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DropsMic:
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Same religion, different practitioners

Lol if Christianity is to be fully adhered too, what the Talibans are fighting for is same with Christians- to establish God's kingdom on earth.

While Judaism and Islam believe in judging non-compliance though punishment and even death, Christianity believes in leaving judgment to God.
Though Christian leaders occasionally are not patient enough to wait for God's judgment so they implement punishment too.

Romanoff:
I've witnessed the impact of these above mentioned people, so I know they exist. But stories of men charmed by women haven't impacted me or my loved ones in any way or even anyone I know.

Am I right to assume you're an atheist?
And Invariably your disbelief in God translates to disbelief in evil powers?

Romanoff:
I doubt that they are.

Maybe I'll change my mind when I see someone affected but so far, I haven't.

I'm pretty sure you've not seen a terrorist, kidnapper or a paedophile before.
Does that mean you dont see anything wrong in their crimes too?

Romanoff:
It's similar to people who sell placebo.

Placebo isnt harmful right?
Charms are.

Romanoff:
I think it's best to target people that patronise them. It's the belief that the products work that makes people buy them.

Let me explain what you just said. According to your analogy,
Don't arrest the drug dealer only arrest the customers?

Whether it works or not is subject to opinion.
Cos it probably actually works.
But the real issue here is that even from your submission here you just confirmed that these charm sellers should be immune to arrest only those wo patronised them should be arrested?

Romanoff:
I personally don't think these charms work.

That's not the issue.
These women openly sell charms to entrap men and have not been arrested. Women especially feminists are not attacking them with the same energy they attack men for far less.

Bornsinner7:
It is a pitiable dismal pismal

No such thing as genuine love.. in every relationship, two things are involved; money and sex..

When you talk about sex, the ladies will counter it with money.. when you talk about money, the guys will counter it with sex..

The world is obviously a market place but it is unfair for one party to want to always cheat but never want to be cheated..

Life no balance.

Aboks:
is it the cloth or the tatoo or her body that is hot


ayam not understanding

It's called an ensemble.

Everything put together looks hot.

This isn't about morality but being appealing to the eyes and other senses.

prettypraise:
Envy is the act of getting offended over someone's success with the intention of not wishing them to prosper...Many Christians are faced with this plague; whether silently or openly. Even born again Christians are tempted with envy. Has it not happened to you; when you suddenly feel pained about someone's speed of success? Even if you don't envy, sometimes you are tempted to envy.. Even some successful people get envious of those who are not as successful as them, but have potentials of being successful... In your good church, people get envious. One of the dangerous things about envy is that if kept for too long in the heart, it can lead someone into committing unimaginable wickedness against the successful. It can even lead someone into witchcraft. I saw a write-up that talks about "envy being the last stage/exam before witchcraft"...

How do you deal with envy? Immediately you feel envious or tempted to get envious, rebuke the spirit of envy repeatedly in Jesus name. Do this repeatedly until the pressure dies... You can also forcefully and verbally begin to wish well to those whom you are envious about... Do this repeatedly too...

When you conquer envy, God will give you your own blessings that will thrill many..

Nothing takes away envy. It's human nature.
Just ensure instead of allowing envy to cause you to harm others let it spur you to strive to be the best you can be.

Most Christian's are actually envious of unbelievers cor various reasons;

1. Christians are envious of successful believers because some churches preach that you have to be righteous, pay tithes and offerings, give to the poor, sow seeds, etc before God bless you.
While a lot of unbeliever are very successful without any of these conditions.

2. Even the bible says God is a jealous God. There are so many cases where God is jealous that man is worshipping other gods beside him.

Bottom line is it's ok to be jealous as long as you do not seek to harm others but choose to be challenged to be better.

A curious question is whether there is any difference between jealousy and envy.

