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twogood: Yes you must if you're a guy and he's the father of the girl you intend marrying.

jay bee: We’ve done our needs analysis by visiting each home and asking for their specific needs. The attached list is not exhaustive but we thought we had provide you guys with a general idea of what’s needed.

The first 3 locations are firm whilst the other 2 are on standby (Finance permitting)

hardywaltz: The Judiciary will soon be embroiled in this jangalization. I wonder what Nsirim will do when he gets to office or will they also force Ameachi to release funds from the Local Govt Council to him?
In our present constitution a Local Govt Chairman is just as good as a house boy to the Governor.
Since Obio/Akpor has been closed down we have had peace in Port Harcourt, no thugs harassing business owners or seizing goods from poor sellers, no agbero demanding for building permit etc. Now that they have been re-instated with out funding they will go on massive fund drive for chrismax i just pity the business owners in Obio/Akpor.

Ngenge: I hate when some people are eating, drinking,having left overs,having food to take home & others are busy swallowing their saliva. If u cant cater for all the guests, let the wedding be 'strictly on invitation' or u hire bouncers.

jemsi: Mine is the part where the pastor will ask if anyone has a reason why d couple should not be joined....

zeb04: I just don't like when the priest say you may kiss the bride nd the groom just peck the bride when we know he has been chewing on that lip for ages. Y pretend? We al knw what that lip has been doin,where dat lip has been nd so on. To each its own tho

kulyie: Well,i dont have issues with the way a bride or groom choose to comport themselves on their wedding,its their day,they can do WHATEVER THEY LIKE.however i have problems with the way some nigerians behave in wedding receptions.male or female,bridal ladies n grooms men,invitees etc.you will see some people fighting for jollof rice and chicken as if the reception is a restaurant,fighting for cheap souvenirs like plastic bowls,handkerchiefs,plastic fans etc.some cussing at each other,miscreants painting their bodies and comming to beg in an harassing way,guest especially women bringing polybag to pack food home,women leaving their kids anyhow to behave unruly,etc.


Anyway all that has come to an end years ago because i choose the kinds of weddings i go for.i dont just go to any kind of wedding when i am invited

GeneralShepherd:

I bless God for the gift of atheism

I was almost as mad as you before I found everlasting peace and joy in humanity

No be only head of snake lmao

I hope you know that if you carve your head or beards you are hell bound according to the bible!

calculusx: Good Evening Sir, how are you and your household? Pls lets see pictures on this thread, its been a while.

lekkie073: How to watch dstv premium channels with 200 naira Etisalat recharge card

sawyerrola: Today, i gave my SUV a stretch.......just to get the engine relaxed a bit.

Warning.....please and please don't try this (at home) if you don't have any of the following:

1) 15km of free way ahead of you without bends
2) 200% road visibility up to 5km
3) certified one owner vehicle of which you have the service history for the previous year (comes by default if purchased from V. A. Autos, Mr Calculusx himself)
4) tires that are not more than 6 months old
5) seat-belts fastened properly
6) a heart of steel and liver of iron
7) very important, God on your side!

Calculusx, this your SUV dey give me mind o!!!!...

chiteny: Another failed venture from inception and means of massive looting and corruption by our Government.

I will just sit back and watch this happen right after the lunch of the "national carrier".

All hopes are lost in this my beloved country as long as we dont have a government that is accountable its people.

taharqa: Just SHUT ya mouth tha already. This manner of Pathetic Cynicism is so old and stale. Nobody gets moved anymore...

Gabriel_sylar: End corns time of things

Goldenbaby: @Konfessor, I thank God for your deliverance, it is permanent in Jesus name Amen
@Chiteny, TTC means Trying to Conceive, DH--Dear Husband. Hope you got it?

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stagger: In an army, there are privates, corporals, lieutenants, captains, colonels, and generals.

They are all soldiers, but there are those with a higher ranking based on what they have achieved and their abilities as well as the number of years they have been in service. This is the military ranking system.

