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^^ Did someone just make a wish?
*lands on thread*

luvgurl: wat is IDOWUOGBO

lolzzzz

Eze Promoe: [color=crimson]Please stop!!! The blushing is making me to want to do'obo now.[/color]

he wants to do 'obo'.... Smartie is looking and smiling. Hmmm... Issorite.

^^ huh? Indian?

xynerise: Hello guys. Arghhh! Headache

howdy sire. Methinks you should step away from the kichen for a while and rest quickly before madam comes back

shakara4u: Insult SEUN and the mods will tell you who owns NL,so ordinarily its a NO..NO

*marvels at the decoding process* That's what 'if i insult seun ma,na them cuase am' means?

*whispering to myself*
I just met an alien...
I just met an alien...
And he is teaching me their language...

Smartie gurl: Better person "Oahray" whats gud?

She called me 'better person' in a thread with *mentions some names*
It feels so good, I don close for the day. I'm going home to hang this on my wall

I'm fine o. Long time. How are you?

ItsModella: LMAO!! ahaha, that's exactly what I did.

as in eh... *frowns and fiddles with afro while staring at the post meditatively* It looks like some sort of alien language.

shakara4u: ask itsmodella and[b] smartie gurl[/b]


if i insult seun ma,na them cuase am

lmao *pretending to understand the second part*

shakara4u: SOS[size=8pt][/size][font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

Lmao... Wetin this one dey do?

Is someone trying to rewrite the Joseph story on NL?

You look 15... But the eyes ehn... Did they give birth to your eyes first before the rest part of your body?

Lol... See biography o. So cute

Man's inhumanity to man. Smh

Culture is dynamic. Some aspects of our culture are even at times copied from others. Once upon a time our ancestors walked almost nak.ed and saw nothing wrong with it. Now we are fully clothed and call it our culture to be well dressed. 200years from now, later generations might even ignorantly call our trouser and shirt traditional clothes.

Bidam: Since God has
made Jesus a priest in the order of Melchizedek, it follows that Jesus is greater than
Aaron.
But what this implies is another matter. Why does the superiority of the Melchizedekian
priesthood imply the abolition of the tithe? Being under the administration of a superior
priesthood does not automatically mean that one does not need to tithe. Perhaps one may
point to verse 12, which says, "For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must
also be a change of the law." But again, that does not automatically settle the issue. Why
does "a change of the law" necessarily entail the abolition of the tithe? The law says,
"Thou shalt not murder." Does it mean we may commit murder under the new priesthood,
seeing that there is "a change of the law"?
What is this "change in the law" ?

Flawed logic. If the constitution of a nation is reviewed or changed, does it mean everything therein is changed?

Jesus taught his followers to love their fellow man whether neighbour or 'enemy', so your analogy of murder does not hold water as we would not murder someone we love. You see how the new convenant makes perfects the law convenant?

As for tithing, the levitical priesthood has been replaced by Jesus who shed his blood once and for all time. If you must pay tithe as you claim (which neither Jesus nor the first century christians ever stressed), you should give it to the priest, Jesus. How? Let the bible answer this:

"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Since you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me." -Matt 25:40 (King James 2000 Bible ©2003)

Do you see the point now?

One thing we should know, the command God gives his people are for their own good. Understanding the principles behind those laws would better help us to do what is right. What was the principle behind the Mosaic law?

Jesus summed up the Law and the Prophets as love -for God and for neighbour (Matt 22:34-40). God does not need our money to buy anything, but humans do. Aspects of the law code given to the Israelites such as tithing and gleaning was to instill in them a spirit of generosity.

The levitical priesthood did not plant or harvest because they were dedicated to working in the temple, offering sacrifices in behalf of the people. Tithing was to help the Jews cultivate a spirit of sharing (yes, they could eat from it too, as seen in Deut 14:22,23) with the Levites, the widows and the orphans (Deut 14:28,29). God's blessing was merely an addition and not the reason for the law.

With the eternal sacrifice of Jesus, such a levitical priesthood ceased to have God's backing, and so did the mosaic law and aspects of it such as tithing, animal sacrifices and gleaning (Heb 7:1-28). Little wonder the apostle Paul referred to the law as a tutor leading to Christ (Gal 3:24). Now that we have Christ, we no longer need a tutor.

