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CACAWA:
Her killing can never ever be justified...I agree

[size=18pt] But talking about religious tolerance, can we do something about the use of MegaPhones from street to street...for crying out loud, it does not make sense.[/size]

Let us learn to respect each other's faith. She may have been killed by frustrated youths, or extremists, but who knows, she may have been frequent in that neighbourhood...and if it is anything like I am used to hearing...the message will be "it is not about religion, where do you wan to end up? give your life to christ, he is the only one that can save you...it is not about fasting, Jesus loves you..."

So, if the local imam had said..."chase that woman away"...he was only acting by instincts. But who ever thought of stabbing her has transgressed.

Enough of this street to street evangelism via MegaPhones...it makes no sense...the JW use pamphlets and magazines...that's more reasonable

And again, her killing cannot be justified.

Wat are you saying? So one shouldn't be free to practice d tenets of his/her religion again as we all know that evangelism is a core part of Christianity nd will u also stop d Muslim from doing their usual prayers? If u talk about noise, den will u also stop those that play music in their shops both commercial nd residential areas? You are at liberty to listen to wat is being preached or not.
U r d hypocrite here

Juleedear:
Please there is this goose-pimple like feeling on my head that I recently notice each time I'm reading either religious books or studying the bible. It's very obvious and I don't feel it outside those times. Any implication? Pls Oyedulef or CharlG help a sis.

lol my sis i think u are already starting to know the difference between your spirit man and ur body. With time u will be able to fully differentiate both. When your spirit is getting nourishment, Presence of the Holy Spirit becomes real and the anointing becomes real too. Ur body is kinda unfamiliar with the anointing yet so you get d goose pimples. Its nothing to be scared about. Keep growing ur Spirit man.
Am speaking out of experience. Den i even thought it was evil, went for counsel and a mentor of mine proved to me from scripture thay it was d anointing. I know a person whose hand becomes hot nd if it touch person (laying of hand), dat person is going down .Try to do some bible study on Anointing

Seriously av also thought about it so well. I think He could be Jesus Christ. God in flesh

Niflheim:
Good day Sir!!! I am your "Best Friend", I have come to correct your errors.

Error number 1: "I strongly believe that evolution is fake"...................Evolution is not about belief, it is a science, and so therefore you can test it if it is real or not.

Error number 2: "It's a simple concept of intelligent design"..........................No it is not!!! This is why your blood vessels pass in front of your retina, rather than behind, creating the PUNCTUM CAECUM(human blind spot)!!!

Errror number 3: "how a sequence of events accidentally created"...............................But Evolution does not even address or attempt to address the issue of creation!!! The area of science that is trying to address creation is known as "ABIOGENESIS".

Error number 4:"Something created this earth or rather some intelligent designer set in motions the universe that created this earth"..............................................This is extremely dishonest and very misleading!!! You just created what you call a "false dichotomy". How do you know that it is either A or B? What of C? an Eternal universe? What of D? An unintelligent designer?

Science itself evolves so how can it be trusted? Each generation is limited by the level of scientific discoveries dey av had. There are somethings once believed in past generation dat aren't true today. There was a time dat drugs to cure most disease were made out of human or animal faeces in ancient Egypt which was d most scientifically advanced country at dat time. Science is still on a journey to discover alot even after our generation has past so y limit ursef to d discovery of d day?

@ etidy and processor01
I relate with Wat u guys said concerning some movie series and it's a wakeup call for children of God to be watchful. Wen many we first met d Lord, there were things He helped us overcome and there were things He took away from us. Mine was, secular music, video games, seasonal movies. Now its not bad to see a short movie but we must understand dat we are feeding our mind with it and wen we spend great amount of time on dem, we dont know d havoc it has done until we see our selves behaving like or using words we heard in such movies.
In my own case I notice anytime I go back to dem, i start facing temptations dat God had given me victory over in d past and until i stop, it persist. In the school of the Spirit we don't graduate we only get promoted. No one is superman, d devil is very cunning nd sometimes deceives us to think we av arrived and we can't fall into old temptations nd we mustn't be ignorant of his devices. Many atime, dis so called movies are embellished wit some from of moral lesson, it is all part of satan device to lure and gain control of our mind. Let's by all means avoid going back to those things the Holy Spirit has taken away from us.

achicares:
In addition to this thread, why don't we also have a whatsapp group where we can be sharing the word of God.

