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Mimiz22:
■ You can be seduced or influenced not posseseed you cant have two occupant in your spirit.

Well, as a born-again, you can exist as a child of the devil or a child of God but never as both at the same time - John 8 vs 31 - 44.

LegendHero:
That bixch Ekwesili will not write a letter summoning Otti to come and explain why he is demolishing houses now. But if it’s in Lagos, she will start crying like a lunatic on Twitter.

Did you read the article at all?

He informed Abians that owners of 130 structures marked for demolition have already been compensated.

unstoppable51:
Does Revelations 21:7-8 teach that a believer can lose his Salvation and end up in Hell? What does the Bible mean by “He that overcometh shall inherit all things?”

Read instead what Jesus Christ told you in Matthew 24 vs 13 and Mark 13 vs 13

All people will hate you because you follow me. But those who remain faithful to the end will be saved. - Mark 13 vs 13

That implies that all those who fall short will not be saved.

lightblazingnow:
Don't go to far, as a man thinks in his heart so he is, the scriptures are talking about your heart, the real you, the created part. The hidden part. Your unseen thoughts. The scripture commanded us to put on the new you which is ecreated in the true image and likeness of God Almighty. Don't forget in Genesis the spirit man was created before in chapter 2 then the natural man was formed and breath transferred and he became a living soul. Another scripture again instructed that you should be transformed by renewing your mindset. Folks too many times like the blinded ruler will think that they will have to enter into their mother's womb and be born again, no, just change your thought change your life. That's why even after they have become Christian they'd still act the way they used to. Present your thoughts for transformation. The teacher from heaven the Holy Spirit wants to transform you and then get you translated into the kingdom of his dear son in whom we have all things.
And Christ Jesus said that the Holy Spirit will teach you all things and brings to your rememberance what he taught in the past.

THe passage instead addresses how, for those who are born-again, the traditions of the Old Law of Moses are to be completely abandoned in order that the New way may be fully adopted by those who would live their lives in complete submission and obedience to the New Way, Jesus Christ. The passing away of Old Things is meant to take place at the point one chooses to become born-again as that is when one becomes born of the New Fountain of Living Water. However, this transformation is not automatic as it requires self-discipline on the part of the one who chooses to adopt the New in place of the Old.

ocnovakmichael:
■ Now concerning the man who was born blind and later was healed. This blind man's faith made him whole. His faith activated the anointing, which led to his healing. Let us analyze his healing. In John 9:1 the Bible teaches that "And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth." in verse 7, the Lord Jesus said unto the blind man, "... Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing." Now in my post I said, In order to activate the anointing, first you have to hear what the word say about your situation, and when you have done that, you must say or act what the word say about your situation. In the case of that blind man, he heard what Jesus said about his situation (Go, wash in the pool of Siloam...), and after he'd heard that, he acted accordingly on what Jesus, the word, said; and he was healed.
■ You see, faith is released by words or action. It is either you say it or you act it. Small wonder that, Paul in Romans 10:8 espoused "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: the word of faith, which we preach." And James 2:17 says, "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." Faith is released by saying it or acting it, having heard it. It's by saying or acting your faith that activates the anointing.
■ I love you Kobojunkiee. I'd love to share my new book, Breakthrough Corporate Anointing, with you if you don't mind.

1. You seem to be changing your tune here since I didn't ask you about faith but how the theory you concocted in the case of the woman with the issue of blood regarding activation of so-called anointing would apply in the case of the blind man who had no belief in Jesus Christ but only did what a stranger asked him to.

2. I am afraid what you state there in bold are also lies! This is because faith simply implies the living of one's life in continuous submission and obedience to God's teachings and commandments aka His Law. It was through faith that Abraham was justified by God as stated by God Himself in Genesis 26 vs 4-6. And it is the one and only definition of Faith that applies as far as God's Truth. All other ideas are of the imagination of men.

And those two verses you quoted, you quoted out of context since they do not apply as far as this conversation is concerned. If only you understood Jesus Christ, then you would understand well what those two were saying in those passages you lifted out of context.

3. I will pass since I loathe the religion of men which only seeks to blind others by hiding lies behind the many mentions of the name of God.

ocnovakmichael:
■ Secondly, you said the Lord Jesus was not anointed with the Holy Ghost; and that the Spirit is part and parcel of his being. Well, I believe you can read. The Bible teaches in Act 10:38, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with Power..."[/b]
■ Also, in John's gospel 3:34 the Bible says, "For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." Notice the word "giveth" in the last clause of that text, "... For God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." In other words, the Spirit was given unto him. More so, in Luke's gospel 4:18, Jesus himself said: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me..." Did you notice the phrase, "... Because he hath anointed me."
■ Further more, in Matthew 3:16 the Bible teaches that "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him." The Bible says, in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. Here are your witnesses that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost, Luke, John and Matthew.....

