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promisechuks:
another dumb alternate moniker doing what it does best.
masturbating on a soft delusion.

He's an atheist.. i guess?

grevotech:
Even your name no dey there. This one don go mental sha

lol the guy is really delusional....

AdoraAmadi:
A Facebook user, Akande Thomas, shared this experience of an MMM participant who claims God rejected his tithe from MMM earnings and clearly told him Christians involved in the scheme have had their names removed from the book of life.

Read post below:

The Reality of MMM.
(From a participant)

When I was initially introduced to MMM, I went to God in prayer to seek for HIS approval. HE clearly told me that I cannot engage in it because those Christians involved in the scheme have had their names removed from the book of life. I was seriously troubled and at the same time afraid as I prayed passionately. As soon as I finished praying, I thought within myself ‘could this voice restraining me be of God?’. Just as I was meditating, another voice came saying; ‘It can not be of God but rather from the devil trying to tie you down in perpetual poverty for the rest of your life.’ So I quickly neglected the former voice for the latter.

I decided to try the scheme with 250k. At the month end, I was so happy when I saw the return of the investment. Could life had been better than this? God punish the devil that would’ve restrained me from this ‘bumper harvest’. Then I decided to pay my tithe. Just as I was planning to make the withdrawal, God ministered to me – ‘I don’t have anything to do with such money.’ I broke down in tears regretting what I have done in disobeying God. I pleaded for forgiveness of which I know HE has mercifully answered. I closed my MMM account but till now I don’t just know what to do with the money God has rejected.

I’m sharing this as a result of the concern for the brethren in this last days. Though some people may decide to be asking rhetoric questions but I believe serious minded Christians will go to God to also hear from HIM.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/12/god-will-remove-your-name-from-book-of.html

Please, since you don't know what to do with the money God rejected... give it to me. ..i want to use it!! lool. My brother its like you have malaria.... Abeg who get Fensic for house? lol. Nigerians will not kill person!!

Does God give us sickness, poverty, and recessions? Should earthquakes, tsunamis and acts of terrorism be interpreted as his divine judgment on a sinful world? Does God kill babies? Are these dumb questions? You might think so except that many sincere Christians believe all these terrible things are from God.

In this two-part series on God’s gifts, I want to look at two people in the Bible who said some stupendously dumb things about God and his gifts. Both were believers who spoke with sincere hearts. Yet both had a distorted view of God’s character. Consequently their theology was a little messed up and the result is that their dumb comments were recorded for our benefit. Sometimes having the negative helps us appreciate the positive.

The first of my two case studies is Hannah, the mother of Samuel. Hannah was barren, so she prayed for a miracle. When her prayers were answered she praised God and her mostly beautiful prayer is recorded in 1 Samuel 2. In the middle of her prayer, Hannah says this:

“The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up. The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.” (1 Sam 2:6-7)

It sounds kind of poetic the way that Hannah sees the hand of God behind everything that goes on in the world. Afterall, God is God and surely nothing happens without his say-so. But stop for a second and take a closer look. Hannah is declaring that death and poverty come from God. In other words, this godly lady seems to believe that God is, at least sometimes, the author of evil.

God is not a killer

This is a classic problem of perspective. Hannah saw God from a distance. She related to him under the temporary, and now-obsolete death-dealing covenant of the law. That covenant linked human performance with both blessings and curses and so I guess it made some kind of sense for Hannah to speak of a sovereign God who brings death and sends poverty to his people – even if it isn’t true.
So why is this passage in the Bible if it’s misleading and inaccurate?

It’s in the Bible because it is a picture of what God might look like to someone who doesn’t know Jesus. Without Jesus, death and poverty are things to dread but accept as inevitable. Without Jesus they are a normal part of life. But we are not like Hannah. We live after the cross. We have Jesus. For us death is a disarmed enemy waiting to be defeated (1 Cor 15:26, 55). Death is sin’s wage, not God’s gift. It is the absence of something good. If you’re uncertain about God’s views on death, ask yourself this: when Jesus went to funerals was he more likely to (a) raise the dead, or (b) tell people that death is a gift from God?
It’s the same with poverty.

Poverty is a fact of life for many people, but I’m not going to go to Africa or South Auckland to tell people that their poverty is a gift from God. Many people in the western world have issues with the so-called prosperity gospel. Well I have a big problem with the poverty gospel that keeps us from rising up and taking the inheritance that is ours in Christ. The poverty gospel says it’s good to be poor, sick and lowly because these things keep us humble. What nonsense! True humility isn’t learned from living in the pig pen. True humility comes from a proper appreciation of the Father’s extravagant love and grace shown to undeserving us. I think even Hannah had some understanding of God’s grace in this regard, for right after she said poverty was a gift from God she said this:

“He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor.” (1 Sam 2:

The poverty gospel is not good news

The devil wants you to think that poverty is a controversial subject, that we need a lot of balance when talking about these matters. But we don’t, we just need to read the Bible in light of the finished work of the cross (take 2 Corinthians 8:9 for starters). Poverty is a curse, not a gift. We should not accept it anymore than we accept sickness or suffering or death or disease.