Nairaland is a better platform dan a WhatsApp group. Thousands of ppl will still come in contact wit d contents in this thread nd get blessed but WhatsApp will limit it to d members. I hope u get my point

Anas09:
OK, I will do that. Thanks bro

Uwc sis. Goodnight

Anas09:
I think that's what they are trying to do. Silence voices which counters them. Well, the Lord has a way of preserving His own.
The Lord has already warned me that I will be hated of men of all nations. These ones here are doing their best.
I feel someone or a particular MOD has marked my Moniker, am being banned for no reason. Well, I think they will have to ban me permenently. I don't run from a fight, and definitely not from cowards who hide behind masks, pretending not to believe in Satan, while all the way fighting to propagate his agenda.

yeah. U can as well get another moniker dat bears no resemblance wit ur name for commenting on such thread . Dey r cowards

Anas09:
My beloved, my Moniker this days gets banned by just signing in.
My interest in Seun's NL is dwindling.

it is well sis no amount of intimidation should stop d gospel from being preached. Alot has been going on recently especially dis religious section and d children of dat liar r going about speading d bad news of atheism nd patronizing believers wit it and attempts are being made to silence d true Christians from speaking d truth. We must not b intimidated by any effort made to frustrate d gospel. It is well sis we av d victory already

GoodMuyis:
CharlyG1, vooks, ccolins, nnamdiosu, sonofthunder, Analice107 (Anas09), dazzle101, oyeludef, Hibreed, Great0, Tjayjosh,

If you hear your name, say present.

Present sir

Its amazing how so called atheist here feel dey are logical and at d same time betray logic.
The disciples were cowards
All d disciples scampered for safety after Jesus was arrested by the jewish priests and soldiers, one of d disciple i.e mark even ran away naked, peter tried following at a distance(perhaps hoping to see Jesus perfom a miracle nd free himself) in d course of doing dis he denied dis same christ thrice.
Jesus was tried, tortured before every eye, non of d disciple could offer to carry d cross for him wen he fell nd someone else was forced to do dat.
Jesus was crucified before their very eyes without any protest and it was Joseph of aramatia dat could go and beg for his corpse to b released. The disciples got the body and buried it in Joseph tomb,
Now do u know wat a tomb looks like? A tomb is a hollow made in a big stone or a rock and d jews usually bury dis way because dey later go back after some years to pack d bones of d dead intact into a box and inscribe d name of such person on d box. There is usually one entrance into a jewish tomb on which a big stone is placed to secure.
ROMAN SOLDIERS ARE WELL TRAINED
Remember at dis time, the world was still under d Roman empire, the Romans had d best soldiers in d world, you can do ursef a favour of reading about d Roman soldiers of dis time online. The penalty for sleeping in duty is death. Even our soldiers of today dare not sleep on duty cos dey risk a court martial.
Now ponder on dis and see how Nairaland so called logical athiest betray everything that logic stands for. Now think about dis, on whose authority were d soldiers stationed there? And tell me the type of men who will av been there. Pilate was the person dat gave the order.
At this period, the jews had a ruler called Herod, and d roman empire also had a representative in israel called Pontius Pilate, pilate was like prime minister cameron while herod was like d queen of england. Imagine president buhari giving and order that a grave should be guarded by soldiers, do u think d army chief will just send recruits? Of course experienced soldiers will be sent. There presence there will send shivers down d spine of anyone who saw dem. Do u think disciples who were standing afar off and denying their master will be bold enough to go near such soldiers standing in front of a tomb with a big stone at d enterance? What type of sleep were dey sleeping for a big stone to be rolled away and d body stolen.
If it had really happened, u wont hear such from trained roman soldiers cos d next thing dey will av done as dey awake is to commit suicide.

hijacke:
The jews referred to James, Joses, Judas and Simon as Jesus brethren does not mean they were Mary's sons,
Rather according to the protoevangelium( gospels omitted in the Bible) Joseph was an elderly widower when he chose to be Mary's spouse
The perpetual virginity of Mary has always been reconciled with the biblical references to Christ’s brethren through a proper understanding of the meaning of the term "brethren." The understanding that the brethren of the Lord were Jesus’ stepbrothers (children of Joseph) rather than half-brothers (children of Mary) was the most common one until the time of Jerome (fourth century). It was Jerome who introduced the possibility that Christ’s brethren were actually his cousins, since in Jewish idiom cousins were also referred to as "brethren." The Catholic Church allows the faithful to hold either view, since both are compatible with the reality of Mary’s perpetual virginity.

