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Crossroad1:
Seems the new trend right now or let me put it this way, seems the fastest ways for so called men of God to gain popularity and trend right now is to attack each other.
Tunde bakare attacks Oyedepo about his private jet.
Okotie attacks t.b Joshua that he is a demon. Now this particular one has so many counter attacks from the likes of indaboski, Iginla and the rest..
They now take each other to the cleaners with reckless abandon and some of them will even use curse words on the alter.
We now have proud men of God
Boastful men of God
Womanizers
Miracle arrangees
Magicians(they now command money into bank accounts)
Prophecy arrangee
So apparently, the church of God is now a business center which Jesus warmed against in

Luke 19:46
New King James Version
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’

They've even turned the church into a place where they sell all sort of thing you can ever imagine..
They sell handkerchief, aprons, water, anointing oil for security purposes and health issues meanwhile they walk around with angry looking securities and fly their families abroad when they are sick..

John 2:16
New King James Version
And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

This is not the Christianity I grew up knowing, this is not the Christianity of love, peace and tolerance they talked about when we were growing up.. The more the world advance, the more worse Christianity is becoming..
Pastors now boast of what they have and what they've acquired over their years and they termed it God's prosperity..
God can prosper you but what I see around in today's churches hennnnn, it is well..

Cc oam4j

anointedlinks:
Can be said to have been disastrous hence the need to educate the Church on the workings of the state

OtemAtum:
Okay, maybe you did not get to see the scripts oral traditions written passed by Luwabi, Ofo, Bongo and the rest because they were suppressed by the colonial masters who helped us write false versions of our histories. But if you had heard the oral traditions, they made far more senses than the books written by the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians, Colossians, Thessalonians and Hebrews. It's my pleasure to share some of them with you.

Luwabi 14: 20-22

20. Let no foreigners take your moral values and replace them with theirs. For if they do so, they shall take your soul with them also.
21. There is one world and there are many beliefs. Do not take the belief of another over your own beliefs, except if you have seen reason out of it.
22. And those who force their beliefs on you should not be accepted.

22jumpstreet:
Isaiah 53 is talking about a suffering servant....NOT A SON. Check verse 11. In chapter 41:5-9 Isaiah told you who the servant is. Did you miss that?

The other point you gave are not valid. Is that what convinced you?.

OtemAtum:
Sorry for badging in, I saw Romans and Phillipians in your quotes and[b] I am wondering why you've never quoted Lagosians and Kogites all the while. So you mean you believe the Roman and Phillipian gods more than the gods of your own land who never believe that you need to be saved from any original sin?[/b] Hmm.

Biodun556:
Ofcours

22jumpstreet:
1. Lol, what is he saving you from?


2. Why do you think you need a saviour outside of yourself?

3. Where in the old testament did God say he had a son he was sending as a human sacrifice?

Answer this three question for me with reference from the old testament.

22jumpstreet:
I am referring to the Jesus in the so called new testament...there is no record of him in both Jewish or Roman sources. He was created at the council of nicea...on the order of emperor Constantine. He wanted a single religion for his empire

Bejusttoall:
Why this? Hope you are good?

Biodun556:
You're on point. We are all corrupt in Nigeria not just politicians.

Eviana:
You two couldn't even respect this thread. Obsessive monitoring....to the "nth" degree. I knew you guys would do it.

Husband and wife team:
Thank you two for your specific prayers for me and my hatred of Islam....as you stated below. Let us be specific though because God answers specific prayers.
I will even add in my church as well.
Pray for me to have love for the Afghan innocent victims being slaughtered (as they are in Nigeria) by Islamic extremists.
Pray that me and my fake 50/50 "Americana/Igbo" heritage is exposed as a fraud and that my birth country of America is destroyed and my "real" country is exposed.
Pray also for my fake SDA church, fake prophet E.G.White, fake gospel- the Bible of Jesus Christ, and fake Christianity as well.
Last, but certainly not least, FAST & PRAY that I will end all of my illegal activity here with the Nairaland "boys" that I so desperately crave. May each and every illegal activity be exposed and I be arrested for decades. May I be exposed as an evening newspaper who's desperate for attention.

May the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel hear you two very clearly and answer as you both desire.

