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solite3:
While Jesus is not the same as the father, he is the reflection of the father and except the father reveals the Son and the Son reveals the father no one can know them.

If you claim that Jesus whom I serve was made up, then how are you 100% sure that whatever book you got this info from wasn't also made up

Leviticus 16:11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Under the law, the priest was to take coals of fire off the altar with incense and make intersession for himself and for the people. It was an act of his intersesory duty.
This(coals of fire) was also quoted again in Proverbs. Let's look at it.
Prov 25v21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee
When this action was done by the priest under the law, it was put on the mercy seat before the Lord, not as an act of revenge or to do harm, but to bring in mercy and stay death and harm away.
Now, let's go to Romans where it was quoted directly again and let's see the context
Romans 12v17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
The text is talking about forgiveness and not recompensing evil for evil. That is, don't pay people evil for the evil that they do to you.
Talks about striving to live at peace with all men, not avenging yourself but rather leaving vengeance for God. We are to let God repay. But how did God repay us for our sins and evil? He took upon himself the punishment for our sins. Meaning God's vengeance was and is forgiveness and mercy.
Verse 20 now begins with "Therefore", meaning it draws its meaning from the previous text which talks about God's vengeance which is forgiveness and mercy. Paul couldn't have asked that we shouldn't repay evil for evil and then in the same vain ask that we repay evil for evil by heaping coals of fire on the person we just fed to show love for the evil done to us. It doesn't follow.
And just in case you missed what he said in verse 20, which was a figure of speech, he comes again in verse 21 and says
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
To repay evil for evil would be to take vengeance into your own hands and take heaping coals of fire as literal. Rather, Paul explains heaping coals of fire upon your enemy's head as overcoming evil with good. What is the good? Forgiveness and mercy.
We do not bless people so that wrath can come upon them.
the love of God causes us to actively forego the fleshly desire for vengeance.
The Word teaches us to never repay evil with evil.
There is no other way to say this - don’t!
We don't do good to those who hate us in order that they might die or be disgraced.
It is the Lord’s will that we overcome evil with good.
Let's see how Jesus puts this
Matt 5v43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust
He says not to repay evil for evil, but rather to bless them that curse you and do good to them who hate you and use you, so that you can be examples of your father which is in heaven because that's what He does, that's who He is. He is kind to the unthankful and the evil.
Quoted again in the book of Luke.
Luke 6v27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful
The “coals of fire on his head” as used by Paul is figurative language to mean by feeding our enemy and doing them good we incite their conscience to recognize the love of God in our forgive for their evil done to us.
This so clear that it's so difficult to miss. It'll take some level of great dishonesty for anyone to teach otherwise.
We are to be imitators of God as dear children and to walk in love and not be vindictive
Ephesians 5
1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
I hope this is clear?
You are blessed!

B3ACHSIDE:
Most Nigerians do not pay tax and Nigeria loses $20 billion dollars annually on tax evasions. Nigerians have no right to complain until they pay their taxes. You don't need the tallest skyscrapers to build an organized society.
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Coastal cities like Calabar , Onitsha and the rest should have boardwalks , parks, and jetties ,piers and other basic public amenities & social programs . Taxation is subpar or non existent . Even so,The Local governments receive free allocations to do this things yet embezzle the funds.

I might be wrong but don't you think it would be better to build some of these things first then tax or bill the people for them later? At least then people would not have an excuse not to pay. People would be less unwilling to pay for what they enjoy. Imagine government telling people that they should pay for toll gates before building the road or bridge..
In my opinion, I think the government should build the things first before taxing or billing us.

Rossinky:
No we wouldn't!!!!!!!!

That 600 billion dollars is PEANUTS.

UNLESS you are earning that EVERY YEAR.

THEN you can talk about ''competing with the west''.

Did you read their annual budgets of some western nations that I posted?

That 600 billion dollars is less than 10% of the USA's annual budget.

So how will you compete with the west with that?

You people need to stop seeing small money as BIG money.

That is why we spend so much time fighting over the small oil money, because we think it's HUGE, and that access to it is all that matters.

But read our annual budget in comparison to those other nations as posted above.

That tells you EVERYTHING.

600 billion dollars peanuts? How much does it cost to build a refinery? How much does it cost to build turbines? How much does it cost to build world class hospitals? How much does it cost to build a steel industry? How much does it cost to build industries? How much does it cost to construct durable roads, bridges and railways? If 600 billion dollars is too small for all these, then how much is enough? If 600 billion dollars is too small for infrastructure, the even 5 trillion dollars will be too small..