There are doctors, but we have the trainee ones and the specialists. I am sure you know there is a difference. Try giving a trainee doctor a kid to carry out a heart operation and we will hear the story for years to come.

There are Christians and there are Christians. That is why a demon said to the seven sons of Sceva (who incidentally was a pastor or a priest in that era): "Jesus I know, Paul I know, but who are you?

So in case you say, we are all anointed, let me ask you:

a) Yes, we as Christians are all anointed but can you claim to have cured a terminal illness by prayer?
b) Have you ever prayed for the dead and they were raised up?
c) How fast do you receive answers to your prayers? Instantly, after a while, or do you have to rely on others (including your pastor) to pray for you to get results?
d) Can you preach the word with signs and wonders?
e) Can you see rain clouds forming and rain threatening to destroy your programme, and you can decree that the rain not fall until you are done? (late Archbishop Benson Idahosa once did this in a crusade and the rain that started to fall stopped immediately).
f) Can you decree things to happen and they will happen as you decreed? Can you control the elements with your prayer?
g) Can you decree the death of an evil man and it will come to pass?
h) Can you cause strange deliverance to occur by a word of prayer? A man of God I know once prayed a prayer for someone I know and lightening came from the sky, divided the roof of his family house, into the parlour, and created a massive crater that excavated charms and eartheware pots located almost 10 feet into the ground somewhere in Anambra state. This is a confirmed story, not hearsay.

Another I know (not even a popular one, you may call him an unknown pastor) commanded a mad man to be cured and he was very very cured. I saw this myself live in a branch of Assemblies of God church in a program I was invited to attend.

Yes we are anointed, but even occultists and traditionalists know that there is a ranking in the spiritual realm. Agwoturumbe as a native doctor, was far superior to others in one of the semi-fictional novels written by Elechi Amadi.

Similarly, you cannot compare yourself as a Christian to Chris Oyakhilome, David Oyedepo, Enoch Adeboye, Father Ede, Lazarus Muoka, Chuks Ogbueli and others. You cannot tread where they have been. You will be taken out instantly.

Those are the ones known as "the prophets" to whom no harm should be done.

taharqa: Just SHUT ya mouth tha already. This manner of Pathetic Cynicism is so old and stale. Nobody gets moved anymore...

fisayobolusere: Dears, it is so unfortunate that you glory in ignorance. what is God's covenant with Abraham? Simply put...through your seed, the whole world will be bless.....not the seed from the bond servant but free.....Note:seed not seeds....the seed is Christ Jesus.Gen 22:15-18, Heb 11:18

It should interest you to know that we are Christians today through that seed which is the fulfillment/establishment of the covenant. Even Abraham, Isaac...the prophets waited but they neva experienced it......

Christ is the fulfillment of the Law and the Law has been abolished! Paul when he was Saul had same problem you are having today because he could not come to terms with the truth that because the priesthood has change, there is also a necessity for the change of the Law..Heb7:12

God established his covenant with Abraham because of his obedience&Faith and not cos of Tithe Gen 22:15-19,Heb 11:emph on 1,8-10, 17-18. His tithe was free will offering (and thas what God wants from Christians today, II cor 9:1-15) If you have studied the principle of giving in the scriptures with been bias or reading another so called "man of God's book" You will come to understand that the only principle that has survived the test of time and has always been God's standard is free will giving and were all done out of faith, see below;

Cain and Abel: Gen 4:1-6
Abraham: Gen 22:15-16
David: II Sam 24:24
Barnabars: Act 4:32-37
Ananaias & Safira: Act 5:1-11
Christians giving: Math 5:20, Luke 6:38,I cor 16:1-2, II cor 9:1-15

Go on and search......

The principle that lead to tithe in the Bible has not been looked into and thas why the direction of the discussion is odd and it now seems like an argumentative essay rather we need to educate ourselves...

