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denzmark:
Amen I love your posts

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Flexherbal:
A well composed Write up!

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[size=14pt]What is the kingdom of God?[/size]

The kingdom of God is the presence or manifestation of God in a person. It is the manifestation of God’s presence through His Spirit and His power. The body of God is stationed in heaven, but He can manifest Himself in any of the beings He created by His Holy Spirit.

Mt. 12:28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Ac. 10:37 You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached —
Ac. 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

The kingdom of God was in Jesus Christ. God anointed his inner being with His Holy Spirit and His divine power. This imparted some level of divinity into Jesus.

Jn. 14:8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jn. 14:9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, `Show us the Father’?
Jn. 14:10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
Jn. 14:11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
Jn. 14:12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

Philip asked that Jesus show his apostles the Father, because Jesus had said to them that the Father was always with him (Jn. 8:29). But the Father’s presence with Jesus was not in His bodily form, but rather by His Holy Spirit. All that Jesus could say to Philip was that anyone who has seen him has seen the Father. Everything that Jesus did, even the words he spoke, were actually done through the Spirit of God in him. Therefore, Jesus became a manifestation of the Father. It is just like telling an electrical engineer, “Show us electrons, then we will believe in all these your theories of electricity.” Then the electrical engineer says, “If you see a computer working, you have seen electrons.” Then you run around proclaiming that computers are the same thing with electrons.

Jesus went on to tell Philip and the other apostles listening that God will also manifest Himself in people that would believe in him, so much that they will be able to do even greater work than he himself did. How does a believer in Christ get there?

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Re. 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in mid-air, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth — to every nation, tribe, language and people.
Re. 14:7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Job 1:8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no-one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
Job 1:9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied.

Ec. 12:13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
Ec. 12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

"Fear God" is all about obeying God's commandments and keeping His Law. It is not about "faith and not works". It is not about receiving Jesus into your heart, but about doing the will of God.

Mt. 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

The gospel of the kingdom that Jesus talks about in Mt. 24:14 is obviously the eternal gospel of Re. 14:6. Today's gospel is just a temporary thing, which Jesus will make sure is thrown away before the end of the age.

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Pope Francis compared those spreading gossip to terrorists, since they can send a community into chaos.

Pope Francis warns gossip-lover priests and nuns not to fuel the "terrorism of gossip"
He also urged clergy members breaking their vows of obedience, poverty and chastity to fall in line

Pope Francis has warned gossip-loving priests and nuns not to fuel the "terrorism of gossip," encouraging them to resist the temptation to spread voices and tales within their community.

"If you get an urge to say something against a brother or a sister, to drop a gossip bomb, bite your tongue! Hard!" he said on Monday in Vatican City.

In an impromptu speech to members of the clergy, which comes at the end of the Year of Consecrated Life, the pontiff compared those spreading gossip to terrorists, since they can send a community into chaos.

The Pope urged clergy members breaking their vows of obedience, poverty and chastity to fall into line. The dialogue is welcome, he said, but after the dialogue comes obedience, adding that "anarchy is the daughter of the devil, not of God."

Francis also lamented the decline in the number of vocations and people opting for a religious life.

"Why is the womb of consecrated live becoming so sterile?" he asked, cautioning against shortcuts or easy solutions.

"Some congregations experiment with 'artificial insemination.' What do they do? They welcome... 'Yes come, come, come'. And then there are problems," he said. "No. We must be serious about who we take. We must clearly distinguish if it is a real vocation, and help it to grow."

The Roman Catholic Church is still facing the consequences of sex abuse scandals, which shocked many believers, in particular in Western Europe and North America and among millennials.

The Church has 400,000 priests around the world, according to the Vatican. Agence France-Press says there are 693,000 nuns.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/02/europe/pope-francis-gossip-bomb/index.html

Nigeria's economic collapse pretty scary. Mixed up with social unrest and Boko Haram, perfect storm is brewing.

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2593184/pg551

Obasanjo hails Nigerian genius, Osita Onuma of Univ of London

PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated Mr. Osita Onuma, a Nigerian who recorded the best academic result at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London.

Following Onuma's feat which is said to be unprecedented in the history of the 124-year-old institution, the President has directed Nigeria's High
Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Prince Bola Ajibola, to attend the University's convocation on May 6, where Onuma would deliver a valedictory address as the best student.

The Nigerian, a post-graduate student, scored 98.85 on a scale of 100 points. He was also said to have scored 4.96 out of 5 points, during his undergraduate programme at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

In his April 22 letter to Onuma, the President asked him to call personally on him in Abuja whenever he (Onuma) returned home, for a personal congratulation.

