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jesusjnr2020:
7 Reasons Why A Christian Should Not Take Alcohol

1. It is misleading and deceptive.

It has the tendency to make people become vulnerable to sin and to fall into temptations.

Proverbs 20:1 (KJV)

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2. It is addictive.

It's easy to say "take a little", but many who have become addicted to alcohol today didn't start by taking much. And once one becomes addicted to it, it's hard to come out of it. That's how many found themselves trapped today. So don't start what you can't finish.

Isaiah 5:22 (KJV)

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

3. It impairs people's judgment.

Isaiah 28:7 (KJV)

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Proverbs 31:4-5 (KJV)

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

4. It's not meant for the consecrated.

In the church or the House of God in the old testament, it was prohibited for the consecrated.

Leviticus 10:8-10 (KJV)

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

Ezekiel 44:20-21 (KJV)

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

If that's anything to go by, then every individual in the church or House of God of the new testament is not supposed to take alcohol, since the church ought to be a gathering of priests.

5. It does more harm than good.

Whatever benefits there were of taking alcohol, health experts advise that it's best to avoid taking alcohol at all, because it does more harm than good to one's health. It's not even a necessity to begin with, which makes it even more avoidable.

6. It's a counterfeit intoxicating spirit to the original which is the Spirit of God.

Luke 1:15 (KJV)

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Ephesians 5:18 (KJV)

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

The above sayings show that they both have a similar function in the respect of intoxication, however alcohol is the counterfeit while the Holy Spirit is the Original. It's actually the lack of the original that makes people go for the counterfeit which is alcohol, but if e no be the Spirit of God, e no fit be like the Spirit of God. Hence the garbage that comes with taking alcohol, because it's the counterfeit and hence of inferior quality when compared to the Original which is the Holy Spirit. That's why the difference was clearly distinguished in those sayings, and the advise not to be drunk with alcohol but with the Spirit of God, because the difference is very clear. Hence every Christian ought to be filled with the Spirit of God and not alcohol. And when one has the Spirit of God, he wouldn't need alcohol for anything, because any good thing alcohol could give to him, the Spirit of God would give him more of it, and even those good things alcohol lacks and cannot give, like the power to heal the sick, cast out devils, raise the dead, cure the lepers etc. So why would a Spirit-filled Christian want to get high on the counterfeit, when he's already got the Original in the person of the Holy Spirit?

7. It causes spiritual drowsiness.

It makes people to fall asleep and not watch as Jesus had commanded us to do, and that would be one of the reasons many would not be prepared and miss the rapture or His second coming.

Luke 21:34 (KJV)

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Matthew 24:48-51 (KJV)

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

So let alcohol not be the reason you miss heaven.

God bless.

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Arrant NANSENSE!
Even Apostle Paul admonished a little alcohol is good for the body, the fact remains anything taking in excess is BAD.
FOOD too is a sin when in excess

AdakaBoro8:
oga am not the one that do the census. if u dont believe, u can go check 2006 census record.. i can give u the record each of the 5states in it..

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What I mean is that by population Ijaws aren't up to IBO's in the entire country.

AtaniWarrior:
Obong Okon Ita was the Ibibio clan that occupied the present day Arochukwu area before the arrival of Igbo and Akpa-Ekoi settlers. Obot Okon Ita (present day Obinkita village) was the seat of government of the Obong Okon Ita clan.

What is the meaning of the name Obong Okon Ita?

What is the meaning of the name Obot Okon Ita?

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Obong Okon Ita isn't a clan but the Chief of the Ibibio tribe in Ibom present day Arrochukwu and environs.
Was betrayed by his half brother, slaves and settlers.
Obong means Chief
Obot can be said to a hill, rock mountain

AdakaBoro8:
according to 2006 census the whole south east with both igala and igbo score 16million. ijaw also got 16mil.. the truth is igbo manipulated themselves into tribe of majority.. ijaw is even bigger than igbo..

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Its like you are the Nnamdi KANU of Ijaw nation

Well he gots balls unlike that Rabbi ranting on Facebook

All the best

Na dem, I knew it!

Tinubu himself knows he is a joker

Alamdulai

donnie:


You are not ISOLELE by so-called prurifying and not all blacks are ISOLELE/ ISRAEL. That's a lie. And It's not a religion, it's a bloodline. The blessing is for the blood descendants of YAKUBI (Jacob). They are the ones to bless other nations.

I didn't want to go deeper but let me go just a little bit deeper. Are you aware that the whole bible took place on the continent of Africa?

Do you know that the ancient kingdoms of Egypt, Assyria and BABYLON were all black Kingdoms on the continent of AFRICA? When your people were in Assyrian captivitiy, their captors were black people (of course along with the fallen ones a.k.a. anunakis who were worshipped as gods) yet there was clear difference between ISOLELE and other nations.

