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@joagbeye
nice paintings

May her soul rest in peace,in Jesus name amen

@op
1John4:16;And so we know and rely on the Love God has for us.
GOD IS LOVE.whoever lives in Love lives in God,and God in him.
Our God is Love,His nature/being is Love.because He is Love,He gave His Son to us through Grace(Jhn3:16).our God cant hate,because thats contrary to His nature,Love can never hate its impossible.any other god or being thats hates can never be God.because Love versus Hate.

@may Kelly
merely knowing His Doings is insufficient an Canal.our Lord Jesus Christ was with His disciples for 3years n half,but they still did not know Him.they Saw,Touched,and Heard Him,but still there knowing was outward and superficial.
One day Peter had an inward knowledge of Him,and our Lord said,"Blessed are you,simon Barjona,because Flesh and Blood has not revealed this to you,but MY FATHER in the Heavens(Matt.16:15-17).Christ was telling Peter that he have been following Him for a long time,yet his knowledge in the past was outwardly,however,his knowledge today is a Blessed one,because Flesh and Blood didn't reveal it to him but His Father in Heaven.
Without the Revelation in our spirit we(Christains) cant know our Lord Jesus.
A knowledge that is void of Revelation is outwardly.its a knowledge according to the Flesh.
Paul said;"So then we,from now on,know no one according to the Flesh;even though we know we know Him so no longer"(2Cor5:16).when he(Paul) knew Christ according to the Flesh he was fearless in attacking the name of Jesus(Acts26:9-11).but after the Revelation of Christ in His spirit,he began to announce the faith he formally persecuted.(Gal1:16,23).
If we(Christain) only know His Doings;through our singing,praying,praching and studing the bible without an inward knowledge by Revelation in our spirit.our knowing is very Canal.

In the begining of the book of Job,the major characters are God,Job and Satan,
The closing chapters of the book we have only God and Job,all that is of Satan have been strip off in his life,
thats the reason God drew the attention of Satan in his life,most of his riches/treasures in his early days has some element of Satan in them.
If our blessings is mixed with some element of Satan,God will definitely strip them all out.

@op
Look up at the Heavens and see;
gaze at the clouds so high above you.If you sin,how does that affect Him?
If your sins are many,what does that do to Him?
If you are Righteou,what do you give to Him,or what does He receive from your hand?
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself,and your Righteousness only the sons of men.(Job35:5-.

@op
"i had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear;but,now mine eye seething thee"(job42:5).
The above verse summarized the book of Job,it shows us a tremendous transaction that took place in Jobs life,.
Job say"i had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear"that is the relationship with God is by hearing audibly,which is very objective and shallow,
most Christains a like that.
God brought some tremendous experience to him,dealing with him physically,stripping all that is objective and shallow in his life.So Job can say"But, now mine eye seething thee"that is he have been transformed to the image/likeness of God.his constituents is now Christ.
God purpose is to constitute Christ in us,by dealing with anything thats natural and objective in our life.

@ochuko
thanks,will do that later,can still go through my past posts.