Interesting15:
This world is deeper than the superficial appearance you know. The organizers of immoral stuff like Bbnaija don't love you nor give a hoot about you. Be wise. We are in a terrible time. You can get the right wisdom to live life from God, through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Hence, you must first make Jesus your LORD and SAVIOR. Simply call upon His Name wherever you are, and He will come into your life. Always partner with the Holy Spirit (through prayers, studying the Bible, fasting, etc) to cleanse your heart daily and uproot any seed of lust deposited into your heart.

I used to be of this mindset in fact I campaigned against BBN and called it's supporters various names.
But at the end of the day, everything BBN portrays is going on around you.

Immorality is everywhere. In your compound, at work, even in your church.

As long as govt cannot close your compound or office or church due to immoralities practised there then it cannot shut down BBN.

You should be more worried that immorality has more power on you than morality.

Does that mean the devil has more power than God?
Since God represents morality and the devil represents immorality.

NwaAmaikpe:




She's smart.

That's a tactics based on partner acceptance to trap you into rationalizing any potential changes in her because that vagainarian is keeping her options open.
She'd go cold on you when there's a healthier preek and be back like a stray dog when she's been dumped.

And SIMPle you will be like, 'oh... that's just her being fickle-minded'.

Since you wanna be with her then there's only one solution, but it will only work if you are very good in bed.
Let her be fickle-minded, you be fvck-minded.

Fvck her first then watch her fickleness fizzle away and once she starts yearning for you, become fickle-fvck-minded and treat her like a sorry sex option.

If she complains, tell her it's her fault. She sexually transmitted that stupidity to you.

But the above won't work so well if she's a ho.
In that case, alaye just forget kpekus and go make money.

Your heart really does not need such emotional parasite.
She's best a bed friend.

The ever sagacious one.
Nothing to add or delete. You've said it all.

HardMirror:
it is just too hard for some people to even pretend to be christians. i laugh at a lot of people who claim i was not a christian and yet they lie, they curse. as a christian i could not ever call anyone unsavoury names. infact i would say losing my faith made me lose alot of "virtue" honestly. i am very different now, a proper "sinner" yet i see those trying to tell me what christianity is and is not and they dont even know the basics because they do not read their bible, they are not committed, they are just christian wannabes like ishilove and anas09.
by their fruits you shall know them.

What do you expect from them when their pastors and GOs lie and curse the same?
Most professing Christian's are actually more followers of their pastors than followers of Christ.

Truth is most Christian's are living in denial. Which is why I admire your honesty.

So many Christian's are doing worse things than unbelievers but go to church on Sunday and lead praise and worship. I had a youth pastor that was servicing the girls in both the choir and drama group.
And those who knew did nothing about it.

And I know fellow workers that were doing things that we knew but just christianized it that God is going to save him.
Imagine telling a Christian after conversion, discipleship and even working for the Lord that God is still going to save them?
Does that not simply mean that Christianity like other religions is flawed and doesnt have all the answers?

I was a firebrand Christian like you too. Did all the confession of faith genuinely, submitted myself to baptism, discipleship, even joined various church departments. At some point I was among the youth leaders, I was a teacher of foundation class, i was in the evangelism group and made evangelism my priority since those were supposedly the last words of Jesus according to Matthew and Mark.
I was in the cleaning department, PR department where we welcomed new comers, prayer warriors (though we called it prayer academy) and availed myself for various other church responsibilities.

I even evangelise my own boss at work.
When she issued me a query, I saw it as an opportunity to preach Christ to the management and that was exactly what I did. I apologized for missing a Saturday training with the excuse that I was doing God's work.

But guess what? After some time, I realised I was simply trying so hard to believe what was not real.
Then I decided if Jesus preached against religiousness and hypocrisy I could not afford to live as one.

So your story is something I resonate with.
But most nairalanders professing to be Christian's are not even workers in their church, just bench warmers yet they judge others just the same way Muslims judge non-Muslims.

Fahdiga:
Gathering of looters

Nigerian politics na just cruise and that's why I hardly go to the politics section.

This same Debola of Red Media was responsible for launching the Social Media campaign that produced Buhari and ousted Goodluck Jonathan.

Yet see the same Goodluck and his wife frolicking with him and Bubu is even no where to be found.

