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Congrats to all u guys that have gotten ur admission into FUT Mx cos e no easy n goodluck to those still expecting. Graduated last year,currently an 'Otondo' (NYSC tins). I just pray BH boys don't relocate to mx cos its really a place to be.
Wish u all d luck with d MASSIVE queue at d bus park n oda stuff sha. Seeing dis thread brought back lots of nostalgic feelings. Miss u FUT, u rock!

lol @ ur life being tight if u dont tithe. ur pastor desperate well well o.

Gosh!!! u are soooooooo on point. yes its Living Faith. used to be a member too but left when i discovered sermons are on Prosperity alone whilst ignoring the need to nurture people on matters of the spirit.
ur contributions r so eye opening.

tnx

Xtana: Ok GEJ, get ready to drive your own taxi in Abuja

Taxi ke? Big belle no go allow dem fit sit in front of steering at all. Except u wan cause accident.

christemmbassey: my sis i pastor a church in Calabar and i discoverd that tithe, 1st fruits and seed sowing are d bigest scam in christianity. Our God is NOT A TRADER, not after what Jesus did, ppl pay tithe to recieve house, car, husband/wives/babies, health peace/joy, positions , health/life , heaven etc, now if tithe gives me these then Christ died for nothing and thats profanity.

My elder sis is currently a victim of dis seed sowing. She's in her thirties n attends a popular church. She recently received a huge cash gift n plans to give all by way of seed sowing in exchange for a husband. Tried to dissuade her buh she's adamant. They were told to pick a date for dia wedding by faith n dia children's names too. She picked april n no marriage yet.
God will do His thing in His time. No one can bribe or buy Him.

Christemmbassy, many tnx 4 ur contributions, especially d expositions on Malachi. Av neva heard dat point of view eva. Wondering y no contributor so far has supported d payment of tithes?

christemmbassey: my sister, even the jews whn were commanded to pay tithe were NEVER REQUIRED TO PAY TITHTE their salaries/wages EVERY WEEK OR MONTH END, in those days there were hired labourers besides carpenters, black/goldsmiths, fisher men, tent makers/builders, artists garments makers etc and most of then earned cash which was also hn use check ur bible if u can find even a single verse where any of these pple were asked to tithe their salaries/wages daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. And or the christians who came latter, where did Jesus, or Peter, John Paul or any of the apostles pay or collected tithe even once or periodically?. The book of Malachi was actually to warn the priests who collected tithes from their brethren(jews) but refused to bring tithe of tithes to the temple, so being representatives of the ppl this negligence was viewed as a sin committed by the entire nation, having said that, the trut is, that book has NOTHING TO DO WITH CHRISTIANS. We are christians made free from the curse of mosaic law, we ONLY subscribe to "the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus" who actually set us free from the mosaic " law of SIN AND DEATH" rm8:1-4. Like a poster said here earlier, pls b a barean christian and search and see for urself. Remember, and u shall know the truth, and the truthe shall make u free. Remain blessed.

Yes, d pple back den dint av monthly paid jobs or sometin. But don't u tink d payment of tithe monthly or weekly as its being done now is to make it more convenient for folks instead of avin to pay in bits? Yes, avnt seen anywhere where Jesus n His disciples asked for tithes. All dey hammered on was for d rich in d society to look after the poor n vulnerable ones.
My eyes r beginning to open wide n am truly gonna go searching the scriptures either to confirm or clear my doubts.
But it bothers me d way our pastors carry on dis days on dis tithe issue. Like its a matter of life n death. Anytime I was broke, I always felt twas cos I 'ate' my tithe n God was punishing me for it.

Pastor Kun: It does not contradict it, it actually compliments it. What it contradicts is the false interpretation modern day preachers have attached to the malachi 3 passage.

seriously to the point that one begins to feel guilty if u come without ur tithe even if u av no known source of livelihood.

FortresOfChrist: The Lord our fortress just recently opened my eyes and my family to the truth about tithe. Tithe is not for Christians. I encourage the sister who started this topic to take time and study more. Me and my family was put in dark but the Lord fortress opened our eyes. Hallelujah to the Lord our fortress.

pls can u share some of the truths uve learnt with us and how u used to be in the dark as regards tithing. lemme see if we share d same history.

