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Pastor Kun: Why can't Nigerians ask questions or think?
When your pastors want to buy a car/jet or acquire an asset they wash you with beautiful words backed up with verses. They tell you how important is it to give unto The Lord, tell you blessed is he that giveth and you are fully hypnotized to emptying your pockets with joy. Funny enough when you have your own problems they give you verses to read and instruct you to fast and pray, sly isn't? So if the method they offer you works so why don't they use it to solve their own problems?....no sentiments just think.

demelza: This one don smoke gbana finish, e no fit think again.

Emusan: Have you ever gone to a church seeking God and instead got the famous words: "If you want to be born again, then repent, do good, then tithe"? Even if you do complete all these churchly "tasks," does it still leave a hollow place inside of you where you wanted God and were fed religion instead? Do you ever wonder if there is more to being a Christian than being good and giving money to the church? Well, here's some good news!

1 Consider that God gave us the Law to show us our need for a Savior:
Paul tells us that the Law is good if it is used lawfully. It is just a mirror, not a to do list. Scripture says the Law is a schoolmaster to lead us to Christ. It doesn't save us it just shows us we need saving.

2 Read Galatians, where Paul talks about faith being the only way to God:
He completely dismisses the notion that following the old Jewish law is necessary for salvation. The law is summarized by Jesus as loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself. Faith in Jesus is the only way to be saved. Reading the Bible for yourself is a wonderful way to come to know God your father better.

3 Make time for God: God delights in being with you, and always has time to chat. Making time for just you and Him is important.

4 Accept that no one is perfect, or a "good Christian":
No matter how much a person has tithed (i.e., paid "church taxes", this does not make the person better than another. God does not care about literal actions alone. What truly matters is motives in your heart and soul. Even if you donate a vast amount of money and time to a great Christian organization, if you do this with a mindset of glorifying yourself, God does not favor it. "To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice" (Proverbs 21:3, NIV).

5 Don't abuse your belief as an excuse for sinning:
Jesus' death doesn't mean it's alright to go out and sin. Jesus' death may have freed Christians from the heavy bonds of sin but it's not time to go out and collect some more for Jesus to wash away. It is time to live out your life of freedom before others. And to share your talents, skills and love with others. This way Jesus may draw all people to Himself through seeing what you have. The whole point of His death was not so that you could sin more and bathe in His grace, but so that he could free you and turn you away from your slavery and bonds to the evils of sin.

6 An insightful quote from DC Talk: "The single biggest cause of atheism in the world today is CHRISTIANS, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable."

7 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8


Prepare for the way of the Lord your God.


Shalom!

sucreblazing: Na wa oo....se condom no dey Kenya ? Abi them no enlighten them on the need for condom when them wan do that thing ?

lahchi: Many people make the mistake of having a false belief of Isrealites, who are also known as Jews, to be the same as Christians today but the bible has made it clear and stated it that the Church were the saints gather began in Acts 2, but the Isrealites happened to be one of the generations of Jacob. Heb 7 made it clear that tithe was given as a LAW to the Isrealites to be paid to the Levites.
Ignorance would still make some people bring up opinions about Malachi 3:8 but have you taken time to know who this book was written to and why it was written? If you check Malachi 1:1, it was clearly written that the book was written as a "Warning From God To The Isrealites Through Prophet Malachi".
If you still harbour any doubt concerning the Topic above, ask yourself this question: Why Wasn't It Recorded That The Early Christians Paid Tithe?

Goshen360: God doesn't operate the new covenant by the old because the old is null and void at the Cross of which tithe was inclusive

lahchi: Despite the good arrangement and packaging of this post, I didn't see any bible reference.

FOLYKAZE: Dreams are spiritual symbols? From which scientific journal did you read that from?

Erm....I post whatever is on my mind...dont care if you hang for hatred

BoboYekini: brother relax, what you dreamt about was an alien invasion...

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FOLYKAZE: What drugs did you take before sleeping? You hallucinating..... Good to dream, it the brain functioning

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FOLYKAZE: Lol. Satan is a great Lord.

I trashed religion when I found out it a tool which can be use to destroy itself.

You think Deeper life is the right church, please worship with Jehovah witness and your live wont remain the same. You thing Jehovah witness is right, please move with catholic and see the flaws in JW. You think celestial is right, please visit C/S zion church and get flaws in cele.

The more you seek, the more you find flaws. Stick to your brain bro

lil max: So its now a pastors duty to take care of members of d church....abi