alBHAGDADI: You claim to know the apostles but you forgot what Apostle Paul said. He said people like you who preach a different gospel aka a different view should be cursed.
Galatians 1:8 KJV But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
What is the gospel? What is the main these of the Gospel? Your accurate Answer to this will answer this next question...
alBHAGDADI: Here comes a Jehovah's False Witness to pluck away what God has sowed.
Being born of water is not water baptism. Stop being a blind bat. Jesus clearly explained that Born of Water is flesh birth.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Also, it cannot be water baptism because the Bible says we get saved not by any effort of ourselves but by God's grace through faith.
Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
But a lying false witness like you is saying we have to get baptized and do other things, which are basically works based salvation. Jesus did it all, we do t add anything to the salvation work. That's exactly what Ephesians 2:8-9 is saying.
You also said that we have to do the will of God to be born again. How foolish you are. Look, the will of God is to believe or have faith in Jesus. Simple.
John 6:40 KJV 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.
See? You could have sounded better without cursing. See the difference between us? Even if you have the knowledge, is this how Christ or his Apostles talked with people of different views?
Like I said, what you know is more accurate than what these pastors teach. But stop cursing. What has anyone to gain by deceiving others and cost them salvation? If our understanding is different, then let's continue to rob minds and see where we can agree.
Today, many people take being born again to mean different things other than what the Bible says it means.
The Bible says "...except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
But when some people talk about being born again, they mean someone who has repented from his sins and doesn't sin again. This is quite wrong because so many verses tell us that we are all sinners and that anyone who says he's without sin is a liar.
1 John 1:8 KJV If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 KJV For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
As seen above, we are all sinners even when we are righteous. So, how come some people think a born again person is someone who has repented from his sins or doesn't sin? It's because they have believed the wrong gospel.
So, who is a born again person and how did he attain it? Do you remember that conversation Nicodemus had with Jesus?
John 3:3-6 KJV 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
At this point, Nicodemus was wondering if Jesus meant that one has to enter into his mother's womb a second time to be born again.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
As seen above, Jesus clearly explained the kind of birth he was talking about. He spoke of two births. One has already happened to us all, but the second needs to happen for us to have eternal life and see the Kingdom of God.
The first birth which we have all experienced is the "born of water" spoken of by Jesus. We humans were all born of water. Ever heard the phrase "a woman's water is broken"? That happens when she gives birth.
Jesus spoke of a second birth which the "born of the spirit." It is that one that needs to now happen to us for us to see the kingdom of God.
Explaining both births again, Jesus made it clear that born of water is the flesh birth which our parents had of us, while born of spirit is spirit birth.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Now that we know how we can be born of the flesh or of water, which we have already experienced, how do we become born of the spirit?
We become born of the spirit by simply believing in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour according to John 3:16.
John 1:12 KJV But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
As seen above, once we believe and accept Jesus, we become the sons of God who is a Spirit (God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth John 4:24).
God sent Jesus to redeem us so that we can be adopted into his family as sons just as Jesus is a Son of God.
Galatians 4:4-5 KJV 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Basically, our parents gave birth to us which is the first birth called born of water or flesh birth. This makes us the children of our parents. When we accept and believe in Jesus Christ, we experience the second birth which is born of spirit. This second birth makes us the children of God. This gives us the right to see the Kingdom of God our Father just as we had the right to enter our earthly father's house.
Just as we carry the DNA of our parents, we also carry something that makes us the children of God. That thing is the Holy Spirit.
What our parents gave birth to sins a lot. We sin today because we inherited a sinful nature from our parents who inherited it from Adam.
The Good News is that what God gives birth to doesn't sin. This explains why Jesus Christ never sinned. This is why we that we are his brothers and also sons of God like him never sin.
You might say, "But I saw brother B sinning the other day." Who you saw sinning is who his parents gave birth to which inherited a sinful nature. But that which God gave birth to inside of him doesn't sin.
1 John 3:9 KJV Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
The reason why Brother B who committed a sin yesterday is not regarded as a sinner before God is because it wasn't his spirit which has been possessed and purchased by the Holy Spirit of God that committed that sin. The sin was committed by the flesh which his parents gave birth to which is prone to sin. That's why the Bible said...
