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Joagbaje: The gospel is Gods no 1 business for Christians, To some people Jesus resurrection was just an historical fact, but when you have revelation of his resurrection ,you will preach the gospel with power

Very true, most folks think Jesus just came to die and bring about salvation..but he did much more than just that...that's why He said, Go and tell everyone this Good news, not just the salvation deed, but the victorious life he ushered us into. Sadly enough, many folks are under the bondage of religion, strongholds from years of half truths and falsity. That's y we need pray n teach n Preach this Gospel of Christ every and anywhere.

shdemidemi:

Do I really need say anything more, keep laughing in ignorance jare

When a debate gets to a stage where one party starts making frivolous remarks like you are doing, I understand the need to stop such debate for you are already wrapped up in misery where your ego beclouds your judgement and your conscience from saying 'o I think I got it slightly wrong, I will check it again'.

Your opinion above is duly noted. Thanks

Y did the mods hide my post?

I didn't break any rules na? I didn't even insult anybody. Or tis d fact that my post was bare truth that scaler345 couldn't fathom?

My dear Mods, pls y did you hide my post?

shdemidemi: Do you even bother to read atall?

its one of two things, its either you are too clever to answer dumb questions or you are to dumb to understand valid questions. I guess you are probably taking after your church where people who are inquisitive for answers are seen as agents of devil.

The bible says 'study to show yourself approved' but many Christians and even MOG refuse to study so they tend to avoid questions or treat questions with disdain like my friend is doing here.

If you think you can come here and spew rubbish and also force it down people's throat, you must have a rethink. This is not your church where the tradition is never to question a teacher word of God. If you say anything on this forum you must have the spine to defend it coherently.

I guess uv studied and you've shown yourself approved...a worker who needn't be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth 2Tim 2v15

If you are trying to get me into another argument, good luck at that.
I yam laffin jare

oluamid: Hmmmmm..... You speak in tongue and no one on earth can decipher what you are saying and when asked you say its heavenly language, God dey watch you in 3D.

How come two Pastors speaking this "heavenly language" can't understand each other or are they speaking different dialects?

Come to think of it, are Nigerians the only people with the ability to speak in tongues? How come men of God from other countries don't speak in tongue?

You kidding right?

shdemidemi: This is exactly what everyone is saying to you. The 120 received power when the Holy Spirit came upon them and they became witnesses of the gospel of Christ just as Christ had promised.



Please show me any where Paul says there are tongues of angels. I believe you are trying too hard to protect this error of talking gibberish which best represent a lazy way of communicating with God.

Gombs: 1corinth 13v1
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels , but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a
clanging cymbal.

another redundant Question.

you just must argue, Yes?

Ufuoma UN: Thank you very much brother.

Thank God for his Word,You are welcome! God bless you. *hugs

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15).

As Christians, we’re on a mission to saturate our world with the knowledge of God’s saving power, and there’s a special anointing on us to achieve this. 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 says, "…our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament…."
Therefore,not only are we sent, we’ve been empowered for the
mission. Acts 1:8 says, "But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me…."
You’re on a mission. The Lord Jesus emphasized this in Matthew 28:19 by saying, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations…." You’re to witness to your friends, relatives, colleagues and associates with the sole purpose of winning them to Christ.

The Gospel will only prevail and produce results in men’s lives if they get the opportunity to hear it, for only then can they believe. Romans 10:12-15 says, "…How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?...."

You’re that sent one—anointed and commissioned of God to take the Gospel to the world.
Value those in your world, and all those that God sends your way; minister the Gospel to them at every opportunity, for you’re God’s voice to them. You’re the
dispenser of His goodness and righteousness.

PRAYER
I give thanks to you, blessed Father, for granting me divine strength, courage, and power to be effective as a soul winner. Thank you for counting me worthy and
appointing me to serve as a minister of reconciliation—
winning the lost in my world—turning them from darkness to light, and bringing them into their inheritance in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
New Life Version (NLV)
18 All this comes from God. He is the One Who brought us to Himself when we hated Him. He did this
through Christ. Then He gave us the work of bringing others to Him. 19 God was in Christ. He was working through Christ to bring the whole world back to Himself. God no longer held men’s sins against them.And He gave us the work of telling and showing men
this. 20 We are Christ’s missionaries. God is speaking to
you through us. We are speaking for Christ and we ask you from our hearts to turn from your sins and come to God.

