hoopernikao: Bro, the Master is speaking to you, harken. You aren't practicing what he practiced. A disciple will mimic his master. Mimic, means to become a carbon copy of your Master. How he speaks, walk, act, react, relate etc. But you are relating your own doctrine. This is not Jesus way.
Jesus came to save the israelites from the yokes of the Pharisees and Saducees with their doctrines of men.
He clearly won't worship in most of the churches today since they've been overiden by doctrines of men.
The things Jesus preached against are being exalted in these churches- Titles, Love of money, Hypocrisy, etc.
How do you know God has not set Kobojunkie on this path? You have preached to him yet the Holyspirit has not convicted him about it. Don't mistake the written scriptures and the working of the Spirit. Is that not why the Pharisees/Jews persecuted Jesus and his disciples? They were defending the scriptures and did not recognise it's fulfillment right before them.
I'm not saying he's right or wrong. Just your back and forth on this issue is becoming distracting.
Jackson105: You can buy anything in Igbo land as long as you have money,even kingship.
Nonsense.
While truly money can get you almost anything anywhere in the world, the igboland practically worships money. With enough money, they'll proudly make a monkey they king and god.
Kobojunkie: David's claim of a sinful birth is personalized in Psalm 51 so I am not certain it can be broadly applied to all since Adam. We have the example of Abel and supposedly Seth to work with.. both of them direct descendants of Adam, who are listed as men who belonged to God(Abel by God Himself, and then Seth by his mother, Eve). But not everyone needs the seed of Jesus Christ. There were righteous men in the country even at the time of Jesus Christ. Also, when asked why He was in the company of sinners, Jesus Christ made it quite clear that His mission was not to those already righteous in the land but to the sinners. So, of those who continue to practice the Old Covenant to date Israelite and those in the land of Canaan), there are likely some righteous, even today, among them.
And back in the Bible, there are examples given of men who before the Old and New Covenants were declared righteous men by God... Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, even Job. So where this idea of a "sin nature" comes from, does not appear to be biblical but assumed.
It's definitely biblical just as I have pointed you to biblical scriptures that corroborates it.
What you have simply done is prove the biblical contradiction where one verse says one thing and another says the direct opposite.
Kobojunkie: @Myer, as far as generational curses are concerned, God lifted that off of His people, Israel, on whom He placed it, to begin with.
In addition to Ezekiel 18, where God swore on His Name that never again will the children die for the sins of the fathers(No more generational curses), God also added that people will be punished not for past sins but instead present sins.
Ok thanks for sharing Ezekiel's verse ongenerationql curses being ended.
But Psalm 51:5 was David acknowledging scriptural foundations that every human is born with the sinful seed of Adam. Just as Romans 3:23 reiterates in new testament.
And hiw everyone needs the seed of Jesus Christ as the second Adam.
Kobojunkie: Why don't you tell them yourself... you have a mouth on you, don't you? Tell them not to come at you with that which is not even in their own bible.... There, you have a bullet there to silence them with.
Clearly you need to read your Bible more. The Bible teaches inherited sin, generational sin, original sin, etc.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Numbers 14:18 The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’
OlayemiAshraf: Her Influence and wealth is useless ....you got to be kidding me ..... Lots of woman that have husband , hasn't achieve the things linda has achieved ..... all those wealth and influence aren't useless ...
Lol there are two things involved. Clearly being successful as Linda is can never be useless. Even pastors are praying for her kind of wealth.
But looking at the Jacuzzi and the view in question, you also wonder if the post was necessary cos the view isn't even an ocean view or anything spectacular.
Jafaar: are you alright,didn't I just support with Bible verses.were did I call pastor here ? Read the Bible verses yourself
Should I point you to Bible verses that contradict your points?
First, both the righteous and unrighteous are prosperous. Your sin does not stop you from being prosperous. Both the Bible and reality confirms this.
Besides Daniel's prayer, where else in the Bible did you see principalities being an obstacle to prayer? Now you have to understand that according to the bible Daniel's prayer was not a regular prayer. He sort to understand God's plan for mankind. He was not just asking for money. He wanted an answer that God himself does not want to reveal apparently cos he doesn't want the devil to know his plans. It's understandable that such a prayer could meet obstacles.
