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jagunlabi:
■ Going to your question, in my opinion,"born again" means shedding the old egoic consciousness that has caused so much pain,suffering,conflicts and unhappiness(and still does) for millenia,and making a total shift to a new consciousness of oneness with the all,which is egoless. One can never love without attaining this egoless state of being which is free of judgements and labeling.
■ But i believe that this is the state that we(the entire mankind) are evolving into gradually. This born again thingy is not merely a christian thing,but universal to all mankind.It is a natural process that will inevitably happen in all of us, sooner or later.

cococandy:
Send her a link to this thread. I believe she’s the one who needs counseling (based on the premise that what you said is 100% true). But she can’t change if everyone is talking to you instead of her. Her who needs to do the change

Wawuda:
Let God Bless Our Souls Please Pray With Me Today Thank You

UmmuFarrah:
No it doesn't. You just see little traces of greens in the wara SOMETIMES

crossman9:
■ you are right we keep the law there is more scripture most of the sciptures people quote if they read them in context dont say the law is over salvation come through christ

Omooba77:
How Can I know When God has left me?

■ even Christian are confuse, if non Christian die and go to hell why leave the hell to queue for judgement again, and if they don't go hell/heaven immediately where are they during the death and judgement Intervals, and why is deciding if someone denoted his life to God such a complicated question with complicated ways/ method to decide isn't it meant to be a YES OR NO thing

UmmuFarrah:
It's a leaf called "bomu bomu" in Yoruba that they use as coagulant. I think it's almost the same process with tofu, boil the cow milk, add the leaf in small quantity, separate the solid part and drain excess liquid. It's the Fulani women's major occupation, since they get the milk easily from the cows their men rears.

UmmuFarrah:
Hello ma. It's made from cow milk. I think it's kinda synonymous to cheese

Gullah:
■ Yes you can be born again without being baptized. Baptism is not a prerequisite to being born again. The moment you believe in Jesus and ask Him to come into your life, you are saved.
■ However, baptism is an important ceremony for born again Christians to partake in. It's a representation of your death to sin and resurrection to a new life in Christ, it also symbolizes your partaking in the death and resurrection of Christ. Just like the holy communion, it was one of the ceremonies ordained by Christ Himself to the Apostles and it is very important that after accepting Jesus into your life that you partake in this in obedience to His holy ordinance as not doing so would then amount to living in disobedience to God's ordinance. If a born again Christian however did not have the opportunity to be baptized before he dies, that does not nullify his salvation, The baptism is not what saves, it is believing and accepting Jesus into your life that saves. I know a lot of people who went and participated in baptism without accepting Jesus, some were even baptized as kids when they didn't have full consciousness of their actions, that kind of baptism does not save the recipient of it or make them born again. Don't doubt your salvation if you haven't yet had the opportunity to be babtized after receiving Christ, You are still a child of God!! However endeavour to partake in the baptism ordinance as soon as you have the opportunity to do so

buoye1:
To me it isn't... True repentance and acknowledging christ as the Lord and personal savior is the key

■ "born of water" is not water baptism

ProfessorDean:
■ Sin will definitely take sinners to hell!. But there other things we do overlook as christians which can make us miss this opportunity to reign with christ,thats why as God love us so much,He has shed light on it.

Kobojunkie:
Accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord means you submit/trust Him and Obey His every teaching and commandment, God's Truth and Law in the Kingdom of God. God's Law is God's Will!

marunga:
Too much different: Being born again is being born again. Accepting is accepting now.