T[b]he main reason for Tithe was that, the tribe of Levites has no inheritance when they got to the promise land! therefore other tribes that have inheritance (as per landed properties) should bring into the Treasury of the Levites for their survival. Levites in turn will then present to God one tenth of what they received as sacrifice to God. Num 18:21-26[/b]

21 “To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting,.....

26 “Moreover, you shall speak and say to the Levites, ‘When you take from the people of Israel the tithe that I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present a contribution from it to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe.

That is why tithe was limited to farm(plant and animal) produce. Lots of people were into buying and selling just as we are today in which we have salary earners but God neva asked them for tithe. Lev 27:30-32

Earlier on, you have been taken through the yearly tithe and 3 years Tithe as found in the scripture, the manner and style of which it was laid down and practiced.see Deut 14: 22-28

Come to think of it, assuming we are to obey the Law of Tithe today, how ought you think it should be done? would it have eva taken the process, procedure, manner and whateva dimension it is taking today? By now you know the answer!

In this Christian era, we do not have priests again, the bible says Christians are royal priest... and we have only one high priest, Jesus Christ..I Peter 2:9....Pastors are not priest!

Christians giving is of the principle of free will,...what a man purpose in his heart.....God loves(as always) a cheerful giver......Math 5:20, Luke 6:38,I cor 16:1-2, II cor 9:1-15

Banabas didn't give tithe, he gave all the proceeds from the sales of his property and not to the apostles but to the church..Act 4:32-37

The Macedonian church gave beyond their ability even though they seems poor ......

No wonder Christ said our righteousness should exceed that of the pharisees and Sadducee....Math 5:20

Christians are under liberty and not under the law of necessity even in giving........

Our giving is to the saints and not to the priest.....cos we are priest ourselves

I to God through Jesus Christ our Lord to Continue to grant us knowledge wisdom and understanding. Amen

Gombs: Sir, but Israel (Jacob, incase you've forgotten) was from Isaac, who in turn was from Abraham, same Abraham God said this to

Gal 3v16-17

16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and
to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,”
meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

Question is if I'm not part of Israel, who was a line Jesus (seed of Abraham) came from, same Jesus I follow, my question is, Do you really follow Jesus? Read that Gal 3v16 and 17 veeeeeeeeery well sir. I'm from Israel, and I pay tithe.

Notice how far the law was from Abraham who paid tithe. And paul said the Law DOES NOT set aside the covenant God had with Abraham. Remember Melchizedek Abraham paid tithe to was likened to Jesus (he had same priesthood as Jesus) because Heb 7v 1-3 says this about Melchizedek

KJV

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the
most high God, who met Abraham returning from the
slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first
being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
3 Without father, without mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but
made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest
continually.


It is the priesthood that
continues, which is a type of Christ’s perpetual
priesthood.

Sir, you need study d scriptures well...I can go on and on

I just established the fact that Jesus came from Abraham through Israel. From your above post "You have no business paying tithes except you are an israelite"

if you believe in Jesus (Gal 3v29 NLT "And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.) , then you are surely from the line of Israel-Abraham's Children (satisfying you words "except you are an israelite" which you now know you are) , and hence it becomes your business paying tithes and Yea, you SHOULD pay tithes.

biafra kwenu: I weep for my fellow nairalanders and guests who has been deceived by businessmen parading themselves as pastors. They are only interested in hammering on that which goes into their pocket caring less for God's own. Our heavenly Father has been very clear on tithe and has thought us the following,

1. This use of the Malachi passage is a good example of Scripture being taken out of its historical and dispensational context. “This whole nation” in verse 9 is the backslidden nation of Israel, NOT the present day church (Malachi 1:1; 3:6). They were under the law of Moses as a system of conditional blessing. Believers today are not under the law but under grace (Romans 6:14). As such we have already been blessed by God with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3) and are under a system of unconditional blessing with grace on the throne (Romans 5:21).

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46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”