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@Joagbaje
am still waiting

@ Joabgaje
l am yet to get a reply l wanted to know based on your own understanding what your opinion was with respect to the possibility of the fulfillment of this scripture in Ephesians 4:13[b] "Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ"[/b] especially when one puts into perspective the increased difference and variance in beliefs that exist in the body Christ and more than ever seem to be escalating.
How can this "unity of faith" happen

dare2think:
^^^^

Thanks for the correction.

it is still important to outline the "perceived" wrongs perpetrated in the name of religion and discuss about it.

The darkness should not be ignored and the light should be encouraged.

We cant pretend that all is perfect when it is not. That is deceit.

Very True my friend but you see its the manner with which its done, it has to be done in love not in acrimony or in a manner that will portray the Christianity in a bad light consequently turning back prospective converts and persons who would have hitherto trust and submit their lives to the message of Joy and Hope that Jesus Christ offers

EarsWide:
Jo said
Snowwy said
It seems the charlatans have come up with a new one - if you don't preach the gospel, you cannot call out charlatans and con men.  

That is not the point the point is if you have "a message" of "The gospel" to preach why not; preach it else keep your distance. How can you explain it you spend almost 90% criticizing where then is the gospel to that you preach

nuclearboy:
The issue of Peter and Paul NOT agreeing is a strange and totally manipulative one! Paul and Peter may not have agreed on a very few minor matters but each knew the other was a sincere honest Christian who wasn't in it for money.

What minor matters is this fellow talking about do you think that the issue of circumcision was minor by any standards especially to the Jews? Abeg and speaking about honesty please don't derail this thread (THIS IS A WARNING!!!) You are the least person to consider a discussant on that topic or have you forgotten so soon. . . . so please lets allow sleeping dogs"lay" while lying
Let me ask you
do you believe in this verse of scripture in Ephesians 4:13 please whats your take on it

@ Joagbaje
l like the concept but do you think any of those critics would make any sense of it nonetheless please l would ask you to kindly spell out some of those gray areas Paul and Peter didn't agree and secondly is there any record of the duo ever coming to an agreement.
Also and even more interesting, if all this differences continue to exist as they presently do and in fact more than ever how then are we going to see the fulfillment of Ephesians 4:13

hmmmmmmmmmm
l knew this was going to get all the attention its getting now but you oga inedi na wa for you o you no no your friends for nairaland them no like anything wealth, riches, money, prosperity. . . . make l tell you way tin like-poverty hahahahaha

The Holy Spirit is the Humility of the GodHead the bible reveals to us that Jesus Christ in whom the totality and fullness of the Godhead bodily dwells humbled Himself even unto the death of the cross
Php 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Luke 22:41-44
"And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground"

Jesus' submission to the will of God is a true definitive example of true humility and could only had been possible because of the HOLY SPIRIT.

Please just a curious note: The angel that came to strengthened Jesus could that angel be the Holy Spirit

Both are mutually exclusive and do have their place

Its spiritual its not normal

EarsWide:
@newmi - you said

Yet you repeat my line exactly - you are a half wit 

How do you handle a soul that just got born again but he is to a large extent distracted by the cares and needs he is faced with such that all he sees in you even as you exhort and admonishes him is someone who will give him money perhaps because you had helped me previously

ONCE AGAIN THE JOY OF WINNING A SOUL IS IMMENSELY IMMEASURABLE BUT ITS A VERY BIG RESPONSIBILITY WITH MANY SACRIFICES TO BE MADE

Whatever succeeds in taking you away from God becomes your god and constitutes IDOLATRY

hmmmmmmm

John 14:16-17
"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you"

I can never stop thanking God for ever giving me His Spirit

^^^^^
are telling me that people pray to God "via" Pope John Paul ll

l love God because He first loved me and it would be lunatic and selfishly insane for me not to reciprocate
1John 4:19
"We love him, because he first loved us"

EarsWide:
@ogoamaka99

Have you sent your seed to Ashimodollar for your 24 hours turnaround ?

Share curiosity why would you wish to know. . . . . . hmmmmmmmm
Aahhhhhha! yes so you could stage a robbery operation to prevent it? don't worry just catching my fun

EarsWide:
@ogoamaka99

Let us know when your head comes out from Jo's backside

l see you are out of ideas perhaps you own head should come out of nuclear bonboi's back

EarsWide:
Who the gods want to destoy - they first make mad!

