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Danpersie31:
On this wonderful eas ter sunday, it keeps pondering in my heart why people select the kind of gospel (message) they want to hear . I mean some people don't want to hear that drinking alcohol is a sin, but tend to compensate by saying drinking is not bad but getting drunk is. The most alarming part is the area of prosperity, people prefer to hear about prosperity than about salvation and heaven and hell. Some people i have asked insist that they are discerning the gospel as stipulated in the bible. Is this therefore discerning the gospel or selecting the gospel? Happy ressurection.

First off, the Bible did NOT say we should discern scripture, we are to read understand Scripture with the help of the Holy Spirit.
What we are to discern is the Spirit behind every form of doctrine, teaching or prophecy (1 John 4:1. What a 'pastor' says at times may be theologically accurate, or a prophecy that is also accurate, but the Spirit that influenced such a teaching or prophecy may be wrong (John 8:44, Acts 16).
This is why we were asked to discern spirits to know which prophecies, 'men of God', teachings and doctrines are really of God.

Selective Gospel on the other hand is choosing to willingly neglect what is found in the Bible, not what is said by some Pastor.

gocac:
dont be decieved,Americans can never tell you accurately how large and powerful their asernal could be until they use it on you. remember hiroshima, when america told japan to surrender unconditionally,japan did not believe until when they saw the rivers of hirosima boiling. they the russia an ally of the U.S never knew america was capabale of annihilating japan completely, it was a shocker to world. after world warII the russians were like, so we could as well be victims of this americans, if we do nothing about our defense. from there d russians started stealing americas technology and started developing theirs.
remember the soviet union, can you quickly remember how america disintergrated the soviet union? can you also remember the 1962 cuba crisis btw america and russia? aftet JFK gave russia a final warning to leave cuba or face the full might of Americas military? you saw how the russians ran away? even vladmir putin knows what would happen to russia if he mistakenly gets into a direct military confrontation with america. china, iran , russia ,north korea name them, they all know what america is capable of doing. vladmir putin is a dictator no doubt, he was able to muscle and box the weak one of america (Obama) into a matches box, but Trump as a Republican is fearless,trigger happy, and ready to detonate bombs anywhere, and must not be given an excuse to fire, putin knows this fact, for your info republicans do the dirty job for america,
so dont underestimate the full force of america military. but sadly My fellow naija ppl no knw weytin america fit do.

America has a very strong military force, if not the strongest in the world. Nuclear weapons the size of which was used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki look like toys compared to what the US has.
I just hope we never find out, cos planet earth WILL NOT survive WWIII.
I am sure many of the sci-fi stuff we see in movies are already being developed if not completed, and the "alien sitings" were most likely the US testing their tech.
I just shiver at the thought.

Cityfirstborn:
Op disclose to him you are Hiv positive through ur close friend after some few days..if possible forge a result..

I bet you He wunt come near you again

What if he then confesses to her that he is also HIV positive, so they can have sex as often as possible?
*in Dj Kaleed's voice* You played yourself

they keep finding cures for diseases, but can they hurry up and find cure for national wickedness? This disease is killing us softly

Smellymouth:
Luke 6 va 37..
"..Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.."

And how is what they posted judging anyone? So because you are not to judge, you are no longer allowed to say what is wrong is wrong?
You should check the context and meaning of the passage you quoted before wielding it as a defence for sin.

iraborosasu:
But they won't complain if Efe wants to donate to their church

They don't have a church. And no, I don't believe they would accept such money. They are one of the very few Ministries in Nigeria I can beat my chest over for integrity.

Shiitposter:
Aww, how cute. I wish this escalates to WWIII though so that both countries can bomb each other, with North Korea bombing US at just the right places to destroy Google Inc, Amazon AW and any other big internet database site so that the internet would shut down for a while. Nigerians would need to train their local birds to carry their tweets each other.

