AquaPetals: Going by what Christ said in the book of Matthew 19:24....."....it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.(NIV) .... Since it is practically impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, can we now conclude that the rich pastors(bling-bling pastors, private jet pastors, grammarian pastors, Limousine pastors, billion-dollar pastors, etc), would not enter the Promised Kingdom?
Christian scholars and MOG in the house. Please do justice
They don't need to enter the kingdom . They are in the kingdom.
I was thinking along that line, church planting is a solution in itself, to satisfy the teeming need for Shepherds that will help fleece the flock, for the sheeple are many scattered all over the land.
And what problem do you have with fleecing the flock . its for the good of the flock to be fleeced.
LordOfNaira: The Rahab that married Salmon and gave birth to Boaz is different from Rahab the prostitute. Rahab the prostitute was believed to have married Joshua after she converted to Judaism.
Moreover, you didn't even understand the Bible verse you quoted.
IT's the same Rahab . Rahab marrying Joshua is a big lie
HardMirror: I always say it. As an ex-christian, I can boldly say I have not met a SINGLE christ-like (christian) here so far. Not Joagbaje, not ishilove, not 4evergod. These are people that think insults and e-wars is same as evangelism. (Smiles). What a pity. Bunch of shameless clowns. Sometimes I wish hell was real cos its so sure that's their lot. Christians my ass
neolboy: You are contradicting yourself because that's the generation of David father Jesse and not his mother. Infact no records of David's mother in the bible
David grandmother was Rahab the harlot .
The point of the apostle was on how God can bring beauty out of a man's life no matter your background . If you come to God he will change you. He only use David grandmother Rahab who was a harlot as illustration
Mat 1:5 — Mat 1:6 And Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
James 2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Idango: Salmon married the harlot and gave birth to Boaz, Boaz gave birth to Obed, obed gave birth to Jesse, Jesse gave birth to David.
Thanks . The point of the apostle was on how God can bring beauty out of a man's life no matter your background . If you come to God he will change you. He only use David grandmother Rahab who was a harlot as illustration
James 2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
otus4me: if that was an exam he would have failed. is there no big difference between a mother and a great grand mother. so one day he will say that the great grand mother of Jesus was also an harlot. wise up
Was Jesus not called son of David ? Was David his direct father ? It depends on the context for illustration. He was given ing illustration . How God can transform
thunderbabs: That's why i like the Bible.....if what he said was true, he should provide the book of d bible dt attests to that...simple
Matthew 1:5_6 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,,
Apostle was not wrong Rahab the harlot who saved the spies was the great grand mother of David . She Gave birth to Boaz ,boaz gave birth to salmon ,salmon gave birth to David father jessee. And I sure the apostle didn't say it to put David down but rather to glorify God that it doesn't matter your background God can change your story
Mat 1:5 — Mat 1:6 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,Obed the father of Jesse,and Jesse the father of King David.
James 2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
But if the apostle was talking about the direct mother . I may need to check that out.
Sibe007: Nigeria: Just recently I was handed a flyer, a church was planning to establish another branch to add to the already many existing ones in that area.
They tagged the campaign, Lets-go-a-fishing
I personally feel, it is enough. Especially where you already have branches saturated and considering that making more Religious centers wouldnt solve our enormous problems that need clear cut practical solutions.
Please when will they start the campaign for
Lets-start-factories
Lets-create-jobs
People need JOBS...
If they are unemployed, they would not have enough to give (offerings and the Mandatory one), If people are unemployed, you will all suffer from area boys and road side robbers harrassing your members.
How is your Spiritual Practice (Religious activities) making the community and society better.
After all your singing, dancing, praying, preaching.....
How is it making any difference. What problems are those activities solving.
Do you like the way Nigeria is? Is this really okay?
Are you using all these to shy away from certain responsibilities?
Newton's first law of motion - Nothing will change until you act and things will remain the same until a force makes it do otherwise.
Everything has its place . Population is on increase . Churches must be planted . That doesn't stop any problem you want to solve.
annunaki2: Even israelite Jews don't tithe today, the tithe law has been done away with and it was never applicable to Christians in the first instance.
tithing is not a Jewish tradition but a kingdom principle . it was in existence before the jewish Nation was born
akeensbussy: If you pastor read the book of Malachi 3 to back up tithe, tell him/her that is a lie.