You seem to be talking from experience
l didn't know some persons still have regards "the gods" but as far as the bible is concerned there are no such things as "the gods" [/b]we recognize the one and only true God.
[b]Galasians 4:8
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods"

Nonetheless though if we mush accept the reference "the gods" ascribed to any entity, it must be to the credit of "THE SONS OF GOD"

1John 3:1-2
"Beloved, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called THE SONS OF GOD: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God. . . "

@Joagbaje
Can we qualify as suffering a christian who has been "waiting on God" for very long time hoping that God would do something about her situation but yet "nothing seem to have happened"

thehomer:
Well, tell that to Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventists they read the Bible and came to another conclusion.

Of what consequence will it make when they are not Christians for most and important reason being that they deny the Person of the Holy Spirit Who is the Foundation and platform on which the gospel was giving birth to and still today remains the propelling and sustaining singular factor for the Church and the gospel

True talk, no contest but let us not sit back and assume that He is where are your proves that He is really making more impact.

@ Poster
"Who Is The Keeper Of The Money Bag In Churches"
Why would you wish to know

Quit trying to be righteous, its a gift simply accept and embrace by faith with thanksgiving

Romans 5:17
"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ"
Its is interestingly amazing to discover that as opposed to what many people including certain Christians think, Righteousness is a gift and not something you work to eventually earn or something you have to qualify for at all.

The bible records that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord", in Adam all of humanity sin and rebelled against God (Romans 5:12"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned) that is all of mankind became shearers and participators of Adam's transgression

But the good news now is recorded in 2 Corinthians 5:21 "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" This is the gospel and this is what the gospel is all about.

Jesus Christ was made to be the embodiment and totality of sin as a nature because sin is a nature, the nature of the fallen man Adam of whom all of mankind became shearers of, which explains why it is possible for even a "good" person to still go to hell with all his "good" deeds without accepting Christ as Lord and Saviour . You see most you hear some people say things like ". . . well l don't steal, l don't kill, l give arms and don't do this l don't do that but this issue of being born again l am not into it. . . " What they don't know is that the best of all of man's "good" deeds is like filthy rag before God Almighty because the bible says He God is so Holy that His eyes can not behold iniquity that explains why Jesus Christ cried out while hanging on the cross where eternal redemption was brokered ". . . Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me (Mark 15:24" At this point Jesus became the totality of all that man's sin represents and The Father could not behold sin thus He(Jesus) died the death for man and man was redeemed at a purchasing price of Jesus' blood.

1 Corinthians 6:20
" For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's"

Jesus Christ who had no sin was made sin while man who had sin was made right before God this is that divine exchange by so doing righteousness was rendered to man as a gift as a consequence of the fact that in Christ Jesus we have been Justified and declared not guilty and have become reconciled to God
Romans 5:1
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ"
Glory to God forever! !

Azibalua:
@ dare2think
You still have not explained what you understand by the eye of a needle
Am waiting please

please wait a little more

nuclearboy:
You're obviously high on petrol fumes climbing okadas

no one said you own an Okada[b] (who dash lazy man wey dey look for tithes to chop)[/b] - I said you climb them

lazy man? hahahahahah

you my boy most times l wonder how you read perhaps you read with blood shot eyes because l never said l onw an okada
And with regards to climbing them oh with joy every time l have the opportunity to do so because it presents me the golden avenue to preach Jesus Christ crucified, buried and resurrected and l am grateful to God for His grace because l have records of countless souls that have accepted Christ as Lord and Saviour.
Its amazing the joy of winning a soul.
nuclear bonboi why not get on board and begin to experience this joy that comes when a man admits to recognizing his need for God in Christ Jesus YOU ARE MISSING ALOT. . . . . . . WAKE UP AND GET BUSY FOR THE JESUS CHRIST IF YOU REALLY CONFESS HIM AS BOTH LORD AND SAVIOUR
TAKE CARE

nuclearboy:
1st, newmi admits he depends on Okadas to move around

Se bi hahahahahah l SPIT ON THIS BECAUSE IT MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP

nuclearboy:
Then, Azibubu says she preaches to okada riders daily on her way around

Azi at least you are preaching the gospel but this bonboi of mine no worth or bonboi have you ever witnessed the gospel to somebody, how often do you preach JESUS to people?

nuclearboy:
Finally, Jo himself admits that he drives a danfo without air-conditioning around

So is this the gospel you know to preach e ya

nuclearboy:
Go stand on allen avenue, woman - na where you belong be dat since you prefer not to work!

Wait a minute, somebody sounds like he knows his way around that area and he is very much familiar with transactions around there
abi confess bonboi se you be regular customer
l knew it from the onset that you were up to no good Romans 6:1-2 "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid"

Ephesians 2:14-16
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

the answer is obvious.
The bible says that it is only a fool that says that there is no God so to marry such person is to marry a fool

haba which one be joints again now what of bone and marrows hahahahahahahaha
please don't mind me am just kidding