terzurum5:

may be from that part of the world you have come from if you are taking a bearing from morality. But from a religious perspective, both receive the same measure of pressure

God bless you. I read through people's write-ups and I can't but be amazed. Are these friends on nairaland robots or *devils or something worse? They lie with pride, hide the truth with fierce guts, even from their own consciences. How can you say that premarital sex does no harm? This is one mistake Eve and Adam made. Rather than pleading for mercy and repenting, they were busy passing the buck. Your weakness and folly have so politely been explained by the Op, instead of commending him/her, you think you can infect others with unholy reasoning. No one is saying that ladies that have lost it should be thrown behind the bars of desolation . For why? Some lost it via means without consensus. Neither is any one saying they cannot be forgiven and re-grafted into society and family life. The point is, 'shall we continue in sin...' . But this life is such a God-balance between wrong and right. For every thing we reap fruits- wrong or right. I'll, perhaps, personally take it up with the arrogant agents of darkness in this forum. It shall not be well with them. Amen. Be thankful and kindly pass on the light to those around you. Besides, I'm not female. I'll marry Whoever God endorses, and not all of them I consider are virgins. I'll gladly marry that Christian woman who shall obey me. Trust me, sincere women desire a no cheat PASSIONATELY. Let's stop pretending like we don't know, and like we can do anything against the truth

Krystalxxx:

quite impressive

cally3D:

Dats great! We are many Indeed!

Thanks, friends

WeedSeller:
Book of Virginity chapter 1 vs 1 to 16..#So boring,,

I wonder how you'll raise your children; what plans you have 'bout their sexualities; and what models you'll set for them. If they're not steered by strict convictions as those the op stated, I don't think they'll live above orgies, at least not completely. Evil should be called evil. Premarital sex is evil, destructive and.. You know what? Imagine watching porn one day and the star turns out to be your child. I guess you'll watch with keener interest and joie de vivre . Please understand that, Education + beauty + wealth - moral grounding = hurtful lusts. Well, we're watching the world and their seduction almost in every area. We're watching. But as for me, I'll keep my self, even though I naturally have a raging libido. I'm near 30 now. I'll not let up, give up, back out or be deterred; till I've lived out, held out and crossed the finish line. And the baton I have used, I shall hand down to my progeny and command them too to watch, and to hand it down to theirs when I'm gone

ibedun:
African people and our incomplete brain. I have come to accept we are sub-human. There is a fundamental biological problem somewhere.

The material things we appreciate and worship the most (like this Benz) are produced by people who don't know or give a toss about God or Jesus.

okay, but.. Why didn't those same technicians heal him of his heart attack?

azimibraun:
Another Sad song... Death by Ambush is so scary deadly. You will suddenly see yourself in a kill or be killed situation you will see death and wish you fight your way out or some angel from heaven come rescue you. I can Imagine how those operatives died. Shooting and watching themselves die one after the other..

your post touched me, my man

debbie:
I dont have any right to condemn or judge her.In all my weakness God didnt condemn me...who am i to do so?
While some people will come here to claim holier than thou,or start quoting the bible....remember if your life doesn't reflect Christ you are making a mockery of yourself.Paul in all he did was counted as the greatest apostle.I refuse to nurture a preconception of someone.

To Eucharia,i pray God will draw you closer to himself and make you understand what the full task of evangelism is all about .May you not miss heaven.
We are running the race of eternal life.....RUN TO OBTAIN THE CROWN OF GLORY.

