But where exactly is it specified that Christians must have one wife and where was anyone rebuked for having more than one wife in the Bible. How many wives did Jacob have? Solomon etc
Jesus said it's man and WOMAN not women
Matthew 19 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Not WIFE not wives
Ephesians 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
The bible is clear ONE Wife
Titus 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
For China, Islam is a ‘mental illness’ that needs to be ‘cured’
China’s relentless campaign to erase the identity of the Uighurs continues, as the world remains silent.
Abdulla* goes to bed every night dreading that knock on the door, a knock he has heard in recurrent nightmares and in stories from neighbours. He expects it can come at any moment.
He is an ethnic Uighur and has always called Xinjiang his home. His forefathers lived and toiled atop this land for centuries, which the nascent communist Chinese government annexed in 1949. He is a father of two, a son and a daughter, and a devout Muslim – cautiously performing his five prayers every day behind the veil of secrecy his home temporarily offers him.
In the past months, several of his friends and colleagues have heard that dreaded knock on their doors and in the quiet of the night, disappeared with no trace or warning. Everybody, including Abdulla, knows where they have been taken and kept. But nobody knows for how long they will be held, nor do they know if they’ll ever come back home. Most are yet to return, and those who have returned are shells of their former selves, neighbourhood ghosts, warning others of what looms around the corner for Uighurs refusing to disavow Islam.
In August, a United Nations human rights panel reported that nearly 1.1 million Uighur Muslims were being held in concentration camps in Xinjiang – the autonomous region in western China, home to approximately 11 million Uighurs. Gay McDougall, who sits on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, claimed that the imprisoned population could be as high as 2 million. Notwithstanding the estimates, the number of Uighur Muslims being arrested, uprooted from their families and lives, and imprisoned in concentration camps – for no other reason than being Uighur and Muslim – is rising with each passing day.
Shortly after the UN broke the news of the concentration camps, Sigal Samuel of The Atlantic reported that inmates were “forced to renounce Islam, criticize their own Islamic beliefs and those of fellow inmates, and recite Communist Party propaganda songs for hours each day.” Male inmates were compelled to shave their beards and were force-fed pork and alcohol – which Muslims are forbidden from consuming.
These concentration camps, which hold more than 10 times the number of Japanese citizens and residents the US government locked away during World War II, are where Uighur Muslims are remade into atheist Chinese subjects.These are horrific sites where fear and physical violence, psychological trauma and emotional abuse are all available tools, wielded to push Uighur inmates to renounce Islam, which the state has called a “mental illness“, and reject the distinct Uighur customs that are deeply intertwined with their faith.
This programme of brainwashing and indoctrination is not exclusive to adults. The state also operates orphanages for Uighur Muslim children taken from their parents, where the process of disconnecting them from their Islamic faith and ethnic heritage is deeply inculcated into their education. At these orphanages, disguised as schools, China is converting future generations of Uighur Muslim children into loyal subjects who embrace atheism and Han customs, pushing them to turn their backs on their families and towards Beijing’s vision of destroying the Uighur Muslim people.
Three months have passed since the UN broke the news of China’s network of concentration camps and the ancillary programmes designed to purge Islam and destroy the Uighur people who cling so tightly to it. Yet, global outrage and political pressure are slow to match the velocity and ferocity of China’s designs to cleanse itself of a population it deems inimical to and inassimilable with its national identity.
Why? Answers can be traced to prevailing economic and geopolitical pressures, namely, nations fearing the economic hit they would foreseeably take if they challenged or sanctioned China for its ethnic cleansing of the Uighur people. China is an economic superpower, and nations across the world rely on it heavily for imports, trade, and more. The economic factors deterring humanitarian intervention are accompanied by a global so-called “war on terror” landscape that opened the door for Beijing, after 9/11, to violently rev up its persecution of Uighur Muslims behind the veneer of countering terrorism. A campaign spearheaded by the Bush administration and the United States, encouraging other nations – including China – to join in and crack down on their Muslim populations.