stop beating about the bush, jude is d one referred to as judas, jude is greek for judas.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Jude 1:1 KJV

Many people were sitting around Jesus. They said to him, “Your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are waiting for you outside.” Jesus asked, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” Then he looked at the people sitting around him and said, “These people are my mother and my brothers! My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what God wants.”
Mark 3:32-35 ERV

I wonder what ur reason to say mary remained a virgin after the birth of christ is. God only needed her to be a virgin for d conception of christ of which joseph her then fiance was inforned in a dream. How would God create the iinstitution of marriage( of which one of d reason was to b fruitful nd multiply and replenish d earth) and still deprive d lawful husband from touching the wife?
U said a book was omitted from d bible, if it didn't make it into d canon of scripture dat means it is questionable.

Op you should read ur bible more
MARK6:3
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Mark 6:2-4 KJV

Well seun why dont u go tru these videos and see aarcheological facts dat prove the bible is true
I can see u r very ignorant so u can educate ursef a bit


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_dq05csRcw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8baSEy1zuA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY4PP9GIDgc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvNN0P-Sevo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V12U2HHhp3k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1hblPs0-w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX9BfxmVJCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90mOIFqdcs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSiVvjY1VBE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7epE8bgqbxE

Talk2nanro:
smh

well u r wrong. D whole of d bible wasn't translated from Hebrew as a matter of fact, major part of d old testament were written in Aramaic, a good portion of d new testament was in Greek nd d rest Hebrew.
I can see u didn't read my post u quoted well, i believe we all are here to learn. In Hebrew, d word usually translated to mean spirit is pneuma it is even used wen referring to the Holy Spirit. It is also used of demons. Pneuma is usually used to mean air movement and you remember d spirit of man came forth as a result of the breath of God(gen2:7).
The word usually translated to mean soul is psuche and according to my strongs dictionary here, it means the seat of the feelings, desires,affections. It is also defined as a moral essence which differs from d body and is not dissolved by death.
I once shared some books by Kenneth hagin here on dis thread, you can lay ur hands on dem if u wanna know more on d subject matter.

cloudgoddess:
I know you mean well but all you have typed here is ignorance and fables.

What you call the soul here is actually the prefrontal cortex of our brains. That is the seat of our intellect and complex abilities. Destroy the prefrontal cortex and you will get a human animal that can't do much of anything.

Likewise, "Spirit/God-consciousness" examined critically is really just our ability to imagine (also from our prefrontal cortex), and the fruits of that imagination. A so-called God-conscious person is merely a person who has a well formed image in his brain of an entity that controls all things. This image is a mental creation. Neither the image or our ability to create and worship it, is proof that the god actually exists.

Lastly, all illnesses have natural physical, chemical, and biological causes. If an influenza virus finds its way into your mucosa and your body does not possess the antibodies to fight it and chemically degrade it, then you WILL get sick. If you eat a piece of bread with a pathogenic bacterium on it and the bacterium is able to withstand your stomach's acidity, you WILL get sick.

There is no magic involved. It is likely that claims of Jesus never getting sick, along with most supernatural claims about Jesus, are false.

thanks for feeling d need to educate me a bit. I don't even know where to start from but believe me, if u av experienced a quarter of wat i av experienced, u will know that life goes beyond d pre frontal cortex and don't assume ppl here are ignorant actually some here are much knowledgeable Dan u even in d sciences u think u know. I wonder why u guys spend ur life pretending u don't believe in d supernatural wen at night u still end up facing spiritual battles (or u assume it as a result of having a prefrontal cortex too?).
How do u explain a woman getting pregnant nd carrying d baby for nine months without a womb? How do u explain blindeyes opening suddenly, lame rising,dumb speaking, dead rising?my sister life goes beyond ur prefrontal cortex.
It is easy to claim to b an atheist wen all is rosy but wen u meet wit real life battle, u will know atheism is just mere pretence or ignorance(if u like). Science revolves around d souls realm, today there are thousand of things science still seeks answer for. Just go online nd read documentation of several medical practitioners on near death experience or out of body experience of several of their patients. These are doctors some don't even believe in God.
The spiritual realm is more real Dan dis world but so many ppl are ignorant about. Am sure u will run from a person who wants to hit u wit a talisman but u will still say u don't believe in d spiritual world.

