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December 24 Matthew 24v4


Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.


Were Jesus' disciples part of the elect? Did Jesus warn them of the possibility off being deceived? These two questions are pertinent as there are many believers with the mentality that the elect cannot be deceived. Interestingly enough, that idea is often hooked to a passage in this same chapter as our Today's passage's which says 'if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect'. Notice that this particular phrase doesn't say it is possible or impossible to be deceived. But many take it to mean that it is impossible.
In reality, the bitter truth is that "those days" were shortened for the elect's sake. The shortening is a pointer that worse things could happen to those elect but for the shortening. And today, we are not living in that period of tribulation yet. Our present days are not shortened, as it were. And that is why we should be careful. Jesus told His disciples "Be careful so that no one will deceive you". This is Matthew 24, towards the end of Christ's earthly ministry. The disciples knew Jesus, the Father had even revealed Him to them, asides flesh and blood. They knew His doctrines, they might have perhaps, written a more comprehensive account of His life on earth at this time. How can thay be deceived? But Jesus told them, 'Make sure no mam deceives you'.
Today, as believers, we should make sure no man deceives us. The surest way is to stand on and with the Word of God, it's a more sure word of prophecy. listen, Have you ever listened to good debates? It's like the two sides of the debate have a point,no, point[b]S[/b]. You listen to this side and you agree, they have valid points. You listen to the opposing side/team, and you also agree, they are both making good points. It's almost the same with preachers and teachers The more fluent and intelligent they are, the more you want to believe them. If you sit down long enough, you can be convinced either that the world is flat, or that the world is spherical, it depends on who is saying it and how. That's why you'd want to stay away from false preachers, avoid them, FLEE, cease to hear the instruction that causeth to err. take it what you hear and how you hear. Take heed that NO MAN, friend or fiend, believer or unbeliever, male or female, spiritual or soulish, miracle worker or not, NO MAN deceive you.

^you'd better come to the reality that i will be here, and others, when you spit nonsense venom on nl. We'll be watching. Malicious joagbaje, keeping malice is a sin, stop twisting scriptures as usual to ease your brain.

It is always a leave to cleave, if you do not leave you cannot cleave. When you leave God, some people call it 'backsliding'. Like the first sentence in our passage, it says "Else if ye do in any wise go back". There it is. When you leave God, you have gone back. If you truly love God, you will cleave to Him. You cannot love the world and its system. You will be seperate. You will not go ahead to marry an unbeliever. You will not be undiscerning. Holding on to the world shows that you have left God. True love holds on to God and leaves the world and its system.
Check your goal, check your desire, check your actions, search yourself, check your heart. Who do you love?

December 23 Joshua 23v12

12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you.

Right from the genesis, we have the popular command for the man to 'leave and cleave'. Man was created with the power of choice. The choices you decide on can make or mar your life. For one to succeed in life's examination, he has to make the right choice and leave the other options. He cannot tick all the options, neither can you.
You must leave and cleave, so you better not be cleaving to death but life. The children of Israel knew distinctly that they had to cleave to God. Even earlier in the chapter of Today's passage, they were admonished to 'cleave unto the Lord'. Like it's been said, you must leave to cleave. You cannot cleave to everything. You cannot serve God and mammon. When you cleave to God, you leave something. If you observe yourself holding/cleaving to something apart from God, it automatically means that you have left God.

macjive01:
aside what?
im sure, with this 33 yrs attitude, once her "uncle " steps into the house she would frantically jump and embrace him warmly, lots of kisses, get him to rub her arching tommy and. . only god knows wat next,

I guess you're right, and i hope that's not the manly thing 'uncle' is coming home to do. I also hope he's not coming to marry her. A mistake should not automatically lead to another mistake. It should be what God joins together, not what pikin joins together.
Like has been said, the man has to be responsible for his child. He should also to an extent take care of the mother, its his cross. But she should look for her own husband some place else, not trying to snatch someone else's, too bad her junior sister's husband.

