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crusadistic:
what 7 seas shall be sailed and tempest tamed,what mountains shall be crossed,what manner of sorcery dragons and beasts shall be slain.op where can I find This Croxx Of Chraxx? whereeee??

At the place of repentant prayer.

No matter how religious any man is, he cannot attain a state of always being right inherently. This is not because we are cursed by God but because we fell from Grace at the beginning.
Evidence? Just try to keep your cool and helping society positively long enough and soon all our efforts might seem to be hitting a brick wall.
God Himself walked with the Israelites through the desert and in their founding years before captivity and even with all the miracles, signs and wonders He showed them, they still managed to fall into sin frequently.
Anyone that doesn't accept in our society today to have sin is a liar. (1John.1.8-9: If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.)

So what was God's solution?
To give us His own righteousness as a gift. To do that though, he needed a spiritual right/clearance to impact righteousness on man or else it would amount to injustice or authoritarianism.
So first by testing Abraham; who obeyed God by sacrificing his own son on the mount, God got human clearance in that a man; Abraham, who then became the father of faith, represented mankind and those who believe by being the first to sacrifice his only son. This gave God the clearance to be able to pay Abraham and those who believe back by sending Jesus His only Son to save us by Grace.
Secondly, by Christ's death on the Cross, God had a spiritual right to impact righteousness on those who believe since the kingdom of darkness now owed Him a huge debt by being dumb enough to kill the One and Only Son of the Most High God.
Hence when God imparts righteousness on any man who believes and ask Christ into his life, God is made right by imparting that righteousness on him because Abraham cleared the way initially by sacrificing his own son; Isaac, showing man's readiness for a Savior, and Christ died on the Cross, entangling the kingdom of darkness in a debt they can never pay back. Hence God is proved Just in that mankind yearned for a Saviour and Christ died and rose again taking hold of the keys of hell and death giving God the right in Justice to deliver anyone He wishes from the stronghold of darkness if they choose to believe in His saving grace.
Only in Christ can we experience salvation and newness of life.


Romans.7.14-25: We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Accept Jesus today!

Jobless youth.

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johnydon22:
The nation lived in which idolatry. . did god reveal himself to them like he allegedly revealed to the isrealites in many of the mythological sagas? . . so he annihilates a whole bunch of races for worshipping their own god and has never heard of him, wiped out a whole bunch of races, commanded the isrealites to annihilate them and occupy their lands. . . again, you don't know the meaning of favouritism

Yes the israelites are favoured. Now through the Cross, all nations are favoured like them with the blessings of Abraham by faith. Thats what Christ came to do.... save all of mankind.

johnydon22:
The books of jeremiah and lamentation said he punished them because he loved them then bring them back again. .


Now go and read where he wipes out Ammalekites, hittites, jebusites and many others . . entire races both women and children for just for tribe. . .That is not favouritism?. . lmao. .why side one people over another in battle, why would a god that claimed universality and created everybody lead one people in battle against another, command the annihilation of other races completely so one race could occupy their land. .

am not sure you know the meaning of favouritism

Those nations lived in idolatry. When the israelites did theirs, they got smacked too. But for God's tender mercies they would have been totally destroyed!

Rilwayne001:
Hmmmmm...u don come abi?



Was Abraham an Israelite?

He's the father of the Israelites from his primary marriage and from God’s promise!

johnydon22:
Lmao, he sides them in wars, slays a whole race so they can occupy their land and etc. . even call them his own people, what are others?. .lol . . jesus even referred to a non-jewish woman as a dog. .the gate of heaven has 12gates and 12foundations for each of the tribes of isreal. . 144,000 from isreal will rule with him in heaven, 70% of the bible contains jewish mythological history, remaining 30% still on set with the jews. .
and you say thats not impartiality . . why choose one race over another since you created all. . . i think you need to tell us your own definition of impartiality. . . Lol

Go and read the books of jeremiah and lamentations and see how severely He punished them when they went astray. Israel only became a nation again in 1948 after a terrible Holocaust largely due to them forsaking their messiah as a nation. How is that partial?

johnydon22:
You forgot i was once a christian and have read that story many times. . . Why would a deity that claims universality choose one man's descendant over others? Abraham also had other kids with keturah like 4 and also he has ishmeal too . . . why choose descendants of one above others and other people in the world, it doesn't show universality at all, its favouritism and you would expect a universal entity to operate way above that. . .it doesnt portray universality at all, its an imperfect feature.

