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[quote author=MightySparrow post=100322253]Which Bible passages dictate the type of wedding to do? The way to bury,? Feasts are made in the scriptures for reasons not mentioned. Are these real things or fallacies. There was a time television was devil's s box. Bend down boutique was for saints, weddings were conducted like funeral services.

All manners of man made laws and inferences. So because Catholic church declared birthday to be pagan practice, so what? Is that a doctrine. Wearing of white garment a doctrine, non wearing of shoes a doctrine.


Mourning of Jephthah's daughter yearly, Yom Kippur, were never criticised by any prophets.

While I agree that some of these can be curtailed to curb excesses, no clear commandments on them.


And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
Luke 6:29;

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Luke 14:13
The first one feast was made for Jesus, the second, Jesus counsels on feast. What is a feast what are they made for. Mind you, personal feast, whatever they are made for not mentioned.
The wedding at Cana, where wine finished was not actually Commanded anywhere that feasting should follow wedding. Yet, Jesus was invited and attended. I was in a church where feasting after wedding ceremony was worldly. Fallacy or fact of Christianity?
Does the scriptures really condemn birthday and anniversaries, wedding, graduation, retirement Thanksgiving feast. Especially, birthday, I can't see any scriptural evidence or Commandment against it. I have never celebrated one, at times I forget the date self and my children, bank, Facebook friends would remind and send comments, s

How Did The Tradition of Birthdays Begin?
Have you ever wondered where the celebration of birthdays started? In the simplest of terms, it’s a time for friends and family to come together and celebrate you, the anniversary of your birth, and another year of your life under your belt.

But there’s so much more to it than that.

It’s been constantly evolving throughout, turning into what we know it to be today. This widely used tradition started somewhere and that’s what we are looking to uncover here today.

We’ve pieced together the hypotheses of several historians, making this one huge piece of our culture a little bit more comprehensible.

Here’s what we know:

1. Birthdays didn’t begin until calendars were created.
Early civilizations had no way to keep track of time other than by using the moon, sun, or some other important event. This made it difficult for them to pay attention to the anniversary of a person’s birth.

As time went on, everyone realized that they all experienced the effects of aging, they just didn’t have a means to mark a special milestone for it.

It wasn’t until ancient people began taking note of the moon’s cycles that they began paying attention to the change in seasons as well. They also noticed this pattern repeated itself over and over again. They began marking these changes in time.

This is what bore the first calendars, which marked time changes and other special days. From this type of tracking system came the ability to celebrate birthdays and other significant events and anniversaries each year.

2. It all started with the Egyptians.
Scholars who study the Bible say that the earliest mention of a birthday was around 3,000 B.C.E. and was in reference to a Pharaoh’s birthday. But further study implies that this was not their birth into the world, but their “birth” as a god.

When Egyptian pharaohs were crowned in ancient Egypt, they were considered to have transformed into gods. This was a moment in their lives that became more important than even their physical birth.

Pagans, such as the ancient Greeks, believed that each person had a spirit that was present on the day of his or her birth. This spirit kept watch and had a mystic relation with the god on whose birthday that particular individual was born.

3. You can thank Greeks for all those birthday candles.
Gods and goddesses were a huge part of Greek culture. Greeks offered many tributes and sacrifices to appease these gods. The lunar goddess, Artemis, was no different.

As a tribute to her, the Greeks would offer up moon-shaped cakes adorned with lit candles to recreate the glowing radiance of the moon and Artemis’ perceived beauty. The candles also symbolized the sending of a signal or prayer. Blowing out the candles with a wish is another way of sending that message to the gods.

4. Birthdays first started as a form of protection.
It is assumed that the Greeks adopted the Egyptian tradition of celebrating the “birth” of a god. They, like many other pagan cultures, thought that days of major change, such as these “birth” days, welcomed evil spirits. They lit candles in response to these spirits almost as if they represented a light in the darkness. This implies that birthday celebrations started as a form of protection.