Acts 20:20-21
New Life Version (NLV)
20 I always told you everything that would be a help to you. I taught you in open meetings and from house to house. 21 I preached to the Jews and to the Greeks. I
told them to turn from their sin to God and to put their trust in our Lord Jesus Christ.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Reading Plan : 1 Corinthians 11:2-34, Psalms
142-145
2 Year Reading Plan : Luke 19:11-19 1 Samuel 15

Bidam: Thanks Gombs, you nailed it in one package,very simple and succinctly put.Lol,i may be aggressive but i wasn't impulsive.I am not oblivious of the fact that there are folks who desire this gifts earnestly while some folks are here as demonic entities trying to pervert and make crooked the ways of the Lord,to them i need to be aggressive and not gentle at all.May God open the satanic blindfoldness of these folks to see the redemptive package of Christ.The gospel is foolishness to those perishing as you can see the negative response and insults of some folks here. I accept to be a fool for Christ because of this.

Round of Applause...standing ovation from me. I draw comfort in this, Paul sure faced such folks in his days

2Corinth 4:3-7 AMP

3 But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God), it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing and obscured [only] to those who are spiritually dying and veiled [only] to those who are lost.
4 For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God.
5 For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your servants (slaves) for Jesus’ sake.
6 For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

I'd any day choose to be a fool or Slave for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

You’re On A Mission · Tuesday, August 27th

Pastor Anita

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15).

As Christians, we’re on a mission to
saturate our world with the knowledge of
God’s saving power, and there’s a special
anointing on us to achieve this. 2
Corinthians 3:5-6 says, "…our sufficiency is
of God; who also hath made us able
ministers of the new testament…."

Therefore, not only are we sent, we’ve been
empowered for the mission. Acts 1:8 says, "But ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me…."
You’re on a mission. The Lord Jesus emphasized this in
Matthew 28:19 by saying, "Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations…." You’re to witness to your friends,
relatives, colleagues and associates with the sole
purpose of winning them to Christ.

The Gospel will only prevail and produce results in men’s
lives if they get the opportunity to hear it, for only then
can they believe. Romans 10:12-15 says, "…How then
shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?
and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not
heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And
how shall they preach, except they be sent?...." You’re
that sent one—anointed and commissioned of God to
take the Gospel to the world.

Value those in your world, and all those that God sends
your way; minister the Gospel to them at every
opportunity, for you’re God’s voice to them. You’re the
dispenser of His goodness and righteousness.

Prayer
I give thanks to you, blessed Father, for granting me
divine strength, courage, and power to be effective
as a soul winner. Thank you for counting me worthy
and appointing me to serve as a minister of
reconciliation—winning the lost in my world—turning
them from darkness to light, and bringing them into
their inheritance in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

f u r t h e r s t u d y: 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; Acts
20:20-21

Daily Scripture Reading
1 Year Reading Plan : 1 Corinthians 11:2-34, Psalms
142-145
2 Year Reading Plan : Luke 19:11-19 1 Samuel 15

Kenny4lyfe: Yeah! I noticed that too! I've been observing from the background as well! And @bidam did provide all the answers there is as to the subject in question only that some folks keep asking the same question over and over again. I can understand their position as well 'cus I was once like them.
Psalm 82:5 said: "They know not, neither will dey understand;"
But I thank God for Jesus Christ and His gospel of Light, Life and Love. Now I speak with tongues and signs follow! Gloraay!
Don't mind them abeg! I know what I know and what you think about it doesn't take it away from me.
Keep basking in God's divine favour brother!
Remain strenghened with dunamis by God's Spirit! Amen!

Gbam! Tnx for the prayer

shdemidemi: The Spirit Himself does the prayers and supplication on our behalf with unspeakable yearnings. Is quite shocking that you are seeing 'the Holy Spirit guide me to pray in unspeakable yearnings' in the verse.

Another redundancy
Gooooooodnight

shdemidemi: Answer the redundant question if you would, show me a passage that says Holy Spirit guides you to pray aright. It seem you are trying to force the scripture to say what you want it to say.

Romans 8:26
Amplified Bible (AMP)
26 So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears
us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.

