₦airaland Forum

OkCornel:
Exactly. One cannot abide in Christ and obey His words/instructions and still be fruitless...

The problem is, there are many hearers of the word...but precious few doers of the word (of Jesus)

They believe but do not understand.

OLAADEGBU:
All other propositions made by man outside the Bible are just speculations that hold no water.

You are free to believe so, but the evidence right in front of your eyes tells a different story. I'd go even further and claim you may 'believe' the above but you do not accept that it is true, for here you are speculating and claiming your very own speculation holds water. Or do you think your views alone conform completely with God's?

I myself would call the view expressed above an utter waste of the ministrations of the Holy Ghost and a complete disregard of its effect in allowing us to be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground. You would find that nations that understand this fact are the ones that God blesses and those that don't understand it aren't.

urahara:
The U.s grows at that rate because it is a developed country , you can't compare it with china ,when you are playing catch-up you have faster economic growth rates. Developed countries hardly have more than 4 percent growth rate.

No argument there. Still good that China, considering its size, it still one of the more developing nations.

Imagine a 6.3% growth in electric power over 30 years to understand what I mean here. China was opening a power plant a week to achieve it.

You can see below what such growth looks like. If Nigeria achieved such growth under any of our Presidents and if it weren't to do with high crude oil prices alone, we will likely turn that President into our god or life President, at the very least.

Jesus trusted the Scriptures completely, and He revealed His trust in a number of ways. One is the way He treated the Old Testament’s historical accounts. He always treated them as trustworthy facts, even the events that many people today consider to be myths

There is absolutely no evidence that Jesus treated historical accounts as trustworthy fact of things that had occurred! He in fact took a more prophetic attitude towards some of it by not being so concerned about the historicity of the facts but claiming they will occur in the future!

Regardless, unless one wishes to believe that all scholarship done since then is of the devil and should therefore be disregarded, which in my opinion is stupid and ignorant and unGodly, the evidence does not agree that the Bible is the best historical evidence of the past since it is written to promote a particular and specific view.

If anything, Scripture is about turning people into powerful godly beings. Its power is way more that historical.

MrPresident1:
Look, me I am not interested in any twisting shenanigans with you .

Psalm 15:1-5
A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

The LORD loves the man in whose eyes a vile person is contemned . He receives praises from God and his disgust for the vile, evil, wicked, dirty, and hopeless, is his righteousness before his God. He will never be moved

It is good that you will not take reproach against your neighbour. Your work in ensuring you do not is commendable.

Can you tell me if all those things mentioned in Psalm 15 above - walketh, worketh righteousness, speaketh the truth, in his heart, backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour, honoureth them that fear the LORD, sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not, putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent, doeth these things - is not work that Christ taught should be done?

OLAADEGBU:
At least you can now see how dangerous these "false doctrines and teachings" that I refute on this thread can be and why they should be called out.

Whenever I see the twig in another person's eyes, I find the forest is growing in my own. This helps me focus on removing that which blinds me instead of blindly trying to cure those who might be less blind than I am.

We all have false doctrines and teachings Degbu. Unless we wish to claim we alone are righteous, which is a forest itself.

Maximus69:
If the theory you were taught never worked, why not try the one that's working?

He is very stupid if he holds on to a theory that doesn't work. Though how you know his theory does not work is a mystery to me since you've shown no evidence of understanding or assessing his theory.

Are you sure you aren't just working on the assumption of if it isn't your theory it must be failing, with no regard to evidence?

Maximus69:
I no sabi grammar Ma,
Are you now a BELIEVER,as in one having BELIEFS?

buda's attitude to believing is written here. buda is not a believer! There is no virtue in emulating satan.

If there's anything you need explaining please simply ask.

Maximus69:
The TRUTH is right before you Sir. It's indisputable and there's nothing you can say to refute it!

Believers were commissioned to "go out and make disciples" so they're still on track. If you meet them on the road doing what their book say, would it make any sense trying to silence them over what they're compelled to do?

But atheism is about "no mind controlling" which means there's no need to convince anyone or pester anyone to have a CHANGE of heart and start reasoning along with you. Whichever way an intelligent being has concluded to live his/her life is OK.
So what you guys are doing here totally contradicts the norms of your own faculty!

That's my point Sir!

No max! You, actually, just continously refuse to accept what your eyes perceive!

Anyone who has eyes would see that atheists are constantly trying to convince people to see things their way but here you are claiming their doing so is a contradiction despite the fact that you are continously being asked by atheists to abandon your ways and become like them.

It must be that you have no clue whatsoever about atheism or you have no recognition of what's going on around you.

MrPresident1:
Buda for eartum, what do you mean?

I'm checking if you've changed your attitude towards work, which is always physical, as regards righteousness.

