Mystery Babylon @ work. This is Necromancy, Spiritism & Occultism. This is Paganised Christianity.

A couple of question pls. Who pays 4 d article u write? How do u 'download' ur money in naira here in Nigeria?

Thanks for sharing your experience. I was about buying some items from them but have been put off.

murphy02:

I agree with you except buying of share, taxi, marwa
After my resignation in 2009, Nigerian capital market almost killed me, i lost 80% of my 5yrs saving, as the price keeps dropping, i had to start again with almost nothing. i will advice you invest in real estate it pays, as you wont have time to monitor any taxi...

Sorry for what happened. I'm afraid, it's because you didn't have access to relevant information that would have enabled you to take timely action. When trading in shares you have to first of all defined your objectives: Are you buying for short, medium or long time term? Are you trading for bonus shares, dividends, or price increase? In addition, you have to define the point at which you take profit (20, 30, 50, 100% price rise?) similarly, at what point would you exit or cut loss (20, 30, 40, 50%... decrease in price) These in addition to the company trend for the pass 3 yrs, will equip you to make d right decision. The stock market to date have a daily turn over of 6billion naira and trust me, you can profit from it.

That said, your investment portfolio overtime, should be a mix of shares, real estate, physical business for cash flow, 'cooperative society' savings etc.

I am not a banker, but my wife is, so i understand your situation. The following may be of help.

1. Have a clear picture, vision or goal of what you want to do. It will be better to write it down for clarity and solidity.
2. Gather relevant information about it. Better still, draw up a business plan. (you can contact those who know how)
3. Save aggressively.
4. Better still, invest your savings in passive investment (that does not require daily monitoring) -like shares and real estate.
5. You can also invest in taxis or keke -marwa, Barbing Saloon with a section for play station, to earn daily money, preparatory to resigning.
6. Set a time-frame for leaving the bank as well as the above.
7. Pray, Plan and Work towards your goal. Discuss with your wife if you're married.

Finally, do not be afraid, resign your job if you've achieved the above. Do be discourage by the snide comments and fears of other. Life is short, try and live your dreams. Remember, it is riskier not to take the risk.

You shall succeed by God's grace.

I'm a married man n so will try n answer ur questn objectively. But b4 l do, let me state some facts. 1. A man can luv his wife n stil cheat on her. 2. Althou a woman action can drive a man out, d man bears ultimate responsibility 4 cheating. So to ans ur questn NO! Not all men cheat, although majority DO! All men are temptd to cheat, but only d luv n fear of God in a man can give him d wisdom, strength n discipline not to cheat. How can u get over ur hurting hrt? Ignoring it will make it fester. Ur best bet is to ask God to help u 4give ur husby, bcus u cant urslf. D difficult one is if he's a serial cheater. Good men feel remorseful n really dont want to cheat. Help him by ur 4giveness. When u do pls, don't kip refering to it. Don't use it as a hovering sword or joker wen u're quarelling. God blx.

Y is he muscle-less, soft n poti-like?

Walahi! These god of men are good Pastorpreneurs!

vera031: There are three things that the Devil fears most 1. The name of Jesus 2. The name of Mary 3. The most holy rosary. I love our mother Mary soo much. For all those who do not believe you have your choice to make. The catholic church will continue to remain one and universal.we pray that our Mother will give us the grace to say our rosary daily and honour her more fervently.

Pls can you give the relevant bible passage that support your assertions? At least we know " that at the name of Jesus every kneel should bow, things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth" Philp 2:10

Area_boy: it is funny how "god" gave "us" a specific instruction only in the Jewish bible... Maybe it was just a Jewish law made by the Jews for the Jews?

Are you a Jew mister?

Are you a christian friend? I am one who believe the Bible is God's inspired word and in Jesus Christ as the saviour of the world.