If you don't still get it, pls wait for Jesus himself. Thanks

Lemme me help you understand ARIGHT

a·right ( -r t )
adv.
In a proper manner; correctly.
[Middle English, from Old English ariht : a- , on; see
a-2 + riht , right; see right.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton
Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by
Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
aright [əˈraɪt]

So let's substitute "the spirit helps me to pray (aright) In a proper manner; correctly.

shdemidemi: @gombs

"For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful" (1 Cor. 14:14).

Do you see any difference between the spirit here and the spirit in Romans 8

Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes.......

There is a small letter 's' meaning my spirit and a big letter 'S' meaning the Spirit of God.

@the above in bold, my answer is Yes there is a difference. Read the below to confirm. I've answered this b4 na

Gombs: Sir, My spirit prays and the HolySpirit guide me aright, to pray as I should.

Told you your questions are redundant sir.

dapsonlou: To the entire idiot that think speaking in tongue is when your pastor shout out gibberish, to speak in tongue is to speak in other languages, Yoruba is a tongue, Igbo in a different tongue. A language different from yours is a different tongue, I’m a Yoruba, when I speak English I’m speaking in a different tongue. Paul Preach in Rome in Latin that is speaking in tongue cause that is a langue different from his language, that’s why he was thanking God that he can speak a different tongue cause he’s able to preach to another race about Christ…. If u does not believe that is what speaking in tongue meanings. Original bible was written in Hebrew then translated to Greek , Greek to Latin then Latin to English, the meaning change a bit, Go and read the Hebrew vision bible and translate it to English, you will be shock what you will learn

OT was written in Hebrew sir, NT was written in Greek. If you said paul saying "I thank my God I speak in tongues more than you all" is because he spoke latin, greek, french, hausa etc, so he was telling that to the corinth Church so that the should go take language classes or ask God to teach them various languages?

What then did Paul mean by this

1corinth 13v1
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a
clanging cymbal.

If as you said tongues Paul was talking of were languages like english, latin et al, what of tongues of Angels. Is it same as french, latin, hausa etc?

shdemidemi: Stop acting like you did a copy and pâste job here, it is a simple question, you shouldn't find it hard to elucidate.

If you say only heaven understand such prayer, are you the one doing the praying or the Holy Spirit?

"For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful" (1 Cor. 14:14).

Romans 8:26-27

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do
not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit
himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for
words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the
mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Sir, My spirit prays and the HolySpirit guide me aright, to pray as I should.
God is a Spirit. Man is a spirit, he has a soul(mind) and a body. God contacts us and deals with us through our spirits. He leads us through our spirits. He does not communicate directly through our minds, because the Holy Spirit does not dwell in our minds. And God does not contact us through our bodies either.
It should be comparatively easy for Spirit-filled
believers to locate the human spirit. Those tongues
come from your spirit, down on the inside of you.
You speak the words out physically, but they don't come out of the physical senses. You yield your tongue to your own spirit, and the Holy Spirit in your spirit gives you the utterance.
The tongues don't come out of your mind or your soul.
When you pray in tongues, your mind, your
understanding, is unfruitful. Your understanding doesn't know what you are saying.

I think I'm done here. Your questions are redundant.

But lemme define Body, soul and spirit for you, cos I feel you will still ask

When you are born again, your spirit is instantly transformed into the image of God. The spirit is that part of you which takes on the nature of God.
According to the Word, once that happens you should
immediately start the process of changing your soul.
The Bible calls it "renewing the mind."
Your soul is your mind, your will and your emotions.
Spiritual growth is determined by how much your soul
has been changed by the Word of God. Nothing is
wrong with your spirit if you are born again; the life of
God is in there. You are indwelt by the Holy Ghost. But
you are hindered from living a spiritual life by a soul
(mind) that thinks like the world instead of like God.
This is true because your soul (will) also determines
your actions.
Your Body Is Just Your "Earthsuit"

JMAN05: hmmmm. dear I must appreciate your quote of 1john 5:7, but do you know that this verse is spurious? please read this same verse in NIV or REVISE STANDARD VERSION, you wont find it.

Well Jesus can be called a God(or god), however he is not the same as God almighty. john1:1, didnt prove that the two Gods mentioned there are the same. It will be pleasure to discuss it if you like.