makewetalk2:
you see all these women wrapping their heads claiming to be born again? they are the anti-christ. No verse in the Bible instructed women to cover their head because as identification of being born again christians. the way Nigerian born again is identified is by hair covering and by wearing rags.
God is not after the outward person. your actions should be the identifier. Jesus did not say that dressing is the identifier. using velvet fabrics to wrap your head is not a biblical injunction and neither does it help anyone to get to heaven.
Jesus said that his followers will be identified by love. If you have no love, your dressing is in vain.
Jesus said that the born again will be the servants and the last because the last shall be the first. people who call themselves born again in nigeria are wicked-hearted people. when you get close to them you will regret being poor. those women and men who pretend to be born again show their righteousness before men. and they will get their reward with men and not God. the born again is a spiritual person of the heart not by appearance.
If The Lord's Chosen believe that Redeemers are born again Christians, why do they have different leaders? why do they have different church name? T.B Joshua and Adeboye are enemies. And both of them claim to be serving God. How possible. Omega fire Johnson Suleman jumps in a fight with T.B Joshua because he is not in agreement with Adeboye. Suleman can kill for Adeoye. is that man defending Jesus. Jesus asked his apostles to drop their sword but this Nigerian acclaimed apostle is picking up swords to fight anyone who disagrees with Adeboye. Is he really an apostle of Christ?
there is no one out of Jesus followers who was called a born again in the Bible. but fake Christians go about identifying themselves by a name/ title that the apostles did not call themselves.
Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
What good works do those acclaimed born again do apart from dressing in drags?
wearing rags and the Lord's chosen is making themself a mockery. I saw one wearing that rag in a bus and smelling like a dead beaver, making everyone uncomfortable. righteousness means dressing up nicely not to attract attention. Jesus followers were not known by their dress code but by the things that they do.

another thing is carrying a big bible. carrying the bible does not mean that you understand what is written in it.
another dirty thing fake Christians do is sticking all sort of sticker on their bibles. they will never do such on their checkbook. or their travel passports. people think God is a man that they can deceive by performing that kind of Adeboye righteousness. claiming to be humble while sitting in luxury cars and luxury jets. Una try to fool mugu. simplicity is standing in the queue, doing the simple things everyone else does. taking commercial.
I see no reason why a G/O cannot take a commercial airline. the passengers on airplanes need the goodnews too. you must not stand on pulpits. Jesus was ina crowd OUTSIDE.
Nigerians, if una fall mugu for all these actors na una sabi. they will deceive you all and you all will end up destroyed. use yoru brain. see through the deceit.

WhoBeThisMan:
That analogy is not correct. God dosnt want anybody to perish. He puts all efforts and spares nothing to ensure the greatest sinner has a chance. He is Love. Everything man knows about love is from God and its just a glimpse.

Dafemich:
■ I read the first thread, I didn't go through the rest. Recently, I start writing a book concerning your stand, but I stop after almost concluding it. I love the Lord Jesus, and I want to make heaven, so I don't to do any wrong thing. Am really confused presently. I don't know if what am writing is the right thing. I don't know am being led by the Spirit of God to write it. so I stop. Don't you think one can really lose his salvation? If I fall into sin, shouldn't I be condemned. I don't know. Am really serious. this is what is happening with me presently.

There's nothing like Adamic nature.

petres007:
■ The bishop of the church at Jerusalem, James, writing to Christians, called them sinners -Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (James 4:
A friend gisted me that he once heard Pastor Chris say on TV that the first thing he was going to ask James when he gets to heaven will be why he called Christians sinners (of course, rhetorically). I no fit laff  Seriously, I think there's some point in what pastor Chris said here, if what he understands by the word "sinner" is someone who's given over to sin and does not know Christ at all. james on the other hand simply obviously understood "sinner" to mean anyone who sins, whether unbelievers (as its their nature) or believers (though they're not supposed to). Just my thoughts.  .  .

JesusSonOfGod:
If you do not forgive him, you are creating an barrier between you and God. God also won't forgive your sins and this leads to damnation. Forgiving him is doing yourself a favor not even your Father. Let that load off you and feel free. Forgive him.

CandidSeeker:
■ Good one OP. Kindly permit me to add some other hindrances to prayer.
James 4:3 NKJV
You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Amiss

1. : not being in accordance with the right order. : faulty, imperfect.

spartan117:
The spirit of error is at work.

