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The third enemy is what the Bible calls the "flesh." This is your sinful nature. The domain for the battle, is your mind.
If you have a mind to, you will be attracted to the world and all its sin. The mind is the data-processing control panel for the eyes and the ears. It is the center of your appetites. All sin begins in the "heart" ( Proverbs 4:23, Matthew 15:19). We think before we sin. This happens because we don't think before we sin. The Bible warns that lust brings forth sin, and sin when it's conceived brings forth death. Every day we have life, we have a choice. To sin or not to sin -- that is the question. The answer to the question of sin, is the fear of God. If you don't fear God, you will sin to your sinful heart's delight.
Did you know that God kills people? He killed a man because he didn't like what he did sexually ( Genesis 38:10). He killed a husband and wife because they told just one lie ( Acts 5:1-11). Knowledge of God's goodness -- His righteous judgments against evil, should put the fear of God in us, and help us not to indulge in sin.
If we know that the eye of the Lord is in every place beholding the evil and the good, and that He will bring every work to judgment, we will live accordingly. Such weighty thoughts are valuable, for "by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil" ( Proverbs 16:6). Jesus said,
"And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!" ( Luke 12:4-5).

The second enemy is the devil. As we have seen, he is known as the "god of this world." He was your spiritual father before you joined the family of God ( John 8:44, Ephesians 2:2. Jesus called the devil a thief, who came to kill, steal and destroy ( John 10:10).
The way to overcome him and his demons is to make sure you are outfitted with the spiritual armor of God listed in Ephesians 6:10-20. Become intimately familiar with it. Sleep in it. Never take it off. Bind the two-edged sword to your hand so that you never lose its grip. "

When you became a Christian, you stepped right into the heat of an age-old battle. You have a three-fold enemy--the world, the flesh, and the devil. Before you became a Christian, you floated down stream with the other dead fish. But now, God has put His life within you, and you will find yourself swimming against a three-fold current. Let's look at these three resistant enemies.
First, the world. When the Bible speaks of the "world" in this context, it is referring to the sinful, rebellious, world system. This is the world that loves the darkness and hates the light ( John 3:20), governed by the "god of this world" ( 2 Corinthians 4:4)( -- the "prince power of the air" ( Ephesians 2:2). The Bible says the Christian has escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. "Lust" is unlawful desire, and is the life's blood of the world --whether it be the lust for sexual sin, for power, for money, for material things. Lust is a monster that will never be gratified, so don't feed it. It will grow bigger and bigger, until it weighs heavy upon your back, and will be the death of you -- see James 1:15.
There is nothing wrong with sex, power, money, or material things, but when these become predominant in God's sight, the Bible calls this "inordinate affection" ( Colossians 3:5). We are told, "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." "Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." ( 1 John 2:15, James 4:4).

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The problem with many christians today is that they are emotional; and follow God with human reasoning rather than the SPIRIT OF TRUTH. Mortals are our reference point and role models instead of us looking up to our LORD JESUS CHRIST; the real foundation of the church. This is most likely the case among the daughters of Zion. The reason most of them dress wrongly is because they are looking up to some women preachers who dress wrongly. And if you want to correct them they will direct you to these women preachers and say are these not women of God; are they not preaching about Jesus. Yet we are too emotional that we even forget to reflect that even the Lord Jesus said it that not all who use his name belong to him. It is written that on the judgement day some who will be cast away will say Lord was it not in your name we preached, we did miracles in your name but he will say unto them depart from me for I know you not. I just pray God removes the scales from the eyes of the ignorant people so that they can start seeing clearly. When Noah was building the ark he was a fanatic but when the flood came it was a reality. May God help them

1 judge not, that you may not be judge

2. It doesn't matter much

3. God only look at the Heart

ifeness:
Williams Folorunsho Kumuyi

ifeness

chacoonder:
For what!!!!...bloody hypocrites.

do u realy have to say that

Compliments of the season mr Ebankole

Please sire help me with this one. In the dream i was feeling hungry nd i felt like eating indomie n egg. So it was like i went to buy the egg n on my way it fel to the ground and it was about 5 eggs but only one break open but to my suprise it turn to be a cooked egg so it didnt spill. So i pick them up wash it up and went on it then turn out like i had to get the indomie frm a room and as i enta the rum it was tatard and filled with clothe nd charcoal dirt all over the place then i began to be a bit angry within and seem to be annoyed at whom ever it was that turn d rum that way and i begin to flip the clothes away nd den i saw a bag and i luk inside and i saw a already cooked indomie in a plastic box lukin like a take away transparent plastic plate..
Then i woke up i just didnt undastand the dream .

Popular opinion is that christmas is a christian festival.
But in recent times many have disprove such belief..claiming it is a pegan doctrine. Well be it as it may, will you on your own accord celebrate christmas?

natureblack:
That's great,coming from a Muslim dominated state

no be muslim dominated state o. Change ur paspective

So many complaints about GEJ,well i may not also have any great thing to write home about him. But let us not forget that this is nigeria, and every administration has it own peril and clay feet.

Whom do we wan to say was innocent? Gen abacha? They call him a tyrant yet petrol was just #11 during his time.

Whom else is it OBJ whom during his tenure we enjoy economic progression, political recognision, debt free, strong leadership..we even started buyin car,phones etc as if we just got to know they existed.yet we still make complains. As so we do to the babagida, regime we complain of corruption and infringement of our rights etc. We are never satisfy as humans we must complain.

Well although as humans we go sha complain but i think mr GEJ should av atleast achieve something spectacula like his predecessor's maybe it could av been fair on him. There was too much expectations from him and he couldnt just meet up. He should have just resign honourably.

Although we are here complaining of jonathan, and clamouring 4 change but do we have a better option? Or how do we knw buhari would be better.? Is the problem from whoever get the aso rock job or from we ourselves?

How about we change our own mindsets, the way we think, the way we reason, the things we believe, our attitude to work, our actions and inactions our daily routine needs to be revisited. If we want change we must first let the change begin from us. Then we can fearlessly put our leader into order united in one voice and put aside our differences and bigotries to move on.

