₦airaland Forum

frank317:
I would have preferred a world where the kind of religion that is practiced around me does not exist.

Believing in anything can always exist. But if religion is all about what I am seeing...

"Believing" is precisely what should not exist! People can be taught to 'know' instead by diligently checking their beliefs. That is the reason that religion, the teaching of what to believe, has evolved into education, the teaching of how to use one's God given brain to check the validity of one's beliefs.

I'm grateful for those who helped clear up this matter. It seems those who did not see trucks were blind! We should stop following them least we follow them into their pit!

Abini, please tell us how Euston Station, which is not an international station like Kings Cross Station, compares to our Murtala Mohammed International Airport.

Believing In Jesus Without Obeying His Words' Is Like Building A House On Sand

"No Person Who Begins...and Looks Back, Is Fit For The Kingdom Of God"!

Jesus Is Only the Lord, Of Those Who Do His Will.

olajide8:
You see this notion Govt responsibility is to create an enabling environment, is said to make govt pass the bulk and responsibility to a supposed private sector that is bleeding from a killed middle class, and lack of funds finance to run business for 2 reason high interest rates and tenor of repayment, bearing in mind that the middle class is the engine room of commerce - we are not even a capitalist state, as far as I know, we run a mixed economy, so how then do we say govt responsibility is only to create an enabling environment? - what Exactly is the definition of enabling - policy formulation only?, but then income from sales of crude oil goes to govt and not the the same private sector? Don't you see the contradiction

The government can use it's revenue - oil money and tax - to create an enabling environment by fixing roads, ports, power, policies, that make it is easier for business to be done.

Dafemich:
Ok. But I don't like the fact that you are thinking that Bishop Oyedepo preaches work base salvation. You don't know the bishop. Don't you live in Lagos

I think Oyedepo is preaching a lot of things personally, work being one of them. I have explained here.

One is unworthy.

But for the Grace of God who so loves one did the Lord God send the Messiah that one may hear the Word of God and accept Jesus Christ as one's Lord and Saviour. The acceptance of this free gift, believing, so to say, despite being ignorant about it, is indeed how one is saved aleluya amen, for one could be unfortunate to "not have much soil" or be "soil amongst thorns" on which the "word falls and is choked to death" bearing no fruit at all.

That belief you now have sown in you inspires you to seek to learn about your Saviour, which is done by reading the Bible; and the Bible being a big book, can not be read least one work at it (and I do not mean Sunday church reading, picking a chapter here and a verse there as many do, but from the Beginning to the End without missing a single word).

Reading, however, is the beginning of your work. One can read the Bible and believe it and be done as some do, but some will seek for an understanding of what they have read which is more work. And yet, by the Grace of God! For if Jesus Christ had not sent you the Holy Ghost and Comforter to minister to you, all your work trying to understand is work in vain!

You may be the fortunate who loves the Lord God with all your heart and soul and being and hence be given to understand the Kingdom of God. You will pick up your cross, so to speak, big and heavy, being made of very heavy timber as you will find when it is on your back and feel it's weight on you. But carry it you will, which is work. Because if you have done the work of building up what is commonly called your spiritual muscles, it would not only feel like Simon of Cyrene carries it for you, though when goodness and mercy works on your behalf it would seem so, for the Power of Christ in you will empower you to such an extent that you would be strong enough to bear your cross and the crosses of others too, which is what I see the likes of Oyedepo doing - not so much by giving bread which is as stone, but by making you a Fishers of People, which is what he does, teaching those who go on to establish in their own right. After all, see ye not his fruits?

Some may accuse me of claiming I have said here that "work justifies". But I would have you consider, justify in who's eye? Surely not in the sight of those whom darkness has overcome and who see not! And besides, "study", which is predominantly the work I have listed above, is not to be done where you are to be seen doing it least you be justified by your fellow humans and your head puff up or you be disturbed and asked to go and play instead. The work I have listed above is not done to justify you nor be justified by you as you are not the one sitting at the right hand of God judging the living and the dead, but to the Glory of the Lord God Almighty alone whom one serves.