NSK4U:
there's nothing like wrong request in prayer if such request is not hurting another person. IT IS WHAT ONE REQUIRES THAT ONE WOULD PRAY TO HAVE...

jerflakes:
■ God does exist. But not the Christan or Muslim way. Those religions are useless .I worship arusi. And it's very much alive and listening

■ God answers prayer. Everything depends on your mentality, if persumed God is listening to your prayer, you are plausible and if you think he's not, you are also right. i see no reason why you will pray and still doubt in your heart. of course, sin is also a factor that hinder your prayer request. NB=> Have you thank him for what he has done for, before asking him another or are you the type that complain all time?
You can pray amiss but you can't praise asmiss. Praise The Lord.

qstar:
■ I laugh when i hear Christians talk about death premonition. This is a christians' thread, so i do not want to be much of a bete-noire. My Christian neighbour did a thanksgiving ceremony in his church some years back. His testimony was that after boarding a flight, he got a "premonition" from God, that the flight was gonna crash. He withdrew from taking the flight and that craft eventually crashed, nobody survived. Now, is this his alleged premonition from God? And if it's from God, what kind of God is this? killing everybody on board and only my neighbour coincidentally missed it. I was happy for him though. But, i was marvelled at "why" he should be making a party out of it. To be objective and honest. Nobody is worth more than the total number of people in an aircraft. If i was given such premonition, i'd rather sacrifice myself than allow everybody die.

pauloskie38:
God listens to people from all nations. (Psalm 145:18, 19) His Word, the Bible, encourages us to speak to him about any matter that concerns us. (Philippians 4:6, 7) Yet, some prayers displease God. For example, repeating memorized prayers does not please him.​—Read Matthew 6:7.
Also, Jehovah dislikes the prayers of people who willfully disregard his law. (Proverbs 28:9) For example, in Bible times, God refused to listen to Israelites who were guilty of murder. Clearly, we must meet certain requirements to be heard by God.​—Read Isaiah 1:15.
What must we do to be heard by God?
We cannot approach God in prayer without faith. (James 1:5, 6) We must be convinced that he exists and cares about us. We can strengthen our faith by studying the Bible because true faith is based on the evidence and assurances found in God’s Word.​—Read Hebrews 11:1, 6.
We should pray sincerely and humbly. Even God’s Son, Jesus, was humble when he prayed. (Luke 22:41, 42) So, rather than tell God what to do, we should try to understand his requirements by reading the Bible. Then we can pray in harmony with God’s will.​—Read 1 John 5:14.

Ehiscotch:
I'm really appalled that you read the OP's piece and still came to this illogical conclusion. Stay blessed.

helinues:
Does God really mean it when He says that He will give us what we ask for? Bible texts come to our minds, such as Matthew 7:7, "Ask, and it will be given to you"... Will He really answer when we call? Isaiah 65:24: "Before you call I will answer, while you are still speaking, I will hear."
Have you ever asked the question, why doesn't prayer work? Why at times does it appear that God ignores us when we pray to Him. Many have prayed for God to intervene and solve a problem that they are struggling with, but sometimes God‘s apparent answer is silence.
Even when we feel that God is not answering our prayers, you can always know God is a God of love. The Bible tells us He loves us:
John 3:16. '"For God so LOVED the world".......
Jeremiah 31:3, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love."....
God created us and knows infinitely more than we know. He knows what is best for us, and what would not be good for us. If you have children, when they were very small, sometimes they asked for things that would not be good for them, or would harm them. For good reasons sometimes parents do not always give their children what they ask for, when they ask for it. Parents give them what is best for them.
It is the same way in our prayers to God. God gives us what is best for us. We are God’s children and He gives us what is best for us, and at a time when it is best for us. Our lives must be right with God before He can answer our prayers.
God has certain conditions that must be met before our prayers can be answered. One of the first, is we feel our need of help from Him. Isaiah 44:3 says, “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.” The heart must be open to the Spirit’s influence, or God’s blessing cannot be received. One cannot pour water into a cup that is already full.
If we have cherished sins in our lives, and refuse to give them up, or if we are doing things we should not be doing, and are disobeying Him, we cannot expect Him to answer our prayers. He cannot answer our prayers if we have sins in our lives that are unconfessed or if we are hanging on to cherished sins. Also, if we refuse to forgive others who have wronged us, God cannot hear us. (See Matthew 6:12 and Ephesians 4:32).
This is not saying you can earn God’s favor to answer your prayers, it will always be Jesus’s blood that makes us worthy; but we do need to do our part if God is going to work in our lives.
One of the reasons we feel our prayers are not being answered, is because we stop praying. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says it best, "pray without ceasing." Paul is more direct in Philippians 4:6, “In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
In reality, we should not be worried so much about if God hears our prayers – He does and He does care. What we should be worried about is if because of temptations, hard times, and trials we get discouraged, and give up praying. In Luke 18:1, Jesus, “spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart."
God is a God of love, and He is interested in every detail of our lives. He hears our prayers, and answers every sincere prayer if we meet His conditions. We must not expect that every answer will be "yes", since we are sinners and do not always ask what is best for us. Sometimes His answer is "No’ and sometimes it is "wait." (Hebrew 10:36) We need to end each prayer with, "Not my will but Your will." Even if we are sincerely doing God’s will, and to the best of our ability, following His will for us, He may see that it is best for us not for Him to say "yes" at this time. We must continue trusting Him, regardless of His answer at the moment.
God's timetable is not the same as ours. He knows better than we do when is the best time for our prayers to be answered. (See Hebrews 6 :13-15). God is eternal and does not measure time as we do. 2 Peter 3:8: "Beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
If we have faith and sincerely trust God, we will not be concerned as to whether the answer is "wait" or the answer is "no" or "yes." We must just trust, and wait and see if God in His timing will see fit to answer as we have requested, or perhaps He has something better in mind for us. Remember your prayer should end with "Not my will, Lord, but Your will." (Luke 22:42). "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6.