Try read it from the Greek rendering (use google). KJV was the first translated bible BTW, not that I'm downplaying other versions.

And yes I'd love to discuss John 1 with you. Jesus is exactly same with God.

Hebrews 1v3
New International Version

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact
representation of his being , sustaining all things by his
powerful word. After he had provided purification for
sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in
heaven.

John 1:2-3
NIV (with addition)
2 He was with God in the beginning (as the spoken Word of God). 3 Through him ALL things were made; without him NOTHING was made that has been made

And many more examples.

shdemidemi: Who is doing this heavenly prayers?

Go read my post again. It said "heavenly prayer language"

Let me explain it as I would to a 6yr old. It means its a prayer language ONLY heaven understands.

Thanks for your time. If you still don't get it, I'm afraid you'd have to wait for Christ's return.

Kenny4lyfe:
You did made a "come back" BIG TIME!

Kenny4lyfe:
You did made a "come back" BIG TIME!

I just had to comment, bidam tho tried. I admire his fighting spirit, cos some posters on NL are really tiring . I was at d backgroud watching, reading, laffing and praying God to fill with knowledge those who truly wanna know what Jesus came to do.

Cos may think he came to die for sins of the world, and his blood brought us salvation through remission of sins. But that's not just all he did. Anyways, dats the topic for another day.

Cheers man!

shdemidemi: ^^^ I have a few questions for you bro. I will start by quoting Romans 8 v 23

Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

From the above quote, kindly show me how you came to the conclusion that 'God has made heavenly prayer available to us and help us pray with the Spirit' . I have seen nothing imperative in that verse, that is nothing I have to do.

Sir, maybe you should read my post all over again...but this time, slowly


This is what my post said

This is why God has made available to us this Heavenly prayer language , that takes us beyond our infirmities (Greek:inability to get results) and help us pray with the Spirit making intercession with us through groanings which cannot be uttered (Romans 8:26.)

OP

A standing ovation and full round of applause from me. I said a prayer for you. You post was spot and well guided of His spirit.


God bless you.

Kenny4lyfe: And what's relevant to analyse the issue at hand is your brain yes?
Hi @Gombs

Hello kenny!

@All
I've read through the whole thread and deceided to comment on a whole lot of issues you folks brought up in defence that speaking in tongues is this or that. I'm afraid Bidam did much of his best to explain the importance of speaking in tongues, and half of the time, he sounded aggressive and impulsive, though some questions and posts were too outrageous to act otherwise. But let me point out and answer (not attempt to answer) the lingering questions in hope to put rest to this issue. If anyone still wanna be contentious, may God help him/her in search for the truth.


I.WHAT IS SPEAKING IN TONGUES?

First,let's look at a few things that speaking in tongues
is NOT:

1.Tongues are NOT a status symbol, indicating that one
Christian is more spiritual than another. The Corinthian
church was a hotbed of tongues speaking, yet the
Apostle Paul still chastised them for being carnal (1
Corinthians 3:3.)

2.Tongues are not a shortcut to instant spiritual
maturity.

3.Tongues are not a hypnotic, zombie like state in which the person has no control of his faculties.
Speaking in tongues is, to put it simply, Holy Spirit
inspired speech in a language unknown to the speaker.

As we will examine, it can be spoken in a Christian's private prayer life, or in a public worship service with
interpretation. People have a natural hunger for the supernatural. Unfortunately, many turn to the false, satanic supernatural found in psychics, the New Age,and other cultic activity rather than seeking the true supernatural power of God. This is tragic. God is a supernatural God!
He can fulfill the deepest longings of our hearts with
His love and power. Tongues are one of the avenues that He works through in order to do this.