God bless nigeria and no where else

ProphetUdeme:
Hahahahahhahahaha this revelation of heaven and hell don de do make una o psycho.
Ebenice i like u for the zeal of the Lord of host that u have towards making heaven but for Christ sake u need to read ur bible and not revelations biko.
That false deciever told u that a woman bathing his husband is a sin and he misquoted 1 thess 4 vs 5.
Why dont u allow the Holy Spirit to explain the verses for u. That verse talks abt maintaining the body in holiness and not thru dishonouring ur body which is God's temple by using it to lust, commit fornication or mastur.bate.
A woman bathing her husband is not a sin because Jesus told us in matthew 19 vs 6 that God who created them sees them as one flesh and not two. Be careful my frnd

He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit say to the Church

ProphetUdeme:
THRASH. This is actually not the first prophecy that this particular controversial boy has been prophesying. Till next years comes and goes the New York city still remains unshakeable because it is God's own city because there are still righteous men in there. Forget abt the sin of the city God will judge them eternally. I dont need any prophecy from any prophet from God knows were. The bible is and will be the final prophecy which is all abt the forthcoming kingdom of Immanuel. So tell that prophet to take his drugs so that he will dream better. Shalom

hmmmm ok

Zikdik:
You won't recognize sarcasm if it pokes in the @ss with 12 by 12 pole.

I do. And have you ever heard of counter-sarcasm??

Weah96:
Your question is ironic considering that you are in the NL forum on religion. What are you doing here?

hey sire, i've always been here..

And who is washinton post to question the existence of Jesus Christ ?

Btw is washiton post and it authors daft? Didnt they see Nazareth to attest to where Jesus came from., at least if they weren't opportune to meet Jesus physicaly they should go and find out if a place name nazareth ever existed to clear their doubt..

Em i thot athiest dont believe in God or Jesus , why do they then keep using every avenue to search and research if a Diety ever existed why do they keep prying into thiest affairs or maybe athiesm is so boring .{my thought tho}

jom28gy:
Who told you that God visited you?i don't know the state of your mind,because he visits those that are pure,and he is right here on earth.

it the content of the message that is important. Btw, God can use anybody to convey His words. It could be you next time