I know that your kind will condemn even John the Baptist for criticising Herod. There's nothing wrong if publicised and erring ministers are criticised publicly. The lady preacher in question wields heavy influence on the public she comes across, therefore to amend her vicious clout, she must be confronted publicly. Paul who you mentioned, in his letter to the Galatians, mentioned that he confronted Peter openly when he erred openly. The word of the Lord says, open rebuke is better than secret love. Her jewelry, make up and painting are too far from being acceptable. She's well-covered, but that kind of adornment is too pronounced to traverse uncondemned. We not only should jettison the attire of a harlot, we must also scrap her adornment. I opine that it's wrong, devilish and unbiblical. Holy women should adorn themselves with modesty, sobriety and shamefacedness, not with gold or pearls or costly clothing -1Tim. 2:9. If our lives don't preach, we are just talking balderdash. And the irreligious world will blaspheme that worthy faith and name by which we are called

starlingslimnet:
Thank you.
The issue of immodest dressings in the church is one of the many moral decadence found in the church of which as we can see it's on a high trend.
Years ago when I started the journey of Faith in Christ I was struggling with lieing and I did want to stop it I tried my best but I couldn't; laid down rules and regulations as. such as above but all to know avail then I return to Christ and He told me "You lied because you fear humans." So what did I do? I forget about tackling telling lies and tackled fear remembering the Word of God that says "I have not received the spirit of fear to fall back into slavery." And I overcome the spirit of lie.
What am saying is this there is a reason, a spirit behind immodest dressings in the churches: it's the spirit of Jezebel and it takes Spirit to combat Spirits.Physical rules cannot combat spiritual rules.God gave the Israelite rules and regulations yet they couldn't keep them because they lack the power to do so: the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit is allowed He will Teach every believer what they are to do,how they are to dress with the power to obey.The Scribes Teach the people what to do but not the power to do it and that is why there is a record about Christ saying "He didn't Teach them like the scribes"
The rules and regulations given above can be compared to the leaves of a tree.If at all the members decide to do this it will be like plucking out the leaves of that tree in which another will grow in it's place i.e another form of moral decadence will soon come out of the fellowship and will they write yet another laws? But if they uproot the tree it won't bring out another leaf and such will it be if the Holy Spirit is allowed to fulfil his ministries in the life of the believers by uprooting all unclean spirits and guarding the heart of the believers always.
In conclusion, the Holy Spirit must be allowed to work.He is the Solution to the problem the church is facing. For I tell you there are fellowships in Nigeria where there are no doctrinal rules and regulations and believers there have none of this problem because they allow the Holy Spirit.

It's a pity you don't know who the Holy Spirit is. He inspired the Word and never shuns the enforcement of the law of liberty. Paul, by the Spirit, wrote, ' let us judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brothers way'.. We will continue to judge ourselves and enforce righteousness lest we be condemned with the world.. The same Spirit by Paul wrote, 'them that sin rebuke before all that others may fear'. And Jesus said, every tree which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted out'. No chance for ogbanje spirit in the church of Jesus. Amen

The sin implied there is the one that cannot be purged by sacrifice; by neither Christ's sacrifice nor another. This pitiable condition is reached when someone shuts out the sacrifice of Christ from his heart. It occurs when one has stopped believing in the atonement of Christ. In fact, that's one of the leading verses in the subject of apostasy. Every sin is perpetrated by some will in man, and every sin can be forgiven. The fear of the apostle is that some people do not care. Their I don't care attitude leaves then sinning again and again while they give no second thought, nor consider repentance at all. They shun with impunity, and sadly, sometimes, they despise God's ministers and are not afraid to belittle and castigate them. The verse announces the catalogue of those who also claim that no one may tell them how to lead their lives. They're a special people for whom God reserves most horrible perdition. It's unthinkable that any believer can fall to such a deplorable condition, but it does happen. The scripture does not refer to ordinary sinners, or baby believers who manifest carnality a few times, it refers to those who had been sound believers before. While every believer is expected to strive to attain perfection, the perfect believer must take heed because the floods, storms, rains and winds will strike. Temptations will multiply. Every sin leads to eternal judgement. But sinning after having attained perfection will lead to eternal loss. We must approach the Advocate with the Father when we sin, but we must insist before Him that we cannot continue in sin. THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH

When I consider the trend and contemporaneous dogma of the Christian faith, I'm left with no option than to conclude that THE FEAR OF GOD HAS DESERTED US. No man, who had walked with God and had God use him; the man who heaven acknowledged and adjudged A FAITHFUL SERVANT; the man for whom JESUS raised a mansion on high; the man whose emotion, temper, taste and tactics were under the Spirit's control; the man who died and made it to heaven could have if he lived like so many of us. Our hearts are so laden with ulterior motives that we have become *ulterior ourselves, that we plainly depict satanic similitude while Christ is completely excepted in our attitudinal and behavioral picture. In stunning pretext we defend error by reasons that cannot be founded on our holy calling. Paul wrote, 'how holily, justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves'. We're called to live above every kind of reproach and of that of our consciences. Be not Jezebel, in His presence no man must be glorified; and to add to that, no man must shield him away by strangeness. The trice holy God Who accepts not persons of men does not condone indecency. That He is quiet does not imply that Jehovah consents, but that He has left a people supposedly His desolate

Bonapart:
you're a man... I commend you bro.
Continue in Faith

Thanks, Sir. God bless those that love the Lord Jesus in sincerity. Amen

Thou hast asked an hard question this may even turn out to be lying against our consciences. Having read many passages of the Bible for many days, it becomes nearly impossible to prefer one to the other. Paul told Timothy, 'not preferring one to the other'.. All scriptures are favourites. The reason is they fit varying situations peculiarly. So, it depends on what situation once has in mind.. About the divinity of Christ, Hebrews 1:8 comes to mind. About grace, Ephesians 2:8.. About the humanity of Christ, John 11:35. About eternal judgement Hebrews 10:25-32. About Christian perfection, Hebrews 10:14 says, 'for by one offering HE has PERFECTED for EVER then that are sanctified'.. So, you see, as many as are the operations of God are favourite scriptures for all of them.. Amen

A fellow in our church converted to Islam after exposing himself indiscriminately to the Quran. Paul admonished the believers that evil communication corrupts good manners. Taking up Islamic studies as a course implies embracing it with openness of heart and admiration, if she indeed wants to be relevant in it thereafter. Studying to master a course is different from studying to counter a course. A friend said he converted to Christianity having studied the bible with a sinister intention -to critique it's correctness- from Islam. It takes a mature and die -hard believer to go to the gates of hell and rescue the captives thereat. But for your sister, hell no. In fact, it's gonna be a disappointment to heaven if she falls for such a minor trial. It's the last days when acquisition is over-rated. I've never been to a university yet I've assisted undergraduates a few times. I teach in a high school and have made money from the profession. My students esteem me highly, whereas my fame has been quite unrestrained. I can't imagine Paul or Peter or Christ, whose footsteps we follow, submit themselves to such alternative. We're to reach out to the lost wisely..'others save with FEAR hating even the garment spotted with the flesh..' Plus, 'he that is an heretic reject after the first and second admonition'.. So you see, there's no biblical full-time business of teaching *infidels the scriptures not to talk of teaching them what we know is shocking blasphemy.. REED is my name

Every argument is marvelously resolved in the Holy Writ.. Paul stated clearly, 'defraud not one another except it be with consent for a time, in order to fast and pray, THAT SATAN TEMPT YOU NOT FOR YOUR INCONTINENCE'.. Our relationship with God suffers shipwreck when the prime purpose of our salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord is neglected.. The question is, who do you want to please? God, self, the society, Satan or your spouse? If we please God then our Christian profession makes sense. We can't serve God and mammon.. No man can serve two masters.. If you really love God and want to get to heaven, a question as self-servicing shouldn't arise.. The Bible says, ' the man has no power over his own body, but the woman, and vice versa'. We're not permitted to rouse ourselves or give ourselves sexual pleasure in any way, even though the urge comes naturally. Self-servicing is a kind of uncleanness that transgresses God's natural order.. You could be a fool by shunning God completely to live as weirdly as you possibly can.. But if God is your chief priority, you'll not offend him on one hand and you'll try and obey Him on the other. To believers in Jesus, abstain from uncleanness; and ensure your spouses are within physical reach all the time

minifuworld:
Islam will fall and christianity the region of st. Paul will remain insn't it? because its a know fact that christianity never found by jesus christ and he never practice christianity