The short answer to this question is, “Yes!”
God has promised that, when we ask for things that are in accordance with His will for our lives, He will give us what we ask for ( 1 John 5:14–15 ). However, there is one caveat to add to this: we may not always like the answer.
We pray for a lot of things—some good, some bad, some really pointless. But God listens to all of our prayers, regardless of what we ask ( Matthew 7:7 ). He does not ignore His children ( Luke 18:1–8 ). When we talk to Him, He has promised to listen and respond ( Matthew 6:6 ; Romans 8:26–27 ). His answer may be some variation of “yes” or “no” or “wait, not now.”
Keep in mind that prayer is not our way of getting God to do what we want. Our prayers should be focused on things that honor and glorify God and reflect what the Bible clearly reveals God’s will to be ( Luke 11:2 ). If we pray for something that dishonors God or is not His will for us, He is unlikely to give what we ask for.
God’s wisdom far exceeds our own, and we must trust that His answers to our prayers are the best possible solutions.
When God says “Yes.”
In the first two chapters of 1 Samuel, Hannah prays and asks God to give her a baby. She had been unable to conceive which, in biblical times, was considered a mark of shame for a woman. Hannah prayed fervently—so fervently that a priest who saw her praying thought she was drunk. But God heard Hannah, and He allowed her to give birth to a child. Jesus said, “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” ( John 14:3 ). If you have prayed specifically for something and God has granted it to you, then you can be assured that it is His will. Nothing happens without God allowing it to happen ( Romans 8:28 ).
When God says “No.”
In John 11 , Mary and Martha wanted Jesus to heal their dying brother, yet Jesus allowed Lazarus to die. Why did He say “no” to these grieving women who loved Him so much? Because He had greater things planned for Lazarus, things that no one could possibly have imagined.
“No” is one of the hardest answers we can receive. But, once again, it is important to remember that God is all-knowing and is aware of the entire timeline of history. He knows every possible outcome of every possible choice in every possible situation; we do not. He sees the “big picture”; we see a partial brushstroke.
Proverbs 3:5 says to “trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” When we get a “no” answer, we must trust that whatever we asked for was not God’s will.
When God says “Wait, not now.”
Sometimes hearing “wait” is even harder than hearing “no” because it means we have to be patient ( Romans 8:25 ). While waiting is difficult, we can be thankful God is in control and trust that His timing will be perfect ( Romans 12:12 ; Psalm 37:7—9 ).
God wants the best for your life. He does not want you to suffer needlessly. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Be patient and know that He is your loving Father ( Psalm 46:10 ).
Abide by Philippians 4:6 as you make your requests to God: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Then, when God responds, be prepared to accept His wisdom— whether or not you agree with His answer.

Was it God's will that rain be suspended in Israel for three years?