Pslm103:7"He made known His ways unto Moses,He's doings unto the Children of Israel"
Hebrws8:11"And they shall not teach every man his neighbour,and everyman his brother,saying,know the Lord;from the least to the greatest".
The Israelites only knew  Gods doings,but,Moses knew His ways.but the knowing in the intuition,mentioned in Hebrews8:11 is more advanced than knowing Gods ways,to know God in our intuition is to know God Himself.
To know Gods doings means to know the miracles and wonders which He performs,the Israelites saw the ten plagues(exd7-11).the dividing of the red sea(exd14:21),water from the rock(exd17:6),manna from heaven(exd16:35).also the feeding of the five thousand(jhn6:9-12),the blind receiving sight,the lame walking,the deaf earing and the dead been raised(matt11:5).were all God's doings,
Today many christains have been healed or protected from danger by God,these are all God's doings.if we(Christains)only know God's doings,our knowledge of Him is shallow and superfical.
Abraham knew God's Way's of doing things.he interceded for Sodom standing on God's Righteousness,he knew God cant act contrary to His Righteousness(Gen8:23-33).
Moses told Aaron to act immediately he saw the Glory of God manifesting unto the congregation(Num16:46).
David refused to offer burnt offering that cost him nothing(1Chron21:24).they both knew God's Way's of doing things.even the Canaanite Woman  knew God's Ways,by pleading for mercy.(Matt15:22-28).
To know God's nature means knowing God Himself.knowing God Himself is the grestest blessing in the new Covenant.when we are born again we obtain God's Life and recieve God's nature.
Jhn17:3;says,"And this is Enternal Life,that they may know You,the only true God,and Him whom You have sent,Jesus Christ"this verse tells us that anyone who have Enternal Lifeknows God and our Lord Jesus.when we recieve Enternal Life,we recieve a knowing of God in the intuition of our spirit.which enables us to know Him.
1Con2:11-12;says"For who among men knoweth the things of a man,save the spirit of man,which is in him,even so the things of God none knoweth,save the Spirit of God.but we recieve not the spirit of the world,but the Spirit which is from God.that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God"it is the Holy Spirit in our spirit,that enables us to know the things of God,the Spirit of God in us enables us to know Him through the intuition in our spirit.
As we continue to seek His Will in our life,May we be fill with the full knowledge of God,Himself.in Jesus name Amen(Colossns1:9-10).

@op
is The Church something apart from Christ,a place of worship/meeting that is not Christ?

@op
what do you mean by the Church of Christ?

May His peace manifest in the life of every one in that state,also in the life of every Nigerian in Jesus name Amen

@op
joagbeye is correct

@op
NO!absence of  God's Grace in our life are we better off than them?

Nice article.

@op
Jesus is the Word of God,which is God(jhn1:1)
all things were created by Him and for Him(colosns1:16).
Through Him all things were made(jhn1:3).
Phil2:6;says that our Lord Jesus didn't consider been equal with God a thing to be Grasped.that is His equality with God is not something He took by force.why is that?its because been God is His Divine attribute.for He emptied Himself of His divine nature(phil2:7).
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things(Roms11:36):that is He is the Pattern and the Completion of  God's creation.
In Him dwelleth the fullness of God(colossns1:19);without Jesus there's no evidence of the existance of God.without Him there's no God.
For He is God Himself.

If our father's are wealthy,we the sons won't we inherit part of his riches?so also if he's cursed.

Gala2:20,I have been Crucified with Christ,and I no longer live,but Christ lives in me.the live I live in the body,I live by faith in the Son of God,who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Roms6:6;for we know our old self was Crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with we should no longer be slaves to Sin.
In His Cross, Christ created a great diving between the old world and the new.a divide which cant be bridged.the system of each is not only entirely different,but irreconcilable and forever antagonistic to the other.
The Cross demands an absolute distinctiveness of interest,objectiveness,reletionships and resources.It draws the final distinction between the saved and unsaved,the living and the dead.
Paul said that He had"been Crucified to the  world"and the world Crucified to Him.it is this verdict condemnation and demand of the Cross which is unacceptable and irritating to a very great number of professing Christains.God's Word declares in Roms6:6"our old man has been crucified with Christ"the history of the fallen race was concluded at Calvary.henceforth,we are called to live on His divine nature,humanly we possess nothing which is acceptable to God.
Worldly standard of success(excessive wealth,reputation and popularity)the world standard of success are all contrary to the Spirit of Christ,He applied the principle before the Cross had actually taken place,Matt19:22-24,(the eye of the needle symbolize The Cross).It is a perfectly obvious fact that where the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ has been most faithfully preached and presented,bringing New Life to many It has almost invariably been the cause of trouble.wherever It has gone It has aroused antagonism.It was a stumbling block to the Jews,an absurdity to the Greeks,It has been unacceptable to the world,even in the Religion Communities.in spite of all the fact that It is the most popular symbol in the world.
Most of the preaching and teaching in the Christain Churches today is either confined to the"Historic Jesus"which presents a Crossless Christ,or gives modified meaning to His death.
If all the preaching and teaching are confined to the Christ of Bethsaida(Mark8:22-26),or the Christ of Gadara(mark5:1-20),or the Christ of Emmaus(Luke24:13-35) without an inward Revelation of Christ through the application of the Cross by the Holy Spirit,none of the preaching and teaching will amount to anything.
May God have mercy and bestow more Grace to us.
May His Spirit continue to apply the Cross in our being in Jesus name amen.