In addition to candles, friends and family would gather around the birthday person and protect them from harm with good cheers, thoughts, and wishes. They would give gifts to bring even more good cheer that would ward off evil spirits. Noisemakers were also used to scare away the unwanted evil.

5. The ancient Romans were the first to celebrate the birth of the common “man.”
This seems to be the first time in history where a civilization celebrated the birth of non-religious figures. Regular Roman citizens would celebrate the birthdays of their friends and family members. The government, however, created public holidays in honor of more famous citizens.

Any Roman turning 50 years old would receive a special cake baked with wheat flour, olive oil, grated cheese, and honey. But an important thing to note is that only men would experience this birthday celebration. Female birthdays were not celebrated until about the 12th century.

6. Birthdays were first considered to be a pagan ritual in Christian culture.
In Christianity, it is believed that all people are born with “original sin.” That, in combination with early birthdays being tied to pagan gods, led Christians to consider birthdays to be celebrations of evil. This lasted for the first few hundred years of the existence of the Christian Church.

It wasn’t until the 4th century that Christians abandoned that way of thinking and began celebrating the birth of Jesus, also know as Christmas. Celebrating the birth of Jesus was partly enacted to recruit those who already celebrated Saturnalia, the Roman holiday.

7. German bakers invented the birthday cake as we know it today.
At this point, birthdays had been celebrated around the world, even in China, where a child’s first birthday was more special than most.

Kinderfeste, which started in the late 18th century, was the name for a German birthday party that is closest to today’s style of parties. This party was held for German kids, or “kinder,” and featured a birthday cake adorned with candles.

Kids were given one candle atop the cake for each year they had been alive, plus one for the hope of living for at least one more year. Blowing out these candles while making a wish was a big part of these celebrations

MightySparrow:
1. Hypocrisy or dogma. Apart from Pharaoh and Herod, that no one else celebrated birthday is a fallacy. The Bible is not a history book for all events of all peoples. Bible history is a specialised history concerning events that of importance to the Covenant between God and Israel.. There is no evidence that someone, somewhere didn't celebrate birthdays in Jerusalem same day as Herod.

2. Jesus was said to have been named and buried according to Jewish tradition.

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 2: 21

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. John 19: 40

The hypocrisy is the example of Pharaoh and Herod are rejected, the kind of eight day naming and burial of Jesus is not followed by Jws.

3. The early church fathers established Hermits and many of them refused to marry like Paul. If the examples of early Christians are to be followed, convince the house how you are doing that.

As it is now, even then, celebration of birthdays is a personal choice. It doesn't affect God in anyway. This is pure hypocrisy.
I will not be surprised, as in earlier conversations, to read things like, we are not to follow human example. Now these are Jesus' examples. Are you willingly rejecting his examples

4. Maximus'side and Janosky take note

The celebration of the anniversary of one's birth is a phenomenon of modern industrial society. It is connected to the rise of a scientific way of thinking and to new attitudes about children and childhood. Perfection of the calendar by the Egyptians and Mesopotamians enabled people to reckon exact birth dates, but ancient and classical cultures rarely celebrated birthdays, except for those of royalty. The early Catholic Church deemed birthday festivities to be pagan; [/b]more important was the name day, the commemoration of the patron saint whose name was attached to a child upon baptism. After the Protestant Reformation, Western cultures celebrated birthdays of royalty, presidents, and war heroes, but common folk seldom used the occasion of their own birth for special notice.
Many historical sources show that Christmas was not observed by Christians from Christ's time to about AD 300. Saturnalia (December 17-24) and Brumalia (December 25) continued as pagan celebrations by the Romans well into the fourth century. [b]The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 edition, in the article "Natal Day," records that the early Catholic church father, Origen, acknowledged:

In the Scriptures, no one is recorded to have kept a feast or held a great banquet on his birthday. It is only sinners like Pharaoh and Herod who make great rejoicings over the day in which they were born into this world.