While I agree with everything you said, the effect of corruption still cannot be over emphasised enough.. I can't remember which body said some time last week that Nigeria politicians have looted about 600 billion dollars from 1960 till date. If 600 billion dollars was used for infrastructure, Nigeria will be competing with the west..

Liverpool leads

24SEVEN:
Edo state no get oil, yet they sited NPDC head quarters there. What happened to Rivers or Bayelsa. Bayelsa has history as the first oil producing state in Nigeria. Port Harcourt is Nigeria's oil capital. It's Unfair.

NNPC building was sited in the south south and you're still complaining.. Would you not have insulted Buhari if he built it in Daura?�

Asquare84:
In all places in Nigeria so it Benin that NNPC will come and sight this gigantic project

Would it have been better if it was sited in the North?

But it's something of concern that a whole 2km of the fence could be destroyed before the intervention of the security...

Full metal alchemist: brotherhood

Bae /Boo may tell you
"I love you forever.
I am eternally yours and you are eternally mine.
Nothing will ever come between us.
You are my world.
I would die for you.
My life is incomplete without you
Together forever, nothing can ever separate us..." And the lines continues
Even your husband or wife can say all these and even more in their vows and yet still break your heart, divorce you and become your enemy for life.
You can be married to someone for years, have kids, enjoy the best of life together, be as thick as thieves, have a marriage that people envy and yet something may happen that turns that same person against you, swear an oath to destroy you and end up killing you
Yes, it happens
I think somewhere at the back of people's minds, they think Jesus is the same
They think God was toasting us when he says nothing can ever separate us from his love
They think Jesus is doing poetry when he said I will never leave you nor forsake you
People actually do believe that God is as faithful to his word as we are
No!
God never changes his word because of our action or inaction
God doesn't remain good as long as we are good
God's character, grace and integrity is absolutely independent of our goodness or evil
God is good. No condition attached!
when the scripture says we are saved once and forever, don't feel Jesus said all that in the spur of the moment.
Listen : God is not a man that he should lie!
Selah!

Why does he look like the Professor? Hope he'll be smart like him

The reason most Christians argue against eternal salvation and eternal forgiveness of sins is because they have used the blood to do every mundane thing that it is not meant for that they can't believe the same blood can forgive sins forever
When you have used the blood to wipe your windscreen
cover your tires
cover the road
to bathe
drank it as Zobo
used it for feet washing
used it to fight enemies and sprinkle on demons
used it to cover your money
used it as blood money charm
used it for your house and your goods in the market....
After using it for all these physical and carnal things how will you not argue that it can forgive sins forever?
How can the same blood you pour as Fanta into your cup every day along with biscuits to eat as communion be potent enough to forgive your sins past, present and future?
How can the same blood you finish on your goods in the market and on the highway today and tomorrow you need to plead a fresh one have the ability to forgive sins forever?
You are used to renewing it every day
The one you used to cover the road yesterday has expired
You need fresh one today for your journey
The one of last night has expired
How can the same blood now be eternal to save you once and save you forever?
It's all carnality walking the earth in the cloak of spirituality
It's ignorance walking the earth!

jericco1:
In as much as this seems to be a good news, I think it is bad timing.. in a period when the value of oil is plummeting as countries are looking for new ways to get energy, he should have invested elsewhere, where there seems to be future. Well all the best to him tho

You're right. But at least we would be able to refine a very large percentage of our fuel instead of exporting it to be refined. Hence we would be able to channel those expenses to another project...

Righteousness89:


Sir, You or anyone Believing or not is irrelevant! It does not Matter! What God has Spoken is What will be. Your Belief or your refusal does not Change it..

If the Nation of Isreal had not Slacked in Possessing the territories God gave to them , their will be no Palestine or any person or Nations dragging with them..

Isreal is the Very Elect of God.. you Hate them or you love is your Problem!

We here are Elects by Faith!

Is this the way you preach to unbelievable? I'll advise you to change your church ASAP

coputa:
Which covenant?

I think you should read my post and your response to it

coputa:
A shoe manufacturing company sent two salesmen to two different towns to do market research.When they were giving their report,the first one said that people dont where shoes in the town he went to,so nobody will buy shoes there,the second one said the same thing but he added, that there is a huge market for the company.You can achieve whatever you want to achieve in life,baring your family background,location or education.there are rich people in Sudan and Afghanistan and nearlly all the billionaires we have in the world today came from humble background.