So how come you only see that verse in the Bible to justify your unanswered prayers when almost every where else in the Bible we do not see God delaying to answer prayes? At worst he will answer the person who prayed and let them know when was his appointed time.
About praying according to the will of God, the OP simply asked for 1000, not to be a billionaire!!! I believe a believer having 1000 just to eat and survive is not against the will of God sir.
If you're have studied the Bible you will know the Bible verses that support this. But if you still need help, ill glady oblige you.
Jafaar: reasons are -your sin(be righteous) you have to be persistent, principalities and power fight our prayers ( read daniel 10:1-21)to understand what I mean -God has a will for everyone,if it is not his will then forget it.(you are on your own if you go another way.you will fail or your life will be cut short) Jeremiah 29:11 and lastly remember a thousand years is like 1 day to God,for Eg he may say I will answer you in 5 minutes and it's 5 years for us(2 Peter 3:
Men will always make excuses for God.
And keep recycling the same thing your pastors tell you when their prayers are unanswered.
MALIGNANTGuest: She's an Abuse of the word "BEAUTIFUL" That's an Aberration as well as a misnomer. Let's tell ourselves the Truth, If MERCY washes off her Makeup, Armageddon will be a paradise.
She will benefit from both Facelift and SenseLift.
Havesomesense: If you are not fvcking her well, I mean making her cvm. She's gonna cheat on you.
To make a girl loyal you need to be great in sex and also great in mind games.
What if he satisfies her sexually but not financially? What if he satisfies her financially but not sexually? What of he satisfies her both sexually and financially but not emotionally and doesn't stimulate her intellectually?
When you realise women are unpredictable, you'll find the one who loves you unconditionally. Only then can she be loyal to you.
temiyato: U need christ sir .moreover , u need to attend a church that follows christ doctrines. The bible said " thou shall have no other God apart from Jehovah " . Even if u have the holy spirit in u which is the spirit of God that leads everyone aright , u can never claim to be christ if u genuinely have holy spirit. U can not worship ur pastor or even ur G.O , u can only reference them and give them due respect cos of the anointing on them.
Did you read the last paragraph of my post you replied? Even the leader has refuted the claim that he's Jesus or God.
vicardino: From the scripture you quoted, what does the KNOW there means? It means believe? Does knowing equate believing? That they may KNOW and not that they may BELIEVE. Jesus worshipping in jewish synagogues was to set them (the worshippers) on the right path. Let me put it the way it is written in the scripture, Jesus was teaching/Preaching in the jewish synagogues. So, it's quite different from what you wrote.
HOW TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST
1. Believe him, believe in his diety as the son of God, his substitutionary work, his finished works on the cross and his resurrection.
2. Accept him not just into your life but make him the Lord of your life
3. Learn of him through the agency of the Holy Spirit.
4. Becoming like him.
This is what Christianity is all about, it's not a religion, CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION
You can ask for scripture verses to back up my abstracts if you need them
According to the definitions of your pastors.
On the day of Pentecost when Peter and the other disciples received the Holyspirit, guess what happened?
God didn't wait till they as you highlighted;
1. Believe him, believe in his diety as the son of God, his substitutionary work, his finished works on the cross and his resurrection.
2. Accept him not just into your life but make him the Lord of your life
3. Learn of him through the agency of the Holy Spirit.
4. Becoming like him.
No sir, as many as believed him, were added to the church.
Even the household of Cornelius likewise.
In fact the story of Paul should open your eyes. While he was yet an unbeliever in Jesus, God himself converted him and revealed his purpose to him.
So a Christian does not have to meet your man-made doctrinal conditions before he's a Christian.
atonement12: Are you a christian? Simple yes or no. If no, please mind your business!
Well I still go to church cos I want to believe again. I really want to believe there's something i missed.
Cos unless the power of the Holy Spirit is manifest both in speaking in tongues as well as other gifts and fruit of the Holyspirit, then I believe I'll only just be another victim of religion like most of you professing to be Christians on here neither manifesting the life of Christ nor the Power of the Holyspirit as promised in the Bible.
