Pause and take about fifteen minute of your God giving time and meditate in thanksgiving unto God's everlasting love for us. Our lives truly begin, when we come to realize the pros and cons of His love for us.

When love is established on a foundation of reason, it is surely bound to fail. It is just a matter of time. Most love today is based on a faulty foundation(reasons). Some ignorant youth today are chanting "I love you" based on vain things.

True and everlasting love has no why(reasons) attached to it. Think about it. If a man love a woman because of her beauty and figure eight( as they normally call it), what then will happen, if that beauty and shape is no more? It is ovious that the love will also be no more. This is because what is binding it has been unloosed.

True love never fails because there is nothing binding it. Like a circle, it has no end. This is the kind of love, God who is love has for us. It has no why(reason) attached to it.
John3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only beggotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Jeremiah31:3 "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me saying, yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love

Anas09:

Sir. These are the Characteristics or attributes or the manifestations of Love. What is Love in essence?

When you say God is Love, what do you mean?

A tree is known by its fruits. So also things are known by their manifestation, attributes or characteristics.

Anas09:

Pls what is Love?

God is love. Love thinketh no evil! Love is not boastful! Love is kind! Love is gentle! Love is humble! Love does not gossip! Love does not look down on his neighbour. Love is life.

A christian who is conscious of who he is in Christ cannot be possessed by the devil. It is either you are the temple of God or you are the temple of Satan.

So true. Dear Lord Jesus my trust is in you.

MosesAlex:

St Paul saw intercession as very useful.

..I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance…” Philippians 1:19


2 Corinthians 1:11
as you help us by your prayers.

Matthew 5:37
37 But let [a]your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

Well, we are fighting an enemy, that would want to limit the help we can receive by the intercession of the saints and seeking to confuse those who rightly make use of it.

What are you saying, confusing yourself with scriptures? Are there not dead saints during the days of apostle Paul, Peter and John? Why didn't they find it appropriate to seek their intercession and prayers?

It is clear from scriptures that Paul requested intercession from the living and not from the dead who have gone to be with the Lord.

Ihedinobi3:

I understand.

Your penultimate post confused me. I wonder if you saw both posts I made or just one of them.

I wholly agree with you on this. The devourer have been devoured by the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus our Lord.

In Him we and all that belongs to us is secured. The strength of the devourer today is ignorance. Not knowing and embracing your secured place in Christ can be dangerous!

Anas09:

Okay. But, what do you mean the ,Part of God?' Can YHWH be divided into Parts?

The Spirit is a part of God that manifest the will of the Godhead. Let me ask you does a tree has parts? I presume your answer will be yes.

Indeed a tree is made up of the vine, the branches and the leaves and they are all considered a tree(they are one, despite being distinct). That is how our Creator is. We can know God by all that he has made.

Romans 1:20(Goodnews trans)_ God's eternal power and nature cannot be seen. But from the beginning of creation, God has shown what these are like by all he has made.

The Holy Spirit is a part of God and is also God.

I really don't do politics. It is oviously that IPOB media team have a lot of work on their table.

Like Esau they are selling their birth right for a pot of porage. Remember what happen to Esau. It was too late when he wanted it back.

Oga, you have not stayed near a person who is saturated with and in the Holy Ghost. If you have, then you will know whats up.

Though we have fake falling under annointing but that does not take away the truth that their is actually what is called "falling under annointing."

The men who came to arrest Jesus fell, when the Lord introduce himself. That is the mighty presence of the Spirit in and upon Christ Jesus.

budaatum:
Lol! Or push him sef!

That will make you a every good neighbour. I guest!

Anas09:

Is the Holy Spirit a distinct entity other than YHWH? becos you said, when God spoke, the Holy Spirit went forth to incubate on what was said.

Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zarubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord Almighty.

Anas09:

Is the Holy Spirit a distinct entity other than YHWH? becos you said, when God spoke, the Holy Spirit went forth to incubate on what was said.

No, the Holy Spirit is not a distinct entity. But he is the part of God that brings about to manifestation the will and intent of the Godhead.

budaatum:

You assume to be sinless, yet you thank your Lord that you are not like that Catholic over there! You yourself mentioned how Jesus asked you to specifically "pray to your Father, who is unseen". Yet your prayer today was more than "Our Father".

