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Kobojunkie:
We are all guilty of what?

Jesus Christ dined with tax collectors means what?

Even the Pharisees pointed at Christ

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 9:10‭-‬13 NIV

Often we need to come down. Be spiritually poor, make friends with those we perceived as sinners. Then we can introduce Christ to them.

I believe that's part of lifestyle evangelism.

You opened the kinda thread I want to..but in a stylishly different way.

Talking about the part of being discouraged.

Above all I want to ask; dear Father, am I actually on track?

Often it's as a result of being an hypocrite.

Even Christ dined with the tax collector.

We're all guilty.

Even the Pharisees pointed at Christ

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 9:10‭-‬13 NIV

Often we need to come down. Be spiritually poor, make friends with those we perceived as sinners. Then we can introduce Christ to them.

I believe that's part of lifestyle evangelism.

May God continue to transform us.

PastorM:
Father - 54 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJZl28e6H5E


Teenage daughter - 58 seconds

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


12 year old son - 59 seconds

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

Beautiful

BigSarah:
Comedy club not a church

Absolutely!

HellVictorinho:
All the rich traditional rulers are God's children since they are rich





That's part of the message he is spreading!

Not true.

Dtruthspeaker:
When did I decide who shall be God's Enemy and Stranger?

What I have seen is that God is taking very good care of His Own True Children.

And those who are not His Children are the ones complaining!

This is not totally true. I mean in material things you know.

Geminiempress:
Ije uwa....... How does it pay?? I dey give my last card on a steady yet stay hungry. Sometimes pure water go finish I go drink drum water.
Well there's this satisfaction that comes with giving

Heavenly rewards?

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?

39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’


Matthew 25:34‭-‬40 NIV

Dtruthspeaker:
Because you are not God's Own. His promises are only for His children and not enemies/strangers.

What about heavenly rewards?

ityP:
If you need easy cash, open a church today. If you can get that baba that does yahoo plus for youths to give you small jazz to heal people, you are made for life. Nigerians are so foolish. It's only a pastor that can force a stingy Nigerian to let go of cash that he didn't want to give anybody. When I'm ready to scam you people, I will jejely open my own church. Expect me soonest

Lol. Why?

I've seen you made some good corrections above. So why you turn false?

Kobojunkie:
You eat food, as it says in Matthew 7 vs 25 - 34.

It is how you obtain that food, and the other things you need that changes - John 6 vs 25 - 29. Rather than slaving away under the sun to provide for yourself, you instead do what God wants and He does the proving, just as He said He will in Matthew 7 vs 25 - 34

Matthew 6 instead.

Kobojunkie:
Jesus Christ didn't ask anyone to donate most of their riches to charity. He instead said anyone who wants to become His disciple , having a part in Heaven, must sell everything and give it all away to the poor- this commandment is for both rich and poor alike - Matthew 13 vs 44 - 46 and Matthew 19 vs 16 - 30. Also note, Jesus Christ did not ask them to give to any organization but to the poor.

Another thing to note is that Jesus Christ promised that those who abandon everything for His sake shall reap so much more than they left, here on earth,in addition to eternal life - Matthew 19 vs 28 - 30

Noted.

Who then is a typical disciple today

May His Grace be multiplied to us.

tctrills:
The phase, Sought favor from God does not change the incident.
In Abraham's case, God clearly knew Sodom and Gomorrah were ropen for destruction, the cities could not be redeemed.
It seems you don't Get me, I understand God's mercy and forgiveness.
I understand prayer and asking God for something.
But in Moses case, God was angry and wanted to destroy Israel until Moses gave him reason to change his mind.
My point is, he did not need Moses, he us many time wiser and more reasonable than man.
I can understand mercy and forgiveness. But thi's was not the case.
Moses points were 1. The people would laugh and mock God.
2. Moses reminded him of his promise to Abraham.

While I try to get you or not, Or you try to get me or not, I have been able to reflect on the kinda people God wants and will trusts as His shepherd (call it whatever, maybe disciple). Those that have compassion.

Abraham, Moses and Christ fit into this.

MaxInDHouse:
I am Maximus. Before i started studying the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses i use to view everyone around me as suspects because i was taught that mankind are dubious.
I am only play and chat with people i know and i don't really know much about God or Jesus.

But when i began studying the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses there was a turn around, i now know that i'm obligated to make friends with all the people in my neighbourhood by going to visit them (uninvited) for discussions having to do with God! Malachi 3:16 compare to Matthew 10:11-13; 28:19-20

I discovered that peace is missing in the human society because of lack of communication, so instead of waiting until something happens i need to approach my neighbour with a friendly smile to know what he thinks of me and vise versa. This will help us know our boundaries and we won't have to hurt each other since we already knew about what each person wants!

Then i also discovered that most people feel their neighbour supposed to know how to deal with them without any formal communication, so when they see their neighbour doing things the way they feel is absurd they will mock him.

I also learned that it's wrong to force my beliefs on others so if there is no agreement i mustn't disturb my neighbour's peace. So if i try to reach out to my neighbour and he is not in the mood i should book another appointment instead of disturbing him with noise all in the name of God.