So the people that don't become rich are ignorant of the covenant?

There is a reason they call the volatile weather Mother Nature, and not Father Nature. Mother Nature will shower you with sunshine, and then one minute later, completely destroy you and everything on the planet.

We will not take this... This is a photoshop.. �

So Kepa's goal in life is to concede five goals...�

Kobojunkie:
mantles ...Chris and Morris Cerrullo soliciting people for money to purchase a prophet's mantle

So pathetic

Acehart:
If we expand the et cetera, we would exhaust 20MB in one click. Some have miracle brooms, divine biro, deliverance attires, holy shoes, heavenly rods, Jericho water, cup of victory - the list is quite long. Many who believe in these things don’t know anything about God except what is told to them by a fellow man, who claim to be divine because he was with ordained with “anointing oil” and given a certificate.

They have zeal for God, which cannot be denied; but their zeal has no depth of understanding.

You forgot to mention sand, candles, pictures, images, annoited water... The list is really endless bro. They believe God is in all this but not inside them..

" people are poor because they are ignorant and don't know the covenant ,when you do,you become rich "
Seriously ?
It's easy to sit behind an IPad and write such fanciful stuff
I told one of such juvenile seed of the cross breed of types of the gospel
" Don't you count yourself privileged to be born and raised in Lagos and parents who could send you to school "
I continued " what if you were born in BAMA during the Boko haram war and was raised in an IDP camp ?"
Would you say such folks are ignorant of the " covenant " ( whatever that means )
Or born in Sudan ? Very poor regions etc
He said ,"well such men should be knowledgable to relocate to say Lagos "
An unserious fellow!
You don't even understand the role demographic studies play in Economy vis Avis population in areas .
Such funny understanding of " prosperity " from churches is SAD
Even the wealthy hardly make some boasts ministers make .
Too many reasons make men poor ,rich or otherwise .
This is the sad story of the " money Gospel"
Unrealistic
Deceptive
Oppressive
And anti gospel of Christ

Our holiness is not so that we can see God but so men can see God through us!

psucc:
The article is self explanatory.

The problem we have now is that the wolves has infiltrated the flock. They device every means to paint their actions in good light and even the true believers are lured away. Today you see people believe more on the annointing oil, annointed handkerchief, bracelets, etc than the name Jesus.

May God help us to put our trust in Him alone in Jesus name amen.

They believe that God is in annoiting oil, mantles etc but not in man

GboyegaD:
Oga, God will teach each about his word, tithing inclusive.

The bible have said all there is to say about tithing. There's nothing else God will say again unless you believe He would want to change what He already have said.

GboyegaD:
We need God to convince us when it comes to giving, tithe inclusive.

And how else can God convince us if we don't accept what is written in His book.

Queenttoast01:
One thing I know is, you can't receive without giving and tithe is an act of one.

You should also know that they are chronic stingy people who do not give to the poor or to the church but are still wealthy.

The gospel is the power of God unto salvation but if a man rejects God's power to save he will be condemned
God is not angry at sinners for their sins because Jesus has paid for their sins .
But if people reject God's forgiveness for their sins they will have to pay for their sins themselves
There is therefore now no condemnation
Yes!
But only for those who are in Christ Jesus!
If a man is not found in Christ Jesus he will be condemned because unbelief of the gospel is rebellion against God's mercy
God's kindness and goodness doesn't override a man's choice to believe!
Jesus has paid the price for sin but a man has to accept his payment!
Telling people about the consequences of not believing is not anti the gospel. It is part of the gospel!

The gospel is not the means to material acquisition. Not according to the bible.

Church is not a place to get rich. Not according to thr Bible. Church is a place to learn Christ.

"Blessed" does not mean empowered to prosper. Not according to the Bible.

Saying it's the level of faith would be a mockery of saints who are struggling to make ends meet. Saints who have faith. There are wealthy unbelievers who have never mentioned "I'll never be broke my life" yet they are rich (either by legal or illegal means).

MMXX:
It is a product of positive confession like you mentioned.

The tongue has power to release life wherever we go.

Proverbs 18:21
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."

Does that mean that everyone that confesses "I'll never be broke in my life.." actually end up not ever being broke in their life?