Since you have judged, shall you too not be judged by the same measure?

So correcting a friend who seems to be heading a wrong path is now judging? Jesus gave us a pattern of how to pray. He did not say we must pray exactly the same way he showed us.

budaatum:

And what is wrong with Hail Mary?

We pray to God and not to any saint. We have only one mediator and intercessor in heaven, the man Jesus Christ who always live to intercede for us before the Father.

Originakalokalo, pardon me a bit because I going off topic. What is the meaning of your moniker and what inspired it?

I'm being edified by all the post in this thread. MuttleyLaff, Anas, Jiggaz, ihedinobi, Originalkalokalo. More grace and understanding to you all

Anas09:
You are talking about the same entity. What you call Father is the Essence or the Substance which filled and indwelled a material vessel, human whom we call Jesus.

Jehovah the Essence/Substance/Spirit is higher/Heavenly, what we know and call the son is a body prepared for a single purpose (death), and it's a lil lower than the Angels who are lower than the Father.

So, what made it seemed like the Father was greater than son was the human nature. The human nature became the son, while the divine nature was right inside the son was the father. But you couldn't separate the Father from the son just like, you can't separate a man's soul from his body. The entity called Jesus is the Father/ Substance/Holy Spirit which dwelled in a human body called Jesus. In Him all Fullness dwelled. Father-son-spirit. they are not three, but one.

Big mystery only for the initiates.

I certainly agree with you here.

We all know that all men are equal but some are greater than others in role or position in the society. Not that they are of different nature or form.

bloodofthelamb:
What is true about God is also true about Jesus Christ. They are both of the same nature and form(John1:1).

I believe the Father is only greater than the Son just in role or rank.
What do you guys think?

MuttleyLaff, solite, Jiggaz, Pressplay, Ichuka,

What is true about God is also true about Jesus Christ. They are both of the same nature and form(John1:1).

I believe the Father is only greater than the Son just in role or rank.
What do you guys think?

TATIME:
Your opening words has answered your question, "WE ALL KNOW" Jesus said in Matthew 7:21-23 "not everyone calling me Lord Lord will enter into the kingdom....many will say to me in that day 'Lord, i did this and that in your name and i will tell them I NEVER KNEW YOU go away from me you workers of iniquity" Christians are to continue "TEACHING people all that Jesus has commanded" Matthew 28:20 Certainly many don't truly know what Christianity means. So the answer to your question is Capital NO!
Atheism is not only about those saying God doesn't exist, remember what the Bible say "The foolish ones says IN HIS HEART 'there is no God'" Psalms 14:1
So my friend, don't be deceived by what people are saying but thoroughly meditate and continue to exerminer their ACTIONS because "that's exactly what speaks the real thing they're hiding or not saying out" God bless you!

Do you call Jesus your Lord(owner)?

johnydon22:

Exactly

It is limited and short-sighted.

The imagination of a finite mind.

ichuka:

What's your point bro

The brother has no point. He just want to pick an unnecessary fight. You will do well to ignore him.

johnw47:


you certinally do not bloodof, this time you say the truth



ha ha
1Co_14:33  For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

This why I called you a child. So many people on this forum do not agree with each other on certain things but they don't go about quoting them aimlessly.

Keep following me, seeking attention. Is ovious you have issues with me but I don't have any with you. Keep on having nightmares about my moniker. It is well with you!

We can do all things through Christ Jesus our Vine.

forreelinc:
na this long thing you want make we read? God go punish you

What is long about the thread? I will advice you read it and ponder over it.

Bro brilliantly written. Why we still struggle with some certain things is because we are not believing the word of God. We have so many unbelieving believer's today.

bloodofthelamb:
Can a potter be guilty or faulted when he destroys a purposeless clay pot that he made?

Of what use is a branch(man) not abiding in its Vine(God)? I think none.

This is why Jesus Christ layed much emphasis on abiding in Him.

Can a potter be guilty or faulted when he destroys a purposeless clay pot that he made?