The 4th commandment in Exodus 20:8,11 says "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.....for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day. wherefore, the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it"

Jesus as his custom was while he was on earth kept and worship on the sabbath day (Luke 4:16) The disciples, Paul, Peter and the early church, kept and worship on the sabbath day. (Acts 13:14,27,42,44, 15:21, 17:2, 18:4, etc)

How come majority of us have forgotten what God specifically said we should remember?

shdemidemi:

The only instruction is belief
Romans1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,[a] for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

The power of God is guaranteed in the gospel of Christ if we believe.

Brethren, an explanation of the Classic Christian Paradox will clarify our discussion. The paradox states:

1. You cannot be saved or earn salvation by keeping the law.
2. But without obedience to the law of God, you cannot be saved.

The law of God is like a mirror. Standing before it, I see a lot of stains (sin) in me. But no matter how beautiful the mirror is, it cannot remove the stains. But the consequence of having those stains un-removed is death! To my dismay, all attempts to remove the stains myself are futile. In fact, the more I try, the more I fail! All my efforts, self righteousness amounts to ‘filthy rags’ “By the deeds of the law shall no man be justified.” (The carnal mind is in enmity with the law)

But glory, hallelujah, Jesus is the answer!

 First, believing in his atoning sacrifice, and accepting him as lord and savior, my stains (sins) are forgiven, blotted and cleansed.
 He replaces my filthy rags with his pure white garment. I am justified by faith in him. Stainless before the mirror!
 Then he gives me the power through his Holy Spirit not to stain my garment!

Empowered by the spirit and by reading his words, I lived obediently, not to earn salvation, but as evidence that indeed I have been born again. By obedience is ‘friutage’ or proof of a loving relationship with him. The law becomes my delight! Its righteous requirements are now fulfill in my life because I walk not in the flesh, but in the spirit.

When I fortunately I stain (sinned), I approach his throne of grace and obtain mercy and help for forgiveness and to gain the victory over sin. I confess and forsake my sins. (Heb 4:16,1 Jn 1:9) Daily, by reading his words, through prayer, etc, his Spirit empowers me to live above sin. I am not ‘under the law’ and its condemnation (death) because by his grace, I am empowered to overcome sin. “The life that I now live, it is not I that liveth, but Christ lives in me” I am under Grace! Glory! Hallelujah!!

There are two extremes (that are misleading, wrong and injurious to our salvation) that we need to guard against when it comes to the relationship between God's Grace, Law and our Salvation.
• The first is that because we are saved by Grace, we no longer need to obey the law or that the 10 commandments have been nailed to the cross.
• The second is that we are saved by law.

Note: By law, I mean the 10 commandments of God.

God's Grace is unmerited Favour, Mercy and Power in our lives so that we can be saved. (For the grace of God that brings SALVATION hath appeared to all men –Titus 2:11) It brings forgiveness, justification, and sanctification.(To make holy) Through the Holy Spirit and His Word, we are cleansed and empowered to live above or overcome sin. In other words, as children of God, we have the power to live obediently or righteously. Three times Paul in Romans debunked the idea that Grace nullifies or exempt us from obedience. (See Rom 3:31, 6:1 and 6:15)

The second extreme but wrong view is that we are saved by the law. Jesus is our Saviour, and we are saved by grace through faith in Him. The law like a mirror only reveals and points out our stains (sins) but cannot remove it. This is where Grace comes in. Through the Power of the Holy Spirit, it first forgives our sins, credit the righteousness of Jesus for us, then cleanse, sanctify and empower us to live above sin (making us more and more like Jesus) so that when we stand before the mirror (law) in judgment, we are stainless. All this is accomplished by grace through faith in Jesus through the instrumentality of the Holy Spirit

The following summarizes the Bible view of the above.

