₦airaland Forum

5solas:
■ It will not come as a surprise to me if you have not heard of the doctrine of election. It is one doctrine that has been attacked over the years by the world and the devil. But the gospel cannot be faithfully proclaimed without mentioning God’s election of persons to salvation. The doctrine of election states that:
“Election is God’s eternal choice of persons unto everlasting life not because of foreseen merit in them but of His mere mercy in Christ in consequence of which choice they are called, justified and glorified”.
Those so chosen (referred to as the elects in the bible ) He gives faith in time Acts 13:48; Eph. 1:3,4.
Romans 8:29-30 says:
” 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. ‘
So those foreknown are in time called and those called are in time justified and those justified are glorified. Those foreknown are called, justified and glorified. The glorification comes at their deaths or at Christ’s second coming. They are presently sojourners in this world (1 Peter 1:17) of whom this world is not worthy (Heb 11:38) whose suffering here are only temporary compared to their glorification (Rom. 8:18) whose glorying is not in earthly pleasures (Heb. 11:24-26) but in the fact that their names are written in heaven (Lk 10:20). The writing of their names in heaven being done not at their believing in time but from all eternity (Rev. 13: 8 ).
In John 6:37, 44 and 65, Jesus said :
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
From which we can concluded that no one can come to Christ except they are ‘given’ or ‘drawn’ by the Father . Anyone of the ‘given’ or ‘drawn’ that comes to Jesus, He will not cast out for any reason. See also John 10, John 17 and Matthew 11:25-27. No one can come to Christ except He is revealed to them by the Father. The believer’s faith is God-given Phil 1:29. Not only is the faith God-given, but the suffering to follow which is one of the marks of a believer.
From the foregoing, it is clear that a believer cannot lose salvation.It is affirmed all over the Bible but a last one from Jesus :
’37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.’ John 6:37-40.
Election is a necessary aspect of the gospel and it should be taught for believers to have a proper understanding of the gospel.

This doctrine is also of lies and it selectively sifts through the gospels as well as the writing of Paul to pick only those passages that would support the hogwash theory of election as drawn from the imaginations of men.

Tetraozonaitera:
■ You always display madness over every thread. Showing how hateful you are towards people. If you have any rifts with men of God it's non of my business. You said Christian lifestyle has nothing to being truthful and nice towards other people? What then has something with being Christlike? Stop smoking whatever you are smoking. It's not doing you any good at all. Instead you exhibit gross madness on every thread I've noticed your input. Get well soon bro as you drop smoking and injections of drugs. And where in the Bible has the word said thou shall not see tribulations? Take care of your health guy.

Again, I am afraid your Christian lifestyle has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus Christ as it is instead according to the prescription of your many gods of men. That is why it is hard to live and you keep ending up frustrated managing worldly needs.

omojeesu:
They are mostly rituals prescribed for fame & money.

Rubbish talk!

Ten06:
■ Which police were you expecting me to report to, is the America police?
■ Those ones that are happening around you everyday, how many have you been able to help report to police? Were you expecting only me to solve Nigeria problem? Talk is cheap

You people are so full of sheet! So the same police that works for other people in that same Nigeria is no longer good enough to make a report to when it comes to your turn? O ga o!

2. Oh, so na everyday people dey drive the wrong way in traffic around you abi? Like I said, so full of sheet!

Tetraozonaitera:
To follow Christ's footsteps in a world we live is not an easy task. When there are several ways of escape from hardships and because of your faith you just can't fall in to do anything to escape trials. When you just have to live by Christ's standard. For example, I've been broke for some days now to the extent that eating was becoming hard.
Twice I have posted on Nairaland. That was yesterday and day before for guys to give me names of authentic problem-free loan apps and no one responded till now. To cut the long story short. Yesterday night, I was going back to my place after eating 200naira bread with pure water and keeping the remaining ₦300 for today. A guy just bought provisions in a provision store by the road side and was pocketing some money in his back pocket. I saw the folded notes fall on the ground as he was about to cross to the other side of the road.
No one was coming except me. I called him back to know money fell from him and he had to ask me from a distance, "what's it?" And I repeated, "money fell from you," he walked back and picked it up. It was 2k . "Oh thanks" he said and I said don't mention.
As I left the scene, come and see battle in my mind. A voice was calling me stupid. Because I had nothing at all in my pocket except 300naira. Telling me may be that was how God wanted to bless me.
I battled the voice by telling myself I did well. If I had met the money on the ground without seeing it fall from anyone, that is another thing entirely. I would have gladly picked it.