Eviana:
All the while Jesus was at Jerusalem during the feast He was shadowed by spies. Day after day new schemes to silence Him were tried. The priests and rulers were watching to entrap Him. They were planning to stop Him by violence. But this was not all. They wanted to humble this Galilean rabbi before the people.


On the first day of His presence at the feast, the rulers had come to Him, demanding by what authority He taught. They wished to divert attention from Him to the question of His right to teach, and thus to their own importance and authority.
"My teaching is not Mine," said Jesus, "but His that sent Me. If any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak from Myself." John 7:16, 17, R. V. The question of these cavilers Jesus met, not by answering the cavil, but by opening up truth vital to the salvation of the soul. The perception and appreciation of truth, He said, depends less upon the mind than upon the heart.
Truth must be received into the soul; it claims the homage of the will. If truth could be submitted to the reason alone, pride would be no hindrance in the way of its reception. But it is to be received through the work of grace in the heart; and its reception depends upon the renunciation of every sin that the Spirit of God reveals.
Man's advantages for obtaining a knowledge of the truth, however great these may be, will prove of no benefit to him unless the heart is open to receive [456] the truth, and there is a conscientious surrender of every habit and practice that is opposed to its principles. To those who thus yield themselves to God, having an honest desire to know and to do His will, the truth is revealed as the power of God for their salvation. These will be able to distinguish between him who speaks for God, and him who speaks merely from himself.
The Pharisees had not put their will on the side of God's will.
They were not seeking to know the truth, but to find some excuse for evading it; Christ showed that this was why they did not understand His teaching



...Those who are forward in accusing others, and zealous in bringing them to justice, are often in their own lives more guilty than they. Men hate the sinner, while they love the sin. Christ hates the sin, but loves the sinner. This will be the spirit of all who follow Him.


The Desire of Ages
Chapter 50- "Among Snares"
E.G. White

PeaceJoyLove:
Massacre is going on also in Afghanistan. Why have you not made a single comment to the massacre going on there?
And knowing fully well that the country you claimed as yours (we arent sure if its true) is right in the middle of the troubles in Afghnaitan. People fell down from plane, women (this affects you directly) are tormented and violated by the Talibans, etc.
So, why haven't you made any comment or sympathize with them? Is it because they are mostly muslims and not of your religion?

Dearest friend, I am not attacking you. There is something I know about you a long time ago having met you here. And I have had my confirmation.
I do not know who you are cos I do not believe or trust all you said and even wrote here about yourself. I do not trust you. But what I know is that your passion for Nigeria is something else.
Whether it is illegal stuff you do with boys or not, passion is passion. And I know you have a strong hatred towards a certain group of people who arent of the faith you claim.
I do not want to mention the group of people. Listen to me, those group of people who you hated with passion are your mission on this earth.
You can come out to disclaim that you dont hate them. But deep in your soul, you know you hate them with passion.

Let me advise you. Pray for this set of people for a week and see if you have peace in your heart or not. Whatever you have with them that made you hate them, release that thing and lay it at the cross of Christ.

22jumpstreet:
I have always maintained that Jesus is a Roman creation...by extension Christianity...

Son ofIssachar:
A man had one very beautiful daughter. When the daughter was ready for marriage, the father sent news around town that all the eligible young men should come to compete in a test that would determine who was fit to marry his daughter.

On that day, all was set, all the able-bodied young men came out. Some came with pen and paper, others with cutlasses and swords.

The rich man took them to his swimming pool and addressed the men: “Any of you who can swim from one end of this swimming pool to the other would marry my daughter. In addition, I‘ll give him $15 million, a car and a house so they can start life well. I shall be waiting to meet my son-in-law at the other end. Good luck!”

As the young men, all very excited at the prospect of winning, started taking off their shirts, a helicopter came over the pool and dropped alligators and crocodiles into the pool. Immediately, all the men turned back and started wearing their shirts back. Disappointed, some of them said, ”That’s crazy, let’s see who would marry that girl, no one will.”

All of a sudden, they heard a splash in the pool. Everybody watched in amazement as a young man waddled animatedly across the pool, avoiding the alligators and crocodiles.

Finally, he made it to the other side. The rich man could not believe it. He walked toward the young man smiling, but the man was still panting uncontrollably. When he pulled himself up, he demanded angrily, ”SHOW ME THE PERSON THAT PUSHED ME INSIDE THIS POOL!”

