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LosC:See how u are shouting personality as if it's something strange or peculiar to u alone |
What's the meaning of "Nigeria's interest and global standing"? Does this not sound like the usual grammar used to obfuscate a fact or deviate from a fact in issue? How does that phrase help in really debunking such allegations? |
Strawberryginge:Revelation 12:12 tells that as a result of Satan being thrown down to earth, woe (that is tragedy, doom, horror) has come upon the earth. That scripture explains that Satan is in a state of "great anger". What do u think such great anger would mean for the earth? Tragic events of course. |
ericmor:No stress and no hard feelings |
OP, what I gleaned from your write up is that u are explaining what the kingdom of God is, abi? The dictionary meaning of kingdom is no more than a specified locality ruled by a king. It also means that a kingdom has subjects. It further means that a kingdom has a king. None of these featured in ur write up. U said "the kingdom of God is where God is and that one enters that kingdom upon being born again". Does the Bible agree with u on this? The scriptures record an event where two of Jesus' disciples lobbied to be seated by his right and his left in his kingdom. They were the sons of Zebedee. As at the time in question when this request was made these men were already born again. Is it not because these men were not yet in the kingdom hence they made this request? My second question is this: why would Jesus say we should pray for God's kingdom to come, if we are already in that kingdom upon being born again? There would be no need to pray for the coming of such kingdom at all. Could u clear these "grey" areas? |
NGpatriot:Because the politicians haven't proved them wrong |
DennisEche:
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OgunLaakaye:And do u have a garage. I'm talking about a car garage; not a motor park tout garage o! Even if u have one, wheelbarrow no dey inside. Na yam wey dem wan go plant and cassava peel wey dem don do they, na e dey inside
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I knew the officer tortured was certainly not from up North. |
GreenArrow1:Either his English teacher died and his school could not find a replacement or he was always flying fence, claiming English is not his mother tongue . Now it has ended in tears
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EvenBlogger:Are u saying Lai Mohammed is also a tout? ![]()
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seunmsg:I have a doctor friend in Adamawa state. A similar development occurred and the UN wanted to take him on top but the Northerners suddenly realized he is Ibo, and that was the beginning of his word. He was set up in more ways than one. I agree with Henry Shield on this one. The only problem is she would have to go to a land of deep potopoto and a government of madness and neighborhood of hate and armed robbery. In fact I'm changing my mind jor. She should remain there ![]() |
ericmor:But it was the scriptures u were attacking. Even my quote on ur comment didn't attack the dude of God , so why the APC-like deviation |
ericmor:So u disagree with that scripture ba? Simple yes or no would settle it. |
uruba23:Wr the spirits dey pass come? |
Mrshape:Hm |
Angelfrost:As u rightly stated, Paul explained the surpassing quality of love over other spiritual gifts such as prophecy, knowledge, tongues, etc. But did he stop there? No. So u shouldn't have stopped there. In that same verse 8, the scripture says that the other gifts of the spirit such as tongues, prophecy, etc would vanish away, fail or cease or be done away with. That is to say, love would outlive these other spiritual gifts? Is this fact from the scriptures difficult to accept? Maybe to u, but certainly not for me cos it's the Bible. Why should I push against the Bible? Paul even went ahead to state how and when these other spiritual gifts would be done away with or cease. At verse 9, Paul stated that as at the time he was writing the scriptures, both prophecy and knowledge was partial. That is to say, Christians then did not have full knowledge of God's movement or purpose or plan and even those who prophesied didn't have full knowledge of the prophecy. U may say "Hell no! Well then, look at Daniel 12:4. The prophet Daniel was asked to seal up the prohecies in a book and to keep it secret, until the TIME OF THE END, when knowledge will become abundant. Even Daniel did not fully understand the prophecies then and we know this because at verses 8 & 9, he pleaded with the angel to explain it all to him but he was asked to keep the book secret until the time of the end. It definitely meant that in the last days, which is the time of the end, Daniel's prophecies would be understood, as well as other prophecies. Now Paul pointed to this when he stated in verse 10 of 1 Corinthians 13, that "when what is complete comes, what is partial will be done away with". Since Paul earlier stated that "we have partial knowledge and prophecy", (that is during his time), he was certainly referring to a situation of a completion or a perfection of what was partial when he said in verse 10, that when what is perfect or complete comes, what is partial will be done away with. What was Paul trying to say? He was saying that the Christian congregation was in a state of growth, from having partial knowledge to having complete knowledge. That is the reason he made a reference to growth of a child in verse 11. Paul explained that a child has certain traits by which it is identified as a child. So also was the Christian congregation. Prophecies were needed to push the congregation forward, build them up and encourage them. We know this because at 1 Corinthians 14:3, Paul explained the importance of prophecy in a congregation. Why is it needed to build up a congregation? A perfect example is Revelation 1:9, where John the beloved was marooned on the island of Patmos by persecution. He was the last of the Apostles alive at that time. The congregation had become scattered everywhere due to persecution. U can guess how he must have felt on that island. He would have been worried about the future and