II. ARE TONGUES STILL IN OPERATION TODAY?

Yes, there are more Christians on earth today who speak in tongues than there have been at any other time in history! Although they have always been around in varying degrees throughout church history, there has
been a strong revival of tongues in this century.
It is true that the Bible refers to a time when tongues
shall cease (1 Corinthians 13:

(1).However, this same passage(chpt 13) also tells us when this will happen: When perfection comes, we see face to face, and we know, even as we are known (verses 10-12.) Have these other verses been fulfilled yet? Obviously not,since true perfection will not happen until after Jesus returns (1 John 3:2-3; Ephesians 5:27.) We are still very much "seeing through a glass darkly," as Paul put it in verse 12 .Until the veil of our mortality is removed, and we see Him face to face, our communication with God will always be filtered through our finite, human limitations.
We don't always know how to pray properly. This is why God has made available to us this Heavenly prayer language, that takes us beyond our infirmities
(Greek:inability to get results) and help us pray with the Spirit making intercession with us through groanings which cannot be uttered (Romans 8:26.) According to respected Greek scholar P.C. Nelson, the literal Greek translation of this implies "groanings which cannot be uttered in articulate speech." We need the Holy Spirit to help us this way just as much, if not more,than the first century church did.
In 1 Corinthians 1:7, Paul expresses his desire that we
come behind in no spiritual gift, as we wait for the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, until
Jesus does return, the charismatic gifts of the Spirit,
including tongues,will be in full operation, and we should not be lacking, or come behind, in having these gifts in our own lives.


III.HOW DOES SPEAKING IN TONGUES OPERATE?
In order to answer this question properly, we must look at the fact that the Bible describes three different manifestations of speaking in tongues:

1-Evidential tongues-The initial evidence when someone
is baptized in the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1- 4;10:44-46;19:2-7.)

2-Intercessory tongues-the ability to pray in other
tongues, or "In the Spirit" (1 Corinthians 14:14- 16;
Ephesians 6:18;Jude 20) in order to pray beyond our
limited human understanding , speak mysteries to God
( 1 Corinthians 14:2) and edify (build up) ourselves (1
Corinthians 14:4.)

3-The ministry gift of tongues, described in 1
Corinthians chapters 12 and 14, involves giving a message in tongues in a public worship service, which is to be interpreted (12:10).This is a powerful sign to
unbelievers ( 14:22).This gift is only given in certain
situations, as the Spirit wills. Therefore, not all
Christians are used in this gift (12:30.)


IV. WEREN'T TONGUES GIVEN SO THAT THE EARLY CHURCH COULD PREACH THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN NATIONS WHERE THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE LANGUAGES?

I once read an article by a certain denominational
minister in which he tried to explain tongues by saying
that, when Jesus commissioned His disciples to go into
all the world, He didn't want them to spend all of their
time taking language classes, so He gave them tongues
to preach in foreign nations. While I don't question that this brother meant well, this theory is simply not Biblical.
It is true that on the Day of Pentecost, the people all
heard the works of God proclaimed in their own
language (Acts 2:11). However, this was not preaching.
When it came time to preach, notice that Peter
preached in a language understood by the entire crowd. Nowhere in the Bible do we ever see an example of a person preaching in tongues.

V.ARE TONGUES HUMAN LANGUAGES

-They can be, but are not necessarily. They can also be
Heavenly languages-tongues of angels (1 Corinthians
13:1.)


VI.WHY DIDN'T JESUS SPEAK IN TONGUES?

Actually, I'm not totally sure that He didn't. Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit (Luke 10:21,) and groaned in the Spirit (John11:33.) This terminology is very similar to the term "Praying in the Spirit," which Paul uses to describe praying in tongues (1 Corinthians 14: 14-16.) However, even if Jesus did not speak in tongues, there are several possible explanations:

1.Since He was God, there were no languages He didn't
know.

2.Since He was sinless, He had perfect communication
with the Father, and therefore, He did not need
tongues.

3.He was the last person to function as a prophet under the Old Covenant.

Tongues are a New Testament phenomenon. Even if Jesus didn't personally speak in tongues, He Himself stated that tongues would be a normative sign to follow believers (Mark 16:17). The entire New
Testament was written by people who spoke in tongues.