You don’t know what you are capable of doing until you are pushed. Those seeking to push you into the jaws of alligators and crocodiles might be helping you to reach your promised land. Sometimes it takes going through the worst moments to bring out the best in us. Trials are raw materials for triumphant testimonies.

Author Unknown

Meditation: “… Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” – Esther 4:14

You will succeed because Jesus loves You!

Also read:

Bring Something Home
Thinking of Divorce? Think Again
Are You Pushing to Get to Destination?

Krismas:
God did not show mercy on India? What a partial god

yetmao:
i m also curious to know....Around that time, i got sick, i lost every sense of taste. (which i later knew to be a symptom of COVID) And we were lockdown, no medical service was available, the only medication i took is the local malaria concoction and paratamol

yetmao:
Covid passed through Nigeria last year for a reason I don't know yet, we are naturally immune to the virus. Many people scaled thru it like normal malaria sickness

laiza:
As tragic and painful as this incident is America is not to blame for the actions of one man, but the particular psychopath who went on a killing spree. America as a country has plenty good people and Afghanistan too have very well behaved people, the problem is the US foreign policy that needs some ammendments.

Eviana:

7 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith".
2 Timothy 4: 7 (KJV)

While verse "8" of 2Tim. gives the follow-up "reward" of that faith, I do not want to focus on anything but the above verse.

How did Paul--the ruthless "Christian" guilty of the imprisonment and death of innumerable followers of Christ--turned one of the mightiest soldiers of Christ-- feel confident enough to voice those words knowing that his time of death was near??

Words that every sincere follower of Christ needs to thoroughly examine.
Ponder them carefully....serious self introspection time.

In this thread, I want to examine snippets of the lives of various followers of Christ...from notable biblical figures to martyrs... and what got them to the point of a peaceful confidence in Christ.
Coming soon...

I hope readers will be blessed and encouraged in their walks with Christ.

Eviana:
Psalm 1:1 (KJV)

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish


Good morning....

HISSCRIBE1995:
I believe that majority of those who choose to be identified as atheists are residing or are citizens of nations were christianity is the predominant religion.
Islamic nations like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Iran Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Senegal, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Qatar, Jordan, Syria and so on ;would not tolerate atheism the way christian dominated nations like the United States of America, United Kingdoms, Brazil, Germany, South Africa, the Bahamas Argentina, and the likes have tolerated it.

These people are taking advantage of the peaceful nature of Christianity, and thereby insulting Christians, abusing their faith, and even demanding for laws and policies that are apparently against christian values though the knew very well that if it were to be Islamic nations their voices wouldn't be heard talksess of demanding for some rights they knew would be against others.
In fact many who calls themselves atheists here on nairaland were formerly Christians,
How many atheists are there in the Islamic session?
The fact that a large number of atheist were formerly Christians doesn't mean christianity is a failure but it reveals a dimension in christ, and that dimension is "peace and love, "

People would love to take advantage of the peaceful nature of a person without considering the sacrifices and efforts that person puts together in other for peace to reign.

You would have never heard of some of the world greatest minds like Albert Einstein has it been they diverted to atheism from islam,
No! They would have been sent six feet below, and their names gone into oblivion.

But these men took advantage of the peaceful teachings of Christianity, and made names for themselves among Christians, and even Christians help herald their names all over the world out of their lovely hearts.

You that you are a atheist and reading this right now, answer these questions and say nothing but the truth.

1. If you were formerly a Muslim would you be able to reveal you believe out there to the Islamic society where you belong?

2. Would you be bold to speak against islam, and blaspheme the prophet the way you might have done to christianity, and to the name of jesus christ?

Atheists should respect Christians, and acknowledge that the God whom Christians serve is a peaceful God who through his patience and sacrifices has done a lot to help them believe in him even though he is invisible to the physical eyes, yet his life, dimensions, and realities can be seen demonstrated by those who believe in him.

If you don't believe in God because you can't see him, believe in him because you can see evidences of his existence.
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slimjohn2k5:
Judge not is on the condition that you are judging someone and you are guilty of same thing. You cannot be a judge for an issue you are not fit to judge

Reading the Mathew 7:1-5 explains further

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.(B) 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(C)

3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Pay attention to verse 5

In summary, we can judge but be sure you are clean before judging someone else