1. The just shall live by faith. (Hab 2:4, Rom 1:7)
2. We are saved by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ (Eph 2:8-9, Rom 3:24)
3. Our efforts to keep the law by our own strength or as a means of earning salvation is impossible and futile. (Rom 8:7-8, John 15:5)
4. Jesus and not the law is our Saviour. (Matt 1:21, Titus 1:4)
5. Grace does not nullify or exempt us from obedience to the law. It is not a license to break the law - i.e steal, commit adultery, take the name of the Lord in vain, etc.(Rom 6:1,14-15, Roman 3:31)
6. Faith also does not nullify the law nor exempt us from obedience.(Rom 3:31)
7. Faith without works (Actions, obedience or evidence) is dead. Genuine faith is reveal by action. (James 2:14-26)
8. A transformed, Spirit-filled, born again life bear fruits of obedience to God's law. In other words, obedience to the law is the 'fruitage' or result of a genuine, loving-faith based relationship with God. (Rom 8:4, John 15:10, I John 5:2-3, Rev 12:17, Rev 22:14, etc) it is a testament to the power of the Holy Spirit.
9. The Law of God also known as the law of liberty is the standard for judgment. (Eccl 12:13-14, James 2:12)
10. The Law of God, whose underlying principle is LOVE, is an expression of God's will and character. In other words, just as God is Just, Perfect, Unchangeable and Eternal, so also is His Law. (Ps 19:7, 111:7-8, Rom 7:12, Matt 5:17, etc)
11. The lives of those who will be saved will be characterise by obedience to God's law through the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rev 12:17, 22:14)

To be under the law, means to look to the law as our Saviour instead of Jesus. It means to continue in sin and thus come under its condemnation, which is death. (The wages of sin is death.) . It means to walk in the flesh (and thus exhibits all the works of the flesh) To be under the law, means to try and achieve salvation by works. It is self righteousness.

To be under Grace, means to avail ourselves of God’s mercy by repenting and forsaking our sins. It means by faith, we believe in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf. Above all, it means to avail ourselves of the POWER of the Holy Spirit to gain the victory of SIN. To be under grace means to live righteously or obediently and thus above sin.

May our lives testify of the POWER of GOD to SAVE us from SIN in Jesus name.

shdemidemi:

Hmmm bro, are you under the law as a Christian?

If no how could you transgress the law!

If yes, please show us where God gave us(Christians) the commandments.

your question is an important one. But what does it really mean to be "Under the Law" or "Under Grace" Permit be to reproduce one of my writeup in my face-book notes, to answer your question.

God's Grace, Law and Our Salvation.
There are two extremes (that are misleading, wrong and injurious to our salvation) that we need to guard against when it comes to the relationship between God's Grace, Law and our Salvation.
• The first is that because we are saved by Grace, we no longer need to obey the law or that the 10 commandments have been nailed to the cross.
• The second is that we are saved by law.

Note: By law, I mean the 10 commandments of God.

God's Grace is unmerited Favour, Mercy and Power in our lives so that we can be saved. (For the grace of God that brings SALVATION hath appeared to all men –Titus 2:11) It brings forgiveness, justification, and sanctification.(To make holy) Through the Holy Spirit and His Word, we are cleansed and empowered to live above or overcome sin. In other words, as children of God, we have the power to live obediently or righteously. Three times Paul in Romans debunked the idea that Grace nullifies or exempt us from obedience. (See Rom 3:31, 6:1 and 6:15)

The second extreme but wrong view is that we are saved by the law. Jesus is our Saviour, and we are saved by grace through faith in Him. The law like a mirror only reveals and points out our stains (sins) but cannot remove it. This is where Grace comes in. Through the Power of the Holy Spirit, it first forgives our sins, credit the righteousness of Jesus for us, then cleanse, sanctify and empower us to live above sin (making us more and more like Jesus) so that when we stand before the mirror (law) in judgment, we are stainless. All this is accomplished by grace through faith in Jesus through the instrumentality of the Holy Spirit

The following summarizes the Bible view of the above .