During the fourth century, the emperor Constantine "converted" to "Christianity" and changed Sabbath keeping from the seventh to the first day of the week. Sunday was the day he had worshipped the sun as his god. This made it easier for the Romans to call their pagan December 25th winter solstice festival, in which they had celebrated the birth of the sun god, the birthday of the "Son of God."

The New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967, says:

According to the hypothesis . . . accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the Invincible Sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.

Only in the fifth century did the Roman Catholic Church order that the birth of Christ be observed on December 25, the day of the old Roman feast of the birth of Sol, the sun god. They renamed this day "Christmas."
Source New Catholic's encyclopedia 1967

Jashub:
Your post does not make sense and it is filled with half-truths that do not connect with the true attributes of Jesus.

Now allow me list a very few of those attributes and let us compare them with the attributes of any angel written in the bible.

1. In whose name do people come to pray? Jesus (Matthew 18:19-20). So do we pray in the name of angels? No. That means Jesus is not an angel.

2. Who gives life? Jesus (John 8:51). And from the bible, do angels give life? No. So Jesus is not angel.

3Who searches hearts and minds? Jesus (Revelation2:23). So do angels search the hearts and mind? No. So Jesus is not an angel.

4. Who has the right to forgive sin? Jesus ( Matthew 9:6)
Now, in the bible, has God at any point in time, given ,
authority to any angel to forgive the sins of men? No. So Jesus is not an angel.

5. Who is the Life? Jesus ( John 14:6). Has any angel been called the "life" in the bible? No. So Jesus is not an angel.

6.You can do nothing apart from whom? Jesus (John 15:5). So do you need angels to do things? No. So Jesus is not an angel.

7. Who will judge the nations? Jesus (Matthew 25:31-32 ; Luke 21:36 ;John 5:22-23). Now from the Bible, has God ever committed judgment to any angel before? No. So Jesus is not an angel.



I could go on and on , but time would not permit. But do yourselves a favor and ponder deeply on this.

Michael, referred to by some religions as “Saint Michael,” is evidently a name given to Jesus before and after his life on earth. * Michael disputed with Satan after the death of Moses and helped an angel deliver God’s message to the prophet Daniel(Daniel 10:13, 21; Jude 9) Michael lives up to the meaning of his name​—(“Who Is Like God?”​)—by defending God’s rulership and fighting God’s enemies.​—Daniel 12:1; Revelation 12:7.

Consider why it is reasonable to conclude that Jesus is the archangel Michael.

Michael is “the archangel.” (Jude 9) The title “archangel,” meaning “chief of the angels,” appears in only two Bible verses. In both cases, the word is singular, suggesting that only one angel bears that title. One of those verses states that the resurrected Lord Jesus “will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice.” (NOTE)not like an arch angel voice(1 Thessalonians 4:​16) Jesus has “an archangel’s voice” because he is the archangel, Michael.

Michael commands an angelic army. “Michael and his angels battled with the dragon,” Satan. (Note)we all know Jesus and his angels drove Satan out of heaven(Revelation 12:7) Michael has great authority in the spirit realm, for he is called “one of the foremost princes” and “the great prince.” (Daniel 10:13, 21; 12:1) These titles designate Michael as “the commander-in-chief of the angelic forces,” as New Testament scholar David E. Aune puts it.

The Bible mentions only one other name of someone having authority over an army of angels. It describes “the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels in a flaming fire, as he brings vengeance.” (2 Thessalonians 1:​7, 8; Matthew 16:27) Jesus “went to heaven, and angels and authorities and powers were made subject to him.” (1 Peter 3:​21, 22) It would not make sense for God to set up Jesus and Michael as rival commanders of the holy angels. Rather, it is more reasonable to conclude that both names, Jesus and Michael, refer to the same person.

A human gave reasons and backed his reasons with bible verses why he believed on something,
Yet another human is busy ranting, without quoting a single verse from the Bible to support his own reasons,probably is been long he layed eyes on the Bible.

