It is not compulsory, neither is it a must for u to have it as a Christian.

It's called a gift out of the 9 gifts of d Spirit.

In the book of Act on d day of Pentecost, d Bible made us understand dat some, not all, were speaking in tongues, others had other gifts. Some had more than one, some just one.

The gift u get as a Christian determines d role God wants u to play in d preaching of the gospel.

So if u don't have d gift of speaking in tongues and u crave for it, then ask God for it.

Don't start speaking gibberish like some ppl who just want to feel among.

It's not compulsory and doesn't determine ur making heaven.

Guys don't get it twisted. The enemy u know is not same as one u don't.
The Bible says we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers of darkness.

Inasmuch as u want to pray for your enemies to gain salvation, just remember the devil has every opportunity to ask God for forgiveness but he's still hard bent on winning d war.

A lot of u guys don't understand dis message. Everyone's talking about sack but d FG didn't sack anyone, but simply took their names off the FG payroll.

The so called 2000 sacked staffs were not employees of the FG but were employed by d institutions but it's d FG dat has bn paying their salaries which shudnt be.

There's already an agreement that d institutions shud take up d responsibility of paying d salaries of these employees from their internally generated revenue.

If the FG decides to take them off their payroll, dey actually made d right decision. It simply means the workers r no longer under d FG but now under d institutions payroll.

So who is sacking who?
Whether it is GEJ or PMB's administration, the decision is a right one take out sentiment.

JOESAJIB:
Am not a jew. So why would I pay tithe?

U don't have to be a jew to pay ur tithe.
When it comes to paying tithe some people are beginning to tag it as an instruction given by God to d Jews not Christians.

We seem to have forgotten we are d branch grafted to the tree. Now I wonder where that branch gets its food dat makes it grow along wt d tree.

God's instruction to the Jews is to us all.
No be by force to pay tithe, it's btw u and God.

Congrats...

I hope this era will mark d end of use and dump of Naija footballers who have been called to duty.

Nigerians shud learn continuous appreciation for our team, both at d junior n senior level, not only when they bring trophy.

African referees can be very irritating, how can d ref ever see dat as a penalty?

No matter what strategy u adopt in ur new planet, as long as people still dies, the fear of the unknown will keep religion alive.

@Jascon1
Am really very disappointed with how u took dis issue. After reading ur first post, I felt yeh ur right, but going down d thread wt ur other post I start thinking dis is smtn personal.

Right now thrs no difference btw u n d OP.

If we want to do things right, pls let's do it d right way, otherwise we end up bn mocked for the right thing done d wrong way.

Yes dey do, n dey r usually more afraid of u if u can c dem. Reason is ur fear mks dem powerful, but u stop bn afraid of smtn u c, dey become powerless n u powerful.

alrahmanonline:

Tell me you don't have a muslim friend and I'll show you the greatest lier on earth, btw how do you cope with your so called muslim/terrorist friend? SMH for your hypocricy..

U probably hv a problem reading, I said not all Muslims r terrorist. But they all hv d tendency cos d Quran supports it.

U may b a peaceful Muslim but u can deny what's in d Quran since it's what u bliv.

I never said I don't hv Muslim friends, dis is y I said u can't argue religion with them face to face, u can only do that online.

Reason is dat, dey get angry too easily for matters dat concerns religion.

It's d hard truth my bro. U can defend all u want, but we r the ppl on d other side, so we r telling u our experience with d Muslims even in my area.

U can b best of friends but matters relating to religion can cos a big fight.

So it's best u never talk about religion with dem especially when u want to criticize them.

alrahmanonline:

If that's what you call terrorism, google search about the GREAT CRUSADE and tell me what happened if not terrorism

U ever wonder y u keep picking one or two events from years back regarding Christian terrorism? Becos it was never an obligation for Christians, whoever does dat in the name of Jesus, does it at his or her own will, and it is recorded as a sin to him or her.

Muslim terrorism...omgosh! Even d kids know about it already. All Muslims ain't terrorist but d tendency to become one is thr because their Quran supports it.

We can deny dis every now n then but it's d hard truth.

U can only argue wt a Muslim online as far as religion is concern, but u can't try that face to face if u want to live long.

The best way to help, is to help and not expect anything in return. Just do the good, and take ur mind off it. God always have a way of rewarding u.

Op update score na

Yes but depends, if he's a born again Christian.
So long as he didn't intentionally kill d innocent ones, so long he's doing his duty protecting the citizens of his country, so long as he gave his life to Christ and repent b4 he dies, why not.
Thr were soldiers of the Lord in the Bible as well, the Bible also mentioned God's army. Are d armies of God for fun? Dey kill d enemies, dats wat soldiers do.

