I really do believe that miracles are real, but they are only for a significant purpose. For instance, when God is about to establish his covenant with man, he back-up a lot of confirmation with miracles.

But here in this current day Nigeria for example, there are no new covenant order than what has already been established as Christianity since approximately 2000 years ago, so why are pastors claiming to perform miracles, for what purpose?

The economy sucks, and there is starvation in the land, we have great pastors in this country and non of them have ever gathered the very poor to turn one bag of rice to 5000 bags enough to feed people like what Jesus did. Yet they keep telling you in church, it is well, you will prosper in hard times.
And the prosperity gospel will work by miracle.

2023 was general election, very few came out to vote
Even the few ones that voted, some of them did so based on tribalism and not based on competence.

Now here is the thing,
Anybody that testify in church that he was sick and we was prayed for, and he got healed IS A SCAM, beware!
Any pastor that tells you that my God is a God of signs and wonders, tells you that at your own peril

Be wise!

Another extremely deluded people

Religion

After putting people in bondage for years?

Emm! Nna, bikonu, ejo
where is that pastor righteousness6 six uuu?
Tell him that foodu is don dornu

What a pitiable bisma bisma

I have said it, the Bullion van owner is not educated enough, and is therefore not fit to rule

Sunnyrado:
Please I want to ask this and I stand to be corrected.. it's about Gospel songs or music in Nigeria, back then we listen to many gospel songs and we were blessed, like Mama funmi aragbaye, amona tetewa, timi osukoya, good women and some foreign ones like Kirk Franklin, woman of faith, Fred Hammond, Ron kenoly, don moen and the likes and we enjoyed and also blessed... in all their songs they have never for once cabash if you know what I mean by that.. but now the ones we have today if they haven't cabash they haven't sing..what has changed so far that makes it to be like that.. just asking to know... Thank you

povery

Heal everyone on what purpose?

I had wanted to find out whether everyone felt the way i felt this period especially at night.
a wake up almost every midnight to on my generator and allow the fuel to burn till day break just to ensure that my family sleep comfortably.
I had told some friends living abroad on chat, that everyone are complaining bitterly in Nigeria, and i asked whether they had experienced the current heat wave we do feel here in Nigeria? None of them indicated that they felt something special or different from what they do feel during the summer period.

Now, here is my conclusion about the current heat wave in Nigeria :
1. The heat wave has been there, only that climate change may have increased it intensity recently.
2. Because of the current economic meltdown caused by Tinubu administration, most places in Nigeria is having limited power supply. Fans, refrigerators and air-conditioners at home and offices are not working. This explains why people are complaining bitterly about the current heat wave.

So, the current heat wave has been there, only that power shortages recently have made it appear to be a significant problem

BRASH:
When a child is born, he goes through different stages of development to become a fully mature adult that exibits the characteristics of a normal human being with a well developed body, inhabited by a soul and spirit. At what stage of the development did the soul enter the body? Is it during corpulation,conception,fertilization or after birth?

from all scriptural indication it is obvious that the spirit or soul enters body at the point of fusion between the male and the female gamete which is fertilization.

1 Timothy 2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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When you combine this scripture with 1 cor 15:44

1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

You will notice that the natural body and the spiritual body interacts at the point of childbearing specifically at the point of fertilization. Because, if you look at it, fertilization is the only point where the new individual or the new creature is formed and the zygote begins develope into an embryo, which is the baby.

Another scripture says

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The baby is actually the resurrected new creature

Proudlyngwa:

How do you know this.

Any NDE to back it up.

what is NDE please?
There are several scriptures in the bible to back it up. For instance,

Romans 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Proudlyngwa:
We all resent the day of the inevitable, when we shall be ' no more ' .

Sometimes I have goosebumps when I know I shall become a memory, but that is not what terrifies me more.
The thought of eternity or no eternity, is more of a concern to me.
I have trained myself to take the Abrahamic Heaven and hell as a metaphor, and I believe in more of a spiritual world, than a Heaven/Hell Scenario.
I also put in occasionally the Atheist perspective of nothingness after death, and believe me this is my worst fear.

So which are you more terrified of , A complete obliteration of existence when you take your last breath, or an eternity in hell( literal or symbolic) if you cant make heaven.

As for me , I would rather prefer hell to nonexistence , because if my perspective of hell is right, I know there can't be eternity in hell, and if it is wrong no problem.

But for me , a total wipe off is a big no.

Lets hear your thoughts.


N.b the question is about hell or nonexistence, not my idea about hell, if you are interested about that, just signify me and I will quote you whenever I do a topic on that.

cc Seun Lalasticlala

Bantino, Kyase, Armadeo

You don't need to be afraid of anything.
After ones death, what will happen to him is his existence on this earth(his heaven) or his non existence on this earth( his hell fire) and nothing more, depending on whether the person believes or not.

John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Though I'm a beneficiary of destiny helper here in Nigeria but i really want to ask, are destiny helpers only apply in Nigeria where you will need someone to connect you to your destiny?

Is connection a universal requirement?

Because in well organised societies there is nothing like destiny helper or connection before you can get that job of your dream.

In most cases if you are qualified for a job or any fortune, you will get it without the help of a destiny helper

Gabrie300:
BY CHUKS GABRIEL
There have been alot of arguments concerning the real day of worship
But please can you guys share your own idea of whether Saturday is the right day or Sunday?

There is no real day of worship.
All days are for worship.

