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Christianity Etc › Re: Assurance Of Salvation by Dulcet7(m): 2:29pm On Jan 09, 2011

Can we discuss - what is the full import of salvation?

Romance › Re: Help! We Are Crazy About Each Other But She Is 12 Years Older by Dulcet7(m): 11:13am On Jan 08, 2011

This is a really touching narration, Kevin. As Usherlan said already, the community is the main issue. If you were both outside Nigeria it might have been easier. . . As it is, this is a tough one.

Christianity Etc › Re: Questions? Comments? Complaints? Talk To The Moderators Here by Dulcet7(m): 9:44pm On Jan 07, 2011

You are welcome, madam moderator.

May we all continue to learn from one another and increase in wisdom and truth.

Christianity Etc › Re: Questions? Comments? Complaints? Talk To The Moderators Here by Dulcet7(m): 8:46pm On Jan 07, 2011

Dear Mudley3,

Nobody has all the answers so why not try and politely pass across your religious beliefs (or your irreligious beliefs about religion)?

No good or lasting thing can ever come from any type of aggressiveness which ignores true peace.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 8:25pm On Jan 06, 2011

Image123 what I was trying to say is that it is only the heart of a human that can be correct, and not that the human heart is generally true and right.

Religion is a mask, a cloak around the human heart. So a mask is never right or wrong but when a man wears a mask to rob a bank, its a crime. Another wears same mask to play with his kids, its love.

I see you are a Christian so I will quote the Bible. You can read 1 Sam 16:7.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 8:17pm On Jan 06, 2011

I believe God's grace is available to everyone on earth but they must consciously desire it, align with it, and partake of it.

It is like a buffet party: all you can eat. But an anorexic present at the party can still go hungry.

God's grace wont force itself on you no matter who you are. You need to recognize it and get filled like its a buffet.

This is why my answer remains: agreement/concordance between you and God. A demand and supply: economics of grace.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 2:04pm On Jan 06, 2011

^^^

I see.

Christianity Etc › Re: How "Powerful" Nigerian Pastors Make Money Online. by Dulcet7(m): 9:04am On Jan 06, 2011

Ileke-idi, most of the social and ethical problems that churches have today is because of their spirit of competition.

Pastors want themselves to be compared to other pastors as relevant men of God, so they each place heavy burdens on their churches to build an empire like Genghis Khan did. God does not want such empires. He is more interested in your heart and in that of those who you influence and interact with.

Reading your OP, you appear to be a Christian. So I will quote from the Bible.

Reflect deeply on these words of Jesus. Mat 6:2 is not only talking about alms, but general religious conduct.
Mat 6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Summary: A heart that is right with God is not meant to be flamboyant or showy in any manner. It is not meant to cause any person to envy and compete and compare their lifestyles and maybe strive to meet up. Contrast this with Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.
Think carefully about those two verses and the differences will jump out at you.

Reflect deeply on these words of Paul. 1 Cor 9:18 describes the tendency to place financial burdens on the congregation
1Co 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
It is an abuse of power in the gospel to do so. Let people give freely to the ministry. If they don't, let God take care of his own business.

In the quote below, Jesus explains that God will always take care of his business. He has not called people to strive on his behalf. That kind of fanaticism will only lead to wrongdoing.

Mat 6:25 Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
Mat 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?
Mat 6:27 And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? [Ps. 39:5-7.]
Mat 6:28 And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.
Mat 6:29 Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these. [I Kings 10:4-7.]
Mat 6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith?
Mat 6:31 Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?
Mat 6:32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.

Jesus talks about food, drink and clothing but this can envelope all aspects of living.

Christianity Etc › Re: Worshippers Pay N1,000 To Enter Oyakhilome’s Church by Dulcet7(m): 8:35am On Jan 06, 2011

aloy/emeka:
Indigent members who could not afford the N1, 000 tickets, were denied access and sent back by security men at the gate, it was learnt.

aloy/emeka:
The ticket, bought by our correspondent, was still on sale today, five days after the New Year’s church service took place.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 8:23am On Jan 06, 2011

Ileke-IdI:
Yea, it helped a lot . lol thanks.

