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Ok, will post the first chapter. Here is what we do @ home, we read a chapter, then analize it, after that we take the meaning and try to direct it into our personal lives, to see if we practice what we preach and obviosly do what the bible advise us to do.

The book of John; Chapter one

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. 9 There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth. 15 John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me. 16 For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 19 And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No. 22 They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. 24 And they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet? 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not, 27 even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose. 28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me. 31 And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water. 32 And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit. 34 And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God. 35 Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; 36 and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God! 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), where abideth thou? 39 He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day: it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ). 42 He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter). 43 On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel. 50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. 51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Oh well, I am interested, let the screaming begin.

An0nimus: chistar said its dagr8.

@HBG do we still go on with the Q and A sessions? or we plan to do it hand in hand with the study on the book of John...

it should be Chistar and we can do em together

Kitay: Gd evening Beloved's
Who is on the hot sit please?
@HBG, what chapter of John are we looking at or is It the whole book?
God Bless us all. Amen

heya

The whole thing, will post chapter one but m kinda disappointed as Araregem aint here...but we will continue.

obadiah777: oh yeah. very strange happenings. nimrod is in town and he about to close shop ( america ) genesis 10 vs 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth

http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/contexts/cushites.htm

obama is a cushite from kenya. coincidence ?

it might be....

Dygeasy: Yeah I Did And I'm Disappointed Really.

there are things you need to let go off and do you at times. It was fun but then we all have reasons why we participated, you did a good job but its better this way, for me that is

Dygeasy: How Are You Doing? I Have No Idea What Brought Me Here But It Isnt Bad To Be Here Right?

No it isn't, you saw my post on the 'making a story out of nl' thread?

Dygeasy: Hello Here

hi there

Wow

[quote author=uj_sizzle]You need to specify what chapters you intend for this study.[/quote]We reading it all, the whole book of John? been dry over here for some time.

BukkyDan: Tnx @ Anonimos and Araregem.
Lol@ Ishi and Superbloke.

Tnx sweerie @ Sis HBG...neva knew about this... See what I've been missing...#running off to study the book of John#

Wow...Pastor Olu and Meggy..thanks for the word

#this is actually where I belong#.
God bless us all.

lol, your welcome dear....bring the yoruba vesion o

[quote author=tpia@]Or scrap the section.

Nl is not meant to be a church, or to substitute for one.[/quote]What is wrong with you

Caracta: Oh really? No wonder the opposition was acidic. I hardly see the dude around. I thought he was an introvert.

hehehe...I like most of his threads/post on the literature section.

I don't think he is an introvert though, his critique is sometimes too harsh but very helpful....well that's another story for another section. I don't have personal ish with him, infact I like Maclatunji but he is a muslim I am christians, the two don't blend like bread and butter, I can't sacrifice being a christian because a muslim is on the roll.

Caracta: Loading...

He is working on that, I believe.

notes complete.

Thankies

Caracta: Maclatunji has been replaced with mukina2. What's the difference? Mtcheeeeeew.


#teamhungerstrike

what happened to the two christians Seun promised

obadiah777: oh you dont want that. first person to be banned will be 'Mr we are in Grace and the laws are done away with' aka Goshen the lawless man

Oh my, I will get a new name change as Obadiah hates this Grace thingy.

Pastor Olu T: I'm game, I will be checking to know what's up and definitely contribute.

Great, will just wait to hear what others have to say first.

Tgirl4real: Hello all,

Firstly, I would like to appreciate everyone who honoured this call.

Secondly, this has turned out to be a futile exercise as Seun is yet to comment nor acknowledge this thread. I did this in good faith hoping it will achieve a positive result (we never can tell though...if you believe, all things are posible. ) and also as my contribution as a mod and also an 'active' member of this section.

So, I apologise for your time and effort at making things right.

As I wont stand and watch while my brothers and sisters are terrorised right under my nose on a site I labour for day and night, I have decided to step down as a moderator and will also withdraw from active participation on this forum. Nevertheless, I will continue to learn from you all.

Nice meeting you guys.

wish I could squeeze you tight and keep you here.

Here; its for you.

