One guy above is quite confused and quoted Matthew 7:22-23. Thank God he did that. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. I dunno why people like ignoring Romans 6:2. They always stop at Romans 6:1. Romans 6:2 clearly has the answer to the gospel of grace that they say is of the enemy. How can someone who is dead to sin and alive in Christ Jesus work iniquity? Is the work that Jesus do of iniquity? So how can those who live in Christ work iniquity? Isn't Jesus talking about works that glorify men instead of God. In all your self efforts to keep the commandments on your own, do these efforts or works glorify God or glorify men? Those who look to Jesus as their righteousness and depend 100% on Him, are they glorifying Jesus or glorifying themselves? Ask yourselves these questions.

BRATISLAVA:


When we are righteous, it is of God. Nothing can taint that.

Except sin. Living a sinful life then trying to commit acts that tally with righteousness, to feel good about oneself and play the hypocrite, is the filthy rag.

But nowadays pastors want to always drill into you that you're sinful and always unworthy. Even when you are following righteousness by the Bible. Telling people to confess to God that they are nothing before him, is that necessary? How can people be praying the prayer of repentance every single day of their lives? How can that be, when you are repented and committed to following after righteousness as God wants it? Isn't your righteousness of God?
If you are always unrighteous, why are you even a Christian knowing you are in perpetual sin and unrighteousness?

Weren't you called out of the kingdom of darkness into that of light? How can light work filthiness?

Don't know about you, but I don't believe my righteousness is a filthy rag, because I do it from a standpoint of the Word of God in its totality. It is wrong to preach that we are all perpetually unrighteous.

I'll go strictly to what 2 Corinthians 5:21 says that if we are in Christ, we've become the righteousness of God in Him. The righteousness of God is a gift according to the Bible. Our own righteousness doesn't count. It doesn't say we're the righteousness of ourselves in Christ.

Someone quoted me one time saying that our righteousness has to be more than that of the Pharisees according to what Jesus said. And I agree. Thank God I'm not leaning on my own righteousness cos I have nothing to offer. I can't keep all the rules and laws on my own. I depend on Jesus' righteousness. And His righteousness super exceeds that of the Pharisees, and that's what I depend on.

Someone else quoted me one time and said "if I break the law, it doesn't stop me from still trying to obey the commandments". In the old covenant, whenever the Israelites sinned or broke any commandment (and mind you, when you break one commandment you're guilty of breaking all. If you lie but u don't commit adultery, God sees you as an adulterer), they had to offer a sacrifice to God. Jesus became our ultimate sacrifice on the cross for us. So are these people trying to say that if they break the law and try to obey the commandments based on their efforts, are they sacrificing Jesus over and over again? Are they putting Him on the cross each time they depend on themselves (like in the old covenant) and they fail over and over again? Cos I don't understand.

Oh! And about Job...you know let's not leave one part and ignore the other. It's always good to be scripturally accurate.

Yea, at the beginning of the book, God said Job was righteous. Let's not stop there okay? Let's continue in the book of job to prove how God sees self-righteousness.

When those evil things befell Job, and his three friends came to console him, one accused him of not being innocent, the other was talking about the traditions of the past, and the other was arguing based on legality (that if he had done this or if he had not done that, all these wouldn't be happening to him). But do you know what Job said from chapter 29? He started challenging their accusations and became so self-righteous. He talked about all that he did and all of his achievements. When you depend or believe you have your own part to play to keep the commandments, if anything bad happens, you begin to say things like "I don't deserve this. I have been upright all my life. I did this and did that. This shouldn't happen to me, why is God allowing this happen to me".

And if you say Job wasn't self-righteous, let's look at Elihu's argument in chapter 32. So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Read Elihu's argument cos he got angry that Job was justifying himself instead of God. See what self-righteousness causes?

Then God spoke in chapter 38. Shouldn't God justify Job in all his self-righteousness? But read God's responses. He was asking him questions, several questions since Job thought he did everything or he knows everything. God even told Job that he's no match to the Leviathan.

And in all of God's responses, whenever Job replied Him, he never talked about himself. He talked more about God. He humbled himself and that's when Job's turnaround came. So if you like, depend on your own righteousness, you're an easy target to the enemy just like Job. Not that those who depend on God's righteousness (Jesus) won't face tough times o. They will but they'll be humble cos they know nothing good can come from their efforts. Notice why Psalm 23 is mainly about God working and leading us, and more of we resting and being led?

Lastly, always be scripturally accurate. Let the Bible interpret the Bible. God uses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. Just because you think the word of God can't be that easy, doesn't make God's word untrue. Shalom!

BRATISLAVA:


I've always wondered at that saying. And pastors love using it.

Does it mean that the righteousness of God is filthy rags, since our righteousness is of Him? When will Christians stop being guilt-tripped that they aren't good enough, that their righteousness is filthy? If it's never good enough, what are we trying to live righteous lives for?