Jrobert82:
That's wrong assertion. From reports, it's actually companies that are relocating from China to neighbouring countries. I think I am hearing that tech companies (except Huawei) are relocating to neighbouring countries outside of china. I think the info is obtainable online and there are different analysis of the trending event about the Sino-American trade war

You may want to read the last sentence in my piece you quoted.

Tech manufacturing is moving out of China, but it’s not coming to the U.S

One can assert ones own nonsense or one can provide evidence for ones assertions. Those who can read will know the difference.

MrPresident1:
God wants us to be righteous in all we do

Works, right?

Maximus69:
Please buda, are you now a believer?

Well to God be the glory!

Have you got a difficulty reading or is understanding the problem here max? I hope it's one or the other because the alternative is you are being devious!

budaatum:
If buda were a believer buda would believe your version or that which some others say buda must believe instead of using buda's very own brain and mind and senses and being that the Lord God Almighty has given buda and which shall be [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A14-30&version=ESV]taken away[/url] from buda if buda uses them not!

Don't patronize me Max. You know very well that buda is definitely not a "believer".

sloye5:
wrong america dont need huawei tech and there are lots of evidence that shows the ban hurts china more and again verizon just tested their 5g network so the race is ON

On scale alone, American tech will lose. They need the bigger Chinese markets which Huawei would monopolize. And China is bigger than America on tech exports as you'd know just by how difficult it is to find Made in America anything apart from consumable media.

linearity:
China just released their GDP for the last quarter, their growth rate is worst compared to what it was about 3 decades ago.

Chinese Economic experts pointed to the trade war with US as a factor and stated China Economy is a slow mode at the moment and that growth prospects for China are not encouraging if the dispute continues.

I would have posted links here confirming the above, but I felt it is worthless since you can get them by using google.

You know how some people can be lazy! I will help you.

China posts its lowest quarterly growth in 27 years as the trade war drags on
China's economy grew 6.2% in the second quarter from a year ago, the country's statistics bureau said on Monday.

While China's second quarter GDP was lower on-year, industrial activity in June "surprised to the upside," said Nomura economists in an analysis, with year-on-year growth of industrial production jumping to 6.3% versus 5.0% in May. Retail sales growth jumped to 9.8% from a year ago in June compared to 8.6% in May.

"Bulls might claim that this is a result of the resilience of the Chinese economy and the effectiveness of Beijing's countercyclical easing measures," wrote the Nomura economists said in a note.

Factor in the size of China while you're at it and compare it with GDP Growth Rate in the United States which averaged 3.22 percent from 1947 until 2019. Now tell, how many countries achieve anything as high as China's perceived failure?

OLAADEGBU:
Conclusion

It is a noble thing to be willing to die rather than do evil; however, it is a tragic thing when a false teaching and misrepresentation of Scripture causes lives to be needlessly lost. This is, unfortunately, the case with the Jehovah's Witness doctrine on blood transfusions. Scripture, not to mention medical science and common sense, teaches us that eating blood and receiving a blood transfusion is not practically or morally equivalent; they are, in fact, the opposite. It is a heavy thing to consider how those who have promoted this false teaching will have to give an account before a holy God of the lives it has needlessly cost if they do not repent.

We must all the same now consider some of our own beliefs to ensure we don't make the same mistake of adopting false doctrines and teachings.

Where are all those people who would tell us Echendu is a Fulani herdsmen?

The Fear of Fulani Herdsmen and Cows!

sloye5:
The ban hurts china more than the usa,

Whether China needs to be fair or not, the evidence does not support your claim that the ban hurts China more.

It was American companies that lobbied against the ban claiming it hurts them more. America farmers are crying because there's no buyer for their soybean. The ban itself has been ramped down because America needs Huawei tech. And instead of companies relocating to America they are going to countries close to China because the need Chinese supply chains.

OkCornel:
I am not the one who is wrong here..

Perhaps James is very wrong to ask is Faith without works can save as per James 2 v 14 and 18...


Jesus must also be wrong to judge every man according to their works...rather than their faith in Him alone...


No matter how you want to twist it, Faith and works go hand in hand.

So hand in hand that if one has faith one will be fruitful, and if one lacks faith one will be fruitless.

Fruits are the product of work.

There are some people who wish to destroy Nigeria and fake news is one of their tools. The ignorant assist them by lapping up lies and not checking their facts to know the truth.

The majority have unfortunately been created in the image of their mogs who have told them to 'believe', instead of seeking to 'know'. It is for this reason that we find ourselves in the "Age of Believing" and not in the "Age of Knowing" or of seeking to know.

We can revolt by evolving ourselves from one age to another, but that's so difficult to do because to those who live in the Age of Believing", to evolve and know is to devil worship, or you will say otherwise and evolve into a Knower!

You must please insult me to show you disagree with this. The devil must surely be killed!