1 John 1:8 KJV If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 KJV For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Our parents sin, so what they give birth to will always sin. God doesn't sin, so what he gives birth to can't sin. God sent his son to save us from our sins so we won't be sinners in his eyes anymore regardless of what we do.
The key is to believe Jesus is the one to pay for your sins, which he has done already, only if you believe he has.
Thank you.
70% correct. I'm happy you believe that what people call born again today is a lie. I was so happy when you mentioned Jesus conversation with Nicodemus. Born again means to be born of water and spirit. What you got wrong is what it means to be born of water. That one actually means Baptism. Do you know that Jesus didn't become the Christ until he was baptized? If he had died before he got baptized, his death could have meant nothing to us. So, he was born by water at baptism. To be born of spirit is not even our choice but we must show ourselves worthy by doing what you said believing in Jesus as the son of God and doing the will of God. God chooses those he baptized by the spirit.
Remember Pentecost 33CE, those who received the holy spirit in that upper room, did they choose themselves to be born again? See? They were all baptized (Born by water) and with that God chose those he wants by birthing them with the holy spirit.
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BLUELemon: From time to time you hear men talking about weight loss. You hear them talking about their female friends having gym time. Some go to the deliberate extent of playing you videos of women in the the gym.
If you are observant enough, those people shown in the gym are actors and actresses acting out a script. In fact, to top it all off, they use male fitness trainers to dress and act like female and you the unsuspecting audience get to marvel at the flatness of their tummy.
Don't fall for it, even the women amongst them are not yet mothers hence the near perfect tummy you see on tv.
It's absolutely natural to put on weight once you are into motherhood. Motherhood coupled with being a career woman gives less space for gym time.
I am not saying you cannot excercise. Excercise is very good for the heart. You look beautiful enough with your weight and if you want to excercise, do it sole to impress yourself. Know your limits and mind your heart beat.
The men that emphasis weight loss don't even have any gym they go to. Don't let people body shame you. Weight is Nature Weight is natural.
Former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu has described the move by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007) as “bold and courageous”, Igbere TV reports.
The law provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies.
Mr Sanwo-Olu told the State House of Assembly of his intention on Tuesday during his presentation of the proposed N1.155 trillion 2021 budget.
Tweeting on Wednesday, Tinubu expressed his support for the governor’s plan and congratulated him on the budget proposal.
Igbere TV reports that the move if granted will see an end to the payment of pension to former governors of the state including Babatunde Fashola and Tinubu.
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Trump, while not a model Christian, is willing to stick out his neck to protect Christian rights. They don't like that.
Anyone who has followed dems in recent times, knows they want to build a godless society. A society where anything about God (most especially, the Christian God) is completely eroded.
One message for Christians though is that regardless of the outcome of this elections, Christianity is going back to the catacombs in the near future. Serious persecution.
I still want to know why God has been censured on DSTV
What do you expect from something that originated from idol worshippers!
You claim you're giving huge discounts up to 50% yet you inflated the original price by 60% then give innocent buyers 50% off.... You're still cheating unsuspecting buyers.
WHO DETERMINES the FACT you're given based on the scripture?
You know you're lying that's why you brought the issue of bringing out fact from the scripture.
Now, compare your previous statement "When we see that the conversation is turning to unnecessary arguments, we quietly walk away. with this "I can't be giving you FACT backed up by the scripture and you call it an argument."
The truth is, you know you people argue blindly because you're the one who brought up the issue of argument not me.
Emusan: My point still remain: The first direction you should have given is to the WORD OF GOD not word of men.
But even your statement here shows the same tone of competition your organization involved in.
1. Number of Bible publication 2. Magazines MOST distributed.
That is competition I'm talking about.
You produce Bible MORE THAN WHO?
1.Muslims 2. Hindus 3. Atheist
Yet the others that don't take preaching work more than JWs have more members than you.
I know he will say number isn't relevant. Just watch!
So which one is the FIRST MOST DISTRUSTED MAGAZINE?
But you just described your organization competitions here.
Case closed. Believe whatever makes you sleep well at night. We are not in competition with nobody. Do what God wants from you and be happy. That's the bottom line. Happy is the man who does the will of God. If you know that's what you are doing and you're happy, pls continue.
Emusan: And the bolden is a false as your brothers have proved it wrong many times on this forum.