I pray to be more dangerous than Paul.. To pose a quadriplegic danger to the world.. The potency of righteousness and pungent faith in Jesus Christ our Lord is an all-time volcanic ecocide that results in a clandestine overthrow of false faith and the revolutionary enthronement of true godliness via Jesus Christ our Lord
... Paul is one of the most beautiful saints of old, in fact, he only might rival the old testament saints in comparative loyalties to God.. I love his articles- rich, witty, sharp, piercing, controversial and inspired.. Satan never liked Paul, and no disciple of Jesus intending to see Jesus relegates Paul's epistles to the second grade.. His courage, forthrightness and comprehensively visionary leadership have been too unwieldy a spiritual combo for evil persons throughout all ages

skillet:
Sometimes, dulling ur libido isn't such a bad thing. When hormones are raging and the wifey, husband or babe isn't in the mood, porn always helps out. An alternative to porn is having multiple partners and we all know its not safe. Its like being between th devil and the deep blue sea. Only Moses has been able to path the sea in order to escape the devil. And even that didn't guaranty him the promised land. So, you anti-porn folks should give us (pro-porn) fans free access to your "rods" and "paths" so we can avoid the devil of konji whenever it occurs and we can all enter the "promised land". Thank you.

Admitting our weaknesses is a potent step for obtaining intervention. As sincere as your acknowledgement is, I want to state that your assumption is not entirely factual. Pornographic intents can be highly overwhelming and protracted, but it does not follow that every one now lives defeated lives. In fact, don't be amazed that so-called heavyweight faith champions suffer flawless brutality in the talons of relentless pornography, yet there are a very handful who triumphantly roam the net and streets to the utter dismay of pornographic constabularies.. The victory over an epidemic is nearer when it evokes worrying attention, hence, our complaints are in order. The way out is by simply removing your stigma of incapacity and accepting that it's damning as the op has stated. That plus pride in chastity will go a long way to help those who do not believe in miracles.. For those who believe in Jesus, resolutely shun and discard the objects of stirring stares.. Ask for pardon and enjoy divine release...

SOUNDKING:
u are a typical black fool that lacks reasoning,,,,,your "jesus" was born a Jew but has no jewish name?,the capital of ur chrianity is in Rome not jerusalem,,,,why?,,,,the people who introduced that name to you Are now doing something else, but u as a black man that lacks reasoning believe in what u are told without your own findings,,,,,why do Igbo people bear God's Name before the whites came to Africa?,,,,abi Chukwuemeka,Chukwudi and kosisochukwu na oyibo name,,,,you lack reasoning,,,,,has our fathers no God before the whites came?......black race.....mental slavery is the worst form of captivity,,,,,for ur information with or without your support Biafra must be free....God bless Biafra, in Chukwu Abiama's name, i Say FREEDOM to Biafra and Africa at large.

Give your life to Christ... Hypocrisy will soon slay you. Why does NnamdiKanu use the scriptures at all? Or do you think that its only us the Ibos that have God-consciousness? Every man has it, whether they have names with God-sense in it or not. If you're boasting about Biafran God-sense, then separate yourself from Judaism completely.. But like Saul was unable to defeat Christ, even so shall Kanu fail miserably. I hope you believe Jesus is alive?

ayomifull:
Can you imagine how easy it is! Thanks a lot Almondjoy that was very clear and helpful.