And you think that Nigeria or any other country for that matter would survive WWIII?
"I don't know with what weapons WW III will be fought, but WW IV will be fought with sticks and stones"

pimper24:
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Pastor EA Adeboye Ordinary Ahmed Isah

do you stay in Abuja? because this Ordinary Ahmed wey you mention so. Hembelembeeh

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greatgod2012:
Brother Gbile Akanni, to me is a very good teacher, in fact, best teacher of the Word!

His ability to break down the word into sizeable and digestible portions that make impact.
I once listened to his sermon of almost two hours that was based on 1 verse, I didn't even notice time fly by.

"For whoever enters the sheepfold not by the door but any other means, the same is a thief and a robber"

I will not say the BEST but the ones that have influenced me the most.
1. Brother Gbile Akanni
2. Apostle Joshua Selman Nimmak
3. Pastor David Ogbueli
4. Pastor Chris Delvan Gwamna
5. Pastor Chingtok Ishaku

Treasuredlove:
he took the child out of the country, he doesn't stay in Nigeria, so I guess fighting for custody right now is a very slim option and no, the guy said with his mouth sef that doris was too holier than thou so bad influence is not even the case. She probably gave up when she realised a boy child needs the influence of a man when growing up (just saying) Stop making excuses for what Stella and her hubby are doing. It is wrong,no two ways. Pure and simple and Stella should be really ashamed of flaunting her hypocrisy online. I used to respect her

I personally respected her too, that is why I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I do not support what she has done, but we should not be quick to judge and slay her on social media without knowing what actually transpired, with many ex-warriors crying and trolling more than the bereaved.

iamsea:
Funny enough.. I see doris simon to be way finer than this stella of a woman cuz She has never looked beautiful to me before.. I wonder what Daniel saw in stella(probably stella has got a good character that Doris lack).. But i have been thinking silently, is it that Doris is into drugs(even though she has never looked like someone thats into drugs to me) or shes broke.. Cuz i dont just understand why she cant fight to have the custody of her son..

What the husband saw in Stella that was lacking in Doris should be the topic of conversation. Whatever would make a right thinking (responsible looking) man to dump his wife and take sole custody of the child is something of concern. She might have been doing drugs and drinking herself to a stupor for all we know, and child looks even better with Stella and his dad than previous photos, showing the child is not suffering. I was a little jealous at the guy's swag sef. lol

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jpmoriarti:
Hope Omoni sew that guy

Nah. She's a mature woman, I am sure she isn't tailored for such. LOL

thesicilian:
Jesus did not file a billion silver denarius suit against the Pharisees when they accused him of casting out demons by Beelzebub.

You are the same set of people that took his silence as admission of guilt. Now that he has taken a bold step, you condemn him again.
I tire for Nigerians oo

maybe na the 30 billion for the account dey worry am.

mvem:
...what you are implying is since polygamy is not expressly forbidden then it is not a sin....therefore you marrying two wives does not make you a candidate of hell... Abi....then QED, no too much talk

I never said that, please provide a scripture where polygamy is forbidden for a child of God?

here is the comment I gave to someone else in this topic:

where is it written in the scripture you keep quoting that polygamy is allowed? It only talks about the proceeds of such polygamous act, and that any man who marries more than a wife should not be irresponsible to reject one's child and accept the other. So far, you have failed to give more than one passage to support your ideology.
Any theological ideology that lacks two to three passages to support is just plain wrong.
"For in the mouth of two to three witnesses shall the truth be established": that is standard theological practice.
Also, I would like you to show a passage where polygamy ended in a favourable ending.
starting from Abraham (who ended up chasing the second 'wife' away) and only married again after Sarah died.
David, who married several wives ended up pitching one against the other, (Absalom killing his half brother, Amnon).
Solomon, the king of polygamy, his love for many women plotted his downfall.
I could go on and on, but polygamy NEVER pays, and the examples are abundant in scripture.
again I restate, the design of God right from Genesis was that 1 man and 1 woman come together. If He wanted polygamy, He would have removed two ribs and made two Eves.
It is also clearly stated (even in the early church where polygamy was rampant in the then Israel) that any one who has more than one wife is not allowed to serve as a leader or even a passive deacon, and is not considered as an Elder on the church, capable of giving counsel to people(1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6)
Now ask yourself why the Bible would say such if he wanted a Child of God to engage in polygamy. And by the way, every child of God is a King and Priest (Revelations 1:6)(a leader, first to his family, and then to others), so if a leader is not allowed to have two wives, and every child of God (a married man) is essentially a leader (a priest), what does that infer?