WoundedLamb:
Nice.

Actually, some of us go to such gatherings primarily cause they present an opportunity to network with other Nigerians in a relaxed setting.

True.
There are different categories of audience;
1. Those who came cos they are die hard wizkid fans
2. Those who came cos they are new in town and wizkid presents a good opportunity for a great experience.
3. Business men and corporate bodies looking to contact wizkid management for mutual benefits.
4. Individuals who see an opportunity to network (where you belong).
5.Haters (* clears throat* Davido fans) hoping the show will flop.
6. Bloggers, Youtubers and Press hoping to catch the event live and capture on their sites,blogs, channels, etc..
7. And those who just want to give their significant others a treat.
8. Those who just want to have a good time.

Now what makes a Wizkid concert special is the fact that you'll get the whole package.
Wizkid's best songs catalogue and special guest appearances.

Not your regular average show.

Anas09:
Feel very free to insult me biko. What will an insult from a dead muslim do to me. You are insignificant in the realm of the spirit. So, go ahead.


Firebrand? Hahahahahahahahaha. What is a fire brand Christian?
No one who knows Bible prophecies will fast and pray that Yahweh's prophecies will be annulled. Muslims are killing Christians and burning Churches, instead your fire brand Christian to know that the Muslims are doing exactly what is prophesiwd, be embarked on a 70 days fasting and prayer for Muslims to stop killing Christians, when God didn't change His words to satisfy him, he got angry and rejected God.
Negodu firebrand.

Hardmirror is just like you. He doesn't know what it means or what it takes to be a Christian. You as a muslim claim you love Jesus, when you do not know the letter 'J' in Jesus. So also Hardmirror thinks sitting in Church in his teenage age made him a Christian.
Pls ask him what the end time prophecies says will happen to Christians before their Lord returns. Him as well as you, are fulfilling scriptures, that's why nothing you guys do or say to us bothers me.


No, I don't doubt that. It's very possible for materialism or persecution to make someone run away out of cowardice and hide from Satan. As many have ran to Islam out of the Islamic persecution thinking they will be spared. If only they know what awaits them beyond the grave.

It's laughable for you a Muslim to quote that passage. It calls Jesus the son of God. Doesn't allah deny that Jesus is not his son? Or is allah not your god again.


Malam Abdool, no one is stopping him from living his life. If you have noticed. You guys are the ones who won't let Christians live. The Muslims are after Christians, the Atheists are after Christians.
Left for me, you don't exists.

O, I pray for him alright. I pray that he In truth encounters the Real Jesus Christ of Nazareth so that he will know the difference.
But,sorry to disappoint you if you think I will tolerate his idiocy.

Yet you're the one expressing different shades of idiocy here.

1. I am not a Muslim. Yet you have concluded that I'm a muslim just because I compared Christianity, Islam and Judaism??

2. You've been jumping into conclusions erratically and erroneously I'm afraid you might end up jumping into a ditch.

3. Have you ever heard of the Fruit of the Spirit?
Cos you are manifesting the direct opposite.

4. Calling someone an idiot (fool) according to Jesus makes you hellbound. So for a professing Christian you should be very afraid that Jesus has condemned you to hell already.

5. You have not contributed any value to the topic of this thread but as typical of people with low IQ you have resorted to mud-slinging and cheap rhetoric that only magnify your lack of any valuable opinion or idea.

Image123:
Except a man be born again, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

This is about to get interesting... *grabs popcorn*

Anas09:
HardMirror. You were never a Christian. You attended church, but you never knew anything about salvation which puts you in a place of relationship with Christ.
Pls stop deluding yourself.

This is where I find it difficult not to insult some of you. Hardmirror clearly said he was once a Christian, a firebrand one at that until he lost his faith in God yet you're arguing again with the fact that he was ever a Christian but church goer. Smh

You do realise that the bible does teach that it is possible to be a Christian and leave the faith?
In fact it says it's impossible for such a person to ever become a Christian again.

Hebrews 6:4-6
"For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt."

