating that circumcision was necessary for salvation. Who do we find debating hotly with them on this point? None other than Paul and Barnabas! And yet, in the Gospel of Barnabas, weread that one of the “impious doctrines” that Paul was holding to was repudiation of circumcision. That he repudiated it as an essential element of salvation we will readily concede (Galatians 5. 2-6) –but his chief partner in this repudiation is none other than Barnabas! Once again the author has blundered in making Barnabas the author of his deplorable forgery. Indeed, according to the Gospel of Barnabas, Jesus is alleged to have said to his disciples: ‘Leave fear to him that hath not circumcised his foreskin, for he is deprived of paradise’ (The Gospel of Barnabas, p.26). Thus circumcision is an essential element and a prerequisite of salvationin the Gospel of Barnabas and the author obviously assents to this doctrine. But of the real Barnabas we read that he joined with Paul in furiously debating against the doctrineof the Judaisers that circumcision was necessary for salvation. It is quite clearthat the real Barnabas was not the author of the book that bears his nameand that someone else not only forgedthis book but misrepresented the nameof its author as well. The current publishers of the Gospel ofBarnabas (Begum Aisha Bawany Wakf) are well aware that the major objectiveof the Gospel of Barnabas is to counteract “Pauline Christianity”. In anappendix entitled “Life and Message ofBarnabas” they allege that the passageabout the debate on the issue of circumcision reveals a growing rift between Paul and Barnabas. They quote Acts 15.2 (quoted above) and shamelessly comment: “After this rift, there was a parting of the ways” between Paul and Barnabas (The Gospel of Barnabas, p.279). But it is quite obvious that the rift was not between Paul and Barnabas on the issue but between the men from Judeaon the one hand who were glorifying circumcision and Paul and Barnabas onthe other who were furiously against perverting the freedom of the religion of Jesus with legalistic traditions and restrictions that could save nobody. Because this appendix appears in all editions of the Gospel of Barnabas published today we must say that the whole article is a brazen misrepresentation of the true relationship between Paul and Barnabas. The writer of the article has had to disown conscience in trying to force the theory of the Gospel of Barnabas that Paul and Barnabas disagreed on doctrinal matters. At no stage is there any evidence that Paul and Barnabas ever disagreed on amatter of doctrine. They once had a minor personal dispute when Paul did not wish to take John Mark on a missionary journey, as he had fallen back on a previous one, to the provinces of Galatia (Acts 15.38-40). This, however, was purely a personal matter which was clearly resolved as we see in other passages of Scripture (Colossians 4.10 and 2 Timothy 4.11). On one other occasion Barnabas was guilty of some religious discrimination with other Jewish Christians in Antiochwhen they would not eat with the Gentile Christians (Galatians 2.13). Paul censured this strongly but this was also not about a doctrinal matter but one of common fellowship between all Christians no matter what their background. None of these minordisputes had anything to do with the fundamental doctrines Paul and Barnabas so rigidly promoted – the repudiation of circumcision as necessary for salvation, the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the basic doctrine that Jesus is the Sonof God. Rather we have extensive evidence that Barnabas was the prime vindicator of all these doctrines that Paul taught. Paul’s later letter to the Christians of Galatia helps us even more to perceivethe truth of this fact. In the second chapter we read that Paul went up to Jerusalem – with Barnabas of course – taking Titus, an uncircumcised Greek, with him as a test case against the necessity of circumcision (Galatians 2.1). But Titus, however, was not compelled to be circumcised – obviously as a result of the persuasive arguments of Paul and Barnabas against circumcision as an essential element of salvation. Not only did the apostles at Jerusalem agree with Paul and Barnabas that circumcision was unnecessary but, as Paul said, they “gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship” (Galatians 2.9). Once again the sympathy and unity of Barnabas with Paul is plainly revealed and it is obvious that in the early church, whenever the Christians at Jerusalem thought of Barnabas, they must have immediately associated him with Paul. In the third chapter of Galatians we have further evidence that Barnabas was a Christian in every way and not one who was opposed to Christianity as the author of the Gospel of Barnabas is. Paul, aggrieved that the Galatians were considering such a trivial matter as circumcision as essential for salvation, openly censuredthem for losing sight of the wondrous and all-sufficient work of Jesus who alone made salvation a reality for menthrough his atoning death on the cross.He rebuked them in the following words which show quite plainly what the heart of his message to them was: O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? Galatians 3.1 We must ask: by whom was Jesus Christ “publicly portrayed as crucified"before the eyes of the Galatians? Who first preached to them the Gospel of Jesus? No one else but Paul and Barnabas! So from this letter we have further concrete evidence that Barnabas was a champion of the Gospel which Paul preached. Certainly he was not only an apostle of true Christian persuasion, but in his quest for Christian fellowship chose Paul as his closest companion. Of all people the Apostle Barnabas could not be the author of the Gospel attributed to him! The transparent unity in the mission and purpose of Paul and Barnabas is finally made even yet clearer by this brief summary of their activities together: “Devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to themand urged them to continue in the grace of God (Acts 13.43) … Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly (13.46) … the Jews stirred up persecution againstPaul and Barnabas (13.50) … Paul wenton with Barnabas to Derbe (14. 20) … Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them (15.2) … and they listened to Barnabasand Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles (15.12) … then it seemed good to the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas (15.22) … our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ (15.26) … Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord (15.35)” There is such a contrast between the real Barnabas who through all these events chooses Paul as his companion, and the pseudo-author of the Gospel of Barnabas, who has a positive antagonism to Paul and his teaching, that we cannot help but conclude that the Gospel of Barnabas is a forgery. It was not written by Barnabas but by someone else who made a major tactical blunder in choosing a close companion of Paul as the author of this book. Two points from within the Gospel of Barnabas also show that the author could not be the real Apostle Barnabas.Firstly, this book makes Jesus constantly deny that he is the Messiah (further treatment of this subject follows later in this booklet) and yet the same book calls Jesus himself the “Christ” (p.2). Now any man with a basic knowledge of Greek knows that “Christos” is the Greek translation of Messiah (a Hebrew word) and that “Jesus Christ” is an anglicised form of the Greek “Iesous Christos”, meaning “Jesus the Messiah”. The very real contradiction that exists here in the Gospel of Barnabas is further evidence that the author was not Barnabas himself. He came from Cyprus, an island where Greek was the common tongue, and Greek would have been his home language. The real Barnabas would never have made such a mistakeas to call Jesus the Christ and deny that he was the Messiah! Secondly, the author of the Gospel of Barnabas has chosen to know nothing of the ministry of John the Baptist in his book but has deviously taken the testimony of John to Jesus in the Bibleand changed it into a supposed testimony of Jesus to Muhammad. Whether Jesus ever predicted the coming of Muhammad or not is not at issue here (see Is Muhammad Foretoldin the Bible?, No.5 in this series, for a treatment of that subject). What is obvious, however, to anyone who has read the life of Jesus in the Bible, is that the author of the Gospel of Barnabas has tried to make Jesus a herald of the coming of Muhammad inthe very mould of John the Baptist who was a herald of the coming of Jesus, and to achieve this he has put Jesus in the shoes of John and has made him say of Muhammad what John really said of him! Accordingly the author of the Gospel of Barnabas has had to omit the person and ministry of John from his book altogether. But the clear and consistent account of John’s ministry inthe Bible (see particularly Matthew chapter 3, John chapters 1 and 3) and the plain endorsement in the Qur’an ofthe ministry of John the Baptist as a herald of Jesus (Surah 3.39) both expose the deceitfulness of the author of the Gospel of Barnabas. It is certainthat the real Barnabas, who was a “good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith” (Acts 11.24), would never have resorted to such falsehood in the cause of truth to which he was so dedicated throughout his life. We conclude that there is overwhelming evidence that the real Barnabas was most certainly not the author of the book being circulated today in the Muslim world which purports to be written by him. But nowlet us press on to a brief examination of the internal evidence of the Gospel of Barnabas to see whether it has any credibility at all, or whether it is not really a “bare-faced forgery”, as GeorgeSale put it, that has been unwittingly distributed throughout the Islamic world in the service of Satan and his causes alone. To be continued.You can also read the whole article at www.endtimefacts. |
Recently,i decided to read the gospel of barnabas to see what is all about.While going through it, i could not imagine the false doctrines written in the gospel.I was unable to read it all because it is too much as it contains over 150 chapters.but after glancing through it,i discover it was actually the gospel of Jesus according to islam as it promoted islam doctrines.Funny enough,the supposed barnabas that wrote the book claimed to be among the twelve disciples of Jesus.While searching online, i found this article written by John Gilchrist that really exposed the false gospel,so i decided to share it with you. Happy reading! INTRODUCTION Although the Gospel of Barnabas has in recent years been distributed fairly widely throughout the Muslim world in many languages, most Muslims have not as yet seen a copy of this book. Nevertheless the knowledge of its existence is fairly widespread in the Muslim community. Since 1973 the English translation of the Gospel of Barnabas by Lonsdale and Laura Ragg has been reprinted in large numbers by the Begum Aisha Bawany Wakf in