*'GREAT REVELATION OF HEAVEN'* (part A)
My name is IBUZOR CHRISTIAN OKPOSO, And i want to use this opportunity also to thank the Lord for his mercies and his words that never fails.
I was so shocked when our Lord Jesus woke me up in the morning with his voice, roaring like thunder....
Immediately i heard the voice, i woke up from sleep. And he said,..'SON, i will visit you by 9a.m. That was on the 13th of september 2014.
And i was on the bed , i became soo weak ,i never knew the kind of visit until he came, And immediately he came with his so much glory and Angels, immediately i saw, I just fell on the chair,
And he said,....'SON, that is how you are going to be till the next 30minutes, And he also said,...'i will take you now to see heaven. I AM THE SON OF GOD. Who died for the sins of men.
And he said...'Hold Firm', the Angel took off..."VUUUUM"..., we were off, My spirit was gone with him.
We reached the Judgement line, Oh my God, people were soooo soooo much,
We met an Angel there in their front, And my eyes opened, And i saw a man on that Judgement line,
(And as it is appointed unto men once to die but after this the Judgement:....hebrew 9:27)
EDMOND OFUNASI
The Angel said,...'EdmondOfunasi, why are you here?, the Angel said to me,...'he always steal his wife's money from her bag without telling her,
(Thou shalt not steal...exodus20:15)
I just pitied that man because he will go and suffer in HELL, ,because of stealing.
My eyes opened again,...'i saw a woman in that line,
FELICIA EDIMEZIE
The Angel said her name was Felicia Edimezie, The Angel said to me,...he said "because of the love she has for her husband, she helps him to bath anytime he comes back from work,Immorality.
The Angel also said..."it is a sin to bath your husband when he is okay and strong, It is not love, it is immorality.
And the Angel said,..."Thessalonians"
(For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus...1thessalonians4:2)
(That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and Honour;
(Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God....1thessalonian4:4-5)
I began to pity for that woman,..."she made hell".
My eyes opened again and i saw a very young boy.
FADAIRO SUNDAY
The Angel said, do you see this young boy, he is 6years old.
He always like getting his own gain from whatever he is sent.
The Angel said,...'',he was sent to buy something in the market, sooo he finished buying and he started calculating how to spend the money he has gained from buying lesser than what he was sent,
A motorcycle from no were smashed him and his head scattered. Immediately a little demon like him dragged him away.
(Thou shalt not steal....exodus20:15)
I begin to pity for people who does that, It is stealing,
That little boy made HELL instead of heaven. "What a pity".
My eyes opened again, And i saw a lady in that Judgement line.
FLORENCE CHUKWUMA
The Angel said, Do you see her?,... "she always fade away her pants".
The Angel also said, "she always buy pants and she will go and give it to native doctor to bless, so that if she is passing on the road, eyes will be attracted, And "Immorality" will be taking place.
And immediately, I saw afar, the demons of hell, piercing her bombom.
She was shouting, she was shouting.
Her torment has start right from the road to Hell.
(with good will doing service,as to the Lord, and not to men. . .
(knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he recieve of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. . . . .ephesians 6:7-
(thou shalt have no other gods before me. . .exodus20:3)
My eyes opened again and i saw a man in the judgement Line, he was reading the 'bible'.
A PASTOR WITH A BIBLE
The Angel said in a very cool and exellent meek voice,. . . ."Pastor, you are reading a bible!!!
Can you read me Psalm91?
Ahhhh, Pastor opened the bible, and started to 'starmer', he could not read a word.
The Angel said to him. . "You see? How then do you preach?
The Angel also said to him, A boy came to you one day, he said. . ."see your head? In yoruba language and you were wrath in Anger, And the boy said also...."you better come let me pray for you,so that your 'starmer' will stop.
The Angel said. . ."But pastor, you chased him away with "Anger",.... You chased your Angel away.
(But thou, O man of God, flee these things and follow after righteousness ,godliness,faith,love,patience,meekness. . .1timothy6:11)
The Angel called my name, "Brother christian ,I learnt you are always joyous!! ,. . .continue, do not relent on your efforts.
And immediately our Lord Jesus said....'son, we will go now.
And i was thinking it was that same Angel that just finished talking, that will take us.
But the Angel said...."this is my duty here,
he will take you people, and immediately, another Angel landed, And we went off.
I held firm, we were seeing people climbing the stairs to heaven, how wonderful it was, they were kind of much this time but not too much like that of hell.
We entered the gate of heaven, And our Lord Jesus said,...."you see that tree?, If you speak to it, Any fruit you want will fall out from.
We entered the gate of heaven, And our Lord Jesus said,...'You see that tree?, If you speak to it, Any fruit you want will fall out from it.
(he that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches: to him that overcometh will i give to eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradise of God......Revelation 2:7)
And we moved on, And he said again,..."you see that place, that place is where people relax here in heaven.
My eyes opened and i saw, oh my God.... .so so beautiful, words cannot explain the exellent beauty of that place.
~[A PLACE OF COMFORT]~
And he said again,..."you see that man?, his name is exellency sam. He is a man after my heart.
Oh, how glorious and extraordinarilybeautiful is that place, A place of comfort and enjoyment.
Our Lord Jesus said...."come, you see that woman sitting there?. Her name is DORA GILBERT ,she got here some few weeks ago.
He also said,..."everywhere here is 'GOLD' mixed with 'GLASS'.
He also said, do you see that little boy? He always like to suck the mothers breast while he was alive in earth, The wicked one killed him ,and here he is back to HEAVEN!,
He is been taken care of by a person.
And our Lord Jesus also said',...."saints do not know that their spirits help me to do one or two things here in heaven.
Immediately,we went away from there, and went to a tall sky scrapper building, on getting there, we followed the back and we entered, Immediately i heard the voice of an Angel, he said, ...."you are welcome"!!;
And our Lord Jesus said, you see that Angel? He will take us up.
Immediately, i heard....."VUUUUM".
He took me up the sky-scrapper with great speed, And we landed in front of a door,
And our Lord Jesus said, YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY I AM SHOWING YOU ALL THESE??
So that christian will know what they want to miss.
(He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and i will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but i will confess his name before my father, and before his Angels....revelation3:5)
And the door opened and our Lord Jesus said, This is where garments of saints that are newly coming to heaven are been prepared. . . It is a 'holy' place.
And immediately, the Angels that were so busy preparing those garments, felt that our Lord Jesus was there, They immediately fell at his feet and they all worshipped our Lord Jesus,
After that they got back to work.
And immediately we moved forward, everywhere there was so silent and glorious, very whitish ,so so whitish ,
As i looked up i saw two doors, one at the left, And another at the right. And we took right, And i entered,....It was as if i wanted to fall , but i then realised that i didn't fall,
And i began to move as if i was in the air. IT WAS GLASS.
And yet we entered a door, And our Lord Jesus said ,this is a place were saints praise me.,
Oh my God, my eyes opened and i saw people that made it to heaven,they were much., Ahh... Everyone was with so much glory , with their white garment pure as snow.
I began to pity for those people that still commit sin in earth,
They have refused to repent,
Many don't know that they are in sin.,
hear the words of the Lord , Check your life,
If you don't live a holy & perfect life, You might end up suffering in Hell,, God is not a respecter of persons. No matter who you are:-
You know that sin that is still weighing you back, why not make a convenant with the Lord that you will not commit such again.
Or is it the kind of clothes you put on? Or your words that comes out from your mouth. Ahhh, why not repent today, And follow Jesus, So that you will make it at last to that place of merryment and Joy,The heavens of heavens,The Heavenly Jerusalem, The place of Innumerable company of Angels, that Celestial city!!
AS FOR ME I WANT TO GO AND ENJOY THERE IN HEAVEN......, I DON'T KNOW OF YOU?
:author:IBUZOR CHRISTIAN OKPOSO
I PRAY FOR AS MANY THAT HAVE READ THIS MESSAGE, AND WILL "SHARE" IT TO THEIR FRIENDS, LOVED ONES AND FAMILY,-THE LORD WILL MAKE YOU A "GOAL" IN THESE ENDTIME IN JESUS NAME..!!!

Donno who he is, but some of these prophecies are coming to pass for real

For sure. The military intervention part... The natural disaster in america...the deaths of notable men..the unrest and election malpractice...the nollywood part...the instant judgement and reward 4 the wicked and the just part etc av been afore spoken of by my pastor

How can one possibly or perfectly practice this especialy on nigerian campuses of nowadays

Just fill ur hrt with d pages of the bible and meditate on it plus be determine u wunt look twice nor think left