Ancient Assyria (Ashur) where our fathers were in captivity is actually the region of Niger republic. Ancient Syria (Aram) is the region of Chad with it's capital at Damasak (Damascus) along Borno/ Niger boarder. The Hausas of Kanem and Kebbi are ancient Assyrians.

Ancient Babylon is the region of South Sudan/Northern Ethiopia. They were Kushites. Our fathers were also in Babylon as slaves.

History has been twisted... false locations and lies are being taught in our schools and published by the media. It is a deliberate distortion to keep black people, especially Bantus in the dark. Especially Bantus because the Arabs/ Moors helped other semetic people like the Berbers, Hausa, Fulanis etc preserve their own history.

So our enemies know who they are and who we are but we have become stupid because of false teachers, priests, pastors etc and because of our worship of white man and love for our enemies more than ourselves.

When you see Fulanis and Boko Haram(with their base in Ancient Assyria) act the way they do, it's because of knowledge. They know who they are and who you slaves are.

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Men, I have NEVER smoked since I was born neither have any alcohol touched my tongue but from this moment,I will like to join you in taking your daily brand of weed and local gin henceforth.
What NANsense!

donnie:
Shalom ISOLELE (ISRAEL).

I know the wise among you will be like "No wonder!"

Pharmacy is from the Greek word Pharmakeia, which also means sorcery, magic, spells, Witchcraft.

Infact the references to the word in the NT bible clearly refer to witchcraft and sorcery.

Galatians 5:20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Revelation 9:21
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Revelation 18:23
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

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The man from Isolele, just dropped by to see how you are doing and I am not disappointed one bit.
Your obsession with oyibo people still on very high momentum speaking of which, you didn't answer my last question?

Ekealterego:
Those ethnologists and missionary really queried and studied the Igbos in West-Africa and were really stunned by the Hebrew similarities. From the records, the Igbos were also referred to as Heber, Eber (Hebrews) before they were called "Egbo" and then "Ebo".
You could also tell here that the Igalas and Igbos were kind of related too.
Read this below.

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Igalas are kind of Hebrews then

ijawcitizen:
Wow, such a barbaric people.

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I thought JEWs only worship Jehovah

Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel should start securing all the borders areas of the state, all bordering towns are being attacked and this is administration has been nonchalant to security

zinachidi:
If ya mama na winch shey she go tell u na? .


Meanwhile see my signature below and see if you can be of help.

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U de beg yet u de talk like MUMU

We knew all along, we only enjoy the comedy as we are still enjoying it.

The latest episodes of ESN series is on sale

calcal:
If men can reason like this, there will be no problem.

Then maybe your father ain't ya father or your children ain't yours.
How can you know that you have a child suffering outside and you look away?
Years to come that child will not also blame the mother but you too

Pierocash:
Forget about the child, focus on your family by law he isn't your child.

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Nonsense!
So, his true and first blood does not deserve to his true biological father because of a foolish woman.
The law is ASS if you don't know?

Meet the President
Stingy Men Association of Nigeria

oladeebo:
How Fulani managed to conquer the world?
is it related to heritage? or because of their ancestors tamed of the biggest households Animals... Cow, Donkey, Camel and horse.
Did you known that Barack Obama is a Fulani who ruled the giant great nation of the world for eight years?
here in Nigeria Fulani rule more than any other ethnic groups in Nigeria.

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Obama is Fulani then Trump must be Igbo...oju eja

Kriss216:
This photo breaks my heart.

A friend you eat in the same plate with.


Women are just destroyers. Look around you, can you count how many friendships and homes women have destroyed? Uncountable!


God and Adam were paddy until Eve came!

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So the MEN betraying their fellow men are what?
Don't single out the woman alone for blame

SuperDuper97:
You guys should stay safe out there.
Real or not, people are dying from the virus o

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If people are dying, no Nigerian needed be told
We saw Egbola, and nobody doubted it unlike the scam.
Nigerians knows the difference between SCAM and death

Scam scammer SCAMMEST.......criminals

na2016:
Looks like you are part of the "list"? The guys paid monthly to propagate this rubbish.

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If you know Charles Udonwa you will leave the messenger and listen to the message

englishmart:
but that boat is not large na

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Which one FG build?

Banmeallday:
Where is your seaport...

Keep serving the Nigger Area machine

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How is that ya bizness

At the END

gidgiddy:
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural and political organization of the Igbo nation, held its election into principal offices 3 days ago. Professor George Obiozor, from Imo state, emerged President General of Ohanaeze.

What some people may not know is that an Ikwerre man called Obi Wali emerged Deputy President General of Ohanaeze. Obi Wali is from Rumu-Igbo in Obio/Akpo LGA, Rivers State.

Obi Wali is said to be the son of late Dr Obi Wali, former Senator of Rivers State.

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Praise, praise, praise thou Lord!
All al alleluia!...... Let the celebration begins

When you have pri-cks in position not deserving of them

Very Powerful man

ariesbull:
Whenever ethnicity is mentioned in Akwa Ibom State, what easily comes to mind is the tripod – Ibibio, Annang and Oro. It took a long struggle before Ekid (people of Eket and Esit Eket Local Government Areas) and Obolo (people of Eastern Obolo and Ibeno Local Government Areas) could be accepted by the Big Three in the 1990s as separate ethnic groups from the Ibibio.