Pastor Kun: You may also wish to read deut 14:22-29 to see how the bible defines tithes and contrast it to the false one being preached today.

read it a while ago.doesnt it contradict malachi 3:8

christemmbassey: I av checked from Gen to Rev, there is no verse that says 'CHRISTIANS SHOULD GIVE 10% OF THEIR SALARIES EVERY MONTH to God, pastors or church organisations', if uve seen pls show me. God bless.

wat of malachi 3:8-11. wat do u understand by d verses? wud like to knw ur views on dis.

Lol @ kendraloops the sheep.
Many thanks for ur contribution. I jst had to ask cos its been like a heavy burden on my neck what with d way some churches handle it like its d basis of xtianity.
Based on my earlier post abt d female prophet demandin for tithe n food for the prophet, I questioned my friend who invited me to d fellowship as to y d preacher doesn't work cos she stil looked very young. Friend cudnt ansa n afta a yl, she stopped attendin too.
in anoda church I attended, I remember d pastor encouraging us to fill a convenant payment slip with as high an amount as we cud av faith to fill. Even me with my 5k allowee frm home den(lol) filled a huge amount I hoped to pay. Almost 4yrs now n stil avnt bin able to redeem my pledge cos mehn, d cash no dey. Anytime I remembered, I began feeling guilty thinking God'l b angry n punish me.
Chai! Am really a LOST SHEEP! May God help me

I also remember attendin a fellowship while in d Uni. Twas a female preacher n after d sermon, she called for tithes n offerin. I was like 'whaaaat?',tithe 4 fellowship?. She even sed 'bring ur tithe n food for d prophet'. Pple rushed to d podium with tubers of yam. Kegs of oil n d likes. Needless to say, twas d last time I attended dat fellowship.
Visited a friend recently n there's a church close to r house. A midweek service was goin on. From beginning to d end of d sermon, d preacher was just hammering on d payment of tithes at d top of his voice. I couldn't help but laff as I wondered if he wud av preached salvation with so much intensity.

Goshen360: Galatians 5:3
Amplified Bible (AMP)
3 I once more protest and testify to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation and bound to practice the whole of the Law and its ordinances.

Circumcision of the 8th day is one of the law and so is tithing. If you choose to do one of the law, e.g tithing; you are under obligation and bound to practice the WHOLE LAW! Think about that!

The WHOLE LAW? Guess we might as well go back to living life a la old testament where a man must be cleansed after avin a wet dream or women after their monthly period. Seems we humans adapt the translation of the Bible to suit our beliefs, confuses me a lot.
When I posted dis topic, all I was xpctin by way of comments was pple tellin wen to pay n all. I must confess dat av bin sooo surprised (in a gud way though) by d kinda comments pouring in.
Neva in my life did I knw dat pple held dis type of view. Tot tithing was as natural to a xtian as callin on Jesus.

Ok thanks. Just out of curiosity,wat church do u attend?

DejiYesufu: Reasons Why You Should Not Tithe Today:

1. The tithe was the tax instituted by God to sustain the levithical priesthood. This has been changed with d coming of Christ's eternal Priesthood that does not need tithing to sustain it, Hebrew 7:12.

2. Tithing is obligatory giving. 2 Cor 9:7 shows that NT giving should never be obligatory.

3. Abraham tithing, which some argue is pre-law, was a once for all thing and it was a tithe of spoil of war. Christian's incomes today is not war spoil. If we must tithe like Abraham, it must be once and for all and we must give the rest away like he did. God never demanded tithes from war spoils in all the wars Israel waged in the OT.

4. Jesus' mention of the tithe in Matthew 23:23 was in keeping with the Mosaic law, same way he commands those healed of diseases to report to the priest after he's healed them.

5. Paul, the leading NT author, never mentioned tithing in all his epistles, including the pastoral ones.

Wow! Very very enlightening I must say. If I get u correctly, tithe shud b paid once n for all. Seems hard to live by though cos dis idea has been ingrained in me rite frm wen I was lil.
How come no pastor or christain cleric has ever put it dis way. Most if not all churches encourage members to pay their tithes in order not to fall under the curse of those who rob God.
Its all confusing though

dont get me wrong here oo. i try my best to tithe but am kinda confused. tithe is 10% of ur income,gain or profit as i understand it to be. my confusion here is at what point does one begin to tithe.
if am given a gift of say 1000naira,do i tithe it (100naira) or ignore till i receive a higher amount?
in essence, is there any amount too small to tithe?