Today, in a world where nations as close as Myanmar and as distant as France are weaponising Islamophobia to drive racist, populist visions, China is not only joining in, but violently upping the ante, capitalising on this global moment to use Islamophobia to push forward its own populist vision: Wiping out an indigenous people seeking self-determination and standing against the state-sponsored mandate of Han supremacy.
With Islam serving as the spiritual lifeline connecting the Uighur people to their land, their history and to one another, the state has zeroed in on it. If it can destroy Islam, Beijing believes, it can destroy the Uighurs. And this is precisely what it has been doing behind a curtain of global ignorance for years and, even after the UN lifted that curtain for the whole world to see in August, it has carried forward without pause.
For Abdulla, that feared knock on the door is yet to come. It may never come, or it may come tomorrow, or the day after. Yet, the fear of the unknown and the stark reality that every moment with his children, his wife, and his elderly parents, could be his last, follows his every step like a shadow. Beyond the walls of the concentration camps, Xinjiang has become an open-air prison for Uighur Muslims like Abdulla, whose every word is monitored and religious expression closely policed.
He only finds solace in prayer. Prostrating himself before Allah, beginning in the early morning and one final time after sitting with his children at dinner, he prays that the state does not take him away and destroy his family.
Yet, the paradox of prayer symbolises the imminent perils of being Muslim in Xinjiang today, whereby the more people are unwilling to relinquish their spiritual identity and disavow Islam, the more likely they are to be taken way and kept far from everybody they love and everything they know, locked away in a living hell devised to purge them of their faith, disintegrate their families, and wash away their nation.
REVELATIONAL BIBLE STUDY WITH PASTOR W F KUMUYI DATE: 04 12 2023 TOPIC: WATCHING OVER THE PRIORITIES OF LIFE AND MINISTRY TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13-15 ~ 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. ~ 14 Let all your things be done with charity. ~ 15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
INTRODUCTION We are looking at a word, "WATCH",and the topic of the message is WATCHING OVER THE PRIORITIES OF LIFE AND MINISTRY. The word watch is very important and it appeals, applies to everyone everywhere. I will use the letters of the word WATCH so you can remember. 1 Corinthians 16:13-15.There are priorities in life and ministry, and you always watch over what you count as priorities. #W Wealth - In natural life, you watch over your wealth which you have taken so much time to acquire. #A Achievements - Everyone, regardless of nationality or background watches over their achievements. #T Treasures - These are very important to us because we have given up a lot to get them. Every wise person will watch over his treasures. #C Calling - People watch over their calling in life. Their callings and engagements. #H Home - Our homes are so important to us. Destroy the home, you destroy the man.
In normal, physical lives, these are essentials we watch over. Now, let's come to Leadership. Ministers, people whom the Lord has given something from heaven which they must watch over. We are looking at life and ministry, and the responsibilities of watching over both. I'm going to divide the message into 3 parts:
A. THE SUPREME ESSENTIALS OF HIS MINISTRY (1 Chronicles 29:11-12)
° 11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. ° 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
Our Maker and Creator in His majesty brings us to life and calls us to ministry. If there is anything we need to watch over, it is the supreme essentials of His majesty. He placed us here and gave us duties to perform and we are going to report back to Him at the end of life. There are many attributes of God, but as we look at the essentials of His majesty, we are using the same word, WATCH.
#W The Words of His Mouth (Psalm 19:14; Job 23:12)
We must watch over the words of God's mouth. It is an essential thing. If you are going to run errands for the Lord, and go the way of His calling, you need His word and you must watch over them. His word is greater than the word of all men. In the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God. The word is so essential that they are identified with the Eternal Himself. He says heaven as earth shall pass away, but His words shall not pass away unfulfilled. The word is so important and essential that we are warned never to subtract or diminish from it. The word created the whole universe, you, me, and everything, and with it we will be judged on the final day.
#A The Actions of our Lord and Maker (1 Samuel 12:7; Psalm 145:11-12)
These are what He does and they are essential. The actions, acts which are so important that a whole book of the Bible is called the Acts of the Apostles - acts of Almighty God through His Ambassadors. The word of the Maker which He has given which will produce actions in your life. Has the Lord done any special act in your life? He did it for Israel as a nation, for Moses as a Minister, and for David as a King. Do you remember, think about or meditate on these acts? Do you watch over and protect them?