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[[[[u are a typical black fool that lacks reasoning,,,,,your "jesus" was born a Jew but has no jewish name?,the capital of ur chrianity is in Rome not jerusalem,,,,why?,,,,the people who introduced that name to you Are now doing something else, but u as a black man that lacks reasoning believe in what u are told without your own findings,,,,,why do Igbo people bear God's Name before the whites came to Africa?,,,,abi Chukwuemeka,Chukwudi and kosisochukwu na oyibo name,,,,you lack reasoning,,,,,has our fathers no God before the whites came?......black race.....mental slavery is the worst form of captivity,,,,,for ur information with or without your support Biafra must be free....God bless Biafra, in Chukwu Abiama's name, i Say F[img]REEDOM[/img] to Biafra and Africa at large...]]]]. Give your life to Christ... Hypocrisy will soon slay you. Why does NnamdiKanu use the scriptures at all? Or do you think that its only us the Ibos that have God-consciousness? Every man has it, whether they have names with God-sende in it or not. If you're boasting about Biafran God-sense, then separate yourself from Judaism completely.. But like Saul was unable to defeat Christ, even so shall Kanu fail miserably. I hope you believe Jesus is alive?

He should give his life to Christ first... He should also make an open apology to believers in Jesus... If he remains adamant, it's a marvelous blindness that's upon him. For Biafra might come, and if it does, Nnamdi Kanu shall not enjoy it for blaspheming the worthy name nothing on earth heretofore has been able to extirpate. It is written, 'the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just'.. Amen.

This is a very sensitive issue. It's obvious that you're pressed with feeling. The problem here is that we're not so sure about your suspicion. They may be the open-hearted types whereas you're the type with highly-tensioned libido. In one way it's an amazing get together you're in, in another way you're right on the edge of the precipice.. But there's no great fear since no one has confessed am interest in the other.. What you must do is this: Be normal, as in, switch of the surge of desire in you. You may be thrilled to discover that things appeared wrong just due to the way you chose to perceive them.. Endure as much as you can.. This is how to prove you're a man.. But if it's clear that you didn't really see them in a wrong light, then you must learn how to draw the line.. Try inviting another male friend over. It'll help you withstand the torrential antics of the mother and daughter

Mysterious

Let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he falls... Influence and authority have a way of undermining the moral composition... Men of great honour or position are the most assailed by the thoughts to take advantage of those whom they think they're shepherding... In my opinion, I think that pastors and religious leaders should be looked upon with pity considering the fact I've stated above.. For their humanity seeks to take solace in the pollution of those into whose lives they have inputted. Sisters can stem the tide... They should avoid one-0n-0ne as much as possible with the heroes of faith... If they lived dignified lives, it would be harder for men of God to transgress... Remember that even angels were lured by women in the old testament... Who are we then not to be enticed .. Particularly, sisters, DRESS WELL

In I Step. The houses Christ promised are not ENTIRELY spiritual, dear. Not that we should set our affections, or let the things of this world dictate our spiritual dispositions because they'll all vanish away. I'm more bothered about your tone in confuting the claims of the man of God which I know are logical. God said, 'I wish above all things that you prosper and be in health EVEN AS your soul prospers'.. Abraham, Isaac, Job, Daniel and many saints have served God and were made rich.. In fact, Jesus pointed out that the possessions we shall receive as a reward of stewardship is both for now and for eternity.. However, He wants us to obey Him above all things, and in faith, watch Him adorn our lives with good things and good days.. Riches are not necessarily sinful, nor ignorance induced poverty necessarily righteousness... Elders in the Lord must be entreated as fathers with maximum reverence. FlaminReed

Whatever has to do with the demise of Nigeria is always boggling to my psychology.. A thousand times my mind says 'yes' to it and a thousand times it worries for it. .. In any case, any people are morally justified to seek secession, just like Prof. Wole has stated above when in all glare they're more unfortunate than holpen by a confederacy... Let God accelerate the final configuration of the Nigerian peoples.. Em, I'm in Nairaland, perhaps, as the newest recruit from the sidelines today .. Welcome me brethren

It's not often necessary to try to convince people about the rightness or wrongness of certain actions with respect to their alignment with God's will. One thing I know for sure is that whoever has received Jesus in truth cannot meddle with objects of/or stepping stones to temptation. Though many interpretations to some doubtful biblical texts lie clearly in the spectra of compromise, I think it is better to avoid crossing the scriptures in anyway than to be condemned on the last day for such things b/c of vague perception on our own part..