Pakistan and a number of these reprints have come into worldwide circulation. The general position, however, is that most Muslims remain largely ignorant of the book and its contents as a whole. It has been a blissful ignorance. For too long many Muslims have been persuaded that this book tells the ultimate truth about the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. It alleges that Jesus was not the Son of God, that he was not crucified, and that he foretold the coming of Muhammad. As a result some Muslims believe that this is the true Injil that was given to Jesus. The Gospel of Barnabas, however, does not claim to be the Injil but actually distinguishes itself from the book allegedly given to Jesus. In the following passage we find this distinction very clearly brought out: The angel Gabriel presented to him as it were a shining mirror, a book, which descended into the heart of Jesus, in which he had knowledge of what God hath done and what he hath said, and what God willeth insomuch that everything was laid bare and open to him; as he said unto me: 'Believe, Barnabas, that I know every prophet with every prophecy, insomuch that whatever I say the whole hath come forth from that book'. (The Gospel of Barnabas, p.9). Other Muslims believe that the Gospel of Barnabas is the "original testament" and that the Christians have substituted it with the "New Testament". Such an attitude betrays a woeful ignorance, not only of the Gospel of Barnabas, but also of the structure of the Christian Bible as a whole. Because we are persuaded, however, that ignorance is a great evil - no matter how blissful it may be - and because ignorance is the handmaid of error, we deem it necessary to set out the true facts about the Gospel of Barnabas so that it may be clear to Muslim peoples everywhere that this book is a patent forgery of the Middle Ages and that the Muslims will be doing the cause of truth a great service by admitting once and for all that the Gospel of Barnabas is of no historical value at all and that it is to be rejected as a genuine account of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. This booklet does not purport to be a contribution to the ongoing scholarly study that is being conducted in the Christian world into the background and origins of the Gospel of Barnabas. For this we are chiefly indebted to the Raggs, who first translated the Gospel into English, and to men like Gairdner, Jomier and Slomp who have gone to great lengths in the cause of truth to provide substantial evidence of the falsehood of the Gospel of Barnabas. Rather we have endeavoured to produce here in summary form some of the clear proofs which have come from these studies so that our Muslim friends may see that the Gospel of Barnabas is a forgery which has become a lamentable red-herring across the trail of Christian-Muslim apologetics in the modern world. It has been our purpose in some small measure to convey to the Muslim community worldwide some of the fruits of these studies. We have done this purely because we believe that it is deeply regrettable that men should believe that this book is a true account of the life of Jesus Christ. Because we believe that no lover of truth will wish to be deluded by a counterfeit for long, we have elected to reveal briefly to our Muslim readers some of the origins and sources of the Gospel of Barnabas. We trust that our readers will peruse this booklet with a genuine desire to know where the Gospel of Barnabas really came from and when it was really written - and that they will draw a fair conclusion from the evidence set forth in the following pages of this booklet. i will continue next time as soon as possible.This is just the beginning of unveiling the truth about the gospel of Barnabas as claimed by some people.Also if you cannot wait,just go to www.endtimefacts. to read the full article. |
my own view is that "once delivered" does not mean "delivered forever".When you are delivered from sin and demonic oppressions,as a christian,you have the responsibility of maintaining your deliverance by not going back to your sins,that is why the bible says, "work out your salvation".The problem we are having in the body of christ is that we do not maintain our deliverance.When Jesus cast out demons from a man,he warned the man not to go back to his sins again.Most christians are still going back to their sins that is why demons are still having their way in them.Don't lets deceive ourself,since the day you got born again,can you remember how many times you have sinned and ask for God's forgiveness?Or will you say since you gave your life to Jesus you have not committed any sin?So far we are still sinning,even once in a while,the devil can still have his way.Only a single sin is enough to open the door for demons to come into a persons life.I have heard of many powerful pastors that God really used but at the end,they fell to the trap of the devil.Ask yourself,as anointed as moses was,how did the spirit of anger entered is life.As anionted as Samson was,how did the spirit of immorality entered into his life and dwell there.The bible kept saying,"the spirit of the lord came upon samson"despite this,the spirit of immorality remained in his life.Until you go for deliverance or you pray to God to deliver you,there is no way you can be free from demonic possessions.Jesus cast out many demons while he was alive,then after casting out the demons,he warned the people to sin no more.Most christians are yet to cast out the demons in them,they only confessed Jesus