He chose them to bring the saviour of "the world"; all of us, to the world. How is that partial?

Black is a pigment; melanin. We're all the same anatomically and physiologically.

Nigeria is one of the world's poorest countries but has some of the highest paid legislators (or thieves) in the world!

Free compulsory primary and secondary education.
Absolutely necessary even for some nlanders!

Olodo no good!

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Creative thread.

Paid crowd.

IdiAmin1:
All in a bid to get oyibo husband, this one has gone down so soon.

What amazes me is the way some Nigerian mothers encourage their daughters to neglect Nigerian suitors/toasters and go for their white counterparts.

Rip sister

I'm sure you didn't read the story.

Abeg when Buhari go start work?

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Wasted 300k.

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Saraki should keep his distance from that yerima of a person.

Wetin make we do?

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N’Assembly Members to Get Miscellaneous, Not Wardrobe Allowance of N8.64bn

17 Jun 2015
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National Assembly complex

Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja

Members of the newly inaugurated National Assembly will be paid miscellaneous or regular allowances totalling N8.64 billion next week, and not only their wardrobe allowance.

This clarification is coming on the heels of a report by THISDAY and another newspaper on Tuesday that the entire N8.64 billion was meant for the legislators’ wardrobe allowance.

The sum will cover other allowances such as motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance, wardrobe, domestic staff, personal assistant, constituency office, house maintenance, utilities and entertainment, among other perks, for the entire 469 lawmakers in the National Assembly.

Speaking with THISDAY, Senator Ajayi Borrofice (Ondo North) said it was wrong to assume that the N8.64 billion was for lawmakers’ wardrobe, noting that wardrobe allowance was the most insignificant part of lawmakers’ earnings.

He further explained that the money would include the cost of securing and equipping constituency offices in various local government areas which make up their constituencies.

The lawmaker also said the sum would entail monies being used by lawmakers to organise town hall meetings in their various constituencies.

Borrofice also disclosed that it was wrong to assume that monies being paid as allowances to lawmakers were given for free, saying such allowances are deducted in tranches from their salaries.

While the miscellaneous allowances, just like the furniture and vehicle allowances, are paid upfront the entire four-year tenure of the 469 federal lawmakers, the housing allowance, on the other hand, is paid on a yearly basis.

The housing allowance for political office holders is usually 200 per cent of their annual salaries while furniture allowance is 300 per cent of annual salaries as against motor vehicle loan which is 400 per cent.

On the other hand, each of the 107 senators, besides the Senate President, will be paid N4,052,800 as housing allowance. This sum will be paid to them every year. One senator is dead.

This will translate to a total of N433,649,600 as housing allowance to be paid to the Senate annually while both the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President will be provided accommodation by the federal government.

On the other hand, each member of the House of Representatives will be paid N3 970,425 as housing allowance upon assumption of office.

This implies that the current 358 representatives aside the speaker, will collect a total of N1,421,412,150 as housing allowance. Like the case of the Senate, the speaker and deputy speaker will be excluded from housing allowance as the federal government will also provide their own accommodation. One House member also died.

Following monetisation of entitlements of public officials, the lawmakers lost the right to occupy houses built and maintained by the government.

Therefore, the federal government sold the houses previously occupied by the lawmakers to them.

The principal officers of the previous National Assembly benefited from the sale of the houses.

Hence, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is currently building new ones for the four presiding officers of both chambers.

On furniture allowance, each of the senators will take away N6, 079,200 from the national treasury while the furniture for both the Senate president and his deputy will be fully provided by the government.

The total sum to be earned by 107 senators as furniture allowance will be N650 474,400. Furniture allowance is paid once in four years.

In the House of Representatives, each member will be paid N5, 955,637.50 as furniture allowance. This means that 358 representatives will collect a total of N2, 132,118,225 for furniture.

On the vehicle loan, each of the senators is entitled to N8, 105,600 while each House member is entitled to N7, 940,850. This means that the entire 107 senators will obtain N867, 299,200 as vehicle allowances while 358 representatives will get N2, 842,824,479 for their vehicles.

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