lucianotawinji:


That's not what it implies. It can be one of the root causes of adult violence...not the only one. They might not use the cane but they sure used other things to teach violence.

The point is, most of what is amplified in your adult life is hinged on your belief system formed when you were a kid .

Ok.

That would imply that children from developed countries, free from such discipline, don't grow into violent adults.

Very thoughtful. However, Nigeria has long anticipated a time when politicians will start fulfilling their thoughtful promises; post-election .

Onariii:
I don tire to laugh abeg

This is really Impressive. Let's hope that the PVC's will be put to good use.

'Who said it' shouldn't be the problem. Our major concern is whether what is alleged is true or not.

That's quite Impressive .

There are a few factors to be considered. The more lucrative an agricultural business is, the greater the skill required.
In a nutshell make your choice based on these:
» Your Knowlege and experience; This will reduce the risk of monetary loss.
» Availability & cost of raw-materials.
» Demand
It may be safer to start from a small scale if you are unsure of your experience.

MaxInDHouse:


According to Jesus of Nazareth whatever cause differences in the way we do things in worship simply means we are neighbours living in the same neighbourhood, but as for my brothers and sisters in the faith we have the same line of thought! Matthew 12:46-50

So you're my neighbour not my brother!

Ok.

MaxInDHouse:


If Jesus already warned us that many religious leaders will emerge towards the end {Matt 24:11}

Well said, but that doesn't change the fact that God needs labourers in His harvest and He is the One Who will rightfully separate the wheat from the tares.
"Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest."(Matt.9:37,38)

" Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door." (James5:9)

and the contradictions caused by these false prophets will lead many out of the faith {Matt 24:12}

Hmmmm. But genuine faith doesn't waver.

"But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." (from James1:6)
"That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love." (Eph.4:14-16)

definitely the only true Christian group will be singled out as evil because they maintained the same line of thought {John 17:22}

The word of God isn't monopolized
"What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?"_(1Corinth.14:36)

JW is one church out of many.
" For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints."-(1Corinth.14:33)
"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (Eph.4:11-13)

then you will notice that all others who are criticizing this single group will find it really difficult to maintain a routine of the assignment Jesus gave his disciples which is globally preaching zealously and industriously teaching in all their neighbourhood! Matt 28:19-20 compare to Act 1:8

So even when those false religions are wrong all of them will continue to point accusing fingers to the one and only group practicing what Jesus laid down! Matt 10:22-25

The same way you point accusing fingers at them.
Hmm . And you are probably oblivious to the fact that there are other churches that are Evangelical, Righteousness-centered, Have missionaries etc. No wonder Jesus said:
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? . Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? (Matt.7:3,4)

All of them will always kick against themselves because POLITICS and RACISM will continue to lead them into killing their so called fellow believers {Reve 6:3-4} but among true Christians (Jehovah's Witnesses) both POLITICS, RACISM and MILITARY SERVICES will be buried {Isaiah 2:2-4 compare to Zephaniah 3:9 & Psalms 46:9}

God has shown His interest in what happens of the earth time after time, especially in politics as you called it. The apathy of good people toward sensitive issues as these will only lead to a decline in sound morality on Earth.
Romans 13: 1-4: ". Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. . Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: . For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."

_never to have any impact on true disciples of Jesus Christ because they must have love among themselves! John 13:34-35; 15:12

If you fulfill the commandment of love, you are in order.
"And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us." -(1John3:23,24)

" If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: . But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. . For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." -(James2:8-10)

God bless you.

MaxInDHouse:


Jesus told us that it's not easy to IDENTIFY the original Christians after Satan has multiplied the weeds who are all claiming denominations of the same religion yet having contradicting teachings and conflicting doctrines! Matthew 13:24-30

So if you're sincere about Jesus of Nazareth all you need to do is find out which group is doing what Jesus commanded. Because no evil group can do it since it's only God's Holy Spirit that will help true believers to work it out with imperfect humans! Matthew 7:16-18

Ok.

MaxInDHouse:


It's like misinformed religionists love that word "torment forever" instead of asking Jesus' anointed brothers to teach them what the verse means_

I will rather SMH at "very-informed-religionists"(JW) who bring up arguments about true meaning and originality of Scriptural Words; yet they managed to adulterate Acts.20:28 and still believe that the adulterated form is better than the original text

@blamingthedevil

Nigerian Politicians give money only because the masses demand for it; nobody loves to squander money, least of all, politicians.
It's quite unfortunate that a very large Part of Nigeria's problem lies in the greed & ignorance of the masses.

kristonium:
What's that one thing that is always leading to another??