as their lord and savoiur without going for deliverance.In reality,such christians find it hard to live a holy life because of what is in them.When you go for deliverance and the demons are cast out,then you can pray for the holy spirit and then maintain your deliverance.On the issue of Jesus disciples, i will quote mark 8 vs 32-33 "Then Jesus explained clearly what he meant.Peter took Jesus aside and told him to stop talking like that.But when Jesus turned and saw the disciples,,he corrected Peter.He said to him,"satan get away from me!You are thinking like everyone else and not like God."That was Jesus rebuking satan in the life of peter.Don't forget,Peter too was casting out demons then through the power of God.All we need is the grace to stand firm and maintain our deliverance. So much to say,if am priviledged i will explain better next time.Shalom |
tobechi74: tithe preahchers are greatest robbersfantastic!clap for yourself.Anyway,we shall see who the true robbers are on Judgement day.No arguement,lets wait for that great day. |
"Will a man rob God?Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say,wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse:for ye have robbed me,even this whole nation. Bring ye all the thithes into the storehouse,that there may be meat in my house,and prove me now herewith,saith the lord of hosts,if i willnot open you the windows of heaven,and pour you out a blessing,that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And i will rebuke devourer for your sakes,and he shall not destroy the fruit of your ground;niether shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field,saith the Lord of hosts. And all nations shallcall you blessed:for ye shall be a delightsome land,saith the Lord of host.(malachi 3 vs 8 - 12). These bible verses are very easy to understand andare straight to the point. The fact is that we have so many robbers who claim to be child of God and these robbers are everywhere. The point is that it is not until you steal or rob people of their possesions that makes you a robber,this is what most people believe,but let me make this clear,the greatest robbers are not those who robpeople of their possesions,but they arepeople especially christians who failed to pay their tithes. Everyone who does not pay his or her tithes is a theif and a robber,because you are robbing God of things that belong to him. And it is so unfortunate that most people do not know the implications of robbing God by not paying their tithes. According to that bible verse,a curse asalready be placed on them,that is why most people are in the kind of situation they find themselves today. Iwant you to know this that this curse cannot be broken,no matter the deliverance you go through. The only way you can break this curse is by repenting and start paying your tithes. God has already made a promise to bless those who pay their tithes and you can only be a partaker of this promise when you pay your tithes regularly. Repent now and ask God to forgive you and make sure you pay your tithes regularly.God bless you. Source: www.dailypower.blog.com |
Mattew 24 vs 4-5 ‘And Jesus answered and said unto them,take heed that no man deceive you.For many shall come in my name and shall deceive many.’ One major warning Jesus gave to his disciples while He was in this world was to avoid deception, but we christians nowadays have embraced deception.The reason why christianity is what it is today is simply because we have embraced the deception of the devil.An average self acclaimed christian does not want to hear the truth again.What they want to hear aredeceptive words that will excite their emotions and at the same time encourage their worldly desires.It has become so bad that you can hardly know who is saying the truth and who is saying the wrong thing.Satan has inspired so many false teachers in twisting the word of God to satisfy themselves.The sad thing now is that heaven is weeping over the church.So many people are being deceived by satanic agents but the true children of God who should fight these deceptionsare watching helplessly.Its a pity that so many churches have been convertedto entertainment centers and many ministers of God have become entertainers.I want you to read this very carefully so that if you have already fallen victim of these deceptions,you will be able to know the truth.You must know that when christ comes to juge the world,both thedeceiver and the deceived will not be spared.I will discuss some of these deceptions and false teachings so as toenlighten your spiritual eyes.The first major deception i will discuss is about the issue of holiness.False teachings are everywhere now claiming what God wants is only your heart and not your body.This is a great lie from the pit of hell,but many people are believing this lies.The bible is very clear on this issue.Romans 12 vs 1 says‘I beseech you therefore brethren,by the mercies of God that ye present your body as a living sacrifice,holy,acceptable unto God,which is your reasonable service.’Abrother once went to a church and the brother released right there in the church due to the provoking dresses the ladies put on.What God wants fromyou is holiness within and without.Anything contrary to this is a deception from the pit of hell.Remember what the bible says thatwithout holiness,no man will see the Lord.Another deception that is rampantin christendom today is on the aspects of the holy spirit.An average christian don’t have the holy spirit because theyhave been made to believe that the holy