According to Obasanjo, Onuma's performance has proven that quality would always triumph despite odds that seemed insurmountable.

He added that Onuma was a role model whose achievements would certainly inspire all Nigerians to success in their different endeavours.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.culture.nigeria/78GHZoPf4vQ

Mt. 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Mt. 5:18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Mt. 5:19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practises and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Jesus never established any religion that is different from the religion of the Old Testament. All he did was to show the OT the way God sees it. Or rather, God revealed through Jesus the real meaning of some things in the OT. Through Jesus we learn that the OT commandments are in three categories. The highest category deals with loving the Lord your God. The second category deals with loving your neighbor. The lowest category is loving yourself. Hence, keeping the Sabbath holy is about loving yourself; giving your body some rest in order to avoid breakdown. In a situation where there is conflict between loving God, your neighbor or yourself, loving God must have priority, followed by loving your neighbor. Jesus found himself in such a conflicting situation when he delivered a person from infirmity on a Sabbath day. The Jews opposed him because they did not know that the commandments of God are all about prioritized categories of love.

Another revelation that God gave through Jesus Christ about the OT is the need to rely on the power of God. This is where faith comes in. You cannot see God, neither can you see His power. In order to key in to the power of God, you must come to believe in the invisible God and in the reality of His power and that this power is available to you. Faith is not about having some facts in your head; it is more about acquisition of experience. If you encounter God, you will know that He is real. If you experience His power at work, you immediately develop faith in the power of God.

The only purpose of faith is to enable much work. Faith is all about keying in to the power of God. And the only reason for keying in to power is to do much work. That is why faith without work is useless. Work without faith achieves very little; without faith a person cannot key in to the power of God and so works with human power, which is not much.

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Abuja (AFP) - Several high-profile Nigerians are facing charges as part of a drive against corruption but there are concerns the government is settling old political scores and flouting due process.

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to recoup what he said were "mind-boggling" sums of public money stolen under previous administrations to fulfil a campaign pledge to end graft.

This week, the government claimed just 55 people stole more than $6 billion between 2006 and 2013, leaving Nigeria in the lurch as its economy struggles due to the global oil price slump.

But it is former national security advisor Sambo Dasuki who has become the key figure in the anti-corruption campaign.

The former army colonel is accused of looting billions of dollars that were aimed at buying weapons and equipment for troops fighting Boko Haram Islamists.

Cash is alleged to have been diverted instead to members of former president Goodluck Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to fund his failed re-election campaign.

Dasuki was granted bail last month but has been kept in custody without access to his legal counsel as he awaits the start of three trials, his lawyer Joseph Daudu told a court in Abuja on Wednesday.

Dauda said the detention was a "brazen affront" to the judiciary and the judge agreed.

"I don't see how I can be conducting a criminal trial without the presence of the accused person," said judge Adeniyi Ademola. "You can set a dangerous precedent as it is."

- Old habits? -

Dauda later claimed Buhari was reverting to his old autocratic habits from his days as military ruler in the 1980s.

"He (Buhari) emphasised he was a changed man, open to democratic principals. But interfering with the court system, trying to find your own rule of law, is not good," he told AFP at his office.

"It makes the outcome suspect."

Prosecutor Oladipo Okpeseyi, however, denied any impropriety. "The federal government has obeyed every order made in respect of this case. We are not acting illegally in any way whatsoever," he said.

But Buhari's own comments about Dasuki and two other cases involving the pro-Biafra activist Nnamdi Kanu and the Shiite Muslim leader Ibrahim Zakzaky have rung alarm bells.

He told reporters in December the men should be kept in custody because they had committed "atrocities" against the government -- despite none of them having been tried and convicted.

Kanu was arrested in October. He was granted bail in December but remains in secret police custody, pending a trial on "treasonable felony" charges.

Zakzaky was detained after a military raid on the headquarters of his Islamic Movement of Nigeria that it is claimed left hundreds dead. It is not clear whether he has been charged with any offence.

- 'Nothing to fear'? -

Buhari was voted into power in 2015 after vowing to stamp out corruption and usher in a new democratic era free from bitter partisanship.

He won over sceptics by preaching forgiveness and pledged an impartial war on graft in the interest of political harmony.

"President Jonathan has nothing to fear from me," Buhari said in his acceptance speech last April. "Let's put the past behind us, especially the recent past."

But with the prosecution of Dasuki — a powerful member of Jonathan's administration -- the former head of state could yet be dragged into the case.

"The national security advisor will normally carry out the instructions of his president," Dasuki's other lawyer Ahmed Raji told AFP.