Then, I remembered my late father's voice, "Sin is Sweet" he used to say. He said everything thin called sin is Sweet.
Then, I hammered it on my mind.
"I did well" telling the evil voice to keep shut.
Bottom line, Living Christlike life is not easy. It's a battle between light and darkness.
Tonight, someone owing me 8k sent a message.
" Bro, I will send the money tomorrow," And that com be a succour to my mind. At least son of man go use am balance for two, three days.
Friends, come rain come shine, don't live less a Christian. Although, it's not easy.

I am afraid your Christian lifestyle has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus Christ as it is instead according to the prescription of your many gods of men. That is why it is hard to live and you keep ending up frustrated managing worldly needs.

Bands:
when I say u are evil they won't understand

Coming from a people that mostly see evil as good and good as evil... I am not surprised at all.

Nebes:
■ He alone is the TRUTH. Leave me to the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit of God is not a magician. He will not force the Truth of God on you if you do not first seek and submit to it. He will not shove the Truth of God at you when you choose the lies instead. And by the way, the Holy Spirit cannot live inside of anyone who is not first Holy — set free from slavery to sin—, so when I hear people who spread lies using the name of God say that the Holy Spirit lives inside of them, I wonder if they are intentionally trying to make God an accomplice in the lies they spew against Jesus Christ.

Nebes:
■ I'm glad you acknowledge Him as the truth. Stick to that knowledge. I'll keep striving to become like Him

Jesus Christ did insist that all lies spread in His name are against Him — antiChrist— so I do not see how one striving for Him would busy Himself with spewing lies using His name is what.

Nebes:
■ Christ will forever remain in the forefront of our discusses. HE however is the only truth.

He is the Truth and He warned His followers against those who would use His name to teach lies and deceit.

Nebes:
Whichever way, stay connected to Christ. Like I said, no arguments.

Don't worry about me. Let's stop posting lies using the name of Jesus Christ in the meantime.

spyder880:
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Coming125:
Let's obey God. Do the right thing as God commanded.

By God, you mean your gods of men— pastors and mogs— who fed you the lies in your op?

Bvlgari:
12-year-old girl confesses to putting sniper in her foster mother's food
The girl named Precious Okome, from Nchara Oloko in Ikwuano, Abia State, explained that she found the insecticide in their toilet and put some drops into her foster mother, Mrs Stella Iheanacho's food flask containing her lunch. The JSS1 student of Ibeku High School was asked why she did it, and she said a man named Ijele, who talks to her in her sleep, told her to poison the woman. Asked if she would eat the poisoned food she expected her foster mother to eat, she replied in the negative.

Why are Nigerians dragging their feet regarding issues relating to mental health in this country for Pete's sake?

Nebes:
Ok. No arguments. Christ is the goal. Remain connected to Him. See you in paradise.

Paradise means the grave, and those who die either cease to exist or sleep in the grave.

Stedakudz:
That ain't foolishness,it's moral decadence. And you should learn not to call older people foolish,it's only when u attain that age you'd know if what they did was foolish or wisdom,of which attaining that age may not be sure of u cos u fit just payin before then

If at that point in life, you are neither senile nor demented yet you have not learned to get your act together as a human being, it is nothing but foolishness.

Ten06:
■ Those set of old men that behave negatively I usually refer to them as the ones that has grown old wrongly. I tried by all means to avoid them because if you start dealing with them people will think you are heartless without knowing what they have done wrong to you. They are just looking for who they will put problem on their head or who will kill them. I was driving from PH one day, I now encounter an old man at Elele roundabout who was driving against traffic. His vehicle was a very old litace bus which he used to carry firewoods. He drove and face me directly and was expecting me to drive out of the tar road for him to pass. Being a gentleman, I now stopped and wind down my glass and was signaling him to clear from my front. Before I could say anything this old man came down and spat directly on my face. I immediately came down and wanted to teach him some lesson, before I could say jack Robinson a young soldier came from nowhere and gave me a serious slap and started asking me if I want to beat the old man. Sensing that their Barack is not far from there, I gently entered my car and drove off before other issue will follow. I know that something negative will happen to both of them because the oppression was beyond reasonable doubt.

See what I mean by how Nigerians are the root cause of the situation in Nigeria? You saw a man driving against traffic. The sensible thing to have done was take down his information and report him to the police so that they could get the nuisance off the road for good. You walked away pretending that the problem is not for you to deal with but what happens when that nuisance kills a child or worse, causes a major accident by his nonchalance? I bet you would pretend that you had no hand in the problem at all.

ChukwukaEze:
Ok. I believe too. But how can victims be freed of such manipulation?

Victims of what manipulation? What I said is that humans have no such power and that which is non-human, I don't know of any human that is a victim of.