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Finally...The mighty T.B. Joshua will face his fears.

I like this Pinnick guy. I think he's doing a great job as d NFF chairman, he seem to associate well with the players. That I think is also a moral booster for d team.

Nothing significant will happen except PND (Post No Debit) will be placed on your account. That is you can deposit cash but can't withdraw.

Your account will b considered account with incomplete KYC (Know Your Customer) or documentation.

But as soon as BVN is provided, it will be normalized.

So it's better u sort it out now to avoid any inconveniences that will make u start blaming ur bank instead of accepting responsibility.

Ignorance at its peak!!!

kunzaar83:
Israeli Forces short down a suicide bomber before he detonate his bomb, Palestini Muslims took his body and started Protesting, and another suicide bomber within them blew them up....

Where's the video

ORIENTNIGERIA:


Thanks for your deduction, I never inferred in anyway that physical aspect has been abolished. It shouldn't be mechanical system of keeping of a particular day or "not working" as Sabbath. True Sabbath is "ceasing" from the works of the flesh!
"Jesus talked about doing good. Showing love to people around is not the same as breaking the sabbath by going to ur office or buying and selling


I don't know if you have your own personal car or you follow someone. I don't have a car yet, I follow public transport. its another form of buying and selling in which I pay to be provided a service. One cant just "mechanically" attach Sabbath to not working or buying and selling. that means we should stay at home on Sundays or Saturday and no transporter should work because work is done when energy is exerted.
From the scriptures I gave, the disciples were passing through the field and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them, this is not a mistake or unconscious or accidental event. it was a conscious and deliberate effort.
Jesus also healing in the synagogue was a deliberate effort which the Jews know hence the desire to accuse him for breaking the Sabbath.
Thanks once again bro.

Everything ur saying is based on what u think. And dat, d Bible doesn't support.

ORIENTNIGERIA:

Well, thank you for your comments, its highly appreciated. May I declare succinctly, Sabbath goes beyond physical rest (personally I try to take my rest on my days of service). Taking Sabbath to imply just physical rest from works is negative of the Rest that Christ came to give to His children, hence the scriptural evidences I placed. Please what is the essence of physical rest when a man is yet to rest from the works of his flesh as earlier mentioned. "come unto me ye that labour and haven laden (I believe this is not physical rest), I will give you rest" said the Lord, am not sure Jesus is calling us to come to him so that we can rest on a particular Sabbath day. (If you have a wife in labour and due to give birth on the 'Sabbath day" and because you 100% believe that Sabbath is for rest, please what will you do sir?)
please read the bible references below.

MARK 2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? (RESTING FROM PHYSICAL WORKS)

25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.


Mark :3 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Jesus Himself was working on a Sabbath day here..... He didn't come to break the laws, but to fulfil them. Remember?

From all u have said and quoted, I can only deduce that;
- U only do things when its a case of necessity, unavoidable, not intentionally delaying things u kud hv done b4 d sabbath only to start doing it on the sabbath.
- Jesus talked about doing good. Showing love to people around is not the same as breaking the sabbath by going to ur office or buying and selling.
-Jesus Himself kept the sabbath.
-The sabbath is both spiritual and physical.
-Your interpretation suggest d physical aspect have been abolished, but thats totally wrong.

Pr0ton:
Whether the Sabbath is on Sunday or Saturday is of no issue between you and me, but the purpose of the Sabbath - to rest from works. I would have quoted out incidents that point to the physical work as the work to rest from, but as you've said the OT is the shadow of the NT I'd change the direction.

There are believers who believe the OT and reject the NT - Judaism. They believe the NT's claim about its 'reforming' and fulfiling the OT is false, and that the NT has distorted most of the passage/verses it quotes from the OT, which I agree with. One of the many examples is Psalm 68:18:

When you ascended to the heights, you led a crowd of captives. You received gifts from the people, even from those who rebelled against you. Now the LORD God will live among us there.

Which Paul distorts as

That is why the Scriptures say, "When he ascended to the heights, he led a crowd of captives and gave gifts to his people." Eph 4:8

His intention is obvious. Psalm is apparently talking about a 'God of war' who leads captives and gets gifts from people. But Paul distorted this verse to mean 'give out gifts' in order to support his theology of Jesus giving gifts (of the Holy Spirit) to men as seen in the succeeding verses.