So Joagbaje intended not to respond to me again? What a sickly resolution. And he's got a list? Oh, i just remembered, you're one of those people who usually have a list of millions that were healed in a crusade attended by thousands. Your list must be worth a laughweep.

His own deed are lnconsequential.

Tell that to God when He judges every man according to their works, as written in Revelation. Oh, almost forgot, Paul did not write Revelation.

[quote author=Busy_body link=topic=558479.msg7384518#msg7384518 date=1292969160]Like I mentioned earlier, she wasn't tied up for those 6 months she alledged she was r/a/p/e/d 4 times, but looking at the bigger picture, all thanks to Ivynwa whom I was initially thinking might have bumped her head hence reason she didn't condemn this woman but instead chose to see her as the victim . . . I stumbled upon this quotation and I was humbled "YES WE ARE FALLIBLE BEINGS HENCE RETAIN THE RIGHT TO BE MIFFED, BUT CHARITY SEES THE NEED AND NOT THE CAUSE" NOW THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT, MAY GOD GUIDE YOU[/quote]Common, charity does not behave itself unseemly. Charity does not rejoice in iniquity. If someone has done wrong, she needs to be corrected and to know she's done wrong. Like a yoruba proverb will say, 'when a child offends, we use the left hand to beat her and then the right hand to bring her back and cuddle'. The lady should know she's very much in the wrong, and quit playing the victim card. God knows how she must have used uncle to kill the man. The way she called 'uncle uncle', and she's still calling uncle, yet she will not leave the house, before 1st time, after 1st time, 2nd time, 3rd and until she got pregnant. And she still insists on not leaving uncle's house. And she's the victim. She's a deliberate home-breaker who should repent of her ways.
Of course, she should have the kid, and find her own husband and job elsewhere. The man also should be RESPONSIBLE for the kid, take care of it and, to some extent the mother. I wonder what manly thing He's coming to do asides that.

galek:
What is so difficult abt accepting d bitter truth?

N.O.T.H.I.N.G


I don't take you serious gale. But for the records sha, maybe you're looking for the word 'betrothed', like what was going on between Joseph and Mary before she got pregnant with Jesus the Son of God.

December 22 Acts 22v16
Act 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

It is God's desire that we should progress. God doesn't like stagnancy. The characteristic of the believer is a flowing of rivers of living waters. Stagnant water is not good for you, it is smelly and stale. So many people are stagnant/static. They continue to do the same thing, no plan for progress. Many remain dormant due to fear or because of a lack of knowledge of what to do next.
But when God comes, His is a command to move forward. God brought light to Saul in today's passage. The light was a call to progress, Arise! Many believers just stay in the same place. They have seen the Lord Jesus, had a 'Damascus experience', they've seen, even had their own blind eyes open. They have received great words of prophecy and prayers into their lives like Saul of Tarsus, but they remain there. They tarry.
Today, you can arise and do something new. Be baptized, wash away your sins, call on the Lord Jesus, make progress! The year is running to an end, not your life. Make plans, strategise, set goals, dream dreams. There is still a miracle in there for you this year. God wants you to arise. You do not have to keep waiting to make progress, even spiritually. Get baptized, do away with sin, become a prayer champion. All those two minutes prayer you struggle to pray, what are you waiting for? Arise, and make progress not excuses.

Thank God. Plus i just found my mate hahaha. Then was that saying by the prophet Isaiah fulfilled who said . .

OLAADEGBU:
There were also fellow ships or rather ships for the fellow.

Help us tell him o!
Aletheia, InesQor, the guy's looking for the word 'COURTSHIP', not the act.

We need to guard against these teachings about discarding the words of Jesus. While we need to understand the context of what he said, I don't buy this 'he was talking to people under the law' business.