So its the heart of human beings. . . . hmmm.

OASN ==> On a serious note

You are very welcome.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 12:08am On Jan 06, 2011

Jenwitemi, thanks for the explanations

Ileke-IdI:
OASN, you dont know how I seriously appreicate this thoughtful post.

Thanks for the metaphorical explanation. You're absolutely right, each religion is a different splash pattern, but how exactly do we then know which religion is correct? How do we know we're worshiping the right God? And are you saying atheism is not a religion in it's own right?

I'm happy the post was useful, my friend.

What is OASN?

Q: How exactly do we then know which religion is correct?
No religion is correct. The only thing that is correct is the heart of a human being.

Q: How do we know we're worshiping the right God?
There is only one right God. I think your question is: How do we know our hearts are right with this creator God? And that again is an individual answer. I think deep down inside, our conscience asides religion does a good job like a traffic light, indicating if God is pleased or displeased. However, just like people see traffic lights and they jump it anyway and might cause accidents, people can ignore their conscience and seem to get away with it. But the one who jumped a traffic light knows that he jumped it.

Q: And are you saying atheism is not a religion in it's own right?
I dont think Atheism is a religion because it denies the existence of that God. I do not know any atheist who has clearly told me that in his/her heart, his conscience tells him that God doesn't exist. Most often, it's somewhere between the brain (logically trying to analyze God and when you can't, he definitely doesnt exist. etc) and the emotions (if God exists, why did he allow this to happen? Why doesnt he do this? What if he does that? Why does so and so religion say so and so about him if he exists? etc). But maybe i'm wrong and there are atheists who dont hear God in their conscience. In that case, it's between them and God. With God, it's every life for itself! Otherwise I think it will be unfair.

Please let me know if it's clear

Nairaland General › Re: *~ Amakaone Voted The Food Section Poster Of The Year*~ Congratulations!!! by Dulcet7(m): 5:53pm On Jan 03, 2011

Amaka One is so pretty! shocked

Nairaland General › Re: Ileke -Idi Emerges Culture Section Poster Of The Year - 2010 by Dulcet7(m): 5:51pm On Jan 03, 2011

Congratulobia Ileke-Idi! kiss

We go wash am o!

Nairaland General › Re: Nairaland Lovers Grow Up! by Dulcet7(m): 9:17pm On Jan 02, 2011

lol

E don [b]BE [/b]today be that!!

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 9:02pm On Jan 02, 2011

Ileke-IdI:
Do that, I'd love to read about Your God, your perspective about him and how you came about it
Invite me to read.

This is the original God that everyone knows in their hearts but atheists deny. God is the one who is evident in nature if we choose not to deceive ourselves.

I see religion as man's endeavour to (re)unite with purpose.

Religion. Think of a man who dives into a body of water. Science says the water he displaces will have equal volume to his own volume / capacity, but we know the splash he makes will never be the same each time. Different splashes per person (and per dive too), and you cant predict how the shape of the splash will look.

You can teach people how to dive into the water and create a splash i.e. the method but you can't teach someone the sensation experienced while cutting the water. You should not start creating learning centers explaining how to control the shapes of the splash you will create when you dive.

Each religion is a different splash patterned after a previous diver, and everybody believes there is a right way to do it. However that's not what is important. What is important is the fact that you purposefully dived in and displaced water approximately equal to your own volume / inherent capacity.

That is how religion is, and what obtains today. We spend so much time on the irrelevancies and studying the patterns of other people's splashes, taking time out daily and weekly to teach about how to dive and how to create so-so-and-so shape of a splash when you dive, when all that rather matters in your purpose is that you dive with all your heart and displace some water to the best of your ability.