pyyxxaro:
Mercy Johnson's Ukwu & water melon

10 THINGS THAT CAN DISTRACT US IN OUR WALK WITH GOD
http:// livingforjesus.c om/ 10-things-that-c an-distract-us- during-our-walk -with-god/
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I have listed 10 common things that can interfere with our walk with God.
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1. MONEY
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Money. I’m sure you all could have guessed this one would be on this list. We all need it to live in this world, but we must not be owned by it if we are to be not of this world. Money itself is not an interference in our walk with God…the love of money is. I think the following passage sums this up quite nicely: Matthew 6:19-34
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So in a nut shell, if we trust God, He will take care of us. That doesn’t mean we should quit our jobs, or not earn money…we just need to realize that God is more important, and is far more capable of taking care of us than we are. Money might be the blood flow of the world, but it is not the blood flow of those who are in Jesus…faith is.
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2. MEDIA
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Another big one; the media. It is so easy to get caught up in the media. And when I say media, I’m referring to the Internet, TV, movies, music, video games, newspapers, magazines…all of it. I said before, the media is so dangerous because it is so easy to get consumed in. Everywhere we turn, some sort of media is right in our face. And the worst part; it’s littered with filth. Almost every commercial on TV, and every advertisement on the Internet is trying to convince us that we are missing something, and they are the ones that can fill the need. The key to overcoming the media is to be wise in what we watch, read, play, etc, and in how much time we spend with it. We should always be willing to give it up, and quite honestly, some of the things we indulge in (in the media), we need to give up. If something is pure filth, we shouldn’t be giving it any time to influence us, no matter how funny, sexy, or “cool”, it is.
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3. CHURCH/RELIGION
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Church, or religion. Believe it or not, these can be HUGE interferences in our walk with God. Church does not do this intentionally, but we can easily let it hinder our relationship with God. Why? The main reason I see is that it can be so easy to pursue church, and beliefs about God, but forget to pursue God Himself. It is so easy to go to church to…well…go to church, when the real reason we should be going to church is to refuel for our week by coming together with fellow believers to worship and meditate on God.
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To keep church from becoming a distraction from God, make sure you are pursuing God before pursuing “beliefs” about Him, or church/religion. We need to get past religion and into a relationship. It starts with you! Love your brothers and sisters, be open to people, and DO NOT CONDEMN others when they fail!!
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4. RELATIONSHIPS
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Relationships. I’m sure you knew this one would be here. Every kind of relati0nship falls into this category; friends, parents, siblings, spouses, girl/boy friends, children, co-workers, bosses, etc. We can allow any of these relationships to distract us from God. It is our relationships that are our connection with the world, and it is our human nature to have them, but when we allow any one of these relationships threaten to become more important to us than God…well, they become a distraction. Remember, God calls us to love one another (1 John 3:11), so when we do, it is an act of obedience to God. But don’t forget about God in the process. We need to make sure we are giving God ample time everyday.
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I would have to say the relationship with the most danger of becoming a distraction from our walk with God would be that of a boy-friend, girl-friend, or spouse. These relationships in their nature, demand the most time, and that is why it is extremely important that they are centered around God. If they aren’t, you will see your walk with God spiraling downward. In a dating relationship, don’t compromise your morals.
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In a nut shell, relationships are extremely important, but our relationship with God is of the utmost importance. Remember that!
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5. ROUTINE
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Routine. This is a common thing I allow myself to get distracted by all the time. The most important thing is that spending time with God should be in your routine! Far too often do we just squeeze God in when we have down time (I am extremely guilty of this). Its so easy to get caught up in all the things we have to do, like work, eat, sleep, etc. I often find sleep getting in the way! I mean, if I didn’t spend that extra hour sleeping in, I would have a whole hour with nothing to do but seek God!
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So make sure spending time with God is a part of our routine. And also, make sure you are willing to abort your routine, and let God have complete control.
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6. OUR WORK
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Work, work, work. What a distraction this can be! And I’m not just referring to a job, I mean everything from a job, to leading worship, a bible study, or anything! I personally have often allowed this site to become a distraction from God. I want it to bless people, I want it to look good, I want it…I…I..I…but all that I should really be worrying about is that I am doing it as God wants me to, if I do that, He’ll take care of the rest. I love this following scripture: Luke 10:38-42
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It is so easy to get caught up on our duties, but the most important thing is that we do it entirely for the Lord. They are to glorify God, not ourselves. That being said, sometimes the duty we have is not as important as doing something else. We always need to be flexible! This falls in line with routines as well. We can have great motives behind our work, but sometimes we let the work become more important then “listening to Jesus”. Listen and be flexible!
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7. OUR HOBBIES
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Hobbies. I love hobbies! I have a huge rang of them; from playing guitar, and singing, sports, and numerous others. The dangerous thing about them is that they can consume a lot of our time. A great way to keep them in check is to do them with God in mind! Like worshipping God with music. Also, we can play sports, etc. with people to develop relationships. Having hobbies is a great way to get yourself into the world to be an influence…so keep that in mind.
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8. DESIRING A BLESSING FROM GOD, MORE THAN GOD HIMSELF.
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Desiring a blessing from God, more than desiring God Himself. I have to be honest, this is easy to fall into, at least for myself. It can be so easy to pray for a specific thing over and over again, but forget about spending time with God. This would be like a husband wanting that special “perk” he gets from wife, without wanting to give any time to other parts of their relationship. Remember, its ”seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:33), its not “first seek all these other things”.
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9. OUR PASTOR
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Our Pastors! What!? Whats this doing on the list!?…Well, to your relief, I don’t mean your pastor exactly (at least I hope not). What I’m referring to is becoming dependent upon your pastor. This can be a really deadly interference in our walk with God. It is not our pastors responsibility to feed us all we need to be spiritually healthy…it is our responsibility.A lot of people fall into the habit of only giving God Sunday morning. This would be like only eating once a week! If we did this, we would be horribly malnourished! And sadly, this is the case for many spiritually. Our pastor is a, or should be, great leader, but he/she should only be that…nothing more.
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10. OURSELVES
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Ourselves. Us. The last one on the list of distractions, and possibly the most likely todistract us. We are, by nature, sinful, and if we live by our nature, we will not get close to God. That is why we need to die to ourselves, and live in Christ (Romans 6:11). But no matter what we do, there will be a constant battle within ourselves between spirit and flesh (Romans 7:15-21). That is why we need to constantly allow God to search our hearts, and purify it (Psalm 139:23-24). The first step to overcoming ourselves is being aware.'
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So there we have it. A list of 10 common things that can distract us from God. It is a constant struggle to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, and to not become distracted by the passing concerns and things of this world. But if we are aware of what can, and does, interfere with our walks with God, we can begin to take the necessary actions to prevent them. Remember, seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:33)..