Lamasta:
On the day 2 of my fasting and praying aroud 3pm as I was praying I saw a revelation in this revelation an Angel pours anointing oil on my head after pouting the oil He told me to stretch my hand and I observe that even physically as I was praying my hand was stretched and as I stretched my hand in this revelation he gave me something like a staff and also told me to beng my head and he placed something like a crown on my head, as all this is going on in the revelation my physical body too was responding as I was praying i.e bowing my head, stretching my arms, after everything was finished a voice just whisper to me during the prayer session thaat I should start giving thanks which I started doing and I ended the prayer.......
After this revelation some hours later I started seeing myself doing manifesto in front of a large people mostly students and also I started seeing msaelf team leading a protest all this started occuring after the revelation....BRO CharlyG1, oyeludef, Vooks, Analice107 etc

protest? Comman explain d nature of d protest oo. Hope it isn't pro Makafi or Ali modu sheriff?
pardon my sense of humor jare. As touching d dream, i believe Brethren who are gifted in dis area will surely reply u as soon as dey come online and see ur post but be rest assured that it is more that u r on d path of greatness and you are being prepared as God's battle axe in d war against d enemies of the kingdom. I pray u get even deeper and greater experiences cos our God is immeasurable and deeper still. D deepest u can go in God is in ur capacity and d more of God u experience, d more u understand dat d more of God there is

stardragon:
what is the difference between the "SOUL AND SPIRIT"

first of all, d bible makes us know there is distinction btw soul nd d spirit, according to 1thess5:23, 'and d very God of peace sanctify u wholly and i pray God your whole SPIRIT and SOUL and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.'
Hebrew4:12 'for the word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of SOUL and SPIRIT and of the joints and marrow,...' ( u see sometimes its so hard to differentiate it but the word of God will do dat for u)
according to d bible, man was created in the image of God and the bible makes it clear that God is a spirit john4:24, this means of d three parts of a human, d part created in d image of God is d spirit of man.
Man is a spirit having a soul, and living in a body. D soul is d sit of man personality, intellect, will etc. D first man created became Adam wen he entered a body and became a living soul (genesis2:7), he had his own intellect,will,emotions etc.
I am oyeludef and dis is because i have a soul (giving me my personality, intelligence,memory etc). We are wat we are known as because we have a soul, d fact our soul is intact makes us responsible for every action we take.
Wen a man dies, only his body dies but his soul and spirit are still together. A good illustration of dis is in d parable of Lazarus and d rich man Jesus told in Luke 16:19-26. Wen d rich man died, his body was buried but his spirit and soul was still intact. He raised up his eye in hell and saw Lazarus, father Abraham( this means dey never lost their personality after death which means their soul was still intact cos he still had his mental faculty, recognized Lazarus and could still remember dat happened wen he was on earth even remembered his brothers on earth too.)
whether u say d spirit of a sinner or d soul of a sinner will end up in hell, u r still correct because dey will be together in hell.

D spirit is d man himself, d soul is a tool

Before i talk about walking in the fullness of God presence,i will like to talk about the parts of man.
Man is a three partite being made up of the Spirit, the soul and the body. These three parts of man dwell and operates in deparate realms. The Body gives us world consciousness(our immediate earthly environment), the soul gives us self counsciousness(our intellect,ability,disability etc) while our Spirit gives us God consciousness. Of the three parts of man,the Spirit is most important as it is d only link we have to God.
From childhood we have become so familiar with the body and the soul but at salvation our spirit comes back alife in d new birth experience. Our body and soul constitutes what the bible calls flesh. This means the personality about us we av always been familiar wit is our flesh. We know next to nothing about our spirit before we get saved but we begin to understand the ways of the spirit by reading our bible. The bible talks about d fruit of d human spirit in d book of galatians. The spirit of a man was created in the image of God hence it has Godly characteristics. The spirit of a sinner is dead just like a zombie but at salvation it comes alife.
Now my emphasis is going to be on the spirit of man because our God is a spirit and only things offered in spirit is acceptable by Him. Those who must worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. Whateva we are collecting from God through prayer is done by the spirit and channeled to the right place e.g health for the body. Let me explain, the bible says Jesus bore our sickness and disease right?but even on the cross Jesus was never sick or diseased that is because He never bore it on His body. God forsook Him on the cross cos of the Load of sin,sickness,poverty, death he bore in His spirit. Dis means our salvation is a spiritual work,same as healing,provision and everything Jesus provided by His death on the cross. This is why we need to know the difference between our body,soul and spirit. D devil prefers us to b blind about things related to our spirit man but thr bible says to be carnally(fleshly) minded is death but to br spiritually minded is life and peace for the carnal mind is enemity against God.just like ur body nd soul had been growing all this years,your spirit also needs to grow so as to live the God life. The word of God is the food for the spirit. Start from d milk and go into the meat. The God kind of life which Jesus christ has called us into is a limitless life. Many a times what ppl consider to b spiritual is carnal cos it still borders along the intellectual realm. For you to be able to walk in spirit as aposlte paul said you need to be able to silence the flesh.
To b continued