I see this is going to be a long one... ok. let's do this then.
QUESTIONS:
□ When was Jesus Christ "anointed" with the Holy Spirit and with power? Was it
a: Before He was even born on this earth
b: When He was a kid
c. When He was baptized and began His mission on earth.

□ When was it that God gave Jesus Christ His Spirit transforming Him from one who didn't have the Holy Ghost and Power — pre-anointing —, to one who has the Holy Ghost and Power?

□ Interesting claim you make there regarding the baptism of Jesus Christ. So, what you are saying is that Jesus Christ was an ordinary man like any other man until the moment He was baptized? You want us to believe that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, told you that Jesus Christ was without the Holy Ghost and Power of God until after He was baptized and then anointed by God on the day He was baptized?

So, basically, what you want us to believe is that Jesus Christ was not in fact a Son of God when He was born and He was not God's Eternal Life, and God's Truth, until after He was baptized by John... that was when, according to you, He become the Son of God and Messiah?

Artist002:
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ocnovakmichael:
■ Certain words, when spoken, elicit images in our minds. And one of such words is "The Anointing." I remember growing up, I had, and still have till this day, vivid imagination of things I’ve read, seen and heard. I remember reading the story of Elijah being caught up by a chariot of fire. After I’d read that, I began seeing chariots in the sky. During play time I’ll sit alone with my eyes fixed on the clear blue sky, I will see, in my imagination, smoke-like white horses roaming the sky. In another time, I remember seeing, for the first time, a cartoon of a unicorn: suddenly, every bush I turned and look, my imagination conjured up a beautiful unicorn in a forest. My imagination was so kin and vivid that I nearly always have a picture of everything I read, see and hear.
When we hear the word the anointing, more often than not, our minds tend to picture a bottle of oil being poured upon and running down the head of a man. I remember one time I was in a fellowship meeting and the presider asked the question: what is the anointing? Now in that meeting were older men and women as well as we young men and ladies and several children.
When that question was asked, for some few seconds, nobody among the adult and we young folks said anything, but a little boy around 9 or 10 years of age stood up and said, “The anointing is the bottle of oil.” Well, everybody laughed, mused and ponder at the answer the little boy gave until the right answer was given.
Like that little boy, if you've ever had the idea vivid in your mind that the anointing is the bottle of oil, you're not alone, we are on the same boat. May I reassert that those who had had this picture lucid in their minds are not far from the truth. However, the reality is that the anointing is the Spirit of God. This anointing sometimes, as the Spirit wills, might be tangible upon the carrier, a person or a congregation. And sometimes may be upon the carrier unnoticed.
Having understood what the anointing is, the question is: how can I activate it? How can I get it to work for me? The answers to those questions are littered in the Bible from the Old Testament to the New. However, let us consider the New Testament.
In Mark chapter five the twenty-fifth through the thirty-fourth verses is a story of a woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years; and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. That woman heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and say to herself: 'If I may touch but his clothes I shall be whole.' And when she did as she'd said, the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed. The Lord Jesus, knowing that power had gone out of him, said, who touched my clothes. When the woman narrated her story to Jesus, he said to her: Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole.
You see, the Lord Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost and healing power without measure. But of all the people who touched his clothes, only that woman, which had the issue of blood was healed. How did she activate the healing anointing for her healing? The Bible said, first, she heard of Jesus. Remember, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Second, she said to herself, if I may touch his clothes I shall be whole. She was positive definite in professing what she'd heard about Jesus to herself. I believe she must have heard Jesus say, "I'm anointed to preach, to heal, to set at liberty the captives, to open the eyes of the blind."
■ That woman activated the anointing, which led to her healing, by hearing the word and professing to herself what the word say he could do.
■ Now how can you apply this to your own life? Say for instance, you are weak and without strength. In order to activate the anointing for strength, first you have to hear what the word say about strength, and when you have done that, you must say what the word say about strength. For example, the word say, "... Let the weak say, I am strong" (Joel 3:10). And the word also say, "... The Lord is the strength of my life..." (Psalms 27:1). So having heard what the word say, all that is required of you is simple obedience. How you feel, notwithstanding, you must say to your body, I am strong, for the Lord is the strength of my life. You need not see any sign to before you could say this to your own body. While you're still weak, you must say you are strong, for the Lord is the strength of your life. And this confession in your lips, the Lord will honour. Because He confirms his word.

... where to begin...