That's why we need you here more often debo, to 'contend' when necessary. i'd do with some grammar when faced with some katakatalambo oppression.

newmi:
@Olaadegbu
", untill we confess and forsake our sins we cannot be made alive in Christ, " Well said, but please could you kindly give your candid opinion as regards a sinner who pehaps has spent over 35years doing wrongs and trespassing all moral and spiritual laws that God has set in place, now such a man you say he should confess all his sins; ok, what happens to the ones he cannot remember, will God count it against him or He would grant him salvation notwitstanding, ok what measure salvation will he receive because though he has confessed there remaineth still more though also he cannot remember and mind you the fact that he cannot remember does not obliterate the reality that he committed them. Please kindly post a response, except you are insinuating that it does matter. Thank you

Confessing sins is not the typical village witch confession picture, where the witch tells the village all her deeds. It's not a textbook confession either. It's more of a surrender, a saying that He's not without sin. Something like "Lord i confess i'm a sinner, please have mercy on me". When the Bible says people confessed their sins in John's ministry, do you think they brought a list of all their sins since birth?

There were courts and there were ships though.

Just to add to what's been said, show her love. Or is it MORE love. Love is not only in bed. Communicate more often as well, compulsory. Don't just expect her to 'switch on' when you 'switch on'. Love her until she knows it, and don't stop loving her. All other things will be added unto you, as it were.

A friend said the program start had been postponed to 25th. How true, 'cause it's rare?

Joagbaje the man proving to have NO LIGHT in him. So we shouldn't only cut off OT but also the four gospels, the Acts and every other book that God didn't use Paul to write? Shame on you, you've just started your confessions.
BTW, hope you've asked for forgiveness of your sins of falsely accusing others (like me on this thread)?

Newmi
When i suggested that Joagbaje needed genuine counsel, i didn't have you in mind. What's with your coming here screaming 'CHANGE' and offering? Were you posting from a public bus, or must you point others to filthy lucre? And then you end up by trying to ridicule another denomination. If they start on you now, we'll start hearing about accuser of brethen and lord's anointin and washing dirty linen in public. May God open your eyes and ears.

manmacho:
well said
but i will like to ask with biblical explanation how a person who can not speak nor hear recieve salvation without speaking apart from sign language

thanks

Note the question above, and compare to the pharisaic action film below

Joagbaje:
We have special ministry to the blind and deaf. We even have special rhapsodies we send to them free .every one can be reached in language they van understand

Sure, you can produce a better 'commercials' than these.

PRINCE4CHRIST:
@cogicero and others, who contribute to this post in a wonderfull way my big regards and happy xmas.
Pls friends lets quickly hit the hammer on the nail by concluding this topic so that others can learn too.
What do u all advice that a Repented christian should do and not to do in other to avoid sins. To keep away offending God and asking him for pardon.
GOD BLESS U ALL.

I thought Joagbaje the counselor would come in and address this, instead he's busy defending self, and showing the OP 'my church is better than yours, you made a mistake, you should have told me the name of your living church, you didn't state yourself clearly' and other nonsense stammerings.
Well OP, just to add to what others have positively contributed. You need to let your light shine. Any believer who doesn't want 'problem' for himself must live a radiant life. Let your light so shine before men(Matthew 5v16). When others see that you're a believer, a child of God, they wouldn't bring some temptations to you. They need to know that you're now different and that God has forgiven you. Best way is for you to start preaching to them, it chases the devil sharply. They may even hate you for it, call you names etc. But you won't have to confess sins everyday again. Even you won't want to commit sin again because the people you're preaching to will see. And wonder of wonders, you may just 'conceive'. Evangelism is the fastest way to growth. It's an armor for your spiritual feet to run. You gain the sort of maturity than comes on a new parent or labourer, as you become a labourer for God, a 'parent' of new converts. Trust God Proverbs 3v5,6

dobodobo:
It seems my drink was poison but not so sure, I have believe I was going to die because my legg has stop moving,my arm has stop moving but I keep asking for forgiveness from God till I couldn't find myself again, everything happen later was like a dream, hard to explain but would I be forgiven it this has resulted in death cause I wake up the next day. my Mom said they thought I would be dead, my girlfriend said she has been crying but I didn't notice all these