Eternal Teaching on Your Role in Religion, and on Judgment and Fulfilment of purpose:
Do the best to your capacity with what God put inside you
Matthew 25:14-30
"His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. "'So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Don't be a fanatic, and be too shy or refuse to dive.

Abandon all religions and rather focus on the true God and the revealed Truth of all Ages.

Talk later, my friend.

Romance › Re: She Hardly Allow Me To See Her Phone by Dulcet7(m): 8:10pm On Jan 02, 2011

Tell her that the fact she is hiding her phone is disturbing to you, and it is making you reconsider the relationship unless she can give you good reasons why she should be so secretive 7 months to your wedding. Her response will tell you what to do.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 7:00pm On Jan 02, 2011

Ileke-IdI:
lol she is blessed.

Ileke-IdI:
And who do you believe that to be?

God. But it's probably not the God you know. Maybe I will open a thread on that sometime soon.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 4:07am On Jan 02, 2011

how is my best friend on nairaland @ileke-idi?

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Do You Think You Got To See Year 2011? By Whose Grace? by Dulcet7(m): 4:07am On Jan 02, 2011

I saw 2011

because I was meant to.

So who decided I was meant to, ehn?

It was two people:

myself

and the one in charge of every affair on earth and outside earth.

Events › Re: What will you give Inked as a bday gift? by Dulcet7(m): 1:59am On Jan 02, 2011

Happy birthday Inked Nerd, my new friend. kiss

Whether na one naira, whether na one million, baby you got me! grin

Events › Re: What Is Your New Year Resolution? by Dulcet7(m): 3:39am On Jan 01, 2011

Inked_Nerd:

Yes, you're right I am an art lover.

lol, I see what you're saying.

Check out http://www.deviantart.com/ grin

Events › Re: What Is Your New Year Resolution? by Dulcet7(m): 3:30am On Jan 01, 2011

Inked_Nerd:

lol, sweetie 'inked' is slang here in the US.

lol why would you think I just got out of a relationship?

My point. Inked = Tattooed, no? Makes you out as someone who appreciates art and [b]probably [/b]draws too. Nerd lends credence to artists a la deviantart (youu know the place?)

Well I didnt say so. wink

Said you dont sound like a single gal, or at least one who has been single for a long time.

Events › Re: What Is Your New Year Resolution? by Dulcet7(m): 3:16am On Jan 01, 2011

Inked_Nerd:

Yes, I do draw. Why do you ask?

Deduction. [b]Inked [/b]Nerd. grin

Inked_Nerd:

And who says I'm hooked?

You're either hooked or else you just got out of a relationship VERY recently. You act and sound like it.

Events › Re: What Is Your New Year Resolution? by Dulcet7(m): 2:58am On Jan 01, 2011

MzD@rkSkin:
^^*the spirit of Ms.Eve possess Mz.Darkskin, and she blurts out: Yep you're a [size=4pt]Nigerian[/size] man alright
btw what is WOWANIZE

@topic: Make money, stay black and in shape!

WOWanize?

Dude wants to amaze people rather than get intoxicated cheesy

Events › Re: What Is Your New Year Resolution? by Dulcet7(m): 2:56am On Jan 01, 2011

Inked_Nerd:

Awww, thanks. By the way, I like your academic, spiritual, relationship, and financial goals.

Thanks too, Inked Nerd.

Actually only the Academic and Spiritual are real plans. I was kidding 'bout the others :p

Off topic, do you draw, like illustrate?

Events › Re: What Is Your New Year Resolution? by Dulcet7(m): 2:33am On Jan 01, 2011

Ileke-IdI:
LOL I'm sorry if I sound it, cuz I[b] def am not[/b]

I'll give you D-Sense tho

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[li]Not great or not single? grin

[/li]
[li]D-sense? not if that D stands for what I think it does grin

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wink

pulling your legs, miss. Happy New Year.

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