GoodMuyis:
Really! enlighten us more, because not everyone has gift of discernment, Yes we can pray and devil himself will bow, but how would you know when the demon you are casting out is gone or pretending to be?

We can pray for the sick to recover, but not every Christian will want to stand the chance, DUE TO our spiritual experiences.

1 Corinthian 12 Talks about diversity of give, and i suppose it relate to where the possessor can function, i.e. ministry

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mark 16:17-18 KJV
It is a sign dat must follow every believer.

ftonya:
Im new to this site, I have a very serious question and a very serious demon problem. A close family member put their own blood in my food an I wasn't aware of it an ate it. An been living in hell since then. Before I caught on to what happened that person admitted to putting their blood in my food an that a root was in me an im cursed an laughed in my face. To make a long story short I moved out an far away from them an do not talk to them.
Im hurt by this but have forgiven them for this but Im suffering every day with this demon in me that refuses to leave my body an soul. What must I to reverse this d emon an curse

it d easiest thing in the world to do. Just come under d covenant of the blood of Christ and d old covenant will b broken.

The Man:
i av talked about man made habitations created for God to dwell. Just like d tabernacle nd temple were built from earthly materials such as brick, stones, motor, wood, metals etc, God also built his own building after seventh day when he rested. Ephesians 2:10 tells us we are Gods workmanship created in Christ...1peter2:4,5 tells us we are livingstones built up spiritual house to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God. He built dis building from d dust and breathed man into it to occupy it. This building is d body of man. Man himself is a spirit living in d body formed from the dust. Apostle Paul was very assertive when he said in 1cor6:19 know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy spirit...
Israel was divided into two kingdom after d death of Solomon i.e. Israel nd Judah. Jeroboam didn't want d nation to unite again so he made another place for those in Israel to worship. The capital of Israel became samaria and d capital of Judah Jerusalem. So those in d new Israel worshipped in samaria and those in Judah(jews) worshiped in Jerusalem but dis was what Jesus Christ said when he was talking to a samaritan woman in john 4:20-24 ...but the hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth for the father seekers such to worship him...
We are now in that hour spoken of by the Lord Jesus. God nolonger dwells in building made by d hands of men but inside believers saved by the Grace of Lord Jesus.

Now the reason for writing all this is to tell you that as long as you are born again you have God Living on the inside of you. If you are baptized in the Holy Spirit, den you are having the fullness of the shekinah living on the inside of you. Now i know d question is if God truly reside on the inside of you, den why do u still get defeated, tormented, afflicted and all that. The answer is simple, God has never Changed. Israel suffered defeat whenever dey go against divine principles even though dey had d ark of covenant with them in d battlefield. Our God is a God of principle (The Word). He never goes against His word and as soon as you align with His word, you see Him in action. If only all true believers could walk in d fullness of God living on d inside of us, we will make a real mess of d devil in all our locality.

Next i will b talking about walking in d fullness of His (Gods) presence.