Jehovah's witnesses is a millenarian restorations Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8.7 million adherents involved in evangelism.

Here are the reasons.


1. The bible saying “the day of death is better than the day of birth" ( Luke 22:17-20 ).

2. Remember “the story of John the Baptist".and pharaoh and the cupbearer( Mark 6:21-29. ).

3. Birthday celebration have pagans root. According to funk & Wagnall’s standard dictionary of folk lore, mythology and legend, these celebrations originated from the belief that on a person's birthday, “evil spirit and influence have the opportunity to attack the celebrant” and that “the presence of the friends and expression of good wishes help to protect the celebrant".



*. The book "The lore of birthday" says that in the ancient times, birthday records were "essential for the casting of a horoscope” and remember, the reason God condemn the ancient city of Babylon was that it's inhabitants practiced astrology, which is a form of divination. ( Isaiah 47:11-15. ).

*. Based on “the mystic science of astrology" the book adds that " birthday candles, in folk belief, are endowed with special magic for granting wishes". The bible however condemn the use of magic, divination, etc. ( Deu18:14 ).


4. The early Christian's did not celebrate birthdays. the world book encyclopedia says that “they considered the celebration of anyone's birth to be a pagans custom.

(5) Jesus Christ, who's lifestyle they endeavor to emulate, never celebrated his birthday nor his disciples after his death

Interview with a Jehovah's witnesses boy of 12 years old.
*. Do you feel deprived for never celebrating your birthday for once? , He said "it's more fun getting a gift when you're least expecting it".

They are "Amaka"

It matters, can you keep a gentle Buffalo and a nice Rhino in the same room?

Jehovah's Witnesses are known worldwide for actively taking the preaching of Gods kingdom to people's house. An activity which gained them the publicity they enjoy today. But have you also notice that in recent times especially since the outbreak of the Corona virus, the Witnesses have not been seen preaching from house to house, knocking in people's door like they are known for? Do you also Noticed that their Kingdom Halls have been shout down since February 2020? Why are their Kingdom Hall still closed or shut down up till this moment giving that all Churches in the world today have resume spiritual activities? The Spokesman of the JW Organization has this say to all who wish to know.




According to Robert hendrick ( Robert Hendrick is the Spokeperson of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization), he says that the decision to close all the Worship Centres (Kingdom Hall) is guided by 2 scriptural principles and belief found in the Holy Bible; (1) the belief that life is so sacred in the eyes of God and the sanctity of it. (2) and to obey and adhere to the 2nd most greatest commandment given by Christ which is love your neighbor as yourself.

He says," to knock on people's door and say we love them and perhaps potentially take the virus to them or take the Virus to the Kingdom halls or to family Members, and to neighbors in the name of preaching just wasnt compatible with the 2nd most greatest Commandment of Love."


Hendrik further stated that, "it wasn't a choice of do your ministry or don't do it, rather it was a choice of go to house to house or find an alternative way to preach, and Christians have always find another way to." he concludes.



This infact is impressive as far as I am concerned. The fact that the Witnesses not only love with words, but in their actions in not spreading the Viruses by halting the door to door preaching work is what capture me. According to him, it will be so unkind, so unloving to go to people's house and place them at risk because anyone could carry the Virus. Since the Witnesses are not immune to the Viruses, and are potential carriers, love on their part means that they halt the house to house preaching, thereby slowing down the spread of the Viruses. Then this also validate their respect for life that is sacred. Then again the Witnesses have also uses other medium to still preach and teach and to hold their meetings which is by far a good example in contrast to what we see all around.

What do you think about this explanation from the Spokeperson of Jehovah's Witnesses in Robert Hendrik? Do you agree that it's an act of love, and respect for life, or that the Witnesses are not courageous enough?

I've lost interest already,with the current kidnapping and robbery going on,on our highways,NIS wants us to travel to our state of Origin for aptitude test,i can't imagine traveling from Abuja to Abia State,and then travel for December.nonsence.