If our righteousness is of/from God, we won't need to attain it ourselves. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:13

And let's be scripturally accurate, Isaiah 64:6 specifically said "all our righteousness" and not "all our iniquity". If we think it can't be that simple based on our finite minds, that doesn't mean God's word isn't true.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

Ehn no wahala. Let Jesus come. This Lagos is too hot though

LINTUNE:
this is no USA , this is naija, things don't work that way here..

lilvicky68:
Lol..where una dey see all these girls self..so she mistakenly cummed on your bed..

I wanted to ask this question too

livingchrist:

Keep sharing the good news dear

dairykidd:

Lol.. make bad boys with drive pour am water or blow dust/ smoke for him n him babe body

Memorable moments for them

LisaAnne:
Copy rat, see as you photocopy my moniker

BadRadio:
U are a very bad adviser... how can u say that? Dont u know it will end in premium tears??

He likes her na...not my fault

CandyOps:
Yabsolutely! I see people talk about marriage or dating as if it's something based off of emotional reasons alone.

I'm not particularly tall. Just a little over 5' 4" so taller women are my only hope of raising offsprings that won't become short engines in life.

I hear it takes some amount of confidence to woo or date taller girls but I've been talking with a couple of them and it's all bullshit because if I stood on my wallet i'd be 7ft tall

5'4?? Wow! You really need someone taller...maybe about 5'9 or so

Hallelujah!

Para mode

Saintdan0421:


Seems cool buh you know am still squatting with my parents, haven't gotten a place of mine yet. Make i mama no say so na her gas i dey use cook for my banny .

Ohh pele ...if your area is safe, take her on a walk when it's not sunny. Evening walks with a guy u like is cool

Saintdan0421:


Well I don't know of any Cinema here in Kaduna, am not sure one exist. Except you mean on my laptop but sheI believe she got one too.
Thanks anyway

If she already likes you, prepare dinner for her and just tell her how you feel. She seems pretty special to you, so don't overdo things

Kobojunkie:
God declared that He will install His Spirit inside of those who belong to Him in His New Covenant....
... and note there that the Spirit will change you so you will obey His laws. But here you suggest instead that those who are under the law are not directed by the Spirit of God, how come?

And recall that I have asked you several questions up until this point so as to gain a better understanding of that which you claim is grace, but you have yet to respond.
I am asking you to explain what it is that the Holy Spirit has taught you so far. You claimed According to scripture, He is not only to write God's Law on your heart but also bring you to the obedience of those Laws.

But so far you have claimed that the Spirit is to write God's Law on your heart and I asked you what laws have been written so far?
And according to God
I asked if this Law is any different from the Law that is Jesus Christ, the New Covenant? You said yes, and I asked you how come, hoping again for examples - you have yet to answer.
Again, I am asking you to at least make an attempt at explaining your kind of grace by giving examples of what you claim to have.

Shalom!

Kobojunkie:
But you said God was writing His laws on your heart, and with the same heart you intend at some point to love God with all your heart, mind, body, and soul. I am under Law and my Teacher/Master/Shepherd/Guide/Helper is the Law - Jesus Christ. So, you claimed we to have found common grounds earlier... are you taking back that claim you made earlier?

And anyways, are you refusing to respond to the questions I asked in my previous post to you?

I said we had a common ground based on only what I highlighted in that post. If you're under the law(not directed by the Holy Spirit), you can't understand grace. It doesn't take the Holy Spirit to explain law. Motivational speakers who aren't born again can understand and explain law. But it takes the Holy Spirit to understand grace.

You believe Jesus as your Lord and Savior and that's awesome. But you can't understand grace with law mentality. Cos even the Bible says if you try to justify yourself under law, you've fallen from grace. Galatians 5:4.

Kobojunkie:
Yes, I am under the Law that is Jesus Christ, the New Covenant, and so yes, I will speak of Jesus Christ and His teachings since He is the Truth of God and the Kingdom of God.
I am afraid your assertions about those under the Old Covenant are erroneous and this from your understanding of the Old Covenant.

God's Old Covenant was designed and implemented by God Himself as a relationship between a King/God and His people, not that between a Father and His sons.... so it is God that set up what is the Old Covenant as He, God wanted it to be. And it remains so to this day. That the New Covenant is a different kind of relationship is again according to God's own design. So whether He is called God by the those of His Old Covenant, of "Abba" by those of His New Covenant, depends on God Himself, and has nothing to do with the people or their sins. I hope you can see that.
Jesus Christ never brought up an issue as to whether the son was deserving of the treatment He received from the Father when He returned or not. And Jesus Christ addressed such notions when in the same parable, the son approached the father, questioning His fair treatment of the son who squandered his inheritance.
Ok, so you claim God has written His laws on your heart, mind telling us some of these laws have been written so far?
You also claim that the laws are different from the teachings of Jesus Christ, how so?
So, you are saying that you do not first need to love God with all of your heart, mind, body, and soul - you have to wait to do that only after the Spirit unveils the love of God to you?

Has the Holy Spirit unveiled this love to you? And do you now love God with all your heart, mind, body, and soul?

Shalom!