If you’re one of those who thinks God gives us bad gifts to teach us good things, let me ask you this: Is there poverty in heaven? Is there death in heaven? Of course not! And if these things are not God’s will in heaven, why would we think they are his will here on earth?

God gives good gifts

We can’t blame Hannah for the things she said when she didn’t know Jesus. If Hannah had known Jesus she would’ve known that God is an extraordinary giver who gives extraordinary gifts. We know this is true because Jesus said so:

“For God so loved the world that he gave his Son…” (Jn 3:16)
His Son is just one of many priceless gifts that God has given us. He has also given us his Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38), his kingdom (Lk 12:32), his grace (Eph 3:7), his righteousness (Rms 1:17), his justification (Rms 8:1), his authority (Mt 16:19), his wisdom (Jas 1:5), his rest (Mt 11:28), eternal life (Rms 6:23), indeed every spiritual blessing (Eph 1:3). If you know Jesus you probably know that our heavenly Father is a good and generous God who loves to give and give and give:

“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” (Rms 8:32)

We live after the cross, so we have no excuse for being confused about these things. God is good and everything he does is good and everything he gives is good. He never, ever gives us bad gifts and he is not the author of evil. He doesn’t act one way in heaven and another way on earth.
God doesn’t send earthquakes or hurricanes to kill people. He doesn’t make us sick to teach us stuff. He is not using terrorism to judge the West or conflict to judge the Middle East or poverty to judge the South. He already judged all of our sins at the cross.

Sin continues to have terrible consequences in this fallen world, but God’s response was to give us his Son. Jesus remains the perfect and complete remedy to poverty, injustice, corruption, greed, child abuse, human trafficking, disease and death. When the church realizes this and stops tolerating things that aren’t tolerated in heaven, the world will be radically changed.

In the second part of this series, we will look at another godly person whose distorted view of God led to one of the most misquoted scriptures in the Bible.


https://escapetoreality.org/2010/07/26/does-god-give-bad-gifts/

promise10:
100% correct!

now, it is good the way you said. l love it because Jesus is the centrality of Christianity.

however, how do you think we can push up this agenda of unity towards NL Christians because it is very important.

remember, Two cannot walk together unless they agree.

so what do you think?

I am now talking about execution, it is necessary.

Well my bro i don't really know oo.... To be honest with you....

LaconicINC:
a guy from Australia owns, said he does not want publicity

Alright... that's cool.

promise10:
Jiggaz I can sight you ooooo

lol

come and contribute.

loool okay bro.... Your post is very good. Unity is very good and is very mandatory among we Christians. From your article, i saw where the OP said that the one thing killing Christianity is CHURCHISM (there's no word like that though!! lol ). And i totally agree with him!! Let's leave denomination aside and promote Christ Jesus and only him alone. Like me, i don't do this denominational segregation. So far you believe in Christ Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, You believe He died for your sins and was raised on the 3rd day for your justification, You are my Christian brother or sister. I dont segregate people. The main crux of Christianity is the Centrality of Christ.

Christian unity is essential here on Nairaland cos these so called Nairaland atheists dey tear eye anyhow loool. I believe in Christian unity... it's the way forward. The early church were united. Christ Jesus is the main focus, other things are just religious doctrines. Keep it up bro!!

PaulKillerman:
who is the inventor of this GHW? Please I want to know

They didn't state.... but the scheme is all over Europe and other continents.

promise10:
that's why I love your style so much.
keep it up, it is Grace all the way.

Thanx bro...

shyling:
this is a clarion call to seun to create a wholly Christian section with the profile sticky declaring absolute faith in Christ Jesus for posters...

I don't really think its necessary my dear. If he creates a wholly Christian section, then how should we reach the lost then? Cos it will be only Christians reading the Christian threads.

The unbelievers need the Gospel too. I dunno sha, but am not bothered by atheist shenanigans here. I mean they don't bother me one bit. If other Christians will be like me, then they won't be getting any attention. I don't even argue with them... What's the need? Every man with his own belief. If you reject the Gospel, all well and good. I can't force you, we are in a free world.

The people that are my target audience are the unbelievers and defeated Christians who mostly are guests to this forum and they are unregistered .... They mostly view my threads but don't comment and i am sure the Holy Spirit will be working on them from what they have read.

Please there's no need for a separate Christian section. The Gospel reach more people here. If every Christian can learn to ignore the atheists here and stop engaging them in unnecessary arguments. That's my weapon in life, Silence is power. Ignore them till they start doubting their existence. That's my policy. Live and lets live.

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