I also learned that politics is the root cause of all the evil on this planet so there's no way one can meddle in Politics without having secret friends like Fornicators, Adulterers, Murderers, Prostitutes, Witches, Fraudsters, Drunkards and many others since a politician needs the support of all these people before becoming part of the rulers! Galatians 5:19-21

In fact i've learned a lot just to mention few!

Interesting!

lacoste1985:
So because he's a man of God, he shouldn't enjoy this life......even if Jesus still dey dis Earth,he go ride limousine n SUVs

This na lie

MightySparrow:
The promise to Abraham goes beyond that. It became a covenant. Covenant puts a limit to one's use of power. You submit your strength for the other.


Having studied covenant for about fifteen years now, I almost conclude, why would God do that?

Later in the scriptures, God was looking for intercessors, those who would appeal to him on behalf of Israelites.


God is the only wise. Perfect in all his ways.

Absolutely!, he is a covenant keeping God.

Reason why John 3:16 is valid. 'For whosoever'.

tctrills:
I read it, and I have no problem with it. It is totally different from what occurred in Exodus.

In Exodus, God wanted to destroy Israel but for Moses intervention.
Again I Genesis, Abraham did not make God to change his mind.
Maybe I am not getting your point.
So let me ask today, can we get God to change his mind?

Yes, the Bible used the word sought 'favor from the Lord'.

Moses sought the favor.

Abraham did the same and God gave him a condition. If the Condition was met, Sodom and Gomorrah won't be destroyed.

Just like we should perish but the condition is to accept Christ and then everlasting life.

11 But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

Exodus 32:11 NIV

tctrills:
Are you saying that if we do not remind him, he would break his promise?
You are confusing everything. You say he does not forget but we need to remind him. Don't you see the contradiction. And what does Solomon and first Kings 11 have to do with this?

Did you read the chapters?

Exodus 32 and 1 Kings 11?

Unlike Exodus 32, in 1 Kings 11 God remembered the promise. I'm sure if God had not mention the promise, Solomon will use that as a point for forgiveness. Please read those chapters.

You can go further to see how Abraham pleads/bergain with God in Genesis 18:16-33. This things are written for us, I didn't frame them.

tctrills:
When you say rememberin God his promise, dies God forget his promise? Does he need to be remained? Would God break his promise if we don't remain hum?

He doesn't. But our rebellion will attract his anger. However, when we remind of his words, he will forgive us.

13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’ ”

14 Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
Exodus 32:13‭-‬14 NIV

Read Exodus 32 and 1 Kings 11. There more references too.

zimdante:
Some men go into the street at night to rob people of their hard earned money when they are broke.

Some men call their sibling or close relative to ask for help.

Some will toughen up , swallow their pride to do ridiculous jobs .

Do all you can to escape poverty, it is a fight to the death, do everything to survive but don't kill anybody.

And don't steal.

Omo, I don't even know. The other day I scrolled my CL to see who fit just gat my back. Thing is it was the person I least expect.

Bachelorette:
Abraham did not advice God, he only interceded for the nation.

Exactly.

Bergain or remembering God of his promises is a better word.

Like Abraham did.

MaxInDHouse:
Christianity is a peaceful religion and the reason why Christianity is peaceful is because we do not meddle in the political affairs of this world! John 15:19; 17:14-16; 18:36
Those killing people in the North aren't targeting any religionist per say, what they don't want is DEMOCRACY rather they prefer SHARIA. So any religionist standing in the way even if it's a Muslim is not safe!
But all the same if there's persecution in any place and the authorities can't control it what Jesus commanded his own followers to do is LEAVE SUCH TERRITORY! Matthew 10:23

Absolutely!

Angelfrost:
A smarter individual would have just ignored the entire drama...

The person who should be in a better position to clarify things is Bobrisky.

Ha, no be like this matter o

Truvelisback:
Yes, an eye for an eye.

Did you just discard the teachings of Christ

Dtruthspeaker:
Then this is where you do not appreciate that there is also "A Giving without Love" in that same 1 Corinthians 13 and in this one, women are quite professional at it, so it would not stand

Oh well,

I know.

But in her case, she was disciple. She knew why and what.

I'm sure there're women like that out there.

Moreover, who can search the heart of Man?

Dtruthspeaker:
I understand why God Healed her but I am pointing out that it still appears that God did not intend to touch her.

There're lotta probably and maybes

God didn't touch her? What do you mean? That she was useful to her society and an example isn't enough?

Make it clearer.

This is bad.

May God rest him.

Dtruthspeaker:
Now I believe it is known that many a women fall short of this however and many do do this, BUT, looking at this case, we still see that God did not Touch her UNTIL PETER DID.

Neither did she receive The Holy Spirit.

So Inspite of her works of benevolence her case was really no different from Jarius's Daughter or the Centurions loved servant and all the other healing and restoration cases.

Nothing Noteworthy happened to her, as is evident in the men, hence my query.

Truly truly I tell you, she's got the biggest of them all which is love (Which I believe was a result of the Holy Spirit in her).

1 Corinthians 13.

BUT, looking at this case, we still see that God did not Touch her UNTIL PETER DID.

God thoughts are not ours. He decided to user her that way. Probably as an example of how women could be good disciples.

illicit:
Come off it bro

Is it better to save him or accept him

You need to understand the true promises of God according to Christ.

Isn't the world messed?

Martyr...

May God accept him.