□ Jesus Christ was not anointed with the Holy Spirit. Rather, the Holy Spirit — the Spirit of Truth— is a part and parcel of the being that is Jesus Christ and He told you this in John 14 vs 6.
□ This tale of yours is about how the woman with the issue of blood supposedly activated a non-existent anointing on Jesus Christ, how does it work as far as the man who was born blind and was healed by Jesus Christ? The man had no clue what even healed Him and had no belief of any kind to speak of. Notice how this tale of yours fails when put up against that man's story and that of so many others who didn't even believe or expect to be healed but were healed nonetheless?

Yes, obedience is the key to receiving from God in the Kingdom of God, but it has nothing to do with these fantastical tales about anointings or the activating of such phantom ideas. There are no anointings in Jesus Christ, and those who seek only healing are not first required to believe or have faith or activate some phantom idea called anointings. Rather, they are simply to come and receive while the followers of Jesus Christ are in turn commanded to give freely even as they have been freely given.

ChybuzzDD:
Your suggestions sound too theoretical. No one can do all those stuffs without any money on him or a helper around

You seem to have been living inside a cave of some sort.

INTEGRITYA1:
■ After taken 28 years out of someone life and later pronounced innocent. He should just be going home without any compensation? Even to fit back into the society is another problem.

Like the other explained, the man will file for compensation and then go from there. Remember, we are dealing with systems built by humans and not some perfect system. It may not seem to be a lot but it is better than nothing after all that hell he had to endure.

Sticooooooo:
■ Where else should they go? He practically built the house for his family. They are part of the family too. This your opinion never holds any ground

A family is meant to be a cohesive unit, isn't it? When one decides to chart his own part, going as far as inconveniencing others with his behavior, it means he does not desire to remain a part of that cohesive unit. Why not cut him loose and let him go elsewhere to do as he pleases? The one person up there is even planning to move his family out of the house he built in order that his drug abusing brothers can continue living in the house all by themselves. Which kain family be that?

There is more to family than just blood relations. Or would you also claim family when the person's behavior directly threatens the lives of those in the home or outside?

Tyktoker:
Kobojonkie you know can look for somebody's trouble. Have you asked to see the OPs mouth before doubting me. His mouth is set to pronounce ĪYÁ ÓTÏLÓ by default! Better believe in me!

Are you OP's monitoring spirit here on nairaland or something? I mean how else would you know what his mouth is set to?

Remen01:
I don't mean to rant on this platform but I feel I need to pour out my heart.
I'm a graduate,I've been job hunting. No luck yet,my online business isn't generating much income too.
Finances are dwindling,bills are piling up. Temptations are coming in,I feel downcast.
My family is trying for me I won't lie but things are not the same anymore.
I'm supposed to be bringing something to the house not taking the things at home.
I just feel down

You don't sound like an underachiever, you just sound depressed.

If nothing else is working why not try to come up with an innovative business idea for yourself? What course did you study in school? How can you use it to provide a service that is needed but not currently available? Or can you improve on something that is already available and still make money that way?

Tyktoker:
Kobojonkie these special BREED of birds make same noise as the mouth of the op when chewing ÊWÁ ÆTÏ ÍSŪ, believe me!

Let me get this straight... the birds say, "Beans and yam" in Yoruba when chewing?

thesicilian:
■ Whoever wrote this article is obviously not well versed in global events and happenings. Even the COVID vaccines have been proven beyond doubt to be harmful and absolutely unnecessary. A lot of Americans and others have realized that the lockdown was a ruse. These things were foreseen not just by the spiritually discerning, but even the intellectually observant.

Some delusions na really special cocktail abeg!

This same America wey people still dey go out to get their vaccines and booster shots abi na another one?

Tyktoker:
At exactly what time! Because I know those evil birds must fly past!

So God created evil birds? are you for real?

NairaMaster1:
■ Freeze pick your Bible and read Lk 11:24-26
"When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, 'I will return to the person I came from.'
English Standard Version
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

The passage you quoted has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand since what you are suggesting by this assumption of yours is that the majority of those healed by Jesus Christ ended up in worse states than they were when they were first healed by Jesus Christ. Take the example of the Canaanite woman whose daughter was healed by Jesus Christ but couldn't secure salvation through Jesus Christ as a result of her not being of the blood of Jacob. If we are to assume that the passage in Luke applies even to her, then we can all conclude that Jesus Christ doomed that girl to a worse fate than the one she had when her mother came begging Him for healing. Do you really believe that to be the case?

