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LivinaPatrick:
Thank God his thing dey intact

Opeomoope:
My sister-in-law does not attend church nor
have any fellowship apart from me but
believes she is a christian because she prays,
reads the bible and believes that Jesus is
Lord. But friends say she is decieved and not
a christian at all, I’m confused can you be a
christian and not go to church?
- anne
Anne,
I’m not surprised that you’re confused
because it is true to say both that you don’t
need to go to church to be a Christian and
that if you don’t go to church, you’re not a
Christian. Let me explain.
If we were to narrow down what it means
to be a Christian, the best place to look is at
one of the people who Jesus said was a
Christian. If you remember the thief on the
cross next to Jesus ( Luke 23:39-43), Jesus
promises this man that he will be with him
in paradise. This man never got to go to
church, and yet he is a Christian because he
trusts in Jesus. So in that sense it is true to
say that you don’t have to be a church goer
to be a Christian. In fact as soon as you say
you “have to do something” to be a
Christian you are in danger of getting the
gospel message wrong.
However, the Bible has no concept of
individual spirituality - that is Christianity is
not something personal that has nothing to
do with anyone else. That is a very modern
way of thinking. We can see it in the above
passage, the way the man expresses his
trust in Jesus is that shifts his allegiances to
Jesus’ kingdom. He sees that Jesus is the
true king and joins his kingdom, he joins a
group of people - those ruled by Jesus the
king.
If you are a Christian, then you are a
member of God’s church. The church is now
your family, and they are God’s gift to us in
living Christian lives. We see this in Romans
8:28-30. Those who are saved are saved so
that Jesus would be the big brother of many
brothers. God is in the business of making a
family (have a read of Romans . This can
also be seen in the fact that most of the
instructions for Christians are done in the
plural, there are very few (if any)
instructions to individuals. (The Greek of the
NT distinguishes between singular and
plural ‘you’ English doesn’t do that anymore).
The Christian life was never meant to be
lived solo, God has gifted each member of
his church to serve one another, you can’t
do that solo. It is near impossible to live a
Christian life alone, it runs counter to
everything God has done for us. However,
some people can’t help but live alone. The
thief on the cross could not join a church, he
had no choice; but where we have a choice,
we really should become a part of God’s
church.
It’s like someone who gets married, but
never moves in with their husband. It is true
that you can be married without living
together, and there may be extreme
circumstances that you can think of where
someone may get married and not live
together (if someone is on their death bed
for example). But a real marriage involves
relationship. Becoming a Christian means
being a part of God’s family.
So my advice for your sister-in-law is, if she
can join a church near to her, she should do
so. If there is nothing holding her back (and
there might be legitimate reasons) she
should go to church. It’s best for her and for
the people who are missing out on her gifts
that she may bring to that church. If there is
some reason why she cannot get to or go to
church then encourage her to meet
regularly with other christians to read the
bible and pray (after all this is what the
essence of church is).

Wilgrea7:
what would you define “being in Christ?"

OLAADEGBU:
What is the meaning of 666? Is the number 666 a code that can be used to discover the identity of the beast/antichrist?

Omooba77:
What is trend today is for people to move from one church to another.
You hardly find someone who has not attended more than one church.
Please why is this so?

irenmwinfo:
Is it a sin for Christian couples to have sex on Sunday before going to church for worship even when the bible says observe to keep the Sabbath day Holy.

Culin:
I'm sure he'll earn more than what he was earning in epl. But wait o, was that not the club tote played at?

Addicted2Women:

How old are you ??

Mention 9 Nigerian football stars who plays in the Chinese league

seun1960:
guy calm down falz dey sing rubbish too. When it comes to good music we will b talking the likes of timi dakolo asha and co

Homeboiy:
Not bad


qoute me n die tonight

Loop1:
Bros don't let us argue this .It depends on how you define scam either little or big you have once being scammed .


I am happy to hear you live and was born in Lagos which means my citation would be necessary . Have you ever board a bike ,danfo where you are suppose to pay #50 naira and they collected #100 from you .that's a scam bro .


The op narration does not prove he is greedy .in fact you can get a good Android phone for 20k with good functions .he was just being outsmarted which could happen to you . You can never be the smartest person there is someone somewhere who can collect money from you with out sweating it. because you are fortunate not to have transact with such person does not mean you are too smart .