But unknown to most people of the state, there exists three other indigenous ethnic groups in the state – Efik, Igbo and Ogoni, the Small Three, whose kith and kin are more in neighbouring Cross River, Abia and Rivers States.

The Efik, who speak almost the same language with the Ibibio and Annang, is the most populous of the three, what with three Efik-speaking clans (mainly descendants of Efik settlers who speak Efik as a first or only indigenous language) in Akwa Ibom State. These clans include two in Itu Local Government Area (LGA) and a substantial, if not majority, part of one in Okobo LGA. Interestingly, Itu is in the Ibibio heartland while Okobo is one of the five LGAs of Oro Nation.

The Igbo and the Ogoni are ensconced in a village each in Ukanafun and Oruk Anam, two neighbouring LGAs dominated by the Annang.

*Geography of Akwa Ibom’s Own Igbo*

Ohaobu Ndoki, as Akwa Ibom’s indigenous Igbo call their village, is located in Southern Ukanafun Clan and precisely in Ward II. The village is about seven kilometres from the local government headquarters, Ikot Akpa Nkuk.

She is bounded on the east by Ikot Inyang Udo, on the south by Edem Idim, still in the same ward, on the north by Ikpe Annang village of Etim Ekpo LGA and on the west by the Blue River which separates Ohaobu people from their kith and kin in Ukwa West LGA of Abia State and Oyigbo LGA in Rivers State.

Going around the village, which is quite large and rustic, she is no different from a typical Akwa Ibom village in terms of environment. The only thing that sets her apart is the Igbo spoken by almost everyone. This makes it difficult to believe that one is in Akwa Ibom.

*Population*

Though the Akwa Ibom State Government recognizes Ikot Inyang Udo II (Ohaobu) as one village, the people, on their own, divide themselves into four villages – Akpala, Okpikro, Umuchuta and Ohaobu.

Numbering over 2,000, Ohaobu people belong to the Ndoki, an Igbo sub-ethnic group. The Ndoki and their Asa cousins dominate Ukwa West and Ukwa East, the only two oil-producing LGAs in Abia State, and Oyigbo, an oil-producing LGA in Rivers State which boasts of the famed Afam Power Station located in Okoloma.

“We are the Ndoki of Akwa Ibom State,” explains Pastor Magnus Kamanu, the Secretary of Ohaobu Village Council. “Ndoki are balkanized into three states. The river demarcates us from other states.”

The people’s occupations are mainly farming and fishing. In the past, the Blue River, which harbour is in Ohaobu, was a beehive of activities including smuggling (from Cameroon to Aba) and oil bunkering done largely by non-indigenous criminals and some local accomplices. Apparently, that necessitated the establishment by the Federal Government of a customs’ post not far from Ohaobu.

The people are mainly Christians of the Anglican faith. Christ Army Church and Assemblies of God Church also have many adherents in the village.

*How Ohaobu Became Part of Akwa Ibom*

Ohaobu used to be part of old Imo State (from which Abia State was created in 1991). In 1987, the village was made part of old Cross River State (from which Akwa Ibom State was created shortly after) by the Federal Government.

The river was used as a natural boundary, based on the recommendation of the Boundary Adjustment Committee chaired by Late Alhaji Kaloma Ali, a lawyer and politician who subsequently served as Minister for Solid Minerals’ Development during the regime of his close associate, Late General Sani Abacha.

*Ohaobu or Ikot Inyang Udo II: Much Ado About a Name*

There is a long-running dispute about the name of the village. The Akwa Ibom State Government in its Gazette (2000), which this writer sighted, recognizes the village as Ikot Inyang Udo II. This is the name Ohaobu’s Annang neighbours in Ukanafun and Etim Ekpo LGAs call the village. But the Ohaobu people vehemently reject this name.

It is obviously a measure of how the people are fervent about the Ohaobu name that the Eze-elect of the village, Chief Lucky Nwosu, rejected his certificate of recognition as the Village Head from the State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in November, last year, simply because Ikot Inyang Udo II, not Ohaobu, was written on the certificate.

“Let them give me the certificate in the name of Ohaobu,” Nwosu pleads.



From the foregoing, it is crystal clear that Akwa Ibom State has her own indigenous Igbo population and not just Igbo residents (mainly businessmen) from Abia, Anambra, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Rivers States.

And so, whenever ethnic groups in the state are listed, the list should not end in five – Ibibio, Annang, Oro, Ekid and Obolo (Ijaw). Three more should be added – Igbo, Ogoni and Efik. Clearly, the trio is indigenous to Akwa Ibom State, a fact of life that cannot be wished away.

Indeed, Akwa Ibom is a multi-ethnic state.


By Inemesit Ina



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