So stop lying.
How is this a lie sir. I'm stating authoritative FACT. We first need to determine what an argument is. I can't be giving you FACT backed up by the scripture and you call it an argument. If you have no backing to your points then who is the one arguing?
Blabbermouth: I think I like this version of you. How about you guys just posting messages, teachings and the likes and refraining from being all over the place to argue?
When it comes to preaching and teaching we are thoroughly trained. When we see that the conversation is turning to unnecessary arguments, we quietly walk away. There will always be another day.
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DappaD: Good afternoon brother. It's good and commendable you're giving a sound reply in defense of our faith.(1Peter 3:15) But concerning this particular guy who commented on this thread, he's only going to drag you into a puddle of unnecessary arguments and as a fellow brother I'm taking the initiative to forewarn you of his persona.
Emusan: Why YOU didn't direct people to God's word rather than men's word? is still my question.
You admitted Bible is the Word of God, so which is more important God's word or word of men?
@underlined see another self appraised statement, the mentality of being in competition with others when in reality nobody is in competition with their minute group.
God's word the Bible is the only authority to preach. If you want to see us direct you to the Bible. Read the magazine.... It will lead you to hundred of scriptures.
Concerning the Bible production.... It's not about competition. You can't serve God and see yourself competing with others. The race no get first or second. All of us will get to the finish line differently or together. So far we reach the final line.
That we produce more Bible and in hundreds of languages is a FACT. Or do want to object? Just like saying Jehovah's Witnesses are the only religious group known to take the preaching work as first priority in the whole world, weather you agree with what they preach or not.... It's a FACT. You can't deny it.
Why is the Watchtower and Awake the first and second most distributes magazines in the world. It's a FACT.
Emusan: And my unanswered question still remains, why can't you direct people to Bible which is the Word of God than magazines and books which are extracted by men from the Bible?
OK, if you check the magazines. You will be directed to the Bible. At least the magazine will have a topic.... And in the articles, readers are always directed to the Bible. Sir, go and check.... No religious group produces the Bible more than Jehovah's Witnesses and do you want to talk about the number of languages that we print the Bible in?
Emusan: But why is your organization investing in this present corrupt world government?
because human itself is falling day by day
But from this prayer, it has been established that the WILL OF GOD in heaven has taken place.
Why is it that it's in 1914 this happened when from the Lord's prayer, the WILL OF GOD has already taken place?
If you truly follow that Lord's prayer, you'll see that Jesus isn't talking about the future event but present one because from the Lord's prayer we read "forgive us our trespass as we forgive those who trespasses against us"
Could this be the reason why your organization claimed somewhere that “God’s kingdom is here with you.” (Italics ours; Contemporary English Version ) “The Kingdom of God is among you.” ( New World Translation, footnote) The Kingdom of heaven was “with” or “among” the Pharisees, in that Jesus, the one designated by God to rule as King, was standing before them.— Luke 1:32, 33
Is the magazine above the Bible?
Does it make more sense to direct people to Bible than magazines?
I will on respond to the last thing you said. No book or magazine is above the Bible. I hope you understand. The Bible is the word of God. The magazines and books of Jehovah's Witnesses are extracts from the Bible.
OH! Of course. We are all out there doing our best even when we can't go about because of the pandemic. Hope you were able to pick one or two things from this?
Many today tired of the present situation of things in the world have been clamoring for change. But if we are looking for a perfect condition here on earth, do we expect it in the hands of imperfect humans who can't even direct their own steps?
Human governments have been failing for centuries, it's time to look up to God for that change we all are yearning for.
God has promised a better world a long time ago and his son Jesus Christ even taught us to pray for that kingdom that will usher in the new worlds to come. Remember the lords prayer.. ".... Thy kingdom come, thy will be done here on earth as it has in heaven.... Yes, God's will for the heaven is to make it clean and that was accomplished when Satan and his demons were sent out of the heaven. God's will for the earth is also to destroy Satan, his demons and all those who have unrepentantly allowed themselves to be influence by Satan the devil.
I have a link to a magazine that tells you all you need to know about God's Kingdom.
Christianity Etc › Re: What It Truly Means To Be Born Again by Maximus85(m): 6:29pm On Nov 22, 2020
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