24 “When an evil spirit comes out of someone, it travels through dry places, looking for a place to rest. But it finds no place to rest. So it says, ‘I will go back to the home I left.’
25 When it comes back, it finds that home all neat and clean.
26 Then the evil spirit goes out and brings back seven other spirits more evil than itself. They all go and live there, and that person has even more trouble than before.” - Luke 11 vs 24-26

....

43 “When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places looking for a place to rest, but it finds none.
44 So it says, ‘I will go back to the home I left.’ When it comes back, it finds that home still empty.It is all neat and clean.
45 Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself. They all go and live there, and that person has even more trouble than before. It is the same way with the evil people who live today.” - Matthew 12 vs 43-45

Healing does not make anyone "neat and clean". All healing does is resolve the issue that is of the flesh .... nothing more. To become neat and clean from say the curse of Death aka the condemnation of death, one seeks Salvation — John 3 vs 1 - 21. That is not healing.

Jesus taught of how to clean the insides and not the outsides, and this was not in reference to the healing of the body.

25 “It will be bad for you teachers of the law and you Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You wash clean the outside of your cups and dishes. But inside they are full of what you got by cheating others and pleasing yourselves.
26 Pharisees, you are blind! First make the inside of the cup clean and good. Then the outside of the cup will also be clean.
27 “It will be bad for you teachers of the law and you Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You are like tombs that are painted white. Outside they look fine, but inside they are full of dead people’s bones and all kinds of filth.
28 It is the same with you. People look at you and think you are godly. But on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and evil. - Matthew 23 vs 25-28

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37 After Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee asked Jesus to eat with him. So he went and took a place at the table.
38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not wash his hands[g] first before the meal.
39 The Lord said to him, “The washing you Pharisees do is like cleaning only the outside of a cup or a dish. But what is inside you? You want only to cheat and hurt people.
40 You are foolish! The same one who made what is outside also made what is inside.
41 So pay attention to what is inside. Give to the people who need help. Then you will be fully clean. - Luke 11 vs 37 -41

So, your summation of this is wrong! What happened to that mentally ill man was a botched healing job and nothing else.

Benjom:
You've got to weigh all options. Intellectual fo-ol
Matthew 12:43-45 King James Version (KJV)
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Next time, try to be slow to insult! The verse you quoted has absolutely nothing to do with this situation. If you had paid attention to what Jesus Christ said in that passage you would have noticed that He was speaking instead of those who had become clean and put in order, something healing does not and cannot accomplish in the hearts of those who are healed. Rather, what healing does is simply take away the problem in the body of the one healed.

kristonium:
■ Just this morning I received a startling account from my brother-in-law that I believe serves as a critical warning to all. His extraordinary experience underscores the importance of being cautious in the face of unexpected situations.
My brother-in-law, had an encounter last night while returning home from work that initially appeared to be an act of kindness.
He offered a beggar N200 out of the goodness of his heart. Little did he know that this seemingly selfless act would lead to a most unusual and distressing outcome. Upon returning home, he was shocked to discover that something inexplicable was happening to him—his manhood was inexplicably shrinking at an alarming rate.
Without hesitation, my brother-in-law and his wife, driven by their unwavering faith, embarked on a journey of fervent prayer, imploring divine intervention to restore what had been lost.
After hours of unwavering prayer, a miracle unfolded—his condition improved, and his manhood returned to its normal state.

Rubbish!

CaptMarvel:
■ Why is all of them in white.... Is it part of the ritual.

e fit be oo!

world123:
He most have had an encounter with a demon.

Rubbish! That man there has never experienced anything beyond the lies he trades with and his flesh.

FRANKOSKI:
READ HEBREWS 13:4

Matthew 5 vs 27 -28 is God's Law— commandment and teaching — to you regarding sexual sins. Any other definition that does not comply with the Law as given to you by Jesus Christ Himself is not of God.

Spectators:
Village women gathered to fl0g man who b£ats his wife (VIDEO) A man has been spotted in a video presently trending online being flogged for beating his wife. He allegedly beat his wife and all the other women in the village gathered with sticks and flogged him. This is a very rare video that has sparked reactions online as many say women are now standing up for their fellow woman harassed by her husband. The common question was, can't the man run away?

Bravo to the women, if in fact, they flogged him because he beat his wife. Run where? When women gang up on you where you go run to? No be the same village all of una dey?

ExAngel007:
Did you know?? There is a Festival In Okirika in Rivers State Nigeria called #IRIA_ceremony where Virgins are kept in one special room for 1-3 months, where they will undergo some training on womanhood. Once you see they see their first menses, they will walk Unclad to the village square and It's a big occasion for the family which they are brought out to dance in public like this to be sprayed money; then Men can now go and book them in the room for marriage. It start back then since 16th century It still happens till date. So now you know. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I wonder who came up with the idea back in the 16th century. My guess is some perverted minds wanted to have women advertised much like slaves were back in the day for prospective buyers.