@femi4.

Olrotimi

thunderbabs:
Yinmu.....Narrow minded! So, all other artistes from Naija to overseas who also sing rubbish are uneducated... Falz no dey sing rubbish too, i ask?

vincentjk:
I know say olamide go dy inside

Antina:
Exactly!! For so many years I have been visiting there, I have never stopped for once to talk with them let alone negotiate things with them.

They must not see you with laptop bag oo, u will hear, you wan buy or you wan sell? Sometimes they will even be touching the bag if you back it. .

Loop1:
The truth is there is no one living or born in Lagos that has never been scam .it makes you extra smart .lesson learnt from experience .

ProIyke:
It was a beautiful Saturday morning, sometime last month being May, i had planned to go to Ikeja computer village to get a new phone , i didn't have any particular one in mind but which ever it is must be a high end android phone with good specs.

There was no other better day to do this than that fateful Saturday, having heard a lot of tales about Ikeja computer village and being a newbie in town I saw it as a great opportunity to explore the market, i got there and saw a lot of shops and boys on the streets beckoning on me to buy their phones, I stopped to check some and walked past some.

I went into slot shop and checked a glossary of their phones available and they all exceeded my budget of 20k for the specs i required, i decided to buy from one of the guys i had met earlier on the streets, he had a Tecno w5 lite which was remarkably new, i immediately fell in love with the phone and haggled the price with him , having just 20k as my budget i made it clear to him, surprisingly he agreed to sell at 20k, fine, he followed me to the bank there where i made an ATM withdrawal , i gave him the money and he gave me the phone, i was busy checking the phone out and making sure everything was working fine when he immediately told me he wasn't selling again as the price was below what he bought it for .

He gave me back my money n i returned the phone to him, and then i left . i walked a few poles n decided to check my money only for me to discover to my chagrin , what i had was pieces of paper cut to the size of money and folded in a bunch just exactly as my money was.
at that point i became agitated , i couldn't believe my eyes, i have just been hoodwinked. I went back looking for him to no avail, sadly i went home, I lost my 20k just like that to an idiot. That bright Saturday turned out for me a very ugly one. Now i have learned my lesson never to patronize road side sellers irrespective of how cheap their wares may be. computer village is rift with criminals nad hooligans. Beware.

ukeme200:
Femi pls, i need your help to unlock my MTN hauwei modem. here are the details... model: E303s-1..... imei: 868988011036487.... s/n: U9CBYA92B1606657. Thanks as i await the code

Elbizzcklinz:
Femi pls help me unlock this smile mifi
r702
imei;990000956928461
S/N;QBF2026220
I really appreciate.

ifenuwon:
Good day pple,
I need your advice on some issues bothering me now
My gf( dating for 2 years now with pastor and parents consent) has been behaving very funny this days
She suddenly starts flirting with other guys openly and anytime I ask her who those guys are, she gets angry and tells me I have no right to ask her who they are even after I discovered she is having hidden chats and dates with them
The first instance happens to be on her birthday,I planned to take her out and on getting to her shop I met dis man there, though I didn't ask her who he was bt on getting to the eatery she became very cold and didn't eat any of the things I bought for her...On asking her who the guy was she started telling me I shouldn't ask her bt I later got to know the man cos his wife happens to be a patient of mine( I am a male nurse)
Second instance happens to be with a street guy I know
Though I recently started seeing the guy in her shop every day bt didn't ask her anything.my suspicion arose wen the few times I actually met the guy in her shop
She starts acting strange and both of then get very quite
In one instance the guy was just in front of her and she texted him not knowing I saw what she was doing... And the following they I met them together on the way and immediately the guy saw me...he pretended like he wasn't with her and stylishly walked away
Wen I asked her who he was
She started over reacting and telling me I shouldn't ask her and if I don't trust her that is my problem
Now I don't know what to do about her cos our families her close and we go to the same church...pls I need ur opinion
No insults

Sagamaje:
I am married but still masturbates because my wife is not the sex kind of person. At times I masturbates at night when I feel the urge. I haven't been with another woman since we got married. How can I stop masturbating?

leilapacha:
Thank you for the code, happens mine was already unlocked before, but then, my ntel doesnt work on it, as i cant change APN, anyway to do that??
i`ll be appreciative if you`re helpful
Thank you again