VII. ARE TONGUES THE LEAST OF THE GIFTS? ARE THEY REALLY THAT IMPORTANT?

In 1 Corinthians 12, the Apostle Paul gives us a basic
primer on the nine Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom,
knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment, tongues and interpretation of tongues.
Since tongues and interpretation are the last Gift Paul
mentions, some have taken this to mean that tongues are the least important of the Gifts, and that we shouldn't really be concerned with them. However, I would respectfully reply that this argument is based on a very presumptuous and inconsistent approach to Biblical interpretation.
Chronological order of how something is listed is not
necessarily an indication of importance. For example, in 1 Corinthians 13:13 , Paul tells us that faith, hope, and love remain, yet the greatest of these is love, in spite of the fact that it is listed last. Likewise, in a list of sinful activities recorded in Galatians 5:19-21 , murder is named near the end of the list. Does that mean that
murder is a less serious sin than the others? Of course
not. Paul definitely did not view tongues as being unimportant. In fact, he devotes an entire chapter in the Bible to teaching on the subject (1 Corinthians 14). In this chapter, he tells the Corinthian believers that he desires that they all speak in tongues (verse 5), and
thanks God that he speaks in tongues more than all of
them! (verse 18) Three times in Scripture we are
exhorted to covet (Pursue with passion) the Gifts of the Holy Spirit-including tongues (1 Corinthians 12:31; 14:1, 39, the same Greek word is used in all of these
Scriptures.) Note that this is worded as a commandment, not an option. To downplay or dishonor any of God's gifts is to dishonor God Himself. May we never, ever fall into this trap.


VIII.ARE TONGUES SOMETHING TO BE FEARED?

Not at all. Tongues are a wonderful tool God has given
His people to enjoy His presence more fully and
intimately, and to make us more effective in our service for Him.
Being a supernatural phenomenon, speaking in tongues is approached somewhat hesitantly by many Christians.
However, this is nothing new. In the Bible, when God's
presence showed up in a tangible manner, it was not
unusual for onlookers to respond with fear. We see this in events like the angelic vision the shepherds had when Jesus was born (Luke 2:8-12,) when the disciples saw Jesus walk on water (Mark 6:45-50,) and when John had his vision of the risen Jesus (Revelation 1:4-17.) Notice that each time,the first reaction of the people who witnessed these supernatural occurrences was to be afraid. However, in each of these cases, these people were assured to "Fear not," or "Be not afraid." In Luke 11:9-13, Jesus makes the solemn promise that if you ask God for bread, He isn't going to give you a stone. According to verse 13,the context of this verse is asking the Father for the gift of the Holy Spirit. The work of the Holy Spirit in a Christian's life is something to be cherished, not feared. It is the purpose of this writ to share with you one of the important ways that the Spirit does work in people's lives to draw us closer to Him, and to the ultimate goal: Christlikeness. As one of my favorite Scriptures, 2 Corinthians 3:18, puts it so beautifully: But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.


In conclusion, speaking in tongues is not necessary for all Christian, if you don't speak in tongues, and lived righteously, you will surely make heaven. You can have the holyspirit in you, and still don't speak in tongues, because it's a gift you have to ask of the father, and he and only he can give you utterance. But the thing is without speaking in tongues you will NOT live in full potential of the Holyspirit in you. You won't be able to pray as you ought to, you can't cast out devils, you can't do/live in the miraculous, you will be so limited in almost all sphere, because speaking in tongues builds you up like an edifice, gives you insight into deep secrets and mysteries, and so so so much more.

Lastly, I usually answer folks who asked me, "must I speak in tongues? Eh??"

I answer with a smile "is it a must to live supernaturally?" Or "is it a must to be a Christian"?

The answers to the above both is NO!

God bless.
*forgive my typos and the long essay

Kenny4lyfe: And what's relevant to analyse the issue at hand is your brain yes?
Hi @Gombs

Brb

adonisgold: This Bidam is the epitome of the typical Nigerian pastor, no real brains to analyse issues critically but armed with an array of Bible verses dat are quite irrelevant to the issues at hand.

What is the epitome of the UNTYPICAL Nigerian Pastor?

Ayatullah:
Confused thoughts and confused teachings.

***Which Bible is Complete? Is it The Catholic Bible that has 73 Books or
The Protestant's Bible that has 66 Books

*** If it has been CATEGORICALLY stated by Paul (The Founding Father of Christianity) the man who NEVER met Jesus (Jesus as a Jew worshipped in the Synagogue the Jews' way, he never
call his Disciples Christians) that 'As For Tongues they will cease' then why attaching so much importance to speaking in Tongues.