Be wise therefore and fill not only your lamp but also your jars with that which moths cannot get at because you do not know the day or the hour when the bridegroom will arrive.

"Oro Ut Omnes Sequantur Viam Ad Veram Vitam"

Shepherd00:
If you are to only have Faith and do nothing else, why are you asked to do this; ...be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:2
Who does the transformation and the renewing of your mind? You.


When you are saved, you do not become blind to temptations, are you purged from lust.

You must fight to keep Lust off your mind.

The urge to commit sexual sin will hunt you every day, what do you do, you fight it.

The reason why you shd lie and get out of that messy situation, will stare you in the face, you keep faith by telling the Truth anyways.

Hunger pangs shall strike at you, but with your pocket empty what do you do? You either work, beg or steal food. what will you do?

Do you pray?

All these are Working. God won't do these for you no matter how much faith you have.


This is the reason you guys rise up against The Word Faith believers, we put our Faith to Work that's why we prosper while you sit back and calls us names.

Would you understand me Shepherd if I told you the person you responded to with the above, "believes", but is in error where understanding is concerned because he has not done the work to attempt to know, and that some (many and most, even), may first believe, but after they seek and understand and put their belief to test, they will then 'know'?

When you "put your Faith to Work" and prosper, you do not believe you have prospered, Shepherd, you know you have prospered!

Shepherd00:
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS SO, NOT ME Bros.

Romans 2:13 For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

James 1:22-23 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

So, merely hearing the word and believing it is insufficient? That's really amazing!

ivandragon:
is it the one that you were given that is making you spew dumb trash?

enjoy your loot while you can kiddo.

12 year old me got way more sense than grandpa you who can't add 2 and 2.

leokid866:
If you are Nigerian you are welcome to the fruits of the land. But we will not be entertaining any biafrans.

As we say, "eni ba se ni idi pepe ni je ni idi pepe".
It is those who work at the altar that eat the offering. Those who don't work will starve, and Nigerian Army should not be force feeding anyone food that isn't even enough for the workers.

leokid866:
Okay.

You missed the joke then? What's the point of boycotting? And why should the Nigerian Army force them not to? Kurdish leader called an end to hunger strikes in Turkey because no one gave a poo. When Ipobs too see their boycott leaves them without democracy dividends they too will abandon their stupid pointless boycott.

KANUISALIVE:
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nigeria is a Shithole, capital of death and poverty

Yawn!

leokid866:
Please tell me what is filled in as your Nationality on your birth certificate because I am sure it is not biafra. And if unfortunately if it is you know it's valueless at this point. You Nigerian bruv start acting like it. Sips tea.

It neither says Nigeria nor Biafra as I was not born in either. It says Lewisham. And I am Nigerian. There is no country called Biafra and I hope there never would be.

And governments duty is to create an enabling environment where private venture can thrive.

olajide8:
British airways is privately owned, but established by the UK government as our majesty airlines if memory serves me well

British Airways did not start of government owned. It started with private companies merging. Do some research, please!

Abini2012:
Most definitely! Thanks dear

Tell us about the bus. How much is the fare?

He did say he did his research. The cretin must have done the things he described here.

No, not funny at all. Just utter ignorant!

39, pls remove my mention from this idiocy.

ivandragon:
social welfare schemes are financial black holes & notoriously difficult to track...

For where? Just admit you no sabi add 2 plus 2 jor! Mama Charlie go gi u money dem no go track am?

FearGodinall:
the presidential aide said 190,000 beneficiaries are currently being paid under the investment programmes.

Make she provide evidence! Our eye don open! We no dey believe without proof anymore!

pocohantas:
Ahha,

I knew it was only a matter of time. Now they are hating and jealous of a dead man.

What is life when you can't touch others?

Some people that are sad didn't even get a dime from the man. Some is because of the nature of his posts...humorous, unbiased and humble.

Who would have known he was a US Army. Some of us here would have posted pictures of our guns or good lives if we were him.