So either this bible verse played out in his life in which case the Christian God is real.
Or the Christian idea of God isnt real and he's free to live his life on his own terms.

You on the other hand can either show us how to be a good Christian and pray for him or prove you're just another church-goer and keep insulting him and everyone who disagrees with you.

Mayng01:
. Your a.c must be superb

Or Nigga na strong yahoo+++

Anas09:
The bolded is why people worship Satan without knowing. Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the ONLY WAY TO GOD ALMIGHTY whose name is Yahweh. And that's not the same as Allah. Allah is a moon Arabian god

2 major fallacies in your argument.
1. Why did you conclude that anyone who is not worshipping Christ is worshipping Satan?
When Judaism which Jesus Christ practised did not and does not worship anyone else but Yahweh.

2. You concluded that Allah is a moon God when the Quran itself teaches not to worship the moon except God?

You're simply playing to the gallery.
Every religion paints other religions as the devil hence why a Christian's believes non-Christians are devil worshippers, likewise Muslims believe non-Muslims are devil worshippers.

Moneywirer:
This is the major reason why everyone has to have a very cordial relationship with the Holy Spirit, He guides you into all truth and even in the aspect of who you should get married to.

True, that's what the bible said.
But the most Fire brand Holyspirit filled Christians are the ones falling for ponzi schemes and stuck in some of the worst relationships.

So how do you know the Holyspirit is guiding you pr you're guiding yourself?

iamuye:
Love your insight .. now, could it be that there are actually different gods/deity with different religions?

It simply means that man recognises an Superior power behind creation and is constantly seeking a way to connect with it.

Different religions are simply products of man's quest to do that.
God is God no matter the religion you choose to seek him.

Unfortunately most religions wish to monopolise God(s) as exclusive only to theirs which explains why there are many gods and religions.
My simple submission.

iamuye:
Woke up this morning and I thought to myself, if Allah, Yahwe etc. is almighty, did he know that eventually, his creation would need a manual ( Bible/Quran) to live right?

For me I think by default, humans are good until their immediate environment influences them.

This resonates to me on a different level.
For a long time I saw the bible as God's manual.
Just like a Muslim would see the Quran as God's manual.
And a Jew especially would see the Talmud as God's original manual and divine Oracle.

But I noticed that eventually, all 3 books contradict one another. Meaning what we called God's manuals are simply written my men with an ideology that eventually clashed with one another.

A Jew believes once you're a Chistian then you cease to worship the same one God who says there's no one else beside him. Which is why till date Israel has the least number of Christians compared to other religions.

A Christian believes if you still follow the laws of the Jews and do not accept Jesus as the Son of God then your not a Christian but living on self-righteousness like the Pharisees and Saduccess.

A Muslim believes if you accept Jesus as Son of God then you blaspheme. You must follow the teachings of Mohammed alone and the prophets who get recognised.

Your moniker already shows you're not a true child of God.

The first Son of God category said he is not God but the son of God. Yet you have imbibed the false doctrines of false teachers which Jesus himself warned against.

Stephen himself saw a vision of Jesus seated beside God.
John the revelator also saw the vision of Jesus and God as separate beings.

Clearly you lack the Holyspirit indwelling otherwise he would have led you to the true teachers and prophets and would have even taught you what he taught Jesus who had the fullness of the Holyspirit without measure.

Corrections:
God the creator of heaven and earth and the things that lay therein. He is the creator of everything that ever existed anywhere. This almighty GOD can not do these three things....

1. HE GOD CAN NOT DENY HIMSELF ( FAITHFUL )

When you search through the scriptures or history you will see how his mercy endures forever. God will make rain to fall as at when due on both
the wicked and good people around the world. He will make the sun to shine as when due on everybody around the world. He God will make the
ocean to serve every one both the wicked and the good on the earth. God is faithful in ensuring that the same oxygen is present in the air
we breath for both the wicked and the righteous. He is faithful to forgive us our sins when we ask for forgiveness. When we human are faithless
sinful he GOD remains faithful and righteous forever. Unfaithfulness can not be found in him.