survival of the congregation. In fact, knowing he would die of starvation, without seeing any of his brothers again before death, must have worried him deeply. But guess what? At Revelation 7:9, we see John expressing surprise and amazement at a great number of Christians who, in the future, would come to exercise faith in Jesus Christ. Ur guess is as good as mine, to imagine the joy he must have felt. At Daniel 12:13, the angel encouraged Daniel by telling him that he would be resurrected at the end of time. He was very old by that time and his worries but have been noticed by God. Hence that encouragement. Not to take too much of your time, let's hurry back to 1 Corinthians 13:11, to Paul's use of the example of a child. Prophecy was therefore needed to build up the child (congregation). Just like a child would become a man, the congregation would too, become mature. Therefore just as a man would do away with the traits of a child, the congregation must also do away with this factors that made it similar to a child. That was the reason Paul used that analogy of a child. If not, it is useless in that verse. For the Christian congregation to do away with those traits similar to that of a child, they must become mature. Just as a man can be said to have become complete by being fully grown, so also the Christian congregation would also have to have complete knowledge and also understand the entire prophecies in the scriptures. That is why in verse 12, Paul referred to a metal mirror (perhaps the glass mirror now used was not in existence then) which doesn't display one's image perfectly, as a best example of explaining to us how it was then. Now if prophecy was to reveal the future, what form of prophecy would that have to be? It would have to be a prophecy about God's purposes for Christianity in general. Take note that the only use of prophecy was for the purpose of showing God's general plan. What are the factors to show that the Christian congregation now has complete knowledge? When the book of Daniel was written, nobody understood it. The book of Revelation was later written. Both the books of Daniel and Revelation now explain themselves. Even historians have understood Daniel 2:38-45 and it's on Google. The books of the Bible were also not compiled together as at then. Now we have the books of the Bible now COMPLETE. Understanding is now here. What then do we need prophecy for. Bible literature is now in all the languages of the earth, what then do we need tongues for? For the meaning of tongues, u know Acts 2:7-12 explains this. What is complete is now here. Would u need prophecy to tell u that terrible things would happen in this time? Hell no! Why? 2 Timothy 3:1-7 already says it all. So also Revelation 12:12 that says "woe is now the portion of the earth". The book of Job further helps us to understand why bad things happen to true Christians, so when someone says "it's not my portion", u know such one is delusional because both Ecclesiastics 9:11 and Job 1:7-11 explain otherwise. How about miracles? Look at Paul's example of a child. His parents carry him around and do everything for him, so he is able to eat, poo, move from one place to another, etc. Since Jesus said the Apostles would be witnesses of him world over, how would they be able to do that to preach to persons of other languages world over? They became empowered to miraculously speak other people's languages through God's help, in Acts 2:7-12. If they were all killed in a short space of time, how would the gospel be preached. God had to rescue Peter from Jail, to be able to achieve that end. The miracles they performed was necessary to show that God was with them. These were traits similar to that of a child. The Christian congregation was a child and God carried it around through the aid of miracles, prophecies, tongues, etc to enable it grow, just as a mother carries her child. What is complete is now here. What is partial has been done away with and this truth exposes the false miracles and prophecies that are all over the place. Why so many prophecies that turn out to be untrue even among so-called men of God? The answer is up there in this quote. Lastly, someone misinterpreted Revelation 13 today. But if u look at the book of Daniel, u would see through all the lies and gross misunderstanding of that person. False religion is real and we are encouraged to recognize it and avoid it. If u wish to discuss the book of Revelation 13, it would be nice. Do u mind? |
Mrshape:Hope u enjoyed the Bro Schneider's speaking of pidgin English |
Mrshape:Do u now feel free from fear of the dead? Oh yes u are indeed free. It's terrible how false religion messes ppl's mind |
APOSTLECHUMA:U are smoking something stronger than what OP is smoking ![]() |
OP and smoking sef . Stop contradicting urself |
Sunnyvision:Scripture or ur lame ass opinion? |
Yukov:Thank God u realised u smoked something ![]() |
Mrshape:Wait o! Hope u ain't saying u don't agree with that scripture? Chai
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ericmor:Scam. Read Ecclesiastics 9:11. Then come back. |
The bad spirit was said to be from God because God permitted it to waya Saul. That spirit wasn't in the form of a demon. It was Saul's own inward inclination/urge to do wrong. This is so because at Matthew 15:19, the scriptures tell us that Jesus explained that it is "out of the heart that wicked reasonings, sexual immorality ......... And every sought of evil spring from". This means that no evil spirit can override our own resolve to do good. The bad spirit that tormented Saul was as a result of Saul rejecting God's holy Spirit, so the evil spirit took over and all his impure urges took over. Jealousy ate him up. If an evil spirit actually took his person, e for crase gan gan . Lastly, James 1:17 tells us that "every good gift/thing comes from God". Jesus also explained that "good and bad water cannot come the same source". In other words, God cannot be an embodiment of both good and evil. |
Mrshape:Oh yes and a fine and ardent student of the Bible. U should write that down somewhere on ur wall ![]() |
Angelfrost:Now let's see how the Bible resolves ur wonderful question |
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