[quote author=Iyawo tí Ó Ní Ìwà Rere]10 Tani yio ri obinrin oniwà rere? nitoriti iye rẹ̀ kọja iyùn.
11 Aiya ọkọ rẹ̀ gbẹkẹle e laibẹ̀ru, bẹ̃ni on kì yio ṣe alaini ère iṣẹ.
12 Rere li obinrin na yio ma ṣe fun u, kì iṣe buburu li ọjọ aiye rẹ̀ gbogbo.
13 Obinrin na yio ma ṣafẹri kubusu ati ọ̀gbọ, o si fi ọwọ rẹ̀ ṣiṣẹ tinutinu.
14 O dabi ọkọ̀ oniṣowo: o si mu onjẹ rẹ̀ lati ọ̀na jijin rére wá.
15 On a si dide nigbati ilẹ kò ti imọ́, a si fi onjẹ fun enia ile rẹ̀, ati iṣẹ õjọ fun awọn ọmọbinrin rẹ̀. 16 O kiyesi oko, o si mu u: ère ọwọ rẹ̀ li o fi gbin ọgbà-ajara.
17 O fi agbara gbá ẹ̀gbẹ rẹ̀ li ọjá, o si mu apa rẹ̀ mejeji le.
18 O kiyesi i pe ọjà on dara: fitila rẹ̀ kò kú li oru.
19 O fi ọwọ rẹ̀ le kẹkẹ́-owú, ọwọ rẹ̀ si di ìranwu mu.
20 O nà ọwọ rẹ̀ si talaka; nitõtọ, ọwọ rẹ̀ si kàn alaini.
21 On kò si bẹ̀ru òjo-didì fun awọn ara ile rẹ̀; nitoripe gbogbo awọn ara ile rẹ̀ li a wọ̀ li aṣọ iṣẹpo meji.
22 On si wun aṣọ titẹ́ fun ara rẹ̀; ẹ̀wu daradara ati elese aluko li aṣọ rẹ̀.
23 A mọ̀ ọkọ rẹ̀ li ẹnu-bode, nigbati o ba joko pẹlu awọn àgba ilẹ na.
24 O da aṣọ ọ̀gbọ daradara, o si tà a, pẹlupẹlu o fi ọjá amure fun oniṣòwo tà.
25 Agbara ati iyìn li aṣọ rẹ̀; on o si yọ̀ si ọjọ ti mbọ.
26 O fi ọgbọ́n yà ẹnu rẹ̀; ati li ahọn rẹ̀ li ofin iṣeun.
27 O fi oju silẹ wò ìwa awọn ara ile rẹ̀, kò si jẹ onjẹ imẹlẹ.
28 Awọn ọmọ rẹ̀ dide, nwọn si pè e li alabukúnfun, ati bãle rẹ̀ pẹlu, on si fi iyìn fun u.
29 Ọpọlọpọ awọn ọmọbinrin li o hùwa rere, ṣugbọn iwọ ta gbogbo wọn yọ.
30 Oju daradara li ẹ̀tan, ẹwà si jasi asan: ṣugbọn obinrin ti o bẹ̀ru Oluwa, on ni ki a fi iyìn fun. 31 Fi fun u ninu eso-iṣẹ ọwọ rẹ̀; jẹ ki iṣẹ ọwọ ara rẹ̀ ki o si yìn i li ẹnu-bodè.[/quote]You took the place of this woman and did your duties with love and care...will miss you being a mod but thanks for being this courageous.

ARareGem: Bella, it was real nice having you on the hot seat. But it seems the whole Religion Section is on fire! #Watching from the sidelines

So I need a little clarification from you all. I was made to understand that we are meant to pray in the name of Jesus but TO God(the Father). That is, it would be wrong to pray TO Jesus. But I hear people pray all the time in the name of 'God the Father, the Son and the HolyGhost'. Is this wrong?

Also, when I say 'Jesus, I need your help', which is a short prayer TO Jesus, is that wrong? Afterall, prayer is talking to God. I'm confused.

hey

I enjoyed sitting on the fence the whole weekend, nairaland religion section is a fun place to hang around...

Moving on, I would like us to study the book of John, regarding your question. Say the first few chapters this week?

Good morning to everyone, rapturable week

BukkyDan: Errrm...#clears throat# how did I get here? :/

Happy sunday evrybdy
#hides#

*pulls her back from da corner, squeezing her tight fondly*

Are my eyes decieving me

M glad you dropped by.

sigmundfreud: Naughty! Naughty!!
Come out and lets see u...

erm...erm...*hides again*

Ishilove: You fall my hand

No! You know I am always working hard weneva I can to help you nau

The guy don terrorise me oh, I dey fear 4ma life ma'am.

B.k is on the loose o

onegig: oh my God. So people still reason like this in the twenty first century. Who asked you for all these info? Tell me? Who asked you? And what is wrong with someone asking another out. You sound childish and very immature with your post.

Hehehe...