ChukwukaEze:
You said that the possibility lies in the manipulator being a god, or an Alien. And I ask, are they gods (or deities) capable of such a feat?

Yes, there I believe there are.

ChukwukaEze:
Are there gods with such abilities?

Gods as in non-humans i.e. deities?

ChukwukaEze:
Aren't there?

I don't know of anyone who has that sort of power or ability... I don't believe in such superstitious nonsense. For someone to boast of such a thing, the person would have to be a god or even an Alien since humans are incapable of such feats.

Ayanwukoma:
I talk to myself most of the times involuntarily then realised immediately and stop. This has happened not just once or twice. I also noticed most of my statements are not completely correct like it used to. Maybe whenever I am conversing I used wrong words when I know I could have used a better words for it. I forget alot and sometimes I talk out of point

Talking to yourself is not a sign that you are running mad.

The forgetfulness and inability to properly express yourself however could be possible symptoms of possible problems. How is your sleep life? Have you been under a lot of stress lately? Are you depressed or do you have feelings of loneliness, shame, guilt, anxiety, etc.?

world123:
■ Do you believe that evil people exist and they manipulate ones destiny?

Evil people manipulate one's destiny? Do you mean they manipulate their own destiny or are you insinuating there are evil people out there who have supernatural abilities to manipulate the fate of others?

Bestbrain123:
The truth is knowone really knows hw they look like, black living africans just need evidence to hold unto a believe

Evidence of what exactly? That the world was probably as diverse back then as it is today?

MisterGrace:
■ I believe they want you to have the clue that the pyramids were built by the blacks.

Wait a second... how did you know that the man there was a black man? You mean you have never seen an Asian, an Indian, or even an American with that facial structure before, ever?

world123:
It is written in the book of Matthew 13:25, " While men slept, the enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way."
John 10:10 says the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy.
1Thessalonians 5:2 says "The Lord shall come like a thief in the night." He probably chose this time to catch some evil men in the act.
The night is an interesting time when we retire to rest but the devil uses this opportunity to afflict children of God.
Wake up and pray your way out between 12am and 5am. 2 to 3 hours of your midnight with Bible scriptures will do the job. You can do this
Thessalonians 5: 6 says, " Therefore, let us not sleep as others do; but let us watch and be sober.

These are Rubbish claims OP and I am sure you know this too!

Bestbrain123:
They are giving you a clue on how they look like

What clue? That one guy who lived back before the pyramids were built looked like a regular guy you can find anywhere in the world today.

So, everybody in Egypt at the time looked like and had the same facial structures as that one man?

Octopusssy:
You don't learn to be dishonest and cunning at old age. If an elderly person is acting this way, it means they have always been like that from their youth.

Ding dong ding!

FireUpNow:
Still respect the 70 year old especially if the person in question is your parent or grandparent. Old age comes with its own challenges.

You are joking, right? So, if you saw your grandparents doing someone criminal, your first thought would be to respect them.

Hotfreezing:
Stop talking to Ohaneze members through the corner. Come out straight and say your mind, let curses enter your head.

Who in the world are those? And what curses are entering your head?

Belial06:
In the southwest they use machetes to behaved heri elders ,why not try that?

Are you high?

Nebes:
■ It is written specifically in the bible that we should pray without ceasing (1 Thes. 5:17).
■ In Matthew 17:21, Christ Himself specifically pointed out that prayer and fasting should go hand in hand for difficult cases.
■ Your submissions are in order but also remember that it is written that 'my house should be a house of prayer' (Matt 21:13).
■ Christ was even disappointed that His disciples could not pray with Him even for an hour. (Matt 26:40).
■ I can go on and on. Please encourage men to pray as the Lord has asked us.

1. Jesus Christ Himself said you should pray without ceasing, what He didn't say though is that prayer lights you up or keeps you connected to God.

2. Jesus Christ was specific in that case but again, Jesus Christ never said that prayer and fasting are the way to connect to the Father.

3. The House of God referenced in Matthew 21 was in fact the Temple in Jerusalem at the time. God Himself destroyed that House and made it unholy promising that when the time of the resurrection comes, He would restore His Temple and gather all Nations to it Himself. Let's be careful to stop twisting the Word to pretend it says what it does not in fact say.

4. Jesus Christ urged His disciples to pray but He never said that prayer was the key to doing God's bidding nor that prayer was the key to receiving from God.

5. Sure, you can go on and on but the fact is Jesus Christ never said prayer is the key as far as the Kingdom of God nor to getting God's attention. What Jesus Christ instead said is that those who love Him are those who obey His teachings and commandments - John 14 vs 15 - 23 and that doing the Will of His Father is how one earns the Love of God - John 15 vs 9 - 11.