@zataxs,
you need profit?you dont have to do anything,just accept Him in your life.for revelation precedes knowledge.frd,you have nothing to lose.try and SEE!cheers

@zataxs
The measure of Christ constituent in me been expressed freely.friend,God is real!

@zataxs,
if God is a concept created by man,what's your valuation of life?

@zataxs,
if God is a concept created by man,what's your valuation of life?

Nums23:19,says that God is not a Man that He should lie,nor the son of Man that He should repent,when He speaks,He acts,and when He promise,He fulfills.i just hold Him to His Words in my life(in prayers),whenever problem arises.the key is holding onto His Word and praying with other brethrem.He can do anything for the seek of His Word.because His Word is whom He is.Jhn1:1;and the Word was God.whenever i encounter a situation i speak His Word before binding,casting,claiming,receiving or blessing.(that's i speak forth His Word in the Bible).in ish45:2-3 He said He will go before us to level,breakdown and cut to asunder an obstacle in our life and that He will give us our treasures/riches which are hidden,my advice is speaking forth His Word first and other thing can be added.

Acts2:17;'in the last days,God says,I will pour out my Spirit on all people.your sons and daughters will prophesy,your young men will see visions,your old men will dream Dreams.
@God2man.is right without visions and dreams Christains will be lost.
@op.thank God for revealing it to you,just pray and fast over it,it is well with you.

Phil2:5-11.;Have this mind in you,which was also in Christ Jesus:who,existing in the form of God,counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,but emptied Himself,taking the form of a servant,being made in the likeness of Men;and being found in the fashion as a man,He humbled Himself,becoming obedient even unto death,yea,the death on the Cross.wherefore also God highly exalted Him,and gave unto Him the name which is above every name;that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow,of things in Heaven and things on Earth and under the Earth,and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.
In john1:1;the word of God tells us that our Lord Jesus Christ and the Father are one:In the begining was the Word,just as in the begining there was God,and the Word was God.
Also in Phil.2:6;the Bible says that the Lord did not Consider being equal with God a treasure to be grasped.to be grasped  means to take by force.the Father and the Son are equal,equioptent,coexisting,and existing simultaneously.
This portion in Philippine 2 is difficult to explain and controversial.but,it's also a most Divine passage.as we review this Scripture,may God grant us more Light in Jesus name,
It seems in the begining,God conceived a plan to create the universe.within the Godhead there's authority with the absence of obedience,and authority cannot be established in the universe without obedience,since it can't exist alone.God must therefore find obedience in the universe.two living beings were to be created.angels(spirits)and Men(living souls).According to His foreknowledge(ish46:10).God foresaw the rebellion of the angels and the fall of Men;hence He was unable to establish His authority in angels or in the Adamic race.Consequently,within the Godhead an accord was reached that authority presented by the Father will be answered by obedience in the Son,these brought about the distinctive operation of the Father and the Son.a day came the Son emptied Himself and being born in the likeness of Men.He became the symbol of obedience.inasmuch as rebellion came through the created beings,obedience must be established in a created being.Man sinned and rebelled;therefore the authority of God must be erected on Man's obedience.this explains why our Lord Jesus came to the world and was made as one of us.on the Cross He shouted"it is finish"it proclaimed not only the accomplishment of Salvation but also the fulfillment of all that His name Signifies.
When the Son came forth from God,He determined not to return by virtue of His Divine attributes;on the contrary,He desire to be exalted as a Man.in this manner,God has affirmed His principle of obedience.
Let us(Christains) have the mind which was in Christ Jesus,let us all walk in the way of the Lord and attain to the obedience by making this principle of obedience our principle,in Jesus name.