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in February was responsible for the delay in the recruitment process into the Nigerian Immigration Service and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, however, assured candidates who applied for jobs that the process would be concluded before the end of the year, saying the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been engaged to conduct the written test in order to select those that are successful.



He spoke when the House of Representatives Committee on Interior, led by its Deputy Chairman, Hon Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo, representing Ikono-Ini Federal Constituency, paid an oversight visit to the Ministry to ascertain the level of implementation of 2019 and 2020 appropriations in preparation for 2021 budget defence.

Ukpong-Udo, who represented the Chairman of the Committee, Hon Nasiru Zangon Daura, said the visit was fact-finding and not fault-finding.

The Minister was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Shuaib Belgore, who the lawmakers that the Ministry achieved 99.75 per cent budget performance in 2019 and 95.69 budget performance in 2020.



While responding to questions from the Committee members, especially on why money was provided for the employment of personal for some agencies under the Ministry for 2020 and no recruitment is done with the year running out, Aregbesola explained that the Ministry had commenced recruitment into NSCDC and Immigration Service.

He said both agencies received applications from more than a million candidates and those who met the initial requirements have been shortlisted, adding the aptitude test could not be conducted because of COVID-19 pandemic.


He said: “We have had a discussion with JAMB, National Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC) and resolved to use JAMB for the examination for Computer Based Test.”

The Minister assured members of the Committee that the examination would be held before the end of the year, even though, he was reminded the year has almost come to an end.


Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Interior, Hon Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo, earlier in his remark, noted the critical mandate of the Interior Ministry in protection and safeguarding the internal security of the nation.

He added that such responsibility requires enormous resources, noting that the Committee was willing to go an extra mile in assisting the Ministry performs its duties and responsibilities effortlessly.
COPIED

He collected the document with his bare hands and later shakes the governor with his elbow,who be the mumu?

[quote author=seunmsg post=94192616]Yesterday, it was crooked Atiku that was bursted. Today, it’s Jonathan and his corruit friends. Still, some people want us to return these PDP rogues to power.

Shell and Eni are currently undergoing trial in Italy for their roles in the Malabu scam. Sadly, Jonathan and other Nigerian rogues involved in the scam are roaming the streets freely. If Buhari go after them, they will call it persecution.

Impatient is our major problem in this country,you didn't read the report very well,and you hurriedly commented.

Not against the donations,but I'm sure his home town,the work force in his home town,the women in his home town,the roads in his home town will be in a total mess

How come nearly all the winners are Igbos? even in Ogun and Lagos

i think this problem is related to how your thyroid gland works and hormonal imbalances related to testosterone

Before I will tell you why Jehovah's Witnesses are the only true followers of Jesus Christ here on earth, it is also good for you to know first; who are Jehovah's Witnesses?

Jehovah's Witnesses come from hundreds of ethnic group and language backgrounds, yet they are united by common goals. Above all, they want to honour Jehovah, the God of the Bible and the creator of all things. They do their best to imitate Jesus Christ and they are proud to be called Christians.








Now that you briefly know who they are. Let us now see the reasons why they are the only true followers of Jesus Christ currently here on earth.

1. Jehovah's Witnesses are the only Christians religion in the whole world that preaches that God is not going to destroy the globe of this earth, rather God is going to transform it into paradise earth where righteous ones will dwell on it forever.




Their reasons based on these following Bible chapters and verses:

"I did not create [the earth] simply for nothing, but formed it to be inhabited," says Isaiah 45:18.

"A generation is going, and a generation is coming, But the earth remains forever", says Ecclesiastes 1:4.

Psalm 37:29 says, " The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it".

" with that, I heard a loud voice from the throne says: "Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away", says Revelation 21:3, 4.



They believe in these promises by God because God's decisions will stand forever and God cannot lie. Read Genesis 1:28. Isaiah 46:9-11 and Isaiah 55:11.