spirit is meant for few selected people.Most christians now rely heavilyon their pastor and their pastor have now taken the place of the holy spirit in their lives.They preach against speaking in tongues and the manisfestations of the gifts of the spirit claiming that it is from the devil.They condemn true men of God manifesting the power of the holy spirit saying such people are using the power of the devil.This is a lie from the pit of hell.The devil knows the benefits of you possessing the holy spirit that is why he is trying to discourage christians from possessing the holy spirit.Thisis the major reason we have so many powerless christians these days.Jesus christ said behold i have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and to overcome the power of the enemy andnothing shall by any means hurt you.You cannot receive the power without the holy spirit.Read Acts 1 vs 8.Another deception spreading now in christiandom is on the aspects of paying tithes.False teachers are now rising up saying tithes is no longer necessary for a christian to pay.This is a great deception.God said in Malachi 3 that those that are not paying their tithes are robbing him.How can you berobbing God and still expect to get to his kingdom.They seems to have forgotten what Jesus said that ‘give unto God what belongs to God….’The greatest robbers are now found in the church and not even outside again Perhaps you are guilty of this,its betteryou repent now before it is too late.You can’t rob God and still expect to inherit his kingdom.There are more deceptions in the church today but if i have the opportunity next time,i will discuss more on them.Now,what are the evils of deception.The first evil andthe most dangerous one is that when you allow yourself to be deceived, youwill eventually find yourself in hell.Thisis one thing the devil know so well that is why he is not relenting on deceiving as many people as possible.Another evil of deception is that both the deceiver and the deceived will not be spared on judgement day.God will not spare you because someone deceive you.You willalso be punished by God.Another evil of deception is that it leads to aborted destinies.So many destinies have been terminated as a result of deceptive words.When a man has been tied downspiritually and someone is telling him that he is shining,he is moving forward,such a man will not understand his real situation until the devil deals with him.Another disastrousevil of deception is that it leads to spiritual powerless.Most christians are powerless as a result of deception.Another evil of deception is that it blinds the eyes of a man from seeing the truth.Such a person will think he is on the right way whereas he is not.What must you do to escape the evils of deception.The first thing is that you must be genuinely born again.You must be born of the water and of the spirit.Study your bible regularly to know the truth in God’s word.Also pray for the baptism of the holy spirit.Remember to flee and renounce any form of deception.If youwish to accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour,say this short prayer’Lord Jesus,have mercy upon me and forgive me.I confess you as my Lord and Saviour,come into my life and be my Lord,in Jesus name i pray,amen.’Congratulations,welcome toGod’s family and pls do not go back toyour former sins.God will strengthen you in Jesus name. 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“The fear of the lord is to hate evil,pride,and arrogancy,and the evil way,and the froward mouth do i hate”(Proverbs 8 vs 13). When we talk about the fear of the lord,the fear of the lord is not all about you trembling when someone mention God’s name,the fear of the lord is not about what so many people think it is,this bible passage clearly shows what the fear of the lord is all about and we aregoing to consider what it truly means to fear God. The central point inthat bible passage is that the fear of the lord is to hate evil,now what does it mean to hate evil? To hate evil means to dislike with passion the things God dislike. The major thing God dislike is sin so in other words we can say to fear God is to hate sin. When you fear the lord,you will not dothe things HE does not like. If you fearthe Lord,you will always obey God’s word. If you fear the Lord,you will love your neigbour as yourself.If you fear God,you will flee from sin. The fear so many people have for God is just by the word of mouth and not by actions or behaviour. Don’t forget,God hates sin with passion and if you are walloping in sin and you are claiming you fear God,you are deceiving yourself. The true fear of God is to hate sin and every appearance of sin. Now be sincere with yourself,do you really fear God? Do you truly hate evil? Do you truly obey the word of God? If your answer is yes then congratulations but if your answer is no then you have to do something urgently. If you have not given your life to Jesus christ,it will be very difficult for you to fear God the best thing to do is to invite Jesus christ intoyour life by saying this prayer”LordJesus i come unto you as a sinner havemercy upon me,use your precious blood to wipe away mine iniquities,come into my life and implant in me the fear of God in Jesus name,amen. Congratulations for sayingthat prayer.”As ye have thereforereceived christ Jesus,so walk ye in him”(colosians 2 vs 6). God bless you in Jesus name,amen. Source: www.dailypower.blog.com |
"Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for,evidence of things not seen"(Hebrews 11 vs 1). This is a very popular bible passage but at the same time,its a very powerful passage. This verse tells us the true meaning of faith. According to this bible verse,faith is the substance of things hoped for,which means that faith and hope works together. Before you can have faith ,there must be hope,you must be looking unto God for something and it is that faith that will give you the assurance that that thing you are expecting God to do,HE will do it. Without assurance you cannot have faith,you must be sure within yourself that God is going to do what you ask from him. It is that assurance and confidence that brings out faith. Faith is the evidence of things not seen means that true faith does not rely on things you have already see,thefaith of Father Abraham does not revolve around his present condition,God promised to make him the father of many nations at a time he has no son,but he had that great faith that God is going to do has he has promised. So many christians lack faith,because they are carried away by their present condition and they try to equate God with man. When you lack faith,you will find it very hard to receive from God and this is the reason why so many christians have not received answers to their prayers. Dear brethren,you need to have faith in God. Deal with the spirit of fear anddoubt in you and ask God to give you the gift of faith so that you can excercise your authority in christ Jesus.If you have not given you life to Jesusand you wish to do so,right there where you are,confess your sins to Godand plead for forgiveness. Ask the precious blood of Jesus to wipe away your iniquities in Jesus name. It is wellwith you in Jesus name,amen. REMAINBLESSED. Read inspiring daily devotionals on www.dailypower.blog.com |
[quote author=frosbel][/quote]let me ask you a question,is it true that the body,soul and spirit makes up the human body?If you understand how this came about,then you should be able to understand trinity.trinity is a fact and not a myth.The body soul and spirit works together and they are one likewise God the father,God the son and God the holy spirit.No much time to explain this.Take it or leave it. No more arguement. |
Following a series of high profile gang rapes and an increase in national attention on sex attacks on women, three Indian engineering students havedesigned anti-rape underwear. The underwear, which is fitted with pressure sensors, is capable of sending out a 3,800 kV electric shock. The clothing, which goes by the name 'Society Harnessing Equipment' (SHE), also contains a GPS tracking system that will notify the police and family of the victim, in the case of the sensorsbeing activated. Manisha Mohan, co-developer of the product told The Times of India: "The shocks can be emitted up to 82 times…A person trying to molest a girl will get the shock of his life the moment pressure sensors get activated, and the GPS and GSM modules would send an SMS to the emergency number, as wellas to the parents of the girl." The vest-like garment has a circuit board placed near the breasts, with polymer built-in to protect the wearer from shocks. The design was developedin response to the inventors' research which showed attackers often groped women in the early stages of an assault. The designers, of which two are women, hope to have the product ready for public sale later this month. It is not yet been revealed how much it would cost. At the end of 2012, there were large and sometimes violent protests againstthe rape of a young woman in New Delhi, who subsequently died from her injuries. Since then, stricter laws have been passed that make stalking, voyeurism and acid-attacks a crime in India. The new laws also increase the penalty for repeat rape offenders or for rape attacks that result the victim's death, making the minimum 20 years imprisonment. It also allows for the death penalty to be applied in these cases. In spite of this, further reports emerged last month of a British woman who jumped from a hotel balcony to escape a possible gang rape. Although many welcomed the new laws as a huge advance, Ananth Guruswamy, Chief Executive of Amnesty International India said the new law is "not nearly enough". She spoke specifically about the impunity for rape committed by husbands and members of security forces. According to the Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (Assocham) the number of female tourists travelling to India declined by 25 percent in the first three months of 2013, largely in reponse to growing fears over the risk of sexual assault. |
A healthy dagga bush is growing alongthe boundaries of the presidential guest house in Pretoria. And officials from a city improvement organisation say it is evidently being allowed to grow because the ground around it hasrecently been cleared. The bush, which has freshly turned soiland almost no weeds around it, leans against one of the two security fences near the Stanza Bopape (Church) Streetsecurity fences of the Sefako Mapogo Makgatho Residence. On Tuesday, members of the public, who had noticed the bush between thefences, said it had suddenly stood out after the piece of land was cleared twomonths ago. "Judging from its height and the lushness of the leafs, one can tell that the bush has been there for a while. It is obvious that the people working there know about it," said a passer-by who asked to remain anonymous. He said the piece of land bordering theguest house and between the inner and outer fences had become overgrown and "quite messy" over the Christmas holidays. "The groundsmen did