So it's not gonna be surprising if the writer of Hebrews, just like you, distorts the meaning of the Sabbath or gives it a new meaning to nulify its original meaning and introduce a new doctrine, even when the God of the OT affirms that He never changes.

But this can help... Maybe you should come up with a verse from the OT that confirms that the meaning of its Sabbath will be changed to mean 'eternal rest' in association with anyone called Jesus on the long run and then you'd eventually start making sense and I'd reconsider my rebuttal.


As to the verses you quoted which all seem to point to Jesus as God for real only made matter worse because you're actually bringing out more proof to confirm the contradictions that exist in the so-called perfect word of a perfect God.

Let's still use the verse you cleverly ignored to contradict/tell wrong the verses that you quoted to point to Jesus as God.

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is God Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Who is the other God exalting Jesus? Who is the other God giving Jesus a name? Since you said "there is only one God and his name is Jesus".

I initially didn't want to reply your post. I thought it was some copy-and-paste post when I saw the long 'time' I was supposed to read until I bothered myself reading anyway.

ORIENTNIGERIA

Am sorry, but I think ur so wrong about d sabbath.
Where was d sabbath changed in d Bible to mean eternal rest even though d disciplines kept d sabbath even after d holy spirit came upon them.
Pls don't b d devil.

yomi007k:


So banks play fast one on people like that.


No more Love.

Its not about playing fast one, its more about doing business.

U dont expect the bank to give u the whole deposit interest rate frm cbn, they must make something from safe keeping the money as well.

Thats y thrs room for negotiation when it comes to fix deposit.

Adesiji77:


I have similar concerns too but decided to keep an open mind.

A banker would do "anything" to retain deposits, especially now with the implementation of the TSA.

Can CBN unilaterally fix the cap for FD rates?

Waiting to see a circular (if any) to that effect.

Who determines interest rates?
By Investopedia Staff
A:
In countries using a centralized banking model, interest rates are determined by the central bank.

In the first step of interest rate determination, the government's economic observers create a policy that helps ensure stable prices and liquidity for the country. This policy is routinely checked to ensure that the supply of money within the economy is neither too large (causing prices to increase) nor too small (causing prices to decrease).

Because retail banks are usually the first financial institutions to expose money to the economy, they are the principal instruments used by the central bank to manipulate the money supply. By adjusting the interest rates on the money it lends to or borrows from the retail banks, the central bank is able to regulate the supply of money to the end user (individuals and companies).

If the monetary policy makers wish to decrease the money supply, they will increase the interest rate, making it more attractive to deposit funds and reduce borrowing from the central bank. On the other hand, if the directors wish to increase the money supply, they will decrease the interest rate, which makes it more attractive to borrow and spend money.

Even with this, the rate has always bn btw 10% n 14%.

Amusaopeyemi:

I really hope it's not true o.

It's not true.
If CBN have done a thing like dat, u shud hv heard dat in d financial news already.

It's not true please. Am a banker, n I can confirm it's not true. It is possible d bank op visited wants to play a fast One on him, by reducing d interest rate so d bank gains more from his investment.

Hmmm...Interesting.

There's a reason thrs no oxygen out thr in space. That's because, our home is earth, that's whr we r meant to be.

Man travelling outa space is a reflection of the power God has given us when He created us in His image n breathe on us.

We shud not be surprised at how far man has gone with discovering and creating things, It's the same way God was moving to discover n finally created the earth.

The Bible told us in the beginning God created heaven and earth. Now we know He created man from dust of the earth, but where did He create heaven and earth from?

I am a Christian, I believe God is The Almighty, I know He exist No doubt, I also know thrs a lot beyond what we know as humans.

One thing I can guarantee is d fact dat d universe has always being govern by good and evil.

Idrismusty97:
Praise the lord! He let the gas carbide explodes and shattered your legs but he kept you alive for some reasons(Reasons he wouldn't disclosed to you anyway but if you turn out to be successful in the future you can add that as one of the reasons the loving God kept you alive). If it was others he would have let them die just like the 7 in jos but he "loves" you. That's why he let the explosion only shattered your legs. Thank god.

It's obvious u didn't get the message.

In whatever situation u find ursef, always learn to thank God.

God saved him for reasons, of which one of them is to live to tell the story that God is still God.

I feel inspired by ur story, even though am feeling guilty right now.

I look at myself, feeling good, all part intact, but hardly say Thank You to God Almighty, only when I find myself in church or when I remember in the morning.

God have mercy on me.

Let me not be the ungrateful servant.