Some of us here choose to use our own money to carry olosho. Some use peoples salaries to drink beer. He used his own to help the needy. It is your choice to spend your money how you want and touch lives the way you want.

But when you see people who are mourning the one that touched their own life, take a back seat and watch.

Maybe when some of you die, your favorite oloshos and green bottles will be in pains.

Thanks pocohantas, for letting me borrow this.

leokid866:
If you are Nigerian you are welcome to the fruits of the land. But we will not be entertaining any biafrans.

Excuse me but the entire post was about Biafrans. You can't go changing your mind after I have already decided to boycott!

uckennety:
lies 85% if Nigerians are unemployed

I sorry, but I can only work with data I have.

Abini2012:
Not today's pictures o. Am sure by June, the streets will be full

I thought as much. Today being a Bank Holiday and all.

Queries Ministry of Health!

leokid866:
You are welcome, we aim to serve.

Boycott, and, live with the consequences, is my mantra. But I'm glad you're not cruel like me.

So, come on my Biafra brothers and sisters. They'll reward us for doing no work so lets boycott come May 30th, and all year even, they will still give us dividends, still.

My tuppence though, don't dare trust they will, you know what we Afonjas are like. And we northerners don't believe non-workers should chop unless you are one of us!

Link to "having any worth" in above.

https://www.proshareng.com/news/Nigeria-Economy/Only-10-privatised-firms-are-doing-well,-says-BPE-/7585

olajide8:
I understand what you are driving at, but I am stressing this using this lame mans example benue cement was owned by the govt so also nigeria bags (similar to Nigerian airways and co) but when they were privatized dangote bought both including the sugar company of northern nigeria where are they today their shares are on the floor of the NSE, and they are better for it last time I checked their balance sheets and Eps they were doing well for the sector they operate in - AP was privatised and sold to otedola, who changed the identity and they are now Forte oil, same with oando that was formally unipetrol etc this is what I mean by creating an enterprise and selling it, all of these are examples that are working after creating them - less I forget union bank was once govt own, can't remember the name now during the colonial era, yes the others were not govt owned but I used them to stress the point of what real private management has done and can do after establishing these SOE's, further more I used the holding of govt stake to serve an interest in the welfare of nigerians if not they may decide not to follow minimum wage requirement, industry best practise by hiring and firing, the terms of service of employees maybe exploited or they could serve as a security risk and that!s the only reason why I said govt should maintain a maximum stake of 5% in them

You'd have to accept my apology. If I'd thought you thought you knew it all, I would have refrained from engaging you on this. I saw promise, despite the errors, and felt you'd be interested is why I bothered, and I'm insisting your op requires further research. Government the world over sold off its SOEs because of the inefficiency of government running businesses. Just observe the running of local governments, ministries, and states even, SOEs in intent and purpose, to understand the inefficiency in government run enterprises.

Union Bank was never an SOE. It was a foreign owned bank that was indigenised in the 70s when Nigeria passed laws that foreigners can not hold majority stakes in companies in Nigeria. That act (a form of deprivatisation and creation of SOEs), killed off Nigerian enterprise by the way.

A survey of companies that were state owned in Nigeria clearly shows they tend to gobble up more money than they produce. And if you bothered to do your research you'd find only a few out of the many SOEs functioned well in the first place, not to talk of having any worth once sold off.

The interest of Nigerians is the interest of Nigerians (funny as that may sound). You're more likely to run your business well if you owned it than if it was part of some national cake. Just check how more hard working Dangote and Otedola's staff are and compare them to those employed in any government ministry. The government does not need to own the company before minimum wage et al is paid, they can pass laws and police it and heavily fine those who violate it instead, it's what is done with banks.

leokid866:
The fact you live in our land makes you our business.

Whether I chop or no chop na your business? I like you jare. Please apply that thinking to the roof over my head and the school fees I pay too. Who no like good thing, you this ụdị obiọma dị mma human being who is willing to take care of me while me just de sit on my ass de boycott de go.