Conspiracy changed its tactics. Roman wolves became 'sheeps' and entered into the true church. Constantine made a false statement that he saw a blue flag in the heaven with the sign of cross with this voice "In Hoc signo Vinces" i.e. "conquer in this sign" and then making cross on their swords the Roman army won that battle. Constantine along with his army were baptized and got entrance in the church. Persecution stopped. Christianity was announced official religion of Rome. Jezebel entered in the church through Romans worshiping then the 'mother-child' cult in the name of Venus and Cupid, false education also crept-in. All the 'mysteries' of above narrated cult were also transferred. The festival celebrated as the birth-day of sun-god was introduced as the birth-day of Christ on the same day and according to the Gregorian calendar the date was fixed 25th December. Afterwards, a new name was also created as "Christmas" of this christianized pagan festival. Church was conspired to be given new form by replacing Holy Spirit with human thoughts, Jewish pastors with Roman Bishops, Center of church from Jerusalem to Rome, Apostleship with Papacy. Ancient cult system of Babel disguised itself as Christianity. Wolves became sheep. A mixture of Babylonian cult and Christianity was prepared. Then the age of Thyatira began. In this way, the Roman Catholic Church came into being.
All the mysteries of this cult religion were transferred as sacraments into the church. Similarly all the festivals of Babylonian cult system were also transferred and given new names in this new so called Christianity. Christmas is the result of all this.
A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ABOUT BIRTH DAY:
There may arise a possible objection from your side "it is true that Christmas is not found in the Bible but what is wrong if we do celebrate it only as the birth day of Christ very reverently and with sincere heart." Dear, brother why we to celebrate our Lord’s are birth day with a pagan deity? Why do you celebrate it on 25th December? Why are you to celebrate His birthday on any date if He himself had not commanded?
(Let us see first whether Bible permits us to celebrate birthday "whether of ours or of Lord's?"
Let us see in the Bible, Prophet Jeremiah says "Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!" (Jeremiah 20:14) Further we see Job cursing his birthday by these words "After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. He said "May the day of my birth perish and the night it was said! A boy is born!" (Job 3: 1-3).
Why was the birthday cursed by these men of God in the Bible? It was because birthday is the first day of sinful life of every human being and the beginning of life full of sorrow and failures.
In other words 'birthday' is the first day of going into the slavery of sin and sorrows. God said to Moses "this is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come, you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord-a lasting ordinance". (Ex. 12:14). That was the day of deliverance from the bondage of Egypt, to be celebrated and not to celebrate the day when they were made slaves.
Exactly, birthday is the day of going in the bondage of sin and sorrow while the day of deliverance from the sinful life and Satan by accepting Adonai Y'Shua Ha Mashiach as our personal savior is the real day of our celebration.
Who did celebrate their birthdays in the Bible?
The answer is
1. Pharaoh (Gen. 40:20)
2. Herod (Matt. 14:6-7)
We see only two persons in the Bible celebrating their birthdays while two persons are seen cursing their birthdays. Celebrating persons were of Satanic characters while curing persons were the men of God. Now, you may argue that Y'Shua (Jesus) was without sin, so He was able to commemorate His day of birth; but Sorry Sir! Y'Shua was born to a virgin and under the Law. Being perfect Jew He would not follow the ways of persons of satanic characteristics.
Secondly, nowhere in four Gospels we see our Lord celebrating His birthday or a feast where disciples were singing for Him "happy birthday Lord Jesus". If there was any such observance or feast then the disciples of Y'Shua might have narrated it in their writings. Even early history of the church also denies any such feast or observance concerning the birthday of Christ. From Matthew to the Revelation, there is found not a word even a single iota concerning the celebration of the birthday of our Lord. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, Jude and James, no one has written any thing which proves that the observance or celebration of any festival concerning the day of birth of Christ whether on 25th December or any other day is essential part of Christian Faith- "the Faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints". (Jude Verse: 3).
Many Catholic brothers have attempted to prove that Christ was born on 25th December but they also admit that December was tenth month in the beginning. Later on, two months July and August were added in the calendar thus December became Twelfth month. Using chronology and the knowledge of different calendars they try to persuade that Christ was born on 25th of December. They also admit that the early Church did not celebrate Christmas and to press on their point say that due to Roman persecution, church could not celebrate Christ's birthday.
They themselves admit that early Church had no such festival and also admit that the church was persecuted by the Romans and also admit that December was tenth month (word December meaning 10th). Which is now September - October.