1. The just shall live by faith. (Hab 2:4, Rom 1:7)
2. We are saved by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ (Eph 2:8-9, Rom 3:24)
3. Our efforts to keep the law by our own strength or as a means of earning salvation is impossible and futile. (Rom 8:7-8, John 15:5)
4. Jesus and not the law is our Saviour. (Matt 1:21, Titus 1:4)
5. Grace does not nullify or exempt us from obedience to the law. It is not a license to break the law - i.e steal, commit adultery, take the name of the Lord in vain, etc.(Rom 6:1,14-15, Roman 3:31)
6. Faith also does not nullify the law nor exempt us from obedience.(Rom 3:31)
7. Faith without works (Actions, obedience or evidence) is dead. Genuine faith is reveal by action. (James 2:14-26)
8. A transformed, Spirit-filled, born again life bear fruits of obedience to God's law. In other words, obedience to the law is the 'fruitage' or result of a genuine, loving-faith based relationship with God. (Rom 8:4, John 15:10, I John 5:2-3, Rev 12:17, Rev 22:14, etc) it is a testament to the power of the Holy Spirit.
9. The Law of God also known as the law of liberty is the standard for judgment. (Eccl 12:13-14, James 2:12)
10. The Law of God, whose underlying principle is LOVE, is an expression of God's will and character. In other words, just as God is Just, Perfect, Unchangeable and Eternal, so also is His Law. (Ps 19:7, 111:7-8, Rom 7:12, Matt 5:17, etc)
11. The lives of those who will be saved will be characterise by obedience to God's law through the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rev 12:17, 22:14)
To be under the law, means to look to the law as our Saviour instead of Jesus. It means to continue in sin and thus come under its condemnation, which is death. (The wages of sin is death.) . It means to walk in the flesh (and thus exhibits all the works of the flesh) To be under the law, means to try and achieve salvation by works. It is self righteousness.
To be under Grace, means to avail ourselves of God’s mercy by repenting and forsaking our sins. It means by faith, we believe in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf. Above all, it means to avail ourselves of the POWER of the Holy Spirit to gain the victory of SIN. To be under grace means to live righteously or obediently and thus above sin. May our lives testify of the POWER of GOD to SAVE us from SIN in Jesus name. So yes, I am under GRACE!

shdemidemi:

Hmmm bro, are you under the law as a Christian?

If no how could you transgress the law!

If yes, please show us where God gave us(Christians) the commandments.

your question is an important one. But what does it really mean to be "Under the Law" or "Under Grace" Permit be to reproduce one of my writeup in my face-book notes, to answer your question.

God's Grace, Law and Our Salvation.
There are two extremes (that are misleading, wrong and injurious to our salvation) that we need to guard against when it comes to the relationship between God's Grace, Law and our Salvation.
• The first is that because we are saved by Grace, we no longer need to obey the law or that the 10 commandments have been nailed to the cross.
• The second is that we are saved by law.

Note: By law, I mean the 10 commandments of God.

God's Grace is unmerited Favour, Mercy and Power in our lives so that we can be saved. (For the grace of God that brings SALVATION hath appeared to all men –Titus 2:11) It brings forgiveness, justification, and sanctification.(To make holy) Through the Holy Spirit and His Word, we are cleansed and empowered to live above or overcome sin. In other words, as children of God, we have the power to live obediently or righteously. Three times Paul in Romans debunked the idea that Grace nullifies or exempt us from obedience. (See Rom 3:31, 6:1 and 6:15)

The second extreme but wrong view is that we are saved by the law. Jesus is our Saviour, and we are saved by grace through faith in Him. The law like a mirror only reveals and points out our stains (sins) but cannot remove it. This is where Grace comes in. Through the Power of the Holy Spirit, it first forgives our sins, credit the righteousness of Jesus for us, then cleanse, sanctify and empower us to live above sin (making us more and more like Jesus) so that when we stand before the mirror (law) in judgment, we are stainless. All this is accomplished by grace through faith in Jesus through the instrumentality of the Holy Spirit

The following summarizes the Bible view of the above .