Kobojunkie:
I am not sure where your doctrine comes from but it certainly does not come from the teachings of Jesus Christ, the very one who you claim is your ONLY Teacher/Master/Shepherd/Guide/Helper.

Let me ask instead how long have you been a Christian?
Has God arrived to write His laws in your heart then?

Has He written His Law in your heart and are you currently living according to His Law which He has written in your heart?

If you answer yes to the previous question, then are the laws God has written in your heart any different from that which Jesus Christ taught to His followers in anyway?

Jeremiah 31:33 and Hebrews 10:16 has your answers. Exactly the mentality of those who are under the law is what you're showing. When the law was given through Moses, the relationship with God and men was distant. If you do good, then get good. If you do bad, then get bad. None of them under the law had an intimate"daddy-son" or "daddy-daughter" relationship with God. In the new covenant, through the Spirit of God in every believer, we cry out "Abba Father". Do you know the meaning of Abba? In Israel, children call out "Abba" which means Daddy. That's the intimate relationship Jesus has brought for us.

Jesus even gave the example with the prodigal son. The son didn't deserve what the father did for him after squandering all his money. Will the father's kindness make him wanna repeat what he did previously? Of course not!

And yes, my Daddy-God is and will continue to write His laws in my heart. Through His Spirit in me, He'll teach me all things. Or isn't that what Jesus said about the Holy Spirit? You think the Holy Spirit will only teach you spiritual things? Wouldn't He have said "the Holy Spirit will teach you spiritual things" if that's the case? The Holy Spirit is and will teach me about Jesus.

And are the laws any different from what Jesus said? They're even more! The Holy Spirit will teach you how to love God with all your heart, mind and body, only when He unveils the love of God to you. Cos we love because He first loved us. If as a believer you can't boast of the Father's Love for you or your intimate relationship with Jesus, but you keep following the laws on your own knowledge like they did in the old covenant, then you're missing a lot! Shalom!

Kobojunkie:
But you do not obey the commandments/teachings of the one who you suppose is your Teacher/Master/Shepherd/Guide/ Helper, so how can you say we have common ground?

Where He commands obedience, you instead cling to excuses for why you will not submit to Him. If there is no common ground between you and Jesus Christ, why assume there is one here with what I declared?

So, when Jesus who knew no sin became sin for me that I may be righteous only in Him, and me depending on Him and relying on Him to write His laws in my heart and be my direction, means I'm not submissive to Him?

AsherAmari:


Okeydokey.. .

Now I understand fully where he's coming from. Op gats calm down though.

Yea

AsherAmari:


Your blood dey hot o. No be so o.

Cool down for Jesus.

Bye!

Kings999:


not everyone that knows Christ believe in him.
some people knows Jesus by name and the miracle he did but they don't believe Jesus Christ is the savior of the world.

I understand

AsherAmari:



Oh.. I see. Ok.

Yeah.. I also experienced that in the Islamic section. I Never knew same thing is applicable in the christian section.

Thanks for the clarification.

No o, it's not applicable Some people want it to be like that but the Op's topic is against it. He wants Christianity to be free and accessible to all...and you're welcome.

Kings999:


my caption is confusing you because you don't know God, if you know God you will believe in his only begotten son.

Jesus is the truth and anyone sent from almighty God is the truth.

you don't believe in Jesus because your heart have been filled with lies.

Jesus was a sinless man and whoever that follows his footsteps becomes holy and righteous.

anyone that doesn't believe in Christ will die of his sins.

Guy calm down. She believes in Jesus based on her posts. AsherAmari I think he's talking about making others take an oath before they comment on any section that was created for Christians... that we don't have to force people (like the other section) to accept Jesus before they comment or so.

Christians are kinda scared of the endtime. Shouldn't we be happy Jesus will be coming soon? And not be fearful of what we see?

Righteousness2:

What's the Correlation?
Are u a Child?
My Dear Do as you wanna do...
These times are too Dangerous to be toiled with..
I Believe the Word of GOD. I Stand with the Word of GOD.

All times have been seen as dangerous. Let Jesus come soon. There should be no fear in that. Peace.

Righteousness2:
I am not one bit Suprised that you see some pastors and so on going this way. I knew it will get to this.
According to him, GOD has provided a vaccine.

GOD is an author of Confusion.
Every Good and Perfect gifts comes from GOD.
GOD Almighty will not use what is used in creating this vaccine.

I better be seen as Foolish in these Perilous and Endtimes , with Full faith in GOD and Die from not taking the Vaccine than be wise in my own eye and take this vaccine that is not tested and is pointing towards the Conditioning for the Beast System...

Wawu. So you didn't take vaccines as a baby?

Kobojunkie:

While I agree about the need to die to self ,denying oneself in order to become worthy of Jesus Christ in the first place, I am completely against what you said there about listening to all sides. What you describe sounds more like what one who is born of the world would do, and not what anyone who is born of the Spirit of God would.
Those who are born of the Spirit of God only have God as Teacher/Master/Shepherd/Guide/Helper....no other opinion or view matters where it concerns God and the Kingdom of God.

A common ground finally