Mystery:
Babylon the great
The mother of prostitutes
And of the abominations of the Earth
I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Y'Shua (Jesus). (Rev 17: 1-6).
The spirit of Semiramus was continuously working. In the days of Ahab, the spirit was manifest in wicked Jezebel, Ahab's wife (a harlot or a prostitute) and after her death, the place where her blood was washed away the prostitutes used to wash themselves there. That is why Lord Y'Shua (Lord's original Hebrew name) revealed her entrance in the church in Thyatira in Revelation Chapter-2 Verse
20. Jezebel in Chapter-2 is a metaphoric representation of ancient mysterious cult originated at the tower of Babel. As Jezebel in the time of Elijah massacred many prophets of God, in this way she was one "drunk with the blood" of God's people. That in why in Chapter-2 (Verse-20) and Chapter-17 of the book of Revelation show Jezebel and Babylon the Great as idolatrous woman and the mother of prostitutes of this earth respectively that can be seen as the 'World Church' now a days.
As narrated above 'sun-god' had central position in this cult system, so the most attractive and important festival of this cult religion was the celebration of the birthday of sun-god. It was imagined that Nimrod after his death became sun-god and the birth of Tammuz was the rebirth of Nimrod as 'sun-god'. 'sun-god' was born in the intense cold season to give warmth. The celebration of this festival was widespread and honourably performed and many ritual observances were also offered in which sexual intercourse and kissing under trees and to have lot of 'fun' was a major part. That is why God forbade his people not to follow their ways of idolatry and adultery.
When this 'mother-child' cult became widespread from the tower of Babel, as narrated above, this cult got different identities and names in different countries and among different nations. In Rome this cult was known as 'Venus and Cupid' (in Ephesus goddess Diana (Artemis) was another name of their great mother).
Now the time had come that the promised Mashiach may step-in and save the mankind, then again on His birth, Satan conspired to try his best to kill the Gods anointed one i.e. Ha Mashiach Y’shua by killing all the babies through Herod, just like Pharaoh attempted to kill Moses. God saved His beloved son, and satanic conspiracy to destroy the salvific program of YHWH was again defeated. Y'Shua grew up as a perfect Jew being unblemished. He preached about kingdom of Heaven, healed the sick, raised the dead, casted out demons, and evangelized the poor. He performed the wonders and every time defeated this enemy, Satan. No doubt, He was tempted and opposed by the religious leaders. He had also to face many problems. He was the fulfilment of all the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament.
When He entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, the spirit of the Hebrew nation was calling, shouting, praying and requesting Him, using the Psalmist word. "Hosanna" ... "Hoshia-na", "O Lord save us, save us" Praise the Lord, He did save them and us too.
Halle Lu Yah:
It was His Heavenly Father's will to save the mankind. In response. He says "sacrifice and offering you did not desire but a body you prepared for me Then I said, 'Here I am I have come to do your will O' God." (Heb. 10:5-7).
Y'Shua fulfilled His Father's will on the cross. Satan hurdled Him so that He might not reach the Calvary and prepare Salvation for all the mankind through His sacrifice on cross. Halle-Lu-Yah. He triumphed cross (Colossians 2:15) and crushed the head of the ancient serpent called the devil and Satan with His feet Halle-Lu-Yah-Shua. Y'shua became the mediator between man and God. A sinful man is no longer a sinful through Y'Shua Ha-Mashiach. Everyone who believes in His precious Name Y’Shua is saved. He was buried and in spirit He preached in Sheol and "led captives in His train and gave gifts to men" (Eph 4:7-10). He resurrected after three days and nights. He conquered grave and death and was seen to His disciples and was ascended to heaven in full view of his disciples and seated at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Having ascended to heavens He poured out the Holy Spirit, the spirit of YHWH-SHUA on Pentecost (Acts Ch:2) and thus the Church, was born.
'Conspiracy' was badly knocked down. Y'Shua HaMashiach built His church upon Himself, which was empowered by the Holy Spirit. The movement of Holy Spirit caused many to repent and turned many of them to God. Sick were healed, dead were raised, demons were casted out, the spirit of Y'Shua was still working in the Church performing miracles through His vessels, the apostles, and sinful man was reconciled with God through the Church of Christ Y'Shua.
Satan in rage persecuted the church through Roman Empire for nearly three hundred years. Ancient conspiracy was hot to annoy the vessels of God. The believers were casted before lions, some were burnt and others were massacred. For three hundred years Church was persecuted by the pagan Roman Empire conspired by Satan but Church never loosed her faith. Holy Spirit was still doing wonders in the Church.

About 'mother-child cult, Dr. J. Dwight Pentecost writes:
"Several years ago I visited an archeological museum in Mexico City. A recent find had just been put on display which Mexican archeologist had authenticated as belonging to the period about 200 years before Christ. The object was the center of religious worship among some of the early Indians in Mexico. To my amazement, it was an image of a mother with a child in her arms. This Babylonian religion spread abroad to become the religion of the world" (Pentecost, Prophecy for today P. 133).
The high priest in this cult system was called Pontifex Maximus. Today Pope is also referred as Pontiff of Rome. Christ condemned such titles
Early believers protested against such alteration and pagan education and they were sentenced to death by religious court. Worship of sun-god was accepted by the remaining members. Conspiracy dominated the church. Images of sun were again made and worshiped. Even today you can observe Saint Peter's plan exactly, like the shape of sun 'Sunday' was also fixed and consecrated for congregation.
Bible as well as secular history tell us that first spade of dirt was turned for the purpose of Devil-worship at the tower of Babel where Santan's church began officially as seen in Genesis 11:1-9 nearly 24 centuries B.C. Here in the fertile plain of shinar, probably very close to the original Garden of Eden, Nimrod, an apostate grandson of Noah who was full-time minister of Satan, after the flood founded civilization. In those days, people faced the dangers of falling prey to the wild animals and Nimrod was a mighty hunter. He proved himself "the Saviour" of humans from wild animals. In Genesis chapter 10 it is written, "He was a mighty hunter before the Lord" (Verse-9). According to Hebrew text, word "before" means "against" thus verse 9 reads as 'He was a mighty hunter against the Lord'.
Nimrod founded Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in Shinar. In Chapter-11, we see that they began making a tower and a city in the land of Shinar, so that they might not scatter and thus might have a 'Name' there. The Satanic ambition "to be as high as the Lord" (Isaiah 47/13) was working among the people building the tower of Babylon " to make a name for themselves". There was another reason to build the tower that was to promote the Astronomy so that they might gaze and observe the stars and Zodiac signs easily. Ancient records of secular history tell us that Nimrod married a woman who was as evil and demonic as himself. Her name was 'Semiramus' and was highly skillful in witchcraft and was a harlot. Nimrod was killed during a hunting trip and he left behind him a son named 'Tammuz'. At the tower of Babel, Semiramus with her son Tammuz started (instituted) a religious system which made both "her and her son" the objects of divine worship. She herself became the first high priestess. Thus began the "mother-child" cult. Semiramus proclaimed her son Tammuz as "promised seed" the Messiah because Semiramus had the knowledge of coming Messiah from pre-diluvian history and records concerning the promise of a future Savior (Gen. 3:15).
When God confused their languages and scattered them from there over all the earth, they also carried this idolatrous 'mother-child' cult along with them. From Babylon it spread to Phoenicia under the name of Ashteroth and Tammuz' and 'Ashteroth and Baal'. From Phoenicia it traveled to Pergamos (Asia Minor) and in Egypt the "mother child" cult was known as Isis and Horus. In Greece it become Aphrodite and Eros. In Rome this pair was worshiped as Venus and Cupid. In Arabia they were given Names "Naila and Asaf". In India, the cult was and still is known as "Deveki and Krishna".
The common thing was a "woman with a child" whatsoever their names were. This "woman" was also a harlot and was also called as the "great mother" all over the world. This Babylonian religion was wide spread and had many "mysteries" (the education of this cult system was divided in many portions or sections, these portions were called as 'mysteries'). In this cult system "Sun" was considered as "god" that gave warmth and helped corps grow. To consider Nimrod as "sun-god" was a major "mystery" among the other mysteries of this cult religion. That is why the worship of sun considering Nimrod as 'sun-god' was a major sacrament of this mysterious idolatrous, cult system. Today Hindus (Indians) still worship sun as their 'god' and they believe that Rama was an offspring of 'sun-god' and in Hinduism the most honourable caste is 'Surevanshan' meaning the progeny of sun-god. In spite of this all, sun-worship can also be seen in the Bible in 2-Kings chapter-23.
About 2000 B.C. God called Abraham away from all this ( see Joshua 24/2-3 ) and led him in the promised land. But by the ninth century B.C. Israel had returned to this devil worship under the influence of wicked Jezebel (see 1-King 16/30-33). At this time the cult was worshiped under the name of Baal.
Among prophets Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel warned against this hellish thing but the people always responded as "We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord. We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven" (Jeremiah 44/16-17).
Prophet Jeremiah tells us their condition "The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven" (Jermiah 7/18). Here the same "great mother" was given a new name "Queen of Heaven". In New Testament apostle John also warned against this idolatrous cult system in the book of Revelation. Chapter-17 as "One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me. 'Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast she had a golden cup in her hand. This title was written on her forehead:
Mystery:

SHOULD TRUE CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS ?
PART 1
"Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive Power and Wealth and Wisdom and Strength, and Honor and Glory and Praise!"
Bible is the word of God written through inspiration of the Holy Spirit by men appointed by the Most High, in which salvation not only for Israel but also for all mankind is clearly guaranteed. Being believers, we should walk in spirit in the light of word of God because kingdom of heaven can only be achieved through "Halacha" of Bible. Psalmist also declares "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path". (Psalms 119/105). By these words Psalmist gives significance to the importance of the word of God in our lives. Is today's Christianity really according to the word of God? Are all the churches giving full importance to the word of God, which is due?
Nothing is there which God forgot to narrate in the Bible and no one is able to add or take away anything from the Bible. Are our lives being spent according to the Bible? Are all the churches on international level taking full guidance from the word of God or also relying upon human mind?
There arises an important and worth thinking question by various sects of critics "What is Christmas?" "Does Christmas has anything with the birth of Christ?" "When and where was it started from?" "How was it linked with Christ?" Let us examine and study about this important and radical topic and judge it on the basis of Bible and other historical record.
Sons of Israel were given feasts and in 'Torah' God ordered and directed Moses to observe and perform all these feasts and he was given names, months, exact dates and duration of these feasts. He was also given complete ways of their observances, and in Spirit God also revealed in these feasts His mighty program of Salvation for all mankind in the future (Leviticus Ch. 23).
Here verse 3 tells us about 'Sabbath' and:
1. "The Passover and Unleavened Bread" (Verse 5-6) "Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of first month and the "Lords' Feast of unleavened Bread" show "suffering and the sacrifice of Christ (Ha Mashiach).
2. "First fruits" "reap its harvest bring to priest a sheaf of the First Grain wave it on the day after the Sabbath."(V. 9-11) shows "resurrection of Christ".
3. "Feast of weeks" (Pentecost) "From the day after the Sabbath you brought sheaf count off seven full weeks Count off fifty days" (Verse 15-22) shows "out-pouring of the Holy Spirit".
4. "Feast of Trumpets" "On the first day of the seventh month" (Verse 23-25) represents "Coming world-wide Rapture of the Church".
5. "Day of Atonement" "The tenth day of this seventh month" (Verse 26-27) represents "Tribulation after the Rapture of the Church and the days of Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30/7).
6. "Feast of Tabernacles" "On the fifteenth day of the seventh month" (Verse 33-34) represents "millennial kingdom of the Lamb on earth".
God gave Israel feasts and revealed His Mighty program through them but in new testament no where is indicated the actual date of the birth of Christ. Did God forget to inspire his servants to write or indicate the day and date of birth of His own beloved son? Apostle Paul writes in his epistle to Galatians "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be anathema! (Gal. 1/. Why did Paul write so? It was because in spirit, he was smelling 'conspiracy' against Christ and His teachings. He shouted that "even if we", that is "he himself or other apostles" and even "an angel from heaven" whether it might be the angel "Gabriel" has no power or authority to alter or change teachings of Christ and manipulate an other kind of teaching. If anyone found doing so he is a cursed one "Let him be anathema". Further, he teaches the church of Galatians in his epistle in Chapter-4 verse 10 that "special days and months and seasons and years" bear no significance. If anyone presses this point that Paul was restraining the believers in Galatia from the observance of the Jewish feasts, then, as an answer, I will argue that, when Paul criticized the observance of those feasts which were duly certified by God in the old testament, then, what is about Christmas for which nothing even an iota is said or found anywhere in the Bile especially in New Testament.
When Moses went up on the mountain Sinai, he was shown a 'sanctuary' or a 'tabernacle' (Exodus 25/8-9) and was ordered to make a sanctuary exactly like the pattern he was shown. Moses never used his own mind anywhere apart from the instructions given by the Almighty God Himself. God never depends upon human efforts and thoughts. Today, all the churches must also be in the same pattern of the early apostolic church as we see in the book of 'Acts' whom Christ built upon Himself exactly like the pattern He was given by His heavenly Father. All such churches will soon be pulled up by the root that are not found on the pattern of true early apostolic church and they will be left behind to suffer tribulation and "the beast and the ten horns will hate the prostitute (False Church). They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire." (Rev. 17/16).
New Testament gives us clear instructions only but ecclesiastical congregation and sharing in the Lord's supper while today's Churches are doing number of things which are not found in the Bible especially New Testament. We should follow the original "ancient paths, and good ways" (Jeremiah 6/16) and follow the foot prints of the early apostolic Church-True Church of Christ. True Church, the body of Christ i.e. 'ecclesia' is the only church which is built on same pattern as shown in the book of Acts and has power of Pentecost and where true revelation is experienced every day, where Christ is clearly seen walking and trimming this church.
"Conspiracy" against Christ had its origin right from the heaven. Satan with his angels had been active to disturb God's salvific program since their rejection and falling from heaven (Isaiah 14/12). Moreover, Psalmist also in Pralm 2 says. "Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Mashiach (anointed one)". (Psalm 2/1-2). Sin or rebellian was caused to enter in Eden and first couple disobeying their real master was expelled out from Eden. "Wish (ambition) to be like or equal to God got "pregnant" and "gave birth to sin" and thus as a result Cain was born to Eve. Cain overcame Abel. False overcame True one. No doubt Eve gave birth to Cain and Abel but two children were of different seeds. Just like two trees, one of life another of knowledge of evil were getting their nourishment from the same soil, so was with Abel and Cain. Cain was not Adam's seed but of serpent while Adam's real son was Abel. That is why Cain killed Abel. Cain was the first killer upon this earth. Cain's cruel deed proved him to be of Serpent (I will not go in detail here about Cain's real father for knowing in details keep in touch with us). It was repeated again and again after it. Due to great ''Conspiracy" God's vessels" had been tortured by the persons having satanic characteristics. When Moses was born, again 'conspiracy' of killing all the male babies was motivated so that Moses might be crushed away among them, Satan was behind this motive, but God saved his anointed one. Moses was a foreshadow of Christ- Ha Mashiach. He had to be the then-savior of the Hebrew nation. God rescued His nation Israel from the hands of Egyptians and through Moses brought them out of the bondage of Egypt. God triumphed. Israel was led by Moses then by Joshua to the promised land so that they might worship their true Lord YHWH and follow the laws of holiness and remain holy in YHWH's presence.
As 'Conspiracy' was also there parallel to the true religion of YHWH, other idolatrous nations were enthusiast in performing their unholy, sinful and idolatrous rites. Bible also tells us about them and warns about their cults. God forbade His people not to have any concern with the idolatrous cults of pagan nations and about their gods and goddesses rather separate themselves from their unholy ritual observances. (Ex. 23/13) (Lev. 20/6, 20/27), (Deut. 12/29, 13/6-11, 16/21).
VARIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIAS TELL US:
"Christmas was not among in the early festivals of Church." Catholic Encyclopedia 1908, Vol.III, P.724)
About shepherds 'They were not there in the cold rainy season". (Encyclopedia Britannica 1907, Vol.5 P.611)
«In 354 A.D., Liberius, the bishop of Rome ordered to celebrate 25th December birthday of Sun" (World book Encyclopedia 1966, Vol.3, P.416)
"Many Christmas ceremonies. Were not Christian festival of Saturnalia at Rome provided a Pattern" (James Hatings Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics. Vol.iii. pp. 608-609)
"Christmas the observance is probably no older than A.D. 200." (Columbia Encyclopedia)
"Exchanging gifts was also a part of pagan festivals". (Encyclopedia Americana 1956 Vol. VI. P. 622)
Knowing everything about this pagan Christianized festival, I am amazed what thing compels religious leaders, pastors, whether Pentecostal or non-Pentecostalto celebrate this unholy and hellish festival.
As we see above, when Romans entered into the church, the priests of this mother-child cult also entered and began searching 'words' and 'events' in the gospels so that they might easily compare them with the 'mysteries' of the "mother-child" cult. They succeeded. 'Mother' was given new name 'Mary' and 'Child' was given a new name and identity as 'baby Jesus'. So, the ancient 'mother-child' cult was transferred in the name and identity of 'Mary- baby Jesus'. Thence, idols of Babylonian cult were also invited in church and church building. Today, you can see in every Roman Catholic Church and home an idol of a woman with a child' being worshiped as 'Mary and baby Jesus'. Bible clearly condemns making idols or images but people still respond as in the days of prophet Jeremiah 'we will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord" (Jer. 44:16). The entrance of Romans into the church was the beginning of apostasy. That is why Christ Y'Shua warned the church in Thyatira about Jezebel. The age of Thyatira was the age of Roman Catholic Church and its end will be in the tribulation by the beast The Antichrist. God manifested in Y'Shua warned and still warns about her "...so I will cast her on a bed of suffering and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely". (Rev. 2:18-29)