2. Jehovah's Witnesses are the only Christians organization here on earth that do not believe in Trinity. They believed that Jesus Christ is not God but the son of God. Therefore, Jesus is not part of the Trinity.

Their belief is based on the following Bible points stated here below.

John 3:16. " For God so loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life".

"This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ", says John 17:3.

Colossians 1:15 called Jesus the firstborn of all creation".
1timothy 2:5! For there is one God and one mediator between God and men,a man,christ Jesus
Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former,things of long ago,that iam God and there is no other,iam God,and there is no one like me

In Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter identified Jesus as the Christ, " the son of the living God".

The Bible says that this is what happened "After being baptised, Jesus immediately came up from the water; and look! the heavens were opened up, and he saw God's spirit descending like a dove and coming upon him. Look! Also, a voice from the heavens said: " This is my son, the beloved, whom I have approved. - Matthew 3:16, 17.

The Bible says Jehovah alone is Almighty and has no equal (Genesis 17:1. I Corinthians 11:3 Psalms 90:1).

Jesus himself called God his father and acknowledged the fact that he is not God and shows that God is greater than him in John 14:28.

3. Jehovah's witnesses are the only Christians religion here on earth that do not use to celebrate a birthday, Christmas, New Year, and do not use to observe any religious holidays due to their firm believed in the Bible and in imitation of first-century Christians and Jesus himself.

Their belief is based on the facts that all these celebrations are not biblical and also their origins are rooted in paganism. Which the true followers of Jesus Christ should be avoided.

Jehovah's Witnesses strictly acknowledged to what the Bible says in 2Corinthians 6:17 "Therefore, get out from among them, and separate yourselves, says Jehovah, and quit touching the unclean thing", and I will take you in".

The book Sacred Origins of Profound Things states: " For two centuries after Christ's birth, no one knows, and few people cared, exactly when Jesus was born".

Even if Jesus' disciples had known the exact date of his birth, they would not have celebrated it because, as the World Book Encyclopedia says, the early Christians "considered the celebration of anyone's birth to be a pagan custom".

The only birthday observances mentioned in the Bible are those of two rulers who did not worship Jehovah. Read from Genesis 40:20, and Marks 6:21.

Birthday celebrations were also held in honour of pagan deities. For example, on May 24 the Romans celebrated the birthday of the goddess Diana. On the following day, they observed the birthday of their sun god, Apollo.

Hence, birthday celebrations were associated with paganism, not with Christianity. No Christians religion teaches that except Jehovah's witnesses because they chose to follow or imitate Jesus footstep.

More so, another thing to note is that many Greeks and Romans of ancient times believed that a spirit attended the birth of each human and protected that one throughout life. " This spirit had a mystic relation with the god on whose birthday the individual was born", says the book The Lore of Birthdays. This is not in harmony with the Bible teaching, therefore, Jehovah's witnesses as true followers of Jesus Christ choose to abstain from these celebrations.

4. Jehovah's Witnesses are the only Christian denominations in the whole world that do not use cross and images like that of Jesus in their worship to God. They believed that God does not want humans to use the image in worshipping him.

Exodus 20:4, 5 says, "You must not make for yourself a carved image or a form like anything that is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. You must not bow down to them nor be enticed to serve them, for I Jehovah your God, am a God who requires exclusive devotion, bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me".

5. They are the only Christians religion that does not take blood transfusions because is against their Christian faith, in accordance with the Bible.

Check the Bible reference that helps Jehovah's Witnesses to refuse blood transfusions.

Genesis 9:3, 4 says " Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for you. Just as I gave them all to you. Only flesh with its life -its blood - you must not eat.

"Therefore, my decision is not to trouble those from the nations who are turning to God but to write them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood", - Acts 15:19, 20.

God also forbade consuming blood. Leviticus 17:10, 11, "If any man of the house of Israel or any foreigner who is residing in your midst eats any sort of blood, I will certainly set my face against the one who is eating the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I myself have given it on the altar for you to make atonement for yourselves because it is the blood that makes atonement by means of the life in it".