a good job of clearing the place and removing all theunsightly weeds, but they left this one standing," he added. While presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj expressed shock at the idea ofthe illegal, addictive and intoxicating drug growing near the guest house, he referred all enquiries to the Department of Public Works, whose responsibility it is to take care of the grounds. The department's spokesman, Thamsanqa Mchunu, confirmed the department's responsibility to care for the grounds, but said no one was allowed to cultivate a drug on the property. "It should have been cut down," he said, before adding that he would get information and clarification on the existence of the bush from horticulturists. Mchunu could not say if anyone wouldbe held responsible for the bush's cultivation. Source: crazynews24.com |
Ibadan – The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the death of a 13- year old boy who allegedly committed suicide when asked to go and read his books. Speaking, police spokesperson, DSP Olabisi Clet-Ilobanafor, said that the boy (name withheld), hung himself onMarch 31 at about 6.15 p.m. Clet-Ilobanafor said that one Bamigboje Zachaus of E7/854, Aiyekale Agugu area of Ibadan, reported the incident to the police. According to the police, Zachaus claimed that he noticed that his family friend’s son was not seen at thepassage where he was ordered to go and read his books. After a search was conducted, he was later discovered where he hung himself. “Zachaus told the police that he raisedan alarm when he observed that the victim’s body was still warm as he immediately untied him. “He rushed the boy to Adeoyo State Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan, for medical attention, but he was later confirmed dead by the doctors,” she said. The police added that they had visitedthe scene of the crime and had taken photographs of the victim. The corpse had also been deposited atthe mortuary, while autopsy reports are being awaited. In another development, a 60-year old man, Mukadam Azeez, has been arrested for defiling a 12-year old girl. According to the police spokesperson, one Esther Olalekan of Agbongbon area, Ibadan, reported that her daughter, (name withheld) was defiledby the accused person. Azeez, who lived in the same house with his victim, was said to have committed the crime on April 2 at about 6 p.m. Clet-Ilobanafor added that medical examinations carried out on the victimrevealed that penetration actually took place. She added that when interrogated, theaccused person confessed to the crime. The case, she said, had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for appropriate actions.Source: www.vanguardngr.com also visit efathanews. for more stories. |
The students of Ladoke Akintola University yesterday embarked on a riot and as at this morning, the riot is getting really serious. According to what the students there told me; In the 1st week of January 2013, a bus driver hit a final year student awaiting his call-up letter sending himon a journey of no return with a brakefailure excuse. and just today, 3 innocent girls have embarked on the same journey with a taxi driver as the sender. Going back to school after getting their laboratory coats as ordered by the lecturer. In an attempt to escape death, she flew off the bike and hit her head on the tarred road and died instantly, thesecond girl on the bike and the third girl walking by the road side died on arrival at the hospital. Three other students who are passengers in the taxi are in coma and the okada rider lost one leg and one arm. Yesterday, the students beat up a female lecturerbecause:..... 1) This is the 3rd incident in 2 years whereby a driver or an okada rider will kill a students 2) The driver of today's unfortunate incident was drunk, alcohol was perceived strongly all over him 3) The wicked pregnant lecturer that sent them to get their lab coats said she's not concerned with their death because she was doing her job by sending them out. The three dead girls were undergraduates of Science Laboratory Technology (SLT), 200 level. May their souls Rest in Peace and wishing those in coma quick recovery! Source: kanyiokeke.com also visit efathanews. for more news. |
Two young men tied the knot in a rareSouth African gay wedding in KwaDukuza (Stanger) on Saturday. In what was described as the town's first gay marriage, Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole, both 27, walked down the aisle in front of 200 guests at the Stanger Siva Sungam communityhall. The wedding was a jubilant, exciting affair, attracting even uninvited members of the local community. Thoba, a Joburg-based IT specialist, is from Shakaville, KwaDukuza and Tshepo an audit manager at PwC. Theyhave known each other for years and dated on and off, before stabilising their relationship. Now that they are wedded, they will take on the double-barrelled surname of Sithole-Modisane. The couple appeared to enjoy the support from the community, family and friends. The couple is reportedly planning to have children through a surrogate. "Family is important to us and that is the number one reason why we want to have children. We also want our children to grow up in an environmentwhere they are loved greatly by both parents who appreciate them," said Thoba. Sources: crazynews24.com and efathanews. |