1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

Hebrews 10:23
"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful."

2 Timothy 2:13
"if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

2. GOD CAN NOT LIE

God the creator of the heaven and earth can not lie. GOD knows everything more than we do. Both light and darkness can not stop him. If God
asked you what the colour of the sky was as you looked into the sky. If your sincere answer was blue and white because that was the correct thing
your human eyes saw but God's answer to that same question turned out to be BLACK and PURPLE. Trust God he can not be wrong as he is always
right while you have the potential to be wrong.
Even though your eyes might have seen white and blue sky, It does not change the fact that Gods eye is perfect and sees clearly than yours would.
At this point it is your own eyes that needs to be fixed or upgraded to see at the level God see. What we see or understand is very limited
compared to that of God. Gods way of doing things can never be compared to that of we man.

Isaiah 58:8
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Lie can not be found in him.

Number 23:19
God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind? Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?

Titus 1:2

"in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

3. GOD DOES NOT SLUMBER NOR SLEEP

God the creator of heaven and earth does not sleep nor slumber. He is ever strong, he does not go on holiday. There is no small god that can cast
spell on almighty God to make God to sleep off. His life can not be limited or ended. Never! Never! Never! and forever Never!!!. He is the king of
kings that will end the existence of all idols or small gods.
Sleep can not be found in GOD.

Psalms 124:4

Indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

HOW TO CONNECT TO GOD

John14:6
Jesus told him ' I am the way-
Yes, and the truth and the life. No one can GET to the father except by means of me (JESUS ).

John14:1
Let not your heart be troubled. You are trust in God now trust in me ( JESUS ).


John15:23
Anyone that is hating me ( JESUS )
is hating the father (GOD)

Colossian 2: 10
So you have everything when you have christ and you are filled with GOD through your union with CHRIST. He is the highest RULER, with authority over every other power.

Permit me to touch on numbers 2 and 3 peripherally;
1. God cannot lie;
In Edodus we see how God told Moses to lie to Pharoah that he only wanted the Israelites to worship him for 3 days and not to liberate them. When we all knew his plan was that he called Moses to liberate them

God also sent a lying Spirit to deceive king Ahab.

2. God does not slumber or sleep.
Even genesis informs us that on the 7th day God rested. I don't know what you underatand by rest but that usually means sleep or slumber.

If you're of the doctrine that Jesus is God then we are all aware that Jesus sleeps.
Jesus slept on the boat during a heavy storm meaning until his disciples came to wake him and asked if he did not care if they perished or not. Before he calmed the storm.

For number one, it's a tricky one that would require much exegesis and eisegesis so not a ship I want to board today.

Moniter0:
Revelations 21:8 has nothing to do with Believers, God doesn't address believers as “fearful and unbelieving...etc” there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. And sins are not imputed to believers because they are already imputed to Jesus at the cross. God sees believers in Christ as righteous, holy, fautless and blameless (see Col 1:22, Eph 1:4), He sees them as Sons!
When you go to the context of Rev 21:8, the previous verse (vs 7) says “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”,
In another place it says “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.” Revelations 2:11
So who is he that overcometh and will not be hurt if the second death (lake of fire)? The believer! John who wrote the book of Revelations, writes in answer in his own epistle!:
1 John 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

Like I have been tell you, believers have nothing to fear as regards to judgement. Jesus is not coming to deal with the sins of the believers, rather he is coming to rapture the believers while he will come back to judge the world. Believers will already be in heaven with their glorious bodies when Jesus will judge the world and the Bible says they be with the Lord forever! So my advice is take the first train that comes—rapture.

In Jude, it says
"Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment...” so who are the saints that Jesus would come with? Again believers! The apostles addressed believers as Saints in the new testament. Jesus is not coming to execute Judgement on believers, he will come to deliver believers from the coming wrath/judgement.

1 Thessalonians 1:10 KJV
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Romans 5:9
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Hebrews 9:28 NLT
so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.