THE PRESENCE OF GOD

I don't know the origin of God's presence but u will agree with me that it should b as old as God Himself. Well i know about mans first contact with the presence of God, as a matter of fact, before God made a body for man, man lived as a spirit in God's presence (relax, its not a new doctrine its just Bible sense as oppose to common sense nd ill explain). Man(spirit) was created on the fifth day(gen1:26-28) but the body was formed after the seventh day wen God had rested(gen2:7).
as a matter of fact, God breathed man out of Him into d formed body. This means our first environment of consciousness after we were created by God, ever before Eden was formed, was the Shekinah presence of God(little wonder why man is insatiable cos nothing else can be substituted for the Shekinah of God). After man was given a body (which made him God's representative on earth), the only clothing man was putting on was a crown of Glory which must av covered Him from head to toe(psalm8:5). Man moved around with the very presence of God in the garden an as such, nothing was a threat to him.
After man sinned, d shekinah departed from him and for the first time he experienced fear and shame. After this particular incidence, God started looking for a way to bring man back to His presence but His presence was too Holy for man to dwell. Then God started using men and angels to reach out to man.
The tabernacle: After the exodus of d children of Israel from Egyptian captivity, the shekinah presence could be seen leading the Israelites as a pillar of cloud by day nd pillar of fire by night. The only reason man fear God today is because of sin but God desires to dwell with man the same way He did with Adam at Eden. God attempted to speak verbally wit the Israelites, they begged Moses to be d mouthpiece. Later on Moses was instructed to get skilled labourers to build a tabernacle for God to dwell in and God sat down in the Holy of holies and His shekinah was always visible anywhere d tabernacle was erected but as soon as d journey continued, He led by pillar of fire nd cloud. Do u know that no one could even steal a cup in d tabernacle without getting a visit by God?Gods presence possessed everything in d tabernacle.

Temple: David had a covenant wit God and he promised to build a permanent residence for God(temple). The pattern of the temple was similar to dat of the tabernacle only dat d temple was a solid structure unlike tabernacle which was a detectable make-shift structure dat could b assembled and disassembled as d Israelites journey or rested tru d wilderness.
The materials to build d temple were provided by David but he couldn't built it because of the blood of innocent on his hands(uriah, d high priest nd several killed by Saul due to his lie etc), Solomon took his time in building an edifice for God and d day he dedicated it, God made a grand entrance and d shekinah glory of God was as thick as a brick wall dat priest count even pass through it into the temple. God was happy with the people of Israel and His presence gave them rest and prosperity.
After d death of Solomon d kingdom got divided into Israel(ruled by jeroboam d son of nebat), nd Judah(ruled by rehoboam d son of Solomon). Dis was d genesis of d fall of d nation of Israel as dey slided into idolatry and God used several prophets to warn dem. Den God decided to leave temple built by hands of man into the temple He built at d beginning...

Have you ever sat to wonder how the enemies of Israel were able able to go into the temple and steal all the precious vessels? Have u pondered on how come antiochus epiphany was able to God into d temple to offer pigs on the altar of sacrifice and got away unhurt? How come the enemy could conveniently carry d ark of d covenant? Same ark dat uzza was struck dead for just touching even though his motives was a good one? Do you know God never left the temple until Jesus died nd He left nd tore d veil of d temple?
Isn't it d same story today where demons still afflict believers who are supposed to b temples of the Living God? Do you think God come nd goes? Nope, He is right there on the inside of you and you wonder why all this still happens. Well something makes the difference and that is what i am going to b talking about... THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

The new covenant contd

God has made an all encompassing covenant inside which all we desire can be found. This covenant is the greatest of all. In it we have the experience of the new birth. Our identity changes, our root changes, we are no more linked with d first Adam or our ancestors but we are now engrafted into Christ.
There is a reason i started by talking about covenant. I as i continue, u will understand why if u av been following..

Sorry av not been highlighting d scripture i quote nd formatting d text. I believe i will b doing dat soon.

Next i will b talking about "The presence of God"

Good morning ppl of God. Thanks for ur contribution @kallmemrb

covenant contd
The New covenant: Like i mentioned yesterday, God promised to make a new covenant with the house of Israel. Jer31:31, and this covenant encompasses all the other covenants God has made with men before.
The covenant of God with these men nd d nation of Israel weren't just between God and dem but with their seed as well and Jesus Christ (in d flesh), comes from that seed. Adam(eve)-noah-Abraham-Israel(judah)-David were all forefathers of Jesus which means He inherited the covenant.
There are two accounts on the genealogy of Christ according to the gospel but d accurate one is in Luke3. Matt1 traced the genealogy to Joseph who comes from the root of Solomon which is incorrect because Joseph had nothing to do in d conception of Christ. The Luke account traced d genealogy of Mary who came from d root of Nathan nd dis is the correct one because Jesus was born by Mary making him the seed of the woman(gen3:15). Note dat both Solomon and Nathan were both children of David so Mary nd Joseph her husband are both from d root of David.
D new covenant is a covenant not written on stone but in the spirit of man which the bible at times called the heart of man(because the spirit of man is the true center of our existence). Jer31:33
Now Jesus was d Word(divine) made flesh(human) and He lived a sinless life and then died a substitutionary death giving us access into dis new covenant. The new covenant comes with all the blessings of the old but Jesus took the curse aspect away gal3:13.
The new covenant was made with the blood of Jesus(mark14:24) and sealed with the Holy Spirit(eph1:13, eph4:30) .
This new testament is the greatest of all and all encompassing cos in it we have the Adamic blessing of dominion, the noahic blessing of protection nd preservation, d abrahamic blessing of wealth and prosperity, the mosaic blessings in d law, the davidic blessing of kingship,and other goodies such as freedom from sin, eternal life, Holy Spirit presence just to name a few.
To be continued