"You cannot talk about this matter without talking about President Jonathan."

- Witch-hunt? -

Buhari's anti-corruption zeal has been widely praised and seen as much-needed but political analyst Chris Ngwodo said "it just has to be conducted in the right way".

"Corruption will be beaten by straightening institutions, not by disregarding them," he added.

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is casting an ever-widening net to bag corrupt officials in Africa's most populous nation and leading economy.

But few charged with siphoning public funds have had their day in court and with most accused or subject to investigations being PDP members, the party has accused Buhari of conducting a witch-hunt.

Prominent PDP supporter and media magnate Raymond Dokpesi has been charged in the Dasuki case along with the party's spokesman Olisa Metuh. who appeared in court recently in handcuffs.

That so many PDP figures have been arrested risks stoking tensions in a country where partisan loyalty frequently erupts into deadly violence.

"Securing actual convictions of these people, that is the real litmus test of the anti-corruption campaign," Ngwodo said.

http://news.yahoo.com/questions-raised-over-nigerias-anti-corruption-drive-150456924.html

There are at least eight mass-produced engines in vehicles on the market today that have caused owners a lot of anguish.

Audi/VW 1.8T Four Cylinder Turbo

The 1.8 L turbo four cylinder from Volkswagen was found in almost everything the carmaker sold at one time, plus some models of Audi, including the A4 and TT coupe.

Unfortunately, the engine is a rolling disaster with sludge formation being a real threat.

Apparently, Audi/VW may not have informed owners that the engine required synthetic oil, so owners (and dealers) proceeded to use conventional oil after the break-in period. The usual coke/sludge issues appeared and engines failed in considerable numbers. Models from 1997 to 2004 are affected – essentially any car wearing the 1.8T badge.

Add to this high oil consumption and frequent coil pack failures – one coil pack sits atop each cylinder and serves as the ignition coil firing the spark plug – and you’ve got one troublesome motor.

Way to go, German engineering.

Toyota 3.0 L V6

Toyota’s 3.0 L V-6 is prone to clotting with oil sludge and seizing up in 1997-2002 models with this engine, although Toyota is apt to blame owners for not changing the oil often enough or for using the wrong oil.

Many experts disagree, suggesting a defect in the breathing or circulation system is the likely culprit.

The affected models include V6 models of the 1997-2002 Toyota Camry, Avalon, Sienna, Highlander and Solara. The Lexus ES300 and RX300 used the same ill-fated 3.0 L V6. After 2002, Toyota made some improvements that appeared to solve the problem.

Toyota settled a class-action lawsuit in 2007 that covered an estimated 2.5 million Toyota and Lexus models made between 1997 and 2002 susceptible to engine sludge. The automaker agreed to repair sludged engines for up to eight years after leaving the factory.

- See more at: http://www.wheels.ca/news/here-are-8-engines-you-should-avoid/#sthash.yvBqzIMK.dpuf

Murder is more common in Latin America than in any other part of the world.

That's the most striking takeaway from a ranking of the most violent cities compiled earlier this year by Mexico's Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice. The ranking doesn't count deaths in war zones or cities with unavailable data.

Thirty-four of the 50 worst cities were located in the region, including repeat murder capital of the world — San Pedro Sula, Honduras — which saw 187 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013 and is getting steadily worse. A full one-third of global homicides occur in Latin America even though the region has just 8% of the world's population, according to United Nations data.

Drug trafficking, gang wars, political instability, corruption, and poverty combine to cause the region's elevated violence.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-violent-cities-in-the-world-2014-11?op=1

Udmaster:
Umunna is an Igbo Village Authority but outside your village you must be under an Autonomous Confederation of many united Villages who are from the same patriachial lineage with an EZE at the head.

That is not true. Even Chinua Achebe's "things Fall Apart" shows how Igboland was before the Europeans came.

gykes:
Smh! Rumuokoro is Infact my community. The man Okoro had two wives and the first son of the 1st wife is my town(village)...smh.... I will stop here... your ignorance though.....

Okoro must be a Bini name borrowed by Igbos.

001ng:
Igbo enweghi Eze.



He is Eze Nri, he has no influence in other igbo communities. You guys should stop this hyping. I'm Igbo, my genealogy and that of my village didn't originate from Nri.

I wonder oh.

Reading the book by ex-slave, Olaudah Equiano, it is clear that there was no resemblance of king in Igboland. Igbos then only heard about the very distant Oba of Benin. The Aro people had the opportunity of creating an Igbo or Aro empire, but they knew nothing about statehood; they only concerned themselves with slave trading.