Sir, Paul was NOT a founder of Christianity, he persecuted the Church (he was a staunch Judaism follower who tot he was doing God some good by persecuting Christians), There's no founder of Christianity. Jesus wasn't a religious leader, nor founder, nor martyr...the believers were first called Christians in antioch, it was the folks of then who called them Christians meaning Christ-like. If Jesus as you said worshipped in Jew's way (Judaism) how comes the Jewish leaders wanted him dead for the way he tot the scriptures? How comes he didn't wash as they did? How comes he broke Jewish Sabbath traditions, and so much more. And Paul did meet Jesus.

Acts 9 New International Version (NIV)
Saul’s Conversion

1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous
threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.
6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told
what you must do.”


Notice the high priest (who was jewish, if jesus was Jewish worshiper as you said, he would have aided Saul, won't He!? Saul was later called Paul), and that Jesus met with Paul.

I can guess you are a muslim, but if you are not, try study the bible before spewing falsity.

Thanks for stopping by sir,
Kind regards.

JMAN05: the bible not teach the trinity, so you are not a God carrying vessel.

Oh dear! ...But the bible did teach trinity

1 John 5:7

King James Version of 1 John 5:7.

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

John 1 makes us know that Jesus is the Word made flesh.

Be Confident: The Word Never Fails! · Monday,
August 26th ·

Pastor Chris

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath
begun a good work in you will perform it until the day
of Jesus Christ: (Philippians 1:6).

There’re those who sometimes think the
Lord is "a bit slow" in delivering on His
promises, and then they try to "help" or
"fix" things for Him their own way; that’s
wrong! The trouble isn’t with God, but with
men, when they haven’t mixed the Word
with faith. Take the story of Abraham and
Sarah as a case in point. When Abraham was seventy-five
years old and Sarah, sixty-five, God gave them the
promise of an offspring (read Genesis 17:1-.

Ten years later, they still hadn’t seen any descendants.
Then, Sarah, who at this time believed she had passed
the age of childbearing, proposed that Abraham took
Hagar, her Egyptian maid, to bear him a child: perhaps,
God’s Word could come to pass through her. Abraham
concurred to Sarah’s suggestion. A child indeed came
from this relationship—Ishmael. However, this singular
act brought untold frustrations to Sarah herself (read
Genesis 16), and other incalculable problems to Isaac
and his seed, and the conflict continues today between
the seed of Isaac and the seed of Ismael.

The Lord never fails or disappoints. He however expects
us to mix His Word with faith at all times; that’s what
brings about the reality in the "now" of our lives.
Hebrews 11:1 says "Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." When God
gives you His Word, He expects your absolute trust and
confidence in Him to bring it to pass. His Word is
dependable; it never fails. Jesus emphasized this in Mark
13:31 when He said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but my words shall not pass away."

Trust in the Lord wholeheartedly, and rest your faith on
His Word. Don’t use human wisdom or ideas to try to
work things out for Him; don’t "rationalize" His Word.
Be confident that He’ll deliver as promised, for He’s not
a man that He should lie. "So let us seize and hold fast
and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and
confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who
promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His
word" (Hebrews 10:23 AMP).

Prayer
Dear Father, my confidence in your Word is
unshakeable; for I know that all your promises are
"yea and amen!" I thank you for filling my life with
pleasantness, and directing me in the path of glory
and excellence, through the Spirit and by the Word,
in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

f u r t h e r s t u d y: James 1:3; Psalms 118:8-9

Daily Scripture Reading
1 Year Reading Plan : 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1, Psalms
139-141
2 Year Reading Plan : Luke 19:1-10 1 Samuel 14

Superior To Death · sunday, August 25th

Pastor Chris

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith (Philippians 1:23-25)

This is inspiring! The Apostle Paul here was trying to decide whether to live or to die. This tells us that death is subject to us; we reign over death. Until Jesus came, Satan had the keys of death. Men and women were all their lifetime subject to bondage because of the fear of death.

However, Jesus put an end to that through His victory over Satan, death, and the grave. He thus liberated all men from the fear of death. Hebrews 2:14-15 says, "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."

When Jesus died, He went to hell, the devil’s territory, defeated him and the cohorts of darkness, and took back the keys of death and hell: "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death" (Revelations 1:18). He dealt with the problem of death when He arose triumphantly from the dead, ushering man into a new life. Today, no one who’s born again need fear death, for Jesus has defeated death: it’s the last enemy that will be destroyed, but already, it’s been defeated.