Covenant contd...

The mosaic covenant was between God and the nation of Israel, it involved God giving the law to the nation of Israel. For individuals to appear before God under this covenant, they had to b sprinkled wit the blood of a pascal lamb as a covering for their sins. The word was d token of this covenant and an ark of covenant had to be created to accommodate the table of stones and some other item as Moses was instructed.

Davidic covenant: this was a covenant between God and David and it was the covenant of kingship and royalty. David was a gentle shepherd boy who tended his father's sheep and did it faithfully. According to psalm89:1-4, jer33:21, 2ch21:7 it is clear that God made a covenant with David and it is believed that praise was the seal in d covenant however God reiterated dis covenant in 2sam7:1-end. However after d death of Solomon, rehoboam his son took over kingship of Israel but something happened due to his foolishness which led to division of the kingdom but God still kept faithful to His covenant with David by preserving the kingship of David in d tribe of Judah.

All d covenants mentioned above all together constitutes the old covenant and it is worthy of note that all those who God made covenant wit were carriers of THE SEED of the woman who was gonna bruise d head of the serpent( Jesus Christ).

dazzle101:
I have never followed anyone but Jesus.

That's just nlnders way of saying, waiting for the post.

i understand perfectly ma.i was just playing around.

Please pardon my writing flaws and make sure u grab d message

Covenant
a covenant is an agreement between two or more parties and there is usually something done as a ritual as a memorial to a covenant. Dis memoria is called THE SEAL. My maternal grandfather was d head hunter in my village, and occasionally member of d hunters av to partake in d blood sacrifice of dogs to d useless deity of iron dey call ogun. Dey come together, kill, sacrifice nd eat d dog.
According to scripture there are about 5 recorded covenants between God and man nd i am gonna mention dem and their seals.

Adamic covenant: this is the first covenant between a man and God.God gave this first man dominion over all His creation on earth,nd d mandate to replenish nd subdue it but it is the only covenant that wasn't sealed(praise d Lord). Somehow, God kept Adam from d tree of life because if Adam had eaten from it, our damnation would av been sealed too cos we will av been like God but in a fallen state gen 3:22

Noahic covenant: due to d evil on the surface of the earth, God wiped out d human race but saved Noah and his bloodline. After the flood, God made a covenant with noah and promised him his future seed will not b wiped out with a flood anymore so d rainbow was given as d seal gen9:13-17.

Abrahamic covenant: God chose Abraham from an idolatrous family, separated him and made a covenant with him and his seed and we all share from d benefit of this covenant cos as many are of faith are Abraham seed. Gal 3:13,14 tells us that part of the reason Jesus died was for the blessings of Abraham to come to d gentile. The seal for dis covenant was circumcision gen17:10(though as believes today our circumcision isn't of the fleet but heart)

mosaic covenant: this particular covenant unlike others before it wasn't with a between God and a particular person but wit an entire nation. It is called mosaic cos it was given to d nation of Israel through Moses. This covenant is popularly known as the law and it came with blessings and curses .the blessings was for they who did d law while the curse was for d disobedient. The seal of this covenant was the two tables of stones on which God inscribed the 10 commandments and Moses was suppose to read it to the hearing of the children of Israel from time to time.
To be continued....

dazzle101:
Now following bro oyeludef

Abeg my sis na Jesus make we follow oo.

Good evening ppl of God. Am glad for what God is doing in the life of His children on this thread.Hail the Lamb on the throne.
As God will b helping me, i will be sharing somethings with the body of Christ here within dis month dat should help us align more wit God's word and grow

Happy birthday daddy. A great minister of the Word