Person wey come spend 2weeks for your house, na bible study una wan come do?

Let's learn to take responsibility, and stop all these, "one thing leading to another"

Insightful

Few days ago, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo beat Tinubu etc in some online poll. politics is unpredictable

Ok. How it'll help Nigerians should be stated as well.

So courageous.

Dtruthspeaker:


You confuse Church going with Christ-likeness aka Christian.

And Christ was consistent in His Service to His Ruler.

But it is known that churchgoers have many masters, hence, they work in many places.

Noteworthy

Lastly, a clear study of the greek text shows that the word used as 'firstborn' (col.1:15,18) is also used to describe Jesus as the firstborn from the dead. The usage here is not to imply chronological occurence[people were resurrected even from the days of Elijah-Heb11:35, lazarus -John12:1 Jairus- mark5:42 etc.] Firstborn here signifies preeminence/rank not chronology. Just like a commander in chief of the armed forces of a country: It is an office held by the president ~has nothhng to do with sleeping in baracks.
Exits thread:
2Tim.2:23-26
I wish the Word of God is not hid to you @maxindhouse 2Corinth.4:3-5
Titus3:8-10.
»I take my leave now«

@maxindhouse It seems you have not seen it already. i will summarize it for you~ Read carefuly this time . those were in reply to your post that God made man & through man he made cars, telephone etc(that's just workmanship or craft).
» Now, when we talk about creation, we speak of creating matter and existence out of nothing.(Gen.1:1) No creature can do that. »Secondly, God said he never told any angel to sit at His right hand (Heb.1:13).
» Thirdly, there's nothing Like God created Jesus and Jesus creating man; They coexisted in the begining (John1:1) and so did the Eternal Spirit (Heb.9:14) . This will help you to see the correlation. God bless you.

"I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it : and God doeth it that men should fear before Him"-Eccl.3:14
"For God (JEHOVAH), Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness_"- Taken from 2Corinth.4:6
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear " -Heb.11:3
" For unto which of the angel said he at any time, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee__" [the answer is simple "none". check other translation and original greek text] - Taken from Heb.1:5

MaxInDHouse:



You are a human and from what we have seen in the past it's obvious that mankind never had telephones, televisions, computers, radios, automobiles, aircrafts, electricity and many more someone 500 years ago.
So who is responsible for all these things man or God?
Let's start from there!

For your information God created man in his own image meaning mankind can think of how to make things better but all the glory honour and power belongs to the one who created us in His image!
So if Jesus is called the image of the invisible God it simply means God has imparted in His only begotten Son the ability to created all other things yet all glory, laud and honour goes to the one who created this firstborn creature and empowered him to make other things_

It's quite absurd that this is coming from someone as knowlegeable as you. God created matter from a void, light out of darkness: that's a feat no creature can undertake.I'll drop salient scriptures in a jiffy

Let's learn together: For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him (JESUS Christ), and for Him -Col.1:16 "Thou art worthy O Lord. to recieve glory and honour and power: for thou (JEHOVAH) hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. "-Rev.4:11 | What's your take on this?

cosiocan:

And being in the form or the nature of God, does not contradict the fact that He was created, just as Eve is in the nature of Adam because Yahuwah created Eve from Adam. Yahushuah has the nature of Yahuwah Elohim because He was created from Yahuwah. And other creatures was created by Yahuwah from the word that proceeded from Yahushuah's mouth.

Really?, but I thought it read: " Who, being in the form of GOD ... took upon himself the form of a servant and and and and and AND was made in the likeness of men (i.e as the last Adam) "
In conclusion, the Living Word had existence before He was made flesh.

cosiocan:

Who's is this Jesus Christ that thought it robbery to be equal with God and that took upon himself the Glory that belongs to the Father alone? Who's this Jesus of the trinitism?

This is quite Incoherent .

Without discipline , the civilisation of any country will eventually crumble. BTW. I hope they have psychiatric hospitals ready to admit patients in mass.

Nice exposition of the Scriptures. However, you probably forgot to add: "[Christ Jesus] Who, being in the form of God , thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man ".- Philippians2:6-7

Twoclans:
Congratulations to the winner.
It's been a long journey.

Indeed

Happy Birthday Sir.

hilarious
It would've been understandable if Nigeria was thriving before the Russia-Ukraine conflict.