1. The just shall live by faith. (Hab 2:4, Rom 1:7)
2. We are saved by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ (Eph 2:8-9, Rom 3:24)
3. Our efforts to keep the law by our own strength or as a means of earning salvation is impossible and futile. (Rom 8:7-8, John 15:5)
4. Jesus and not the law is our Saviour. (Matt 1:21, Titus 1:4)
5. Grace does not nullify or exempt us from obedience to the law. It is not a license to break the law - i.e steal, commit adultery, take the name of the Lord in vain, etc.(Rom 6:1,14-15, Roman 3:31)
6. Faith also does not nullify the law nor exempt us from obedience.(Rom 3:31)
7. Faith without works (Actions, obedience or evidence) is dead. Genuine faith is reveal by action. (James 2:14-26)
8. A transformed, Spirit-filled, born again life bear fruits of obedience to God's law. In other words, obedience to the law is the 'fruitage' or result of a genuine, loving-faith based relationship with God. (Rom 8:4, John 15:10, I John 5:2-3, Rev 12:17, Rev 22:14, etc) it is a testament to the power of the Holy Spirit.
9. The Law of God also known as the law of liberty is the standard for judgment. (Eccl 12:13-14, James 2:12)
10. The Law of God, whose underlying principle is LOVE, is an expression of God's will and character. In other words, just as God is Just, Perfect, Unchangeable and Eternal, so also is His Law. (Ps 19:7, 111:7-8, Rom 7:12, Matt 5:17, etc)
11. The lives of those who will be saved will be characterise by obedience to God's law through the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rev 12:17, 22:14)
To be under the law, means to look to the law as our Saviour instead of Jesus. It means to continue in sin and thus come under its condemnation, which is death. (The wages of sin is death.) . It means to walk in the flesh (and thus exhibits all the works of the flesh) To be under the law, means to try and achieve salvation by works. It is self righteousness.
To be under Grace, means to avail ourselves of God’s mercy by repenting and forsaking our sins. It means by faith, we believe in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf. Above all, it means to avail ourselves of the POWER of the Holy Spirit to gain the victory of SIN. To be under grace means to live righteously or obediently and thus above sin. May our lives testify of the POWER of GOD to SAVE us from SIN in Jesus name. So yes, I am under GRACE!

Goshen360: @ Tgirl,

Is there a message or teaching called the Gospel of Grace? If there is,

What is your understanding of the Gospel of Grace?

What are the distorted message of Grace you talking about and what thread you referring to?

I have a feelings you are still drinking 'milk' of the word.

The distorted teaching of Grace is d one that makes it a license to continue in sin. Grace that makes void d law of God is not grace but Disgrace. A friend once said 'd more he sins, d more grace he has' . True grace means unmerited forgiveness 4 our sins when we repent, bcus of d atoning death of Jesus for us. True Grace means 'The POWER of God unto SALVATION' - Salvation from SIN. '... And his name shall b call JESUS for He shall SAVE His people FROM SIN' - Matt 1:21. True Grace is the POWER of d Holy Spirit in us not to sin. That's not to disobey d law (sin is d transgression of d law.- 1 John 3:4) True Grace is empowerment by d Holy Spirit to live righteously ( That d righteous requirements of d law might b fulfill in US, who walk not after d flesh, but after d SPIRIT - Rm 8:4) . Anyone that uses grace as a cover to continue living in sin is not under grace but DISGRACE.

JudismphD: Continue to blame ur ineptitude leaders untill ur water pass garri

Nor mine 'am.

Rooneyboy: A catholic till I kpeme !

All u anti catholic can yank ur heads on the nearest transformer for all I care .

How Christlike!

FOLYKAZE: Christianity is loosing it...........lol

Counterfeit Christianity you mean?

[quote author=anitank]You do nothing. We just pray to her to intercede on our behalf. But that is wrong. "For there is one God, and one MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" 1Tim 2:5. Besides, " Neither is there salvation in ANY other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" Acts 4:12

plaetton:

Imagine the kind of minds we are dealing with here on NL.

That is!
Unbelievable!

Dangerous and demonic?