The book of Malachi is specifically written to the people of Israel not Christians.
Always tell them to start from chapter one of Malachi and see whom it was address to.
The word of God is for us all. You could as well say God is for Isreal alone. Remember that even in the old testament non Jews were converted and served jehovah. You may Google what is called " PROSELYTE" ..
These "long stories" resolve issues that have stood for thousands of years.
They are quite the achievement.
But they cannot make sense to YOU, ONLY because you are a WICKED person.
[color=silver].[/color] PSALM 111:10.
10. The Fear of The LORD is The Beginning of Wisdom: a Good Understanding have all they that do His Commandments: His Praise endureth for ever. [color=silver].[/color] ISAIAH 55:6-11.
6. Seek ye The LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while he is near: 7. Let the Wicked forsake his Way, and the Unrighteous man his Thoughts: and let him return unto The LORD, and He will have Mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
8. "For My Thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My Ways," saith The LORD. 9. "For as the Heavens are higher than the Earth, so are My Ways higher than your ways, and My Thoughts than your thoughts. 10. "For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from Heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the Earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11. "So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My Mouth: It shall not return unto Me void, but It shall accomplish that which I please, and It shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent It."
[color=silver].[/color] DANIEL 12:10.
10. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the Wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the Wicked shall Understand; but the Wise shall Understand.
THE SERVANTS OF GOD FEED UPON THE WORD OF GOD, AND BECOME STRONG.
Your kind cannot tolerate It.
Why are you in a RELIGION Forum, if you HATE RELIGION?
What do you mean by "centralize?"
His does that term apply here?
Also, who told you that I was using a BlackBerry Phone?
Are you an Undercover Roman Catholic Subversive, and that what your SHILL GANG LEADER told you I was using?
(My model of BlackBerry Phone has no working Internet Service: it has been DISCONTINUED.)
.EXODUS 20:16.
16. "Thou shalt not bear False Witness against thy Neighbour."
If I were a SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, why would I not say so?
Why do you not ask politely, instead of posing as an illiterate tout, and launching False Accusations, just to discredit me?
Also, are you so ignorant as to think that only the SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Denomination has those Beliefs?
MrBrownJay1: Bwaaaaah!!! Showing of force is to attack a powerless bunch of people?! Again, USE YOUR BRAIN!!! Russia is the biggest strongest country with more nuclear warhead than any country on earth. THIS is show of force! As for non nuclear bomb, I suggest you educate yourself on the Russian "father of all bombs" (FOAB), detonated in 2007, which is 4 times more powerful than the MOAB. Again, this is show of force!
Big nations around the world are not bothered by what the US are doing. If they were as strong as you suggest, why don't they go and attack North Korea then, instead of flexing muscle with Afghanistan?! Using Afghanistan that has been bombed relentlessly for close to 20yrs, and not North Korea instead, is a waste of time
you're just arguing blindly. its not who is attacked that is the issue but weapon that is displayed. even military drill in the ocean is seen as show of force to recon with.
This is very serious: The Enemy's Undercover Agents teach your generation to abandon even the little education you have, to be writing like an illiterate. This impairs tour ability to THINK SOPHISTICATEDLY.
Did you read that entire chapter at all?
It is a SHAME on you, to read those verses here for the first time. This is the SECOND MOST IMPORTANT EVENT in Church History.
The FIRST was when ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA were KILLED and DISPOSED OF as GARBAGE.
That was where The Church FORFEITED The Power over Death- so that, when Brethren were killed, they could only cry over them like Unbeliever Girls whose milking cow got gored.
This is accepted by every Christian but ME.
What do you think those verses are about, if not a ban on the entire Bible?
ALL OF YAHSHUA'S TEACHINGS WERE BEING HIDDEN FROM THE CHURCH.
If the Gentiles were being forbidden to learn THE LAW OF MOSES, then the rest of The Bible would be meaningless, because The Law of Moses is the FOUNDATION everything else stands on.