Wow, you had a near death experience. Your name itself is another sermon but Thank God you're alive, and you 'ran' to the religion section/church. Wise move.
What you should do is complete the move by giving your life to Jesus. Some people had near death experience and went off to sing an album, or make money telling stories from church to studio to stadia. The will of God is that you should glorify Him. You'll glorify Him by giving your life to Christ.
Giving your life to Christ saves you. It involves believing, accepting and repenting. You are to believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord, and believe that He CAN save you. At the same time, you accept that you are a sinner who needs salvation, and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour. Then you pray to God in repentance. It could be spontaneous/natural(Just close your eyes and say Jesus I'm sorry etc). Or pick up any tract and read the prayer at the end and believe. That's all you need to do, God will do the rest.
You may not feel or see anything, you may. But just believe that God has heard you. You'll see that you've become a new person. But you'll need spiritual food, so it's good to start reading your Bible(that's your food) and perhaps look for a decent fellowship/church that can help your growth.
God will guide you just ask Him to. You're one lucky man

What's all these drama?

So Uncle is coming home in a manly way. Uncle ko. This 33year old is a real hypocrite. Killing the poor boy married to her junior sister with "uncle uncle". 5times plus X, na still uncle, and she's threatening not to leave. Shameless homebreaker. I'm almost certain she'll still catch uncle again, snake of a old woman.

The Bible says that 'All have sinned and come short of the glory of God'(Romans 3v23). If you are not putting on the Lord Jesus Christ who is the righteousness of God for you and all mankind, then you are not better than Gogo. And like Gogo, you are stark nake.d before God. You eat and drink sin which is worse than the rubbish Gogo eats. Run to God for your deliverance and covering because sin is a killer. Gogo eventually died on top of rubbish and was eaten by pigs and dogs.
The wages of sin is death. The soul that sinneth, it shall die(Romans 6v23, Ezekiel 18v20). This is more than physical death for all mankind. It is seperation from God in all eternity, eternal damnation and anguish in hell. Do you prefer to live as a mad person, carefree of the reality of life and the love of God? Choose life today!
The only way of escape is the Lord Jesus Christ who is 'The Way, the Truth and the Life' John 14v6. No person can come to God except through Him.
The decision either to live or die is yours. Choose one.
(Culled from a tract).

The man simply known and called 'Gogo' lives at Oshodi market in Lagos. Stark naked from head to toe, Gogo wanders from one part of the market to another. To some people, he is an eyesore and yet to others, he is a filmshow. Gogo, of course, is ignorant of his state. He has no friends. No person comes near him. Even his relations will never identify with him for shame.
Gogo's food is got from the heaps of rubbish at different corners of the market. His drinking water is from the gutters that run through the market. His companions at the food centre are dogs, goats and pigs.
On one occasion, a serious fight ensued between two neighbours in the market because one called the other 'Gogo'. The name is a curse and no one wants to identify with it or with him. However, one truth which both fighters did not know was that both of them were 'Gogo' before God. Many people are really naked before God as a result of sin.
The Bible gives this account in Genesis 3v9,10. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in garden and I was afraid, because I was n.aked and I hid myself
Adam's sin made him naked before God. You who are reading this, pause and ask yourself a question. "Am I naked before God?"

JeSoul:
The season dey oh my brotha. When is your christmas party now? I didn't get my invite yet oh!

Ehhh, merry christmas. I'm being invited for a christmas party myself. I for give you through pass if i was the organiser. Season's Greetings all the same

Muslims call on God , eckist call in God, juju men call on God. A religious natural man call on God. People even go to church and call on God. We have people visiting churches but not born again. They have to be taught by the gospel the way of salvation. Was Saul of tarsus not calling on God?

Not everyone calls on the true God. Elijah knew that Ahab's prophets were not calling on Jehovah God. Paul knew that some gentiles were merely calling on dumb idols. BTW, Saul of tarsus was calling on Jehovah.

You go fear champion na, JeSoul how's the season?

What happen to the fruits of the spirit? Mr holy?

I'm yet to lay claims on such titles as Mr holy. If the scriptures i've quoted or the words i've written convict you, go and repent, instead of name calling or feeling inferior.