Yes,various religious sects can decide to choose or set aside anyday from Monday to Sunday to gather and wordhip, but true worship isn't gathering.
True worship is simply having faith(that is: To worship in spirit and in truth), and having faith is something that is part of your daily life as a believer. Therefore true worship is every day, so long you are alive

Very foolish advice

In this 21st century that investments are open everywhere, and one is stocking money in the form of food?

Una lor weh!

Raycelove:
Bible verses
Psalms 121:1-2 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

John 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Luke 5:1-7 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

Hebrews 4:13-15 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Luke 22:44 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.

Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God
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John 20:26-29 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Then saith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Romans 4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

Joshua 1:5-9 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

why are churchgoers always demanded that they should present themselves in church holy and acceptable, but pastors are not presenting themselves holy and acceptable and everyone else are afraid to question or check them?

chinasaekpere:
I graduated from the University 12 years ago. Since then I have been jumping from one job to another with no progress in sight. I discovered that I have been stagnant for Years, so I decided to learn a skill.

I started by learning how to make footwear, I learnt that for a year but I later discovered that it's not what I want to do, although I can make every type of footwear even boots.
Last year I took an online course in frontend web development, for 6 months I studied for an average of more than10 hours daily learning from HTML and now React.js. I learnt figma, scss, CSS, Version control, jquery, bootstrap, Chakra UI and react.js, it was a tough one because I had to forfeit other means of making money. I got hungry so many times, I used my last card to buy data so I can keep studying and doing my projects.

Earlier this month, I finished by portfolio project, I had already worked on 4 projects using react, Jquery, Chakra UI and bootstrap. I designed coupled of web pages using figma.

Earlier this month, my girlfriend who's a data analyst sent me a link for a front-end developer role. In my mind, I didn't feel like I was ripe enough so I didn't apply. 2 days later, I decided to give it a try and so I applied. I was called to come for interview this Monday.

On getting there, the company was working on this revenue web app project they are doing to for a particular state government. I was asked to develop the UI of one of the pages using react, CSS and Tailwind. I have heard of Tailwind before but I have never used it.
I told the interviewer that I have never used tailwind and that I'm proficient using bootstrap. He replied that I should go through tailwind documentation and then use it to style the page on top of react.

So I started reading the documentation, I discovered that it's syntax is somehow similar to Chakra UI which I have used once in my project, the are the same concept of class utility. So I decided to start coding, getting snippets from the documentation and then applying my Chakra UI knowledge to work around it.

To cut the long story short, I coded from 9am in the morning and delivered the page by 5pm.

I was sent an appointment letter today. So my tech journey officially started. It's a junior role though but I'm glad I broke the ice.

The salary is what I have never earned in a month since I was born. 😊

you mean you learnt React.js, figma, scss, CSS, Version control, jquery, bootstrap, Chakra UI and react.js and later tailwind?
Did you pay to learn these online courses?
If yes, how much did it cost you?

Negroid001:


You started your write-up well. Towards the end you fall hand sha. It is well.

yes, it's true.
Christians get their own faults too

ocnovakmichael:


I couldn't agree more wholeheartedly.
However, they are wrong in their heads to a fault, but thought the Spirit dwelling in their hearts, they will direct you to the Lord.
Put somewhat differently, TB Joshua, as a man, may make mistakes, and many of us have. But because in his heart the Spirit of the Lord is leading him, he will direct many to Christ.


Jesus is Lord.

absolutety true

ocnovakmichael:
I need to underscore here that many a preacher are wrong in their heads and right in their heart.

A teacher that is wrong in the head and does not understand the topic he is teaching, isn't that detrimental to the students no matter how good-hearted the teacher is?

What if i say I'm president, will that make me President?

So, in reality as it apples today, what is heaven and what is hell?

Because, what we should be mindful of, is how are these doctrines affecting our lives today as Christians

AntiChristian:
Where did Jesus preach grace and not works?

To preach Grace and To practice Grace, which of the two gives more insight about what the person stand for?

Luke 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Paul preached Grace, Jesus practiced Grace, which of the two is more significant?

A man did not say he want a car but pays for the car, and another man emphatically and repeatedly says he want the car but did not pay for it, between the two men who really needs the car?

Therefore this explains to you why Jesus needless to mention the word Grace.
He had better practice it

Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’” Luke 18:18-20

No be work be this?

That was under Judaism, not Christianity.
The ruler who asked the question was never a Christian so Jesus wouldn't possibly gave him a response that was for Christianity but restricted it to what the man believed, which is works.

Meanwhile, to those who he sensed that they had believed in him already, he practiced Grace to them. Luke 23;42-43

It must always be Paul!

among all the disciples of Jesus at the time Jesus had resurrected and Christianity was established, Paul was most educated enough to understand what Jesus stood for

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast Ephesians 2:8-9

Pauline Christianity

Paul was certainly correct here.
And if Jesus Christ had not approved of Grace too, Christianity will not stand today

Why are women always getting instant healing and instant falling down from laying of hands?

marttol:
For instance "village people" , collected something from you through diabolical means... And they try every possible means to stagnate you... But you overcome...

there are no such thing in existence.
They are all African myths

Does it mean, everything they have collected from you, you will get them back??

you will get only what you sow.
If anyone steals from you after that, he is a thief and you have the right to arrest and detain such person according to the law.

But anything spiritual or diabolical stealing, it is lie.
That's why you can never hear that one witchcraft or magician is arrested by the police

Ok,
As at the time they were in good terms God was a way maker and promise keeper?
Now, they are not in good terms, because of that God is not a way maker and promise keeper anymore?

So, do all Christians possess the holy spirit irrespective of who they are?
The answer to that question is yes

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;