It is only those who know and believe that Jesus is not coming back to judge their sins that can eagerly wait for him, those who are fearful about the rapture think that Jesus is coming to judge them for there is. But he already dealt with sins in his first coming! He will come with Believers/Saints after the rapture to judge all. There is even a place in 1.Corintians that says believers will judge angels! Believers are the saints in Christ.
Did you also see where it says in Jude 5 that God destroyed them that believed not? So this context of Jude is clearly talking about unbelievers, not believers. So quit taking scriptures out of context. Believers are eternally secured in Christ. Also the Bible never address believers are “sinners” through out the new testament epistles, rather they are addressed as Saints! Even Jude addressed the believers are holy/sanctified people (see Vs 1)

Concerning the false the preachers, it says they will deny the Lord Jesus, let me ask you this question: are you denying the Lord Jesus? For me, preaching grace exalts the Lord Jesus. People rest in Him as their Lord, their righteousness and holiness. So this false teacher talk doesn't hold water for true believers who are under grace. And let me tell you as I have told you before, Grace is the antidote to sin. The Bible says sin shall not have dominion over you because you are not under law but under grace. So if you really desire for people to reign over sin, preach God's grace, and sin will not dominate them.
Lastly, the other apostles including Peter and John also preached grace!

I appreciate your connection of 1 John 5:5 with Revelations 21:8.
But how do you explain 2 Peter 2?

Moniter0:
Did they preach converting from bad to good morals as a condition to be saved?

Actually yes. Besides Paul,
1. John in Revelations 21:8
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

2. Jude in Jude 1:14-16
Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 "to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." 16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

3. Peter
2 Peter 2FALSE PROPHETS AND TEACHERS

1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) - 9 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,

10 and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, 11 whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. 12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, 13 and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, 14 having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet.

17 These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire."

Moniter0:
@Myer, I invite you to see this short sermon too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2c0SbFim6w
Galatians 5:4 NLT
For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.

Will you say the other apostles were cut off from Christ?
Cos they preached Christ and repentance from sins.
They even taught extensively about the acceptable life style expected of believers.

thesicilian:
If my eyes no decieve me
And na true be the things my ears dey hear
Politicians and soldiers make meeting
Our country dem won repair
Dem dey make like say
Dem no know
Say na dem a spoil our country so
As dem dey dabaru am dey go
Na so my people dey follow o

[Hook]
I sorry sorry o, I sorry for Nigeria
I sorry sorry o, I sorry for Africa
Sorry sorry o...

They know what the people want to hear and they are going to keep deceiving the masses to bide their time till 2023 election. Which we know Nigerians will vote for APC or PDP again.

The ENDSARS protest started well but ended in a fiasco, whether it was hijacked or human behaviour played out is debatable.

But I'm still hopeful that the ilk of Falz, Mc Macaroni, Seglinks, etc that started the whole protest have not abandoned it. I hope some well-meaning youths are planning something for the next election.
Even if the youths don't win the next election, it's important to make a statement to let the powers that be know that we are a woke generation and we have decided to take matters of our livelihood into our own hands since govt has continued to fail woefully.

I believe the Northern powers that be are seeing the loss of their grip over the South.
Thanks to Buhari we can all now see that Ojukwu was right. The North only cares about the North and how to control the Southern Nigeria.

I personally apologize to every igbo and SS who fought against the North. Why?
Yorubas did not see the intentions of the North early enough. As far as Awolowo and others were concerned Nigeria would have been stronger as a nation than as a divided entity.

But we can now see from all indications that Nigeria was never an entity.
The Northerners see Northern Nigerian as theirs and Southern Nigerian as a way to enrich themselves which explains why they have successfully bought most of the oil blocks and are not willing to let go of the South.

But thanks to Buhari, the South has confirmed the mind and intention of the North which is to continue to rule the rest of the country.
90% of the so called Cabal is made up of Northerners which means the North nore or less own Nigeria and not willing to let go of their control.