I may not want to discuss with you further, since you display hypocrisy like this , I don't want to engage discussions with carnal minded individuals on this forum again who are not out for truth and edification but rather create ungodly atmosphere where they can vomit maggots in their lust for evil speakings and corruption out of the inward part.
Thank you.

You don't want to talk to me again ke? Haha, you wan die, no try am o? But seriously, it's kids that do this 'i won't talk/play to you again' thing, not people who claim higher maturity than the apostle James. Come off the malice man. Maybe you need some time off/retreat or funny still, some real counselling.

And if I should judge you by your claim here. YOU ARE OF THE DEVIL!

Oh spare me this absurdity already. Go and judge yourself first.

If you say YES you are a hypocrite like the phariseees. And you're judged by your claim above. But if you say NO . Then you are a BIG fat Liar!

This is the same thing the Pharisees did to Jesus, to catch Him in His words, by their fruits we will know them.Read Luke 20v21-23 and co. I've given you the answer twice, enigma has, others have. Like Christ, i wouldn't spare you the joy of a yes or no on this.

you are getting very insultive to me and to my pastor, which is uncalled for.The next thing is to now start making derogative statement at my pastor. You that complain I shouldn't call you dude, but now throw insultive words at a man of God . This hypocrisy of yours is alarming. You strain at a gnat but you swallow a Carmel

Are you also into false accusation? Please i do sincerely apologise he i've offended you, but can you show me where or how i insulted/abused you or your pastor?
So you're still on that 'dude' stuff, you sure enjoyed it se? I didn't call it a sin or unholy, i said it offended me, coming from YOU. If i offend you please tell me so i know and stop. Offences may come, someone may be offended at my coming late or non-appearance at his house. It's not sin, but i'll still apologise and try to improve. It's not a matter of Mr holy or swallowing snakes and monkies.

@Joagbaje

Stop going round I endless circle dear. I feel you have an idea of my point but maybe pride is not allowing you to admit.

There you go again to an ok start. I'm on the watch for the customary though.

Every religion believes In God and they morally ask him for forgiveness from time to time

No, not every religion believer in the true God. Many serve and worship dead gods.

But if you hastily counsel a man that you don't know, to continue asking God for forgiveness when he sins, when you don't even know his religion or faith. This is a BIG blunder.

I won't skip this this time. Can you please quote me on where i made this 'BIG blunder'?

The only solution for a natural man is to recieve christ. I know some of you when leading a man to christ will tell them to be confessing all their sins. That is nonsense broda.

The solution for every man is to receive Christ, we all agree to that i think. What we're saying is that no one can truly receive Christ without forgiveness of sins. They happen together.
You think confession of sins is nonsense ba? Well that 'nonsense' is the Word of God unlike your NONSENSE(sinners cannot commit sin or be forgiven) that's not in God's Word.
1John 1v9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
James also talks about confessing our faults. I understand that you don't regard or respect the apostle so i won't bother quoting. When John baptist ministered, people repented and confessed their sins.
Matthew 3v6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, CONFESSING THEIR SINS.
That's the greatest man that ever lived. I realise though that He also doesn't count to you. What counts to you is new revelations in your church and pastor's teachings, not the Word of God. Well done ehn

newmi:
Crime against who? A sinner has no law to break . The old testament law was for the Jews , the new testament law is for the Christians . Men will go to hell because they reject the lordship of christ . We became sinners on the account of Adams sin. We became righteous on the account of christ blood and not our perfection.

1 Corinthians 15:48
48 Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust( earthly- minded); and as is[ the Man] from heaven, so also[ are those] who are of heaven( heavenly- minded).



and are

See we all agree complete with all men have sinned. We are all sinners by birth. The addition which we've been on about is that we are also sinners by DEED. The Lord Jesus said there are some things that defile a man i.e make him unclean/a sinner. I've quoted different scriptures to this effect.
When you say that a sinner has no law to break, and then you go ahead to personally allocate the 'OT and NT laws', well you may want to read 1Timothy 1v9 which is the direct opposite of your claim. KNOWING THIS, i hope God opens your eyes.