Today, Satan has no authority to take anybody’s life at will because he doesn’t have the power of death anymore. He can only make empty threats, and try to deceive men or make them destroy themselves. Refuse to let death have the dominion. Recall the Master’s charge in Matthew 10:8; He said, "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give." He gave us dominion, not only over Satan, sickness and disease, but over death as well. Blessed be God!

Confession
Christ lives in me; His life and immortality have been unveiled in my spirit! I’m a partaker of the God-life— a life that’s superior to sickness, disease, Satan, and death! I walk in dominion today over death and everything associated with darkness, for I dwell in the realm of life. Glory to God!

f u r t h e r s t u d y: 2 Timothy 1:8-10;1 Corinthians 15:55-57

Daily Scripture Reading

1 Year Reading Plan : 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Psalms 135-138 2 Year Reading Plan : Luke 18:35-43 1 Samuel 13

The Right To Use The Name Of Jesus! · Saturday, August 24th

Pastor Anita

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth (Philippians 2:9-10).


The nineteenth chapter of the book of Acts gives us an interesting account of certain vagabond Jews, exorcists, who attempted to use the Name of Jesus to cast out devils. The Bible names the seven sons of Sceva as culprits; they had seen the Apostle Paul heal the sick and cast out devils in the Name of Jesus and presumed they could do the same. Acts 19:13 says they "…took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, we adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth."

Following their action, the man with the evil spirit attacked and prevailed against them, such that they ran out of the house naked and wounded (Acts 19:16). This shows that not everybody is given the right to use the Name of Jesus; only Christians have such a right! Only those who are born again have the right and authority to cast out devils in His Name; they’re the ones given the power of attorney to use that Name by law.

Jesus said in Mark 16:17, "And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils…." Notice that He was specific as to those He said could cast out devils in His Name: the believing ones. So if you’re born again, happy are you; it means you have the right to use the Name of Jesus; it belongs to you; and you can bless the world with that Name. However, if you’re not born again, your only right to the Name of Jesus is to call upon Him for salvation. That’s the way to come into Christ.

Jesus said in John 14:6, "…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Romans 10:13 says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." When you call on His name because you believe in Him, and then confess His Lordship over your life, He becomes your Lord. His Name is named upon you from that moment; and you can use it against the devil, sickness, disease, infirmities and the negativities of life.

Prayer

Dear Father, I thank you for my salvation, and the legal right it has conferred on me to use the Name of Jesus. I live in and by the power of that Name today; and I declare, that I’m making progress with giant strides in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

f u r t h e r s t u d y: Acts 4:12; John 16:23-24

Daily Scripture Reading

1 Year Reading Plan : 1 Corinthians 9, Psalms 128-134

2 Year Reading Plan : Luke 18:28-34, 1 Samuel 11-12

Zikkyy: Ask your pastor. he is the one saying everything is inside you. sowing seed for what purpose when everything is inside you?

Sir, seeds are sown to activate a harvest. Now, since everything is inside us, we draw out monies to sow from within us, through faith filled words in line with what God says.

Sowing and reaping is a principle in the bible, same as giving and receiving. You CAN'T receive without giving (except you now use diabolic means). So in short, you call forth monies from within God's spirit in you, through faith filled words, to sow ( give) in order to get a harvest (receive).

If you have a plot of land (Jesus said the heart is the field, from parable of the sower), and you don't sow (you don't give tithes, prophetic seeds, offerings, etc), your field (heart) will definitely grow weeds (unwanted stuffs like poverty, frustration, envy, disease, etc grows in your life). You'd be rare lucky to have a few beneficial plants like mango,maize, etc probably thrown into your field by passer by (people praying to God to bless you). Worse is the tree/plant is usually few and don't live for long, because they are either uncared for (you still don't wanna change your habit) for short lived..

It's a semi parable , I hope you get it now, if you still don't, we'd have to wait for Jesus' coming, to explain to you himself.

Semi parable o! I didn't say Jesus' parable of the sower is same as my own analogy. I'm not saying Jesus said the seed the sower sowed was likened to monies. This is my own parable o!

Zikkyy: Another sad soul! direct your anger at your pastor please. its not my fault your pastor has a reputation of being inconsistent (in his teachings).

Proofs pls. I know his pastor is as consistent as anything good could be