They obey the clear direction to completely abstain from blood.

6. Jehovah's witnesses are the only Christians organization here on earth that use to preach the gospel of God from house to house in imitation of Jesus Christ.




They are the only Christians that follow the command given by Jesus Christ in Matthew chapter 28 verses 19.


Matthew 28: 19, 20, " Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And Look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things".

They obey these commands from Jesus by following his footsteps very closely and preach to people anywhere they find people.

They use to preach from house to house, village to village, and even in market places and from door to door just like Jesus.








Read Matthew 6:56.

No wonder everyone in the community always recognizes Jehovah's Witnesses anywhere they are found with their unique bags and umbrellas and always moving in twos just like Jesus who sent his first set of disciples and they were in twos - Luke 10:1.







With these six points stated hereinabove, you will also agree with my opinion that Jehovah's witnesses are the only true followers of Jesus Christ presently here on earth.

digitalman2811:
Good evening Toyota guru's
My sienna 2002 XLE makes a rattling sound whenever I start the engine on cold start.
The rattling sound stops at exactly 8-9 seconds and it won't repeat until the next morning when the engine must have cooled down.
My mechanic thinks the oil pump is weak,please what do you guys think?

does it mean no body has an idea about this issue?

Good evening Toyota guru's
My sienna 2002 XLE makes a rattling sound whenever I start the engine on cold start.
The rattling sound stops at exactly 8-9 seconds and it won't repeat until the next morning when the engine must have cooled down.
My mechanic thinks the oil pump is weak,please what do you guys think?

Philips

samoskyz:
How many crates of eggs can a sienna carry in a single load?

sienna 2002 model xle accommodates 500 crates of eggs comfortably,it can even take 550 crates,but you need to change the rear springs with Mercedes flat boot springs,then you are good to go.

kinglee007:
How much be one corn?

50euros

The hardworking natural of African will never fail to distinguish them from the rest of humans in the world. Wherever you may find them, they will always have a way to survive through any kind of situations in their lives.






Earlier, popular traffic blog shared a picture of Igbo men in Paris of France hustling in the little way they know how to and it has generated a whole lot of reactions on social media.



This shows that not all seems rosey in overseas as a lot of people also struggle to get by each day. They do not mind engaging in things that you would ordinarily not think of them doing at home just to survive.



The man was surprised to see roasted corn sellers in Paris and as something he has always liked to eat, he got close and patronized them. It was during their conversations he discovered they were actually Igbo men from Nigeria.



It is quiet applaudable for these Nigerian men who have chosen to take the heat and engage themselves in such trade to make legal money other than engage in fraud and fast money. This is corn season and for a place as France where it is not common, it is definitely going o sell well. Good luck to them

History can be funny sometimes,they crew members took a piece of the rock to the boat,and it burned through the wooden deck,what did they used in picking the rock to the boat?

History can be funny sometimes,they crew members took a piece of the rock to the boat,and it burned through the wooden deck,what did they used in picking the rock to the boat?

That title PASTOR can be withdrawn until he is proven not guilty,this is a reproach to God's name.

dermmy:
I should ask you if you make your research well. Who is Britain please? A former colonial master dictating how China should govern the Hong Kong she stole from China in the 18th century? China was foolish to have signed that agreement in the first place. China was still weak then but now the agreement is coming to an end. Britain should face its own internal affair and let China and Hong Kong alone.

since China was foolish to have signed the agreement,she should have respected the agreement.

dermmy:
Diplomacy won't do it this time they have to pass a strong message. The British government is trespassing this is a matter of sovereignty and territory. They won't folds their arms and let a former colonial master pry its eye into their internal affair.

Do you make research at all? Have you read the history of Hong Kong,china and Britain?
There was a treaty or agreement between China and Britain to allow two systems one country,hong Kong is to remain autonomous till 2049,then what is China doing now?at least is not yet 2049

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Good old days