Poor gal. never my fave actress den sha. She jst had dis 'tingy' abt her I dint like.
To find or to be found (marriage tins) no easy at all buh don't go marrying any man jst cos ur desperate n getting old.
Turn by turn ur turn will come, shey mai baro fit buy Brazilian hair 4 u or give u d 'luxuries' ur used to? Be careful.

Heya, tot he'd been married all this while ooo. Neva knew he was still single. Bros, u carry eye go mkt sha....d chic pretty. Buh make u no bleach ltr on like Omo..... husband.
God bless ur union.

Mehn, me I no fit o. Good old labour room all the way. Nigerian hospitals with their 'pure' water........make I dey nurse skin infection right after birth? No way!

vivacious vivi: Quite an increase in conjoined babies over the last 5years o. May their souls RIP. Naija mentality sha, you are jobless and so is your wife and I guess using condoms was also out of the question. Even if the twins were born normal and had survived, how was he planning on taking care of the family...considering by his own admission that "there were not new in parenting".

Madam, don't talk like that. U neva can tell what led to conception n d eventual birth of those babies. Would u av preferred they had an abortion? There are countless cases of children who have brought blessings to their parent by virtue of their birth. Call me superstitious or whatever but I strongly believe in it cos I av seen countless examples.
Best we can do is to pray God strengthens them to cope with the pain cos it'l hurt for a looooong while.
RIP baby boys.

Yes it does buh their operations are on a very low scale. U'd hardly notice them. Dulling bank!

For a while now, I have observed the activities of this bank and I have come to the conclusion that something might just be wrong with the bank and its management.
Heard of a protest a while ago by retired staff over the non payment of their pension allowances and they've so far not been able to credit the accounts of other pensioners that bank with them. I know this because my FIL banks with them and he hasn't received his pension despite several confirmations from the Pensions Board that it's been paid. His fellow pensioners using other banks have been paid a long time ago.
A visit to one of the branches of the bank today showed the staff all wearing mournful looks with little or no activities going on.
Is Unity Bank going under?

OP, I feel u jare.
My hubby's BB was stolen on our wedding day. We just came from the registry and were at d venue of the reception. He was still in the car and just stepped out to greet someone. Left his phone on the back seat of the car. After exchanging greetings with d guest, he reached into the car to get his phone, oh boy phone don waka ooo! We tried calling but the sharp thief don off d phone oo! Terrible thing to do to a man on his wedding day.

SLIDE waxie: ma, are u serious?

Sir, what do u think?

cyara: Must everyone be slim ? Moreover didn't you read the topic before commenting ? I suggest you use star bottle so that you can see clearly

My little sister, how are you. I know mum n dad didn't train u to be this rude when talking to ur elders. Is it those skinny -jeans -wearing boys that are getting into ur head? Or is it d alcohol ur taking? Its a phase, ul pass thru it.....
I'll keep on praying for u. It is well

SLIDE waxie: So? What's d big deal in a reflex action that resulted in a meaningless propaganda?

Oya, what does it mean?

Dnt be surprised if they grow up to be sworn enemies

Mtcheeeewwww....unnecessary hyping!

U dey vex ooo! Take a chill pill n enjoy little cute moments such as this. Guess u wouldn't hold this view if they were your babies. Bad belle troway troway.

Whaaaaaaaaaat? Is that Bisi What hapund?? She looks too uncomfortably fat. Shed some weight gurl!

My sister, don't bother ur pretty head at all. Simply ask God for favour. While in labour, my hubby held my hands n prayed continually n I REALLY saw d Hand of God. Just can't explain it. Pray n try to save ur energy for d real deal (pushing). Take strolls within d hospital premises, that's if ur allowed( I did that a lot n it helped cos there was always sometin I'd see that'l distract me from d pain even if just for some seconds).
God be with u. We shall hear good news soon ooo, amen. Congrats in advance