Talking about GOD is STUPIDITY without THE LAW OF GOD by Moses. It is THE TORAH that DEFINES Who God is, what His Authority is, and WHAT SIN IS.
The "Apostles" TOOK ALL OF THAT AWAY FROM THE CHURCH.
"GOD" was REDEFINED as Someone who can KILL you, on LAWS NO ONE EVER HEARD OF.
But Who was USELESS, when you were being BEATEN or STONED TO DEATH.
YAHSHUA WAS DEMOTED AS LORD AND TEACHER OF THE CHURCH.
The Apostles and "Elders" (where the (*Bleep!*) did THEY come from?) were the LORDS and TEACHERS of The Church.
They ASSUMED THE "RIGHT" to make up any arbitrary COMMANDMENTS they WANTED!
THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD ARE WHERE HIS POWER IS, AND HOW WE ACCUMULATE IT IN OUR SOULS.
THEY are THE KEYS of The Kingdom of Heaven.
The difference between The Commandments by MOSES and The Commandments by YAHSHUA is that YAHSHUA'S COMMANDMENTS DO THE WORK OF SEVERAL MOSAIC COMMANDMENTS AT ONCE- but to UNDERSTAND them, you NEED to know The MOSAIC Commandments FIRST.
YAHSHUA'S DISCIPLES NEVER BELIEVED IN HIS VISION OF A WORLDWIDE UNITED CHURCH OF EQUAL BRETHREN.
They did not want ANYONE to be equal with them. They thought Yahshua's JOB was to HAND OVER ISRAEL to THEM, as SECULAR DESPOTIC RULERS- which he DID, as he PROMISED, but NOT as he LED THEM TO BELIEVE.
This is how many Christians are STILL trying to USE Yahshua TODAY. They think that he died to make them PRESIDENT, get a JOB, become a MILLIONAIRE, MARRY some IDIOT, win a LOTTO, wax a RECORD- all sorts of INSIGNIFICANT, SHORT-TERM GOALS like those!
Instead of all these long story that doesn't make sense.with your blackberry phone that is not centralising what you're typing. Just sumarize by simply tell us that you're a seventh day Adventist and you believe we myst wirshiop on the sabbsth day and yhst the Pope is antichrist . No be so?
MrBrownJay1: Don't believe everything these biased media outlet are writing, and instead use YOUR BRAIN!!!!
EXAMPLE: You beat a kid who happen to be my little brotha, I come to you and say if you try to touch my lil brotha again, I will deal with you, so you now go and beat another kid. Do you think that is show of force?!?!
Trump went to bomb tiny Syria, then mighty Putin warned him that if he does it again, he will deal with him, so Trump went with his tail between his legs bomb tiny Afghanistan.... And you think that is a show of force?! That is a show of WEAKNESS/FEAR (aka being afraid of mighty Russia), a show of force would have been to continue bomb Syria, duh!
You're wrong . Its not the target or location that is the show of power .it is the kind of bomb that is the show of force. Its the biggest ever used in warfare . Apart from nuclear. Even if it was used to test run in the ocan. Its still show of force. North Korea throws their bomb into the sea for provocation. Iran throws theirs into the desert to show force. So selecting a small location to release the biggest bomb ever and giving it so ooo much publicity is a strong message especially to North Korea who had been flexing muscle of late . America had warned them that there will be a strike if they try to test nuclear bomb .
analice107: Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: Philippians:1:15
The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: Philippians:1:16
But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. Philippians:1:17
What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. Philippians:1:18
Seun: Pastors falling down under the spell of music and a hypnotist shouting "touch!" isn't going to convince any rational person that Jesus is Lord.
JESUS!. . . Hypnosis keh? I hope you watched the testimony of Benny hinn that Gombs posted. There was no music , yet the cripple walked. When pastor Chris prayed .
Seun: Can you direct me to the specific point in the video where this happened? Was it before or after the offering and the selling of 'anointed' shawls?
Kindly watch this testimony. Benny hinn testifies of pastor Chris healing anointing
Christianity Etc › Re: Your Pastor Will Never Preach About Psalm 137:8-9 by Joagbaje(m): 9:36pm On Apr 30, 2017