Finally, the Bible says that whatever would cause a brother to stumble, we should refrain from doing it (Roman's 14:13, 1 Corinthians 8:13). Also, the Bible says that all things may be lawful, but not all things are expedient (1 Corinthians 10:23). Many people will see a polygamous Christian as a bad example, and it may even cause people to stumble (leave Christ). So even IF polygamy is remotely allowed in scripture, it would still be wrong to do it.
God bless you and Good evening

Shafiiimran99:
Matthew 19 New International Version (NIV)
Divorce
19 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[ a ] 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[ b ]? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Mathew is talking about divorce not matter of polygamy or monogamy. U said Deuteronomy 21:15 does not support polygamy, if so, y God does not say it is forbidden or whoever has married more than one wife should divorce them (ie reduce to 1) but instead he gave the law about the sharing of inheritance to avoid injustice. How and y does this verse not polygamy?

where is it written in the scripture you keep quoting that polygamy is allowed? It only talks about the proceeds of such polygamous act, and that any man who marries more than a wife should not be irresponsible to reject one's child and accept the other. So far, you have failed to give more than one passage to support your ideology.
Any theological ideology that lacks two to three passages to support is just plain wrong.
"For in the mouth of two to three witnesses shall the truth be established": that is standard theological practice.
Also, I would like you to show a passage where polygamy ended in a favourable ending.
starting from Abraham (who ended up chasing the second 'wife' away) and only married again after Sarah died.
David, who married several wives ended up pitching one against the other, (Absalom killing his half brother, Amnon).
Solomon, the king of polygamy, his love for many women plotted his downfall.
I could go on and on, but polygamy NEVER pays, and the examples are abundant in scripture.
again I restate, the design of God right from Genesis was that 1 man and 1 woman come together. If He wanted polygamy, He would have removed two ribs and made two Eves.
It is also clearly stated (even in the early church where polygamy was rampant in the then Israel) that any one who has more than one wife is not allowed to serve as a leader or even a passive deacon, and is not considered as an Elder on the church, capable of giving counsel to people(1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6)
Now ask yourself why the Bible would say such if he wanted a Child of God to engage in polygamy. And by the way, every child of God is a King and Priest (Revelations 1:6)(a leader, first to his family, and then to others), so if a leader is not allowed to have two wives, and every child of God (a married man) is essentially a leader (a priest), what does that infer?

Finally, the Bible says that whatever would cause a brother to stumble, we should refrain from doing it (Roman's 14:13, 1 Corinthians 8:13). Also, the Bible says that all things may be lawful, but not all things are expedient (1 Corinthians 10:23). Many people will see a polygamous Christian as a bad example, and it may even cause people to stumble (leave Christ). So even IF polygamy is remotely allowed in scripture, it would still be wrong to do it.
God bless you and Good evening

Shafiiimran99:
How did u know God original plan? Mark 10:6-8 was used by Jesus to show that divorce is not good and it has nothing to do with polygamy but unfortunately, many xtians don't know divorce is forbidden in the Bible because many follow their desire and the pastors too don't tell truth so that they will not loose followers so the equation is balanced. So, when it comes to issue of divorce they keep quiet about the law
and when it comes to polygamy they bring it to favor especially women

Deuteronomy 21:15-17 but this one support polygamy
New International Version (NIV)
The Right of the Firstborn
15 If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love, 16 when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love. 17 He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him.