@zataxs
what's your conception of life,and why are you so angry about the way things are?you know,we can make a difference.things are the way we want them to be,for the Earth was created for Man,not the other way round.by standing together in one accord,we will fulfill our purpose here on Earth."give it a thought"will be here waiting when you are ready.cheers!

I have an article written by a member of the British Parliament decades ago.
'There are many classifications into which men and women may be divided-as upper,middle or lower class;rich,well to do and poor;religion,sceptical and atheist etc.but,as i think,the only categorization which really matters is that which divides men as between the Servants of the Spirit and the prisoners of Organization.that classification,which cut right across all other classifications,is indeed the fundamental one.The idea having embodied itself in the organization(Church),the organiztion(Church)then proceeds gradually to slay the idea which gave birth to it.in the field of religion a prophet,an inspired man,will see a vision of truth.he expresses that vision as best he may in words.upon what his disciples understand of the prophet's message ,an organization,a Church  will be built.the half-understood message will crystallized into a creed,before long the principle concern of the Church will be to sustain itself as an organization.To this end any departure from the creed must be controverted and,if necessary,suppressed as heresy.In a few score or a few hundred years what was conceived as a vehicle of a new and higher truth has become a prison for the souls of men.and men are murdering each other for the love of God.
One moral to be drawn,it would not be wholly facetious to suggest,might be that the first rule for any organization(Church) should be a rule proving for its dissolution within a limited period of time, When we are members of an organization,as such,our attitude to it should be one of partial detachment.We must be above it even while we are in it.We should reckon on being in almost perpetual rebellion within it.Above all we should regard all loyalties to organization as tentative and provisional.We must be Servants of the Spirit,not prisoners of Organization.We must keep in touch with the source of Life,not lose ourselves in the temporary vehicles'
"THIS WORLD IS A BRIDGE.YE SHALL PASS OVER IT,BUT YE SHALL BUILD NO HOUSES UPON IT"
May God give us(Christains) Grace to be Servant of the Spirit,in Jesus name,

@zataxs
thats the only weapon we(Christains) over satan authority in the word of God.for Satan is more powerful than us,but we have authority over his powers in the word of God.

@God2man,
nobody is arguing with you,all am saying is that 10% is the Law,but 10%+(plus) is Grace,the plus(+) is the key,it might be 10%+1naira.or 10%+ 1million thats up to you,you might even give it to your next door neighbour as been lead by the Spirit,God dont want 10% of our life He wants every(100%)He gave all He have to save us,anything less than all we have is an affront to His cross,Bless you too.

@Godmother,
but ye are a chosen generation a ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, (1ptr2:9)
And hath made us kings and PRIESTS unto God and the father, (Rev1:6).
We(Christains) are all priests.
God2man told u to pay to the Church my question to Him is who are the Church?

@God2man,if all the Churches in the world are tithing those that make it right?we have discussed this topic in the past,i dont want go into it again,but,let me give you a verse.
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile,go with him twain,Matt5:41;it was lawful for a Jew to carry the load of a Roman citizen for one mile,was an establish law then,but Christ told the Jews to go with them twain,He taught them at one mile is the law,going an extra mile is Grace.tithe is part of the law,our tithe(+)plus is Grace.its an insult to our Lord when we pay tithe,we are telling Him that we can pay Him back for what He did  for us or we are paying Him to open the windows of Heaven and shower us with blessings.even before we are born He have blessed us.

God is Righteous, He cant forgive without judging.we are privileged.for our sins have been judged in Christ,Satan sins have to be judged,