I sincerely want to believe the youths are not snoozing and something is brewing for the 2023 elections. 2 years is even too long to wait for a solution for this present Buhari fiasco.

Either Nigeria disintegrates now due to the failure of One Nigeria, or the youths form a formidable opposition against APC and PDP.

We also have to be mindful of the fact the Northerners have a strong backing and Intel by the westerners, especially UK. So some of the new parties that will emanate are probably going to be floated by APC or PDP.
During the last election, Ezekwesili was shocked to find out the her Hope Party was floated by a PDP party.

Moniter0:
your scriptural reference doesn't say the holy Spirit teaches us what is right and wrong, also I know that the scriptures never tells us to grow in the knowledge of good and evil but in the knowledge to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ.

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

The tree of knowledge of good and evil is what God forbade man from partaking from, but man went to partake from it, instead of partaking from the tree of life which was also in the garden, which is Christ. Knowing good and evil doesn't mean you will eschew evil and do good. Infact, the reverse was the case when Adam partook of it, and sin began to spread.

The sermon on the Mount was Jesus teaching what's right and what's wrong.
For instance we know that works of self righteousness are wrong.
We also know that unbelief is wrong.

Galatians 5:19-26 distinguishes the works of the flesh from the Spirit
Revelations chapters 2 and 3 list the wrongs God found in the 7 churches.

By the way, it is not our faith that will be judged on the last day but our works.

Moniter0:
we must understand the context of it. Paul was saying in essence that those who walk after the flesh i.e. trusting in your own human efforts and works to be righteous (see Gal 3:2-5) will end up manifesting the works of the flesh. It says in verse 4 of the same chapter (Galatians 5) , that those who are trying to be justified by keeping the law has fallen from grace and Christ has become of NO effect unto them. They cannot bear the fruits of the Spirit because Christ is of NO effect in their lives. It also says in the same chapter (Galatians 5:18) that if you are led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. It is when believers are no longer trying to make themselves righteous by obeying the law, can they be led by the Spirit and that's when they can bear the fruits of the Spirit. The Church of Galatia once heard believed that they were saved by grace, but later some religious teachers began to take them back to the law by teaching them that they need to keep the law to be saved, and this was why Paul wrote the book of Galatians to them in to them back to God's grace. The works of the flesh was beginning to manifest in Galatia as they were going back to the law hence the Paul told them “NOW the works of the flesh are manifested”, for him to say NOW, that means it wasn't there before. They were relating to one another in love, peace, meekness, kindness, patience, gentleness because they were established in the truth that God was relating to them in love, peace, patience and so on.
Grace is the answer to sin. The Bible says that sin shall NOT have dominion over you because you are not under law but under grace (see Romans 6:14). The Bible also says that the strength of sin is not grace but the law (see 1.Cor 15:56)! So the more people are established in the truths of God's grace, the more sin will not have dominion over them. So if you truly desire to see people living an overcoming life, preach grace instead, and sin will lose its power.

What is your understanding of the word Grace.
Do you know that Grace doesn't nullify right from wrong?
It only means when you do what is wrong, you are not bound by the judgment of the law.

At such, there's still what is right and what is wrong.
Which is why one of the works of the Holyspirit is to teach us right from wrong. John 16:7

Moniter0:
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Moniter0:
no, it is only by believing are we saved. When you are believing and resting in the finished work then you have departed from evil. The word 'evil' in the new testament is the word 'Poneros' and it's first definition is “full of labours” before the second definition says “something bad” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/poneros.html%3famp. In context of Matthew 7:22-27, the evil people there were not people who were living outrightly in sin, but religious people who were trusting in their wondrous works to be saved. They never mentioned that they are trusting in Jesus the Savior to save them, rather their emphases was on what they have done. The were full of labors.

The are no “buts” in the gospel, it is either you are saved completely by grace or you are not. It is not of works lest anyman should boast (Eph 2:8-9). To say we can contribute to the plan of salvation by our doing is to negate the finished work of Christ.

True.
What of Galatians 5:19-26 which distinguishes the works of flesh from the works of the Spirit?