Disbelieve and Know!

alBHAGDADI:
Your kid brother is different from a random someone. You can smack your kid Brother for being rude. But you are suppose to totally love that rude random someone, according to your mugu doctrine of "Love Everybody".

Clearly, you don't even believe in it. You are just paying it lips service to appear nice on social media, when in reality all you do is an eye for an eye, tooth for tooth, which is against Jesus commandment.

@bold

Look at the language a supposed Christian is using.

He is a "believer", apparently. He has no interest in the 'do my will bits'.

Shepherd00:
All this typing? All I needed is for you to say 'I Budaatum was never an atheist and I have never ever malign Jehovah.

Call me Whatever you like, only say what I asked. Me and you are not on the same level, but you've been trying since we met to drag me down to it, but Naaa. go on in you slime, I rise above you each time.

Again, only this, I Budaatum never was an atheist... go ahead.

budaatum:
I buda was an atheist for far longer than you have breathed air!

I buda never maligned Jehovah!

Swing, liar!

Why would I say buda was never an atheist when the truth is I was an atheist? Do you want me tell lies like you do despite the truth being known by just about everyone on here and the evidence existing in my numerous posts?

Shepherd, provide evidence of buda maligning Jehova as you claim, you shameless liar!

frozen70:
OK
Deal with it

Deal with wetin? Will his slave pound the yam

Abeg, tell him to starve joor!

alBHAGDADI:
This one says Christians are not to hate, yet he has shown how much he hates me by accusing me of what I'm not.

Shepherd, you are a liar and your believing obviously lacks the doing part.

Here's that link to [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A46-49&version=NIV]Lordism[/url] you keep failing to see.

I meet up with my old schoolmates every month. Most were borders, I wasn't. I chose to go to the school because I wanted to be a border and get away from home but my parent's weren't having it because they had my siblings' fees to pay too. I swear if I had the knowledge I now have I might have sold one of them to pay the boarding fees! My mates have this camaraderie which I'd envy if not for their complete regard and acceptance of me.

I vote boarding, in a good school. Your children will learn to stand on their own feet and will build life long relationships that will benefit them and you.

I feel you should understand her feelings towards those who paid for her to be desirable enough for you to marry her (I'm assuming her education is a desirable of yours), especially since they are not her parents. They paid the piper in this instance so they ought to be allowed to chose the tune. Marry in a Catholic Church and continue going to your own church. If she loves you as much as she seems to do she'll get over it.

I got to say though that my position was the opposite in a thread where someone was going to take a job without marrying the girl who's family got it him. There, I said it was deceptive but here to hell with it.

E be like say these Trumpians no de hear or they fail to realise this is a Constitutional change with consequences that would outlive Trump.

a federal appeals court panel voted, 2-1 and said:

“The Constitution assigns to Congress the power of the purse. Under the Appropriations Clause, it is Congress that is to make decisions regarding how to spend taxpayer dollars,” 9th Circuit Judges Richard Clifton and Michelle Friedland wrote. “Congress did not appropriate money to build the border barriers Defendants seek to build here. Congress presumably decided such construction at this time was not in the public interest. It is not for us to reach a different conclusion.”

Shepherd00:
So, this is how you proof I am a lair?

No sheperd, I've told you before that lying is when you say things that are contradictory to the truth, and you prove you are not lying by providing evidence to support your claim, which for months shepherd, months, you have failed to provide for your false allegation!

Scripture has quite a lot to say against lying shepherd, quite a lot in fact!

There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+6%3A16-19&version=NIV]a false witness who pours out lies[/url] and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

Liars belong to their father, the devil, a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

And do you not know what happens to liars? Read!

A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

The Lord [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+12%3A22&version=NIV]detests lying lips[/url], but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

It is for this very reason that from a very early age we instill you with the following:

‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+19%3A11&version=NKJV]nor lie to one another[/url]."

“You shall [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20%3A16&version=NIV]not give false testimony[/url] against your neighbor.

As you might clearly see, quite a lot indeed. Now see what Scripture has to say about the truth which is the opposite of lying:

Jesus [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A6&version=NIV]answered[/url], “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Sanctify them by the truth; [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17%3A17&version=NIV]your word is truth[/url].

I am absolutely certain you believe all the Scriptures above because you have constantly said you do, but lying as you do, despite all your believing says quite a lot about you don't you think?

Just from my personal observation of your fruits shepherd, I must say that it would be rather silly of me not to conclude that you are indeed like your father the devil, and your "believing" is just another lie! It's either that shepherd, or you are just so plain ignorant that you truly do not know what lying is or that you are a liar and I can only pray this helps you see and you repent because the wages of your sin is your death shepherd.

Live stream uk please.
Might as well get last few minutes.

If we can mob soja we can mob any cow that kills or kidnaps us!