No wonder. Why wouldnt it be a do or die affair

Ritualist are everywhere not only osun. Be careful on the type of buses and okada you board this December period shine ur eyes and be prayerful especially this festive season things like this intensify. may GOD save us from the snare of the fowler

Zikdik:
One would think your god would concern himself with a place like Las "Sin City" Vegas. If anything happens to the New York stock market, your god has me to answer to..and that'd be really bad news for it.

. If it where las vegas even an athiest wouldn't. Mind. They would say it The consequence of their moral paversion but since it now NEW YORK u are raising eye brow but GOD is not ur mate HE doesn't reason like you do, HE has HIS reasons maybe if it happens to NY the whole of america and even the rest. Of the whole would change from their parverted way of life and repent.

But btw,I thought atheist don't even believe there is a GOD how then do u say HE would av concern HIMSELF with sin city? oh! U knew diariss GOD? That's Good news to start with

obiajulu1:
Ist pray for your immediate surroundings and your country.. we need that prayer because doom is happening everyday in this country

yea sure. But lets bear one another burden. Are we not brethen

Vision of prophesy.
I saw this in vision on 11th of this December around 4am.
I saw how massive death is coming to occurred in NEW YORK, this will happened soon through a strange event.
I saw this with the logo of new York attach to it so that i will know which state in America.
This event shall be written on news paper and every countries shall see it and cry for the fallen of this city.
I saw how massive of people die, it was so terrible, people were crying and lamenting for new York, this is as the result of their sins of immorality and wickedness against God.
New York make your way right before the Lord, prepared your way for his coming, return to the Lord and turned away from your sin and the lord shall take this plague that is about to fall on you away.
In the vision i was sreaming shouting the name of Jesus, and later the Lord spoke to me in the same vision that this would happened soon, i was lamenting, because the fallen of the city was exceedingly great.
Help new York in prayer
By bro emmanuel samsönjude