You don't know Roland, you don't know how he became head and how is dead father who they claim ain't dead came about his powers, instead you ate busy ranting white garment churches I told you once and again sharap, if you don't jack about O O O Olumba Obua
Since you know more, why not share and with reliable source too. Thx
vicardino: Just this morning, my sister was sharing with me that her stylist is a Muslim but quotes scriptures, she in fact told me of a quote by her stylist gave in psalm 16 :4 which says that "Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god" According to my sister, her Muslim stylist would always say that she believes in Jesus Christ and that she believes that Jesus Christ is coming back. Does this make the Muslim stylist a christian? Believing is just the elementary requirement but accepting Christ and doing Christ is what makes you a christian. John 15 : 14. Believing gives you the "power to become the son of God", whether or not you utilize that power to become a son depends on you. Believing without accepting Christ doesn't make you a christian and if your belief isn't in the finished works of Christ, then you have believed wrongly.
The goal of Christianity is to have the Etermal Life. Here's how Jesus Christ described it.
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3
So as long as she believes in God and Jesus, she has eternal life and is a Christian.
Being a Christian is not about where you worship cos even Jesus Christ worshipped in Jewish synagogues even when he knew they already got it wrong. It's about what and who you believe.
NL is a platform to interact intelligibly. If you can't interact intelligently then the jokes on you.
I used to worship at a white garment church. If I hadn't been there first hand, and I simply listened to hearsay, I would likewise believe they're evil and not Christians. But just as there are good and bad churches in every denomination, you will likewise find the same in the white garment church.
Bottom line is you cant sit in the comfort of your home and judge anyone when you have not walked in their shoes or barefooted like them.
Stop writing nonsense, it is just this new Playboy they now have as a leader after the death of his father and a bloody battle between him and his sister/brother inlaw for control, they started using the name Jesus. They believe in OOO Obua the Messiah of the world, only that he is dead
Have you worshipped there before or simply making your judgment on hearsay?
According to their official website, they believe in God, Jesus and the Holuspirit.
Though they believe their leader is the Holyspirit in human flesh but that again does not negate them from being Christians.
Most Christians believe their Pastors to be the Christ of our time too. After all that's why most members have turned their pastors to demigods. Even some ordinary members once they believe they have the Holyspirit also see themselves as Christ.
So that the leader is believed to be Holyspirit in flesh doesn't stop them from being Christians. It has been said the the leader refuted the claim that he's Jesus or God.
Zenzu01: Has Religion affected the society positively or negatively?
My Answer
‘If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.’ ~Albert Einstein
We have learned to fly in the air like a bird and swim in the sea like a fish, but we have not yet learned the simple art of living together. ~Anonymous
This two quotes above have deep meaning and relevance. Many people do things today not because they know it is the right thing to do but just for the fear of going to hell.
Christianity teaches about the paying of tithes. Most Christians pay tithes not because they want to use the resources to take Care of the Pastors or Priests but because they have been threatened to do so or else face the Wrath of God.
Islam is a religion of peace but many acts of terrorism has been attributed to it because most terrorists have twisted a verse or two to suit their purpose thereby, claiming that they fight for Allah when infact they do it for their selfish gain alone.
Most fights, crisis, riot and even wars come as a result of the different religious beliefs in the world. You see Christians attacking Muslims and vice versa. You hear words like “your religion is not the right religion”, “you are an unbeliever if you don’t follow the teachings of my religion”, “you will go to hell if you don’t follow my religion”.
Imagine if the reward for being good and the punishment to being evil is removed. How many people will still go church or mosque, how many people will still pay tithe or give to the needy, how many people will still be his or her brothers and sisters keeper.
My candid advice is that we should leave religions when doing things. We should do things because they are good and are for the benefit to mankind. We should not do things that are harmful to others.
Remember Jesus did not say heaven is meant for Christians or Muslims or traditional worshipers but it is meant for only those that do the Will of God. This implies that your religion does not take you to either heaven or hell but only your deeds.
Have this mindset from today. Give alms to the needy not because your pastor says so but because it will help save a life from starving.
When you have this mindset, even when your pastor doesn’t tell you, you will do it anyway because you know it is the right thing to do.
This is another reason you should Accept JESUS CHRIST as your Personal Lord and Saviour.......