my brother,hearing the audible voice of God is real and you too can hear His voice.Don't let anyone deceive you that it is not real.The devil have programmed many sons of perdition on these forum and if you let them deceive you,you are in trouble.If you study the word of God very well, you would have know how to hear from God.God speaks to people in different ways which includes through audible voice ,inner voice and so on.For you to hear the voice of God,you must be genuiely born again which you are not and you know it yourself. You are still indulging in some sins that you know but you have not let go of those sins.Don't be quick to claim that you are born again,examine your life and make your way right with God.After that,you pray for the baptism of the holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.Remember the disciples on the day of pentecost when the Holy spirit came upon them.When the holy spirit come upon you,he will not only stay dormant in you,he will begin to relate with you and also help you in all areas of your life. Also you must fellowship with God the more by increasing your prayer time and your bible study time.Hearing the voice of God does not come easy,you must make some sacrifices and show a holy desperation for it.You must also pray fervently to God,to open your spiritual ears so as to hear clearly from him.From the look of things,you have a very weak faith and you are do not even believe totally in the word of God.This will be a great hindrance to you hearing from God.If you believe God spoke to samuel in an audible voice,call upon God and ask him to speak with you also in an audible voice.If you are truly sincere with God,he will surely speak with you.Remember,God can also speak to you through the inner voice,dreams,visions,bible and so on.Pursue other ways of hearing from God and you will be doing yourself a lot of good.Also remeber that spiritual growth and experiences is in stages, so endeavour to grow spiritually.God bless you |
“For i know that in me,that is,in my flesh dwelleth no good thing:for to willis present with me;but how to perform that which is good i found not.For the good that i would,i do not:but the evil which i would not,that i do.Now if i dothat i would not,it is no more i that doit,BUT SIN THAT DWELLETH IN ME.”Romans 7 vs 18-20.The major problem confronting every christians inthis end time is sin.Most christians have tried battling with sin,but upon all their struggling,they still find themselves falling back into sin.That is the reason why most christians have now lose faith in God,and they now believe that it is impossible to live a holy life in this end time.If a christian can overcome sin,then it will be impossible for any satanic power to overcome such person.This is why the devil is confronting christians with different temptations just to make them sin against God.The devil has for so long kept men in the bondage of sin,but God in His infinite power is ready to deliver you from the grip of sin if you are ready to be delivered.Perhaps you have been struggling with a particular sin for so long,i can assure you,if you let God have his way in your life,He will deliver you totally.But it is very unfortunate that the christians we havenowadays are comfortable living in sin.I want you to understand something,AS LONG AS SIN IS STILL DWELLING IN YOUR LIFE,YOU ARE NOT FREE FROM THE POWERS OF HELL.According to that bible verses that we read,is not that Apostle Paul did not know what is right for him to do.He actually knew what is right but was unable to do it because of the SINTHAT DWELLS IN HIM.Just as you as achristian,you know it is not good to lie,but you are still lying.You know it isnot good to fornicate,but you are fornicating.You know it is not good foryou to live a worldly and wayward life,but you are living that way.All these happens because of the SIN THAT IS STILL DWELLING IN YOU.I want you to know that God is ready todeliver you if only you will call on him.It is very dangerous for you to leave that sin in your life without dealing with it.If you fail to deal with the sin that dwells in you,one day, thatsin will deal with you in an unpleasantway.Moses failed to deal with the sin of anger that was in him, and that sin dealt with him by making sure he did not get to canaan land.Samson also failed to deal with the sin of immorality dwelling in him,and the sindealt with him.As anointed as Samson was,he died with his enemies.I pray you will not die with your enemies in Jesus name.This sin has dealt with so many great men of God and rendered them useless in the vineyard of God.Sothere is a great need for you to arise and seriously deal with the sin within you before that sin deals with you.What must you do to totally defeatthe sin that dwells in you?The first thing you must do is to surrender yourlife to Jesus.Surrender your totality to Jesus,repent of all your sins and forsake them totally.Invite Jesus into your life and become a born again christian.Without doing this, you cannot overcome the sin that dwells inyou.Also you must pray fervently against every traits of sin in your life.Ifpossible,go for deliverance.Most of those sins are backed and strenghtenedby demons that is why you find it hardto forsake them.Another important thing you must do is that you must pray earnestly for the baptism of HOLYGHOST AND FIRE.This is very important so as to totally eradicate sin.The bible says the holy spirit will set you free from the law of sin and death.So it is very important for you topray earnestly for the baptism of the holy spirit.Last but not the least,feed your spiritman daily with the word of God.Kindly read and share with your friends.God bless you as you do this inJesus name. source: endtimefacts. |