Instead of tithing, christians are to be cheerful givers (2Cor 9:7).

Instead of hating their enemies, christians are to love and pray for them. (Matt 5:43;44)

Instead of offering animal sacrifices, christians are to offer the fruit of the lips (praise) to God (Heb 13:15).

It's a shame some profess to be christians and yet, like the pharisees of Jesus time, give the tenth part of food as religious obligation but ignore the weightier matters of the law namely justice, MERCY and faithfulness (Matt 23:23) and for this very reason, Jesus condemned them!

Miss Ope: - shouldn't we give our pastors money knowing fully well dat dey don't av other sources of income and dey av bills to pay?....

Being a pastor is not a job in which you expect to be paid. The Apostle Paul worked to sustain himself so he would not be a burden to others. That said, it is good to support a person doing the work of God full time, but in line with the New Testament's principle of cheerful giving.

Bringing tithing into the pic and threatening people with punishment from God or a ceasation of blessing is just a devilish attempt at defrauding honest hearted people. No where in the Bible were Christians required to pay tithes.

Miss Ope: Are these laws not God's laws anymore? Or isn't christ God anymore? ...woo am confused jor...confusion everywhere sef sometime I feel like being an Atheist.... But I can't because I believe in Christ ....he's my friend and he's spoken to me before...... just dat people are confusing me and I don't even know wat to believe anymore.

lmao This lady is funny. Start by looking for answers from the Bible by YOURSELF. You'd be shocked how much lies some churches teach.

cecegorz: And you Sing 'Abraham's blessings are mine' right ?
Haven't you read that Abraham was the first to give tithes, was it after the law or before the law?
Don't you know that we have no part in the law of Moses, being gentiles by nature?
Aren't you aware that we are connected to God ONLY through Abraham, Gal 3vs6-9, and not through the law of Moses?
If Abraham gave tithes by faith, having a spiritual understanding way before the law came into existence, we ought also to do the same.
If you give your tithe, as part of the law, that's a massive ignorance! You can as well go ahead and keep the whole law, else you will be under the curse of the law. Gal 3vs10,11.
So my brother, give your tithes by faith as a true seed of Abraham, it is your spiritual act of honor and worship to God, as the source of everything you own.

tithing would not give anyone salvation. Faith in Jesus' sacrifice would. Jesus also emphasized helping your brothers in need. That is what you and those tithe pastors ought to be preaching.

Tithing is not binding on christians, neither is God a casino machine that doubles or tripples the money you give to your church. If you are giving so that God would bless you with more money, that is an epic fail! God loves a cheerful giver.

Stop turning the word of God into a money making business.

cecegorz: My brother, I don't know your motives for this advise but this is false teaching at it's best!
ONLY priests (pastors) receive tithes.
Tithes is only one type of giving, it doesn't stop you from doing the rest.
The scripture is clear about giving to your parents, fellow brethren, the poor and the needy, and other Just causes.

pastors are not the equivalent of priests. Jesus replaced the priest class and offered an everlasting sacrifice with his shed blood. The bible says so at Hebrews 7:1-28.

Stop this misinformation!

On point Frosbel! On point. Tithing belonged to the Mosaic law and was to be given to the Levites, priests, widows and orphans. The duty of the priests and levites in the temple made it necessary since they did not plant or harvest like the other tribes.

Jesus as high priest sacrificed himself once and for all time for mankind. Hence there is no priestly or levitical class any more. Who then is the tithe to be payed to? Pastors? What was their equivalent in the Mosaic law?

Read Hebrews chapter 7. Tithing passed away with the Mosaic law. The New Testament even says that God loves a CHEERFUL giver but speaks nothing of an obligation to pay tithes. Jesus said that 'he who feed and clothes his brother in need' is doing it for him (Jesus), still not the slightest reference to tithes.

If Jesus did not require it and Paul after mentioning Abraham tithing and the Israelites paying tithes to the levites said the Mosaic law has passed away, are advocates of tithing Christians or Judaists?