After countless years of Jesus being in the spotlight, The Devil had had enough. He issued a challenge to Jesus; whoever writes the longest story on Microsoft Word wins. Jesus accepts, and they get to it. After hours and hours of frantic typing, there is suddenly a power cut. The Devil is furious, whilst Jesus remains calm. As soon as the power comes back, he boots up his computer and has lost all his work, before seeing Jesus calmly typing from where he left off. Lucifer is not happy at all, He was calling Jesus a cheat, Then God intervenes, proclaiming Jesus the winner.
The moral of the story? JESUS SAVES!!
(Only the wise will understand )[/quote]Made-up stories are now the way of evangelism?
jesusjnr2020: Why Seek Ye The Living Among The Dead? He Is Risen!
Jesus meant everything to His disciples, they had invested their whole life's worth on Him having forsaken their all to follow Him. So when He died, it seemed that their whole world had crumbled and that their life's worth of investment had gone down the drain.
So everything seemed to come to a total standstill for them, as upon Him they'd put all their hopes, trust, confidence, dreams and aspirations, even their lives, so after He died, it seemed an investment gone bad, from which they now had to start afresh, even from ground zero.
Nonetheless some still retained hope that it wasn't over yet even after His death, hence they would rise up early and go to the grave where He was laid to anoint His body. But to their greatest surprise, when they got to the grave, they couldn't even see His body which they had sought:
Luke 24:1-3 (KJV)
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
So it seemed the only thing which yet inspired some hope in them concerning their Lord, had now been taken away from them, but then it was said:
Luke 24:4-7 (KJV)
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Hence they came to the grave to anoint His dead body, but they received more than what they had gone there for, which was the news that the body of Jesus which they sought among the dead was no longer there because, "He is risen!"
And this saying of the angels they had immediately believed as they were said to have remembered His Words, hence they returned from the sepulcher to give the good news to His disciples. Luke 24:8-10
That was supposed to the best news that the disciples had received since His death, however to show the extent to which they had lost hope after His death, they would not believe the report of the women who had broken the news of Jesus' resurrection to them.
Luke 24:11 (KJV)
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
But not long after that He that had resurrected from the dead, was said to have appeared before them Himself!
Luke 24:36 (KJV)
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
And although some still couldn't believe their eyes for joy, because it seemed so surreal that their Master and Lord who they thought had died and left them alone by themselves forever, had risen from the dead and now appeared right before their very eyes.
However after Jesus had proven to them that He was actually the One and also opened up their understanding of the scriptures concerning Him, it was said:
Luke 24:52-53 (KJV)
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
So knowing that their Lord who meant everything to them was no longer in the grave but had truly risen from the dead, brought their hopes back to life, as their joy knew no bounds and that inspired them to continue from where they'd left off prior to His death, up til the day of their own deaths.
It's the reason we have the message of His gospel available to us today over 2000 years later!
It's because Christ is no longer in the grave, but "HE IS RISEN!"
God bless.
I don't know whether to commend you or call you out.
Even before I opened this thread I already concluded that you must be the OP.
It's either you're a good evangelist or just an attention seeker on NL.
If only as the scripture says, there are signs that follow you, I will certainly go with the former.
There are many star systems but all are light years beyond our Solar System, and oxygen is very thin a few kilometers above our sky view and actually beyond which there is no more oxygen and no more air. How did a flying Jesus breath and what did he breath ?
Based on the substrate of different planets this human physical body is just designed for Earth incorporating our ventilation system and designed for the resident air and local gravity so except heaven shares similar gravitational capacitance and fluid Dynamics there is no way the body would survive there.
I submit that Jesus did not resurrect with a physical body.
The narrative is that he could appear and disappear after resurrection so I submit to you that he was in a dense astral form aka Ghost after 3 days. Hence the word, Holy Ghost.
Happy Easter Christianss
The only flaw in your argument is that unlike a ghost he was able to be touched and felt. As observable in Mary Magdalena hugging him when he appeared to her and his disciple Thomas feeling the nail holes in his hands.
So technically his ascension to heaven in a physical body makes no sense.
Jamesrock: Lols... nah so e easy to become Bishop Religious titles is now a thing jokes with
Why should it be difficult to be a Bishop? A Bishop is synonymous to the title of Pastors in Pentecostals. It simply means a leader of a church. As long as he meets the conditions enumerated in 1 Timothy 3:2-7