God's original plan is made obvious in the book of Genesis (which I quoted earlier but you chose to ignore). 1 man and 1 woman come together to become 1 flesh. that is what the Bible says. and the Mark I quoted is arguably the most comprehensive passage Jesus gave on the intent of God for marriage. you can read the whole chapter for context.
And as per the Deuteronomy passage you quoted, it does not support polygamy, but says how inheritance should be shared IF the marriage is polygamous.
I stated that God did not inherently rebuke polygamy, but it was not part of his original plan, which is made abundantly obvious in scripture, some of which I quoted to you.
You should refer to Matthew chapter 19:4-6 also.

and by the way, most Christians know that divorce is forbidden, under certain circumstances, any Christian who claims ignorance is either a bread and butter Christian or chooses to lie to himself

idris4r83:
are u telling us that if u put on a slippers n touch a live wire it will not electrocute u?

Theoretically, it will not. but because of other factors, such as moisture on the slippers, sweat on the feet, and stupidity and lack of maintenance and obedience of electrical guidelines by PHCN and electricians that connect light to our homes, trying to cut corners and reduce cost (in earthing for instance) , if you touch live wire, even with slippers, na your death certificate you sign so.
No try am ooo. even the teacher who taught us while in secondary school immediately gave a disclaimer, that we shouldn't try it

Ebookmathswaec:
Insulation of some insulating materials is bleached or destroyed when a very high voltage passes through them. In other words, insulators like fur, plastics, rubber, air, etc can conduct electricity if the voltage is high enough!

I can remember that we were taught those days.
I think the voltage at which an insulator conducts electricity (where voltage exceeds internal resistance) is called threshold voltage or conductive voltage.
It's been a while tho

jaymichael:
Gionee better by far. I have used all three phones. Though I use infinix hot 4 lite currently but the gionee m3 mini I used before this current phone, gave me a more satisfying experience. All these tecno and infinix na just advanced plastic toys.

Bros, try hot 4 pro and thank me later, or note 3.
gionee, the only thing I enjoyed was battery, even the software was not stable

Ahdeh:
Infinix have the best of phone batteries. The least ram of their latest smartphones is 1gb and they provide variants for any of their released phones...

Battery life of Infinix is awesome, but not as awesome as Gionee, especially M5. that phone is a beast. I used the battery at 50% to watch two Indian movies, and it was still alive long enough for me to find somewhere to charge.

jaymichael:
The user's experience. You will never know until you use one.

Abveeegi. I have used all three, and user experience is NOT one of the advantages of Gionee. The software and interface for Gionee is rigid, difficult to navigate and boring.
I have used Gionee M5 and am currently using Infinix Hot 4 Pro, and I will choose Infinix a thousand times over..
Tecno is usually good, but I hate their phones cos it must have a huuuge disadvantage. like the new Camon CX having high end specs with stupid 3000 man battery.

I think the greatest reason is complacency. The guy stops being romantic and the lady stops being attractive.
But do you still study for the interview after getting the job?
Living together with someone tends to expose their flaws more.

PaperLace:
I will do exactly what he would do as a christ like man.
What will he do if I am fuc.king my doctor?
What will he do if he finds out our child was gotten out of an affair?

I'm sorry, I won't ask myself what I am doing wrong. If I did anything wrong unconsciously, he should communicate_not go fuc.king around. I can forgive a one-time affair. But a serial cheat, even add am pregnancy. Nah...we done. Even the bible supports divorce on such ground.

Mark 10:2-12 shows that it was never God's intention that married people could divorce, but for people's hard-heartedness. verse 8-9 also shows God's intentions for marriage to be permanent, a fusion of two souls, that what he joined, no man (even a judge) should put asunder.

Dottore:
But wait ooo. Is there any where in the Bible where marrying more than one wife if condemned. Just asking, no insults please

Not explicitly from what I can find in scripture. the only thing is that you cannot become any form of leader in church.
1Timothy 2:3
It was however, God's original design that marriage be between one man and one woman (Mark 10:6-8, Genesis 2:22)

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