This is done at their first menses meaning many of them are children, and this is an occasion for perverts to feed their eyes on the unclad children.

LocalFARMERS:
■ They are mostly sold by Northerners. Special Pepper is combination of varieties of dry seeds, leaves plus Ginger. When they grind them together, it becomes the special Pepper (yaji)

Don't worry about that. Just post the names. I can use Google to sort out the English names. I truly wish there was a recipe available so we quit getting taken for by the many commercial mixes out there claiming to be the same but are nowhere close to correct.

FROGMAN101:
■ This red man or woman “wayward” doesn’t necessarily mean “drugs” calm the hell down I was only saying the spoilt rich kids can afford to have that facked up life and their parents can mitigate the crisis with the money. But kids from struggling family don’t even have that life line so it’s futile to be useless. All hands on deck to be useful. You quoting me about drugs and poverty stricken community. What are you smoking this evening?

Again, whether it be drugs or sheer stubbornness, these things know no class. Look in your neighborhood to see that even in the poverty-stricken areas, the same pattern is observed among even the youths there.

Ayanwukoma:
I do 3 out of the listed. Excessively

So you are a substance junkie? Well, commonsense should inform you that so long as you live artificially stimulating your brain— using chemicals that are not naturally produced by your own body for that purpose— there is bound to be some negative effect on your mental.

FROGMAN101:
Omo i think it’s kids with rich parents that can afford to be wayward cause your family can handle your excesses. But when you from a struggling family especially in this Nigeria and then you keep on acting wayward omo you are doing yourself ooo

You no see all those druggies wey full all those poverty-stricken parts of even your community for where you live? Drug problems no know class abeg!

AsomArchitectNG:
Take him to a rehab center and don't forget to keep praying for him.. He'll surely come around

Rehab only works for those who are willing and ready to end their addiction. That is why the decision to rehab is not to be made by any other than the one who is in need of help. Else, na revolving door that one go easily become.

2goodbobo:
As I speak to you my 2 Brothers are doing just the same thing your brother is doing. From taking drugs to stealing and selling my Father’s properties to dropping out from School. My mum is late and had BP because of them. I have done my best to change them but to no avail. I have decided to since leave them to their fate. I intend to get a place for my dad where he can stay away from them. He is no longer enjoying his stay in the house he build because of them and I am tired of complain here and there. I pray they change for good.

But why is your father still housing them when they obviously seek to chart their own path? Why doesn't your father instead kick them out so they can go find their independence on their own terms? Why do parents enable and feed what is an obvious nuisance?

adaperry25:
We've actually done our best and the way its going..we are left to our fate. I just wanted to share here to get an ideal opinion.
My younger bro has been a thorn in our flesh even before my dad died. My late dad kept complaining about him. Bad friends, taking drugs and living an immoral life. This continued and affected his academics and he dropped out from the university. As we speak, his younger brother is in his final year and yet my brother remains a prodigal son. Early this year, he wanted to fight my mom and I was very angry and we had to lock him up in the police cell for some days. He came out and became calm. After a month, he went back to his old ways.We warned off his friends to stay away from him. Right now..my mom is ashamed of him as parents have warned their kids to stay away from my brother.
He doesn't sleep in the house and we threatened to lock him up again and he said we can kill him that his life has no meaning. I believe he's not with his right senses. Need your candid opinions. I want to save him.

So long as he is 18 and determined to live according to his own way, my advice would be that you leave him be, let him carry his cross on his head until he gets tired of doing it all on his own. You cannot force someone who is determined to do things his way to do it instead of your way. And the worst thing you can do is enable him by giving him money and allowing him to stay in the house and rob everyone else of their peace of mind. He doesn't sleep in the house, good.

As a matter of fact, since he is so grown up and no longer willing to abide by the rules of the home, your mother should ask him to move out to his own place— of course, paid for with his own money too— where he can live by his own rules. Allow him breath and leave him to his fate.

Fred166:
■ I’m so curious right now because you can’t see a cockroach or rat in my house not to talk of snake. How that got into my house is a mystery. My baby is almost one year and she still crawls around. How else has experience this before? And what kind of snake is that? Is it venomous?

Take a day off work if you have to, so you and your wife can carefully inspect every portion of the apartment for the crawlspace or hole it could have entered through. Behind the kitchen cabinets, the toilet, the sink pipes, and even behind closet walls, the space under the bathtub and pipes, ventilation shafts, and windows, .. Look for the space and seal it off ASAP.