#T The Thoughts of His Mind (Isaiah 55:8-11; Jeremiah 29:11-13)
What is the Lord thinking? What are the thoughts of His mind? We need to watch over them. He said His thoughts and ways are not same as ours. No matter what nation we live in, we have our thoughts. Philosophers and psychologists have their thoughts, Authorities in any land have their thoughts. God says put all these nations, philosophies and thoughts from different people and sources together, His thoughts are not same with them. They are more high - as high as the heaven is higher than the earth. How do I know the thoughts of my Maker? They are all preserved in His words and they are higher than ours. Whenever your thoughts conflict with His, you drop yours and take His. This is the imperishable word because the thoughts of the Almighty are there for you, for me, and everyone.
#C The Calling by the Master and Maker (2 Timothy 1:7,9; Philippians 3:13-14)
The calling of the Master. There are different types of calls - the world, professions, and many voices on earth to do different things. In the midst of all these, God our Maker and Master calls us. All the people whom He called in Scriptures watched over their calls. They would not allow any idea to muddle up the call, or allow any power, personality on earth or anywhere to modify it. God called Moses and he left every other thing he was doing to respond to the call. He counted the call a great privilege. God called Apostle Paul who elevated, honoured and engaged in the call all through his life. Do you understand your calling? Are you living in line with your calling? Are you protecting and preserving it? Are you concentrating all your efforts, talents and everything you have on the calling? These are what you need to watch over.
#H The Holiness of His Majesty (Psalm 29:2,4; Isaiah 6:1-8) God has many attributes - love, power, justice, they are all gathered under the attribute of holiness. When Isaiah saw the vision of God, the Angels were shouting "holy, holy, holy", not "love, love, love". They didn't shout justice or power. Yes, He has power, He is just and loving and merciful, but all other attributes are under holiness. As He called us, we are to watch over His words, actions, thoughts, calling and holiness.
Ballotelle: Good day house, has any experienced job loss unexpectedly as a graduate and how did you cope during that period expecially when you have a family (labourer jobs are not even easy to come by), how did you cope with rejection, the emotional effect
Life first & health next. No be person wey dey alive & healthy dey work? So appreciate those 1st, then look for more.
The only thing better than life & health na salvation from Jesus, unless ur a head slammer then I sorry for you.
kokomilala: @MakeWeTalk , olodo, distorter of history and a spinner of truth , which tribes made Lagos wealthy? If anything, Lagos impacted the tribes and nations that sought economic refuge in it, not the other way round.
It's very clear, u don't have a sense of history or, well , maybe u have a self~distorted one.
The Portuguese first came to Lagos in 1472, long before these parasitic tribes, who unabashedly lay claim to Lagos, ever dreamt of making the voyage. They named it LAGOS DE KURAMO because of the many lagoons they saw.
Lagos became what it is becos it was the capital, nothing else. Igbos do biz there as yorubas do agbero
miniextra: The Story Of How 50 kobo Caused Nationwide Protest In Nigeria In The Year 1978
In 1978, Nigerian students staged a protest (Ali Must Go) which, till today, remains the mother of all Alutas (student protests) in Nigeria.
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It was a nationwide agitation that brought the National Union of Nigeria Students (NUNS) into an open confrontation with the Military government of Olusegun Obasanjo and the stern looking men of the Nigerian Army.
The bloody episode which popularized the power of Nigerian students started in April 1978, when the government asked the students to make more contributions by adding 50 Kobo to their cost of meal per day.
It was Buhari who cancelled free feeding for Students, as then most if not all students were southerners. If you remember that the North does not need qualifications to get jobs, they get automatic jobs & promotions based on quota. This has led to the North not being interested in education till date.
So now while the southerners will score highly & not get admission, promotion or a job. The Northerner simply has to attend to get admission, promotion or a job. This has led & remains the north's Achilles heel for progress.
Hence Buhari hated the way Southerners were fed & cancelled free feeding.
Mat 12:32 KJV And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Then dying as a Freemason is guaranteed hell fire(in mummy GOs voice)
Eze 8 KJV 15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
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