In this century?
I guess Jesus did not save afterall, huh?

This religious zealot, Joe4christ is experiencing what I would call a near-epiphany.
His religiously programmed mind is having a catastrophic event. The voice of reason is calling him.

Let's watch and see.

@Joe4christ:
Play Bob Marley Songs. It will help you.

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, only you can free yourself".

. It's a fact that there's in this life, a battle btw Good and Evil, Light and Darkness, God and Satan. An obsession with 'communicating' with the dead (Necromancy) is dangerous. It's like playing or dancing in the devil's territory. Such a person stand d risk of demon possession, called (Multiple Personality Disorder) by psychologist. Pls be wise, there's a spiritual dimension to life.

I stay in New Layout off Jakpa Road, Effurun Warri. Power supply hv improved remarkably for months now. PHCN should howeva pls stop sending crazy estimates as bills.

Kamanda: I hope he did not mistake the liquid for KainKain.

Once a drunkard always a drunkard.

The way you denigrate, abuse n insult the President, reveals one with a troubled childhood and rebellious teenage years. Good, polite, wholesome words appear alien to you.

D most inspiring speech from a Nigeria leader in a long time. I'm xcited by d vision, clarity of ideas in identifying d problems, proferring solution n rallying us to show committment, innovatn n creativity. Yes we can!

Ur xperience is a serious one dat has unfortunately become d norm rather dan d xception. I've colleagues who serial adulterers. U've to b careful. It's unwise to take any decision in d heat of anger or pain. I advice u : 1. Take sometime off if it's possible. 2. See a marriage counsellor. 3. Ask God to help u 4giv ur wife as u cant do so without His hlp. 4. Ur wife may hv to change job or resigned. Divorce is not ur best option especially in d long run. There's no amicable divorce or arrangemt that will not hurt ur daughta or mar her personality psychologically. May God grant u strength n d grace to truly 4giv as well as heal n renew ur luv.

Yes, as a habit, l go home afta work. I can hadly wait. I nid to destress, take my bath, relax n chat/play with wifey n son. Howeva, wen we've serious issues, i might delay a bit- wander abt- just to kill time n make her fret. Howeva, north, east, south, west, home is d best.

dammytosh: Hmmm. Words of wisdom from those who have gone through it. Not some gymnastic pastor jumping up and down teaching us experience from 3 years marriage.

One reasonable post i av seen on Nairaland in recent times. @ogugua88. I love u dear.



Lol. Wetin concern virgin mary with this ?

If u want to go extremely spiritual, it is better u dnt marry at all or why do u think Reverend Fathers and Sisters are not allowed to marry ?


Marriage is as practical as spiritual as it sounds. So try to be balanced bro.

Abeg help me ask am. Shay Mary after giving birth to Jesus, his brothers n sisters still remained a Virgin?

Shaw007: One hOnest questIon . . .whats so special about virginity??

ReasonabLe/Logical answers Please

it's special bcus it rare. It connotes high moral standard, discipline, ability to resist pressure, etc. Xteristics that r useful in being a good wife.

1. D game will b tough. 2.Pray 4 d attackers to convert d few chances that will com their way so as not to regret 3. We r in danger of conceding a penalty if we'r not careful. 4. We must be focus til d last second or else 5. We nid to pray n pray to avert hrt break. 6. Someone is in danger of dying from heartache. From Infomaz d Oracle!

Hmmnn... This God of Man don stat again. Let him predict d winner of our match on Friday as well as d winner of d AFCON.

laykhorn: If you dey chop 1 bread flavour for a long tym, u no go tyr?

what about d woman? She no go taya too?

Age is definetly an issue. Women naturally prefer their men to b 3, 5, 7, 10 and even 15 yrs older. A woman of 25 generally more mature dan a boy of d same age. It is beta she marries a man dat's above 30. Else wen d man is 55 and d woman 50, she will look like his eldest sister or mum! By d way, luv may cova a multitude of sin, but it is not blind!