Hello, I really commend your willing spirit to search for the truth and not sole dependence on religious leaders. I wasn't able to read all, perhaps when I have time, but I picked a statement and would love to highlight more on that. Question 4 is talking about son of God, only begotten son. This is a interesting one.
First, who is a son of God?
Jehovah God created everything but most important among his creatures are those that he created with the ability to emulate his qualities - Jesus (chief angel), angels, including man. But is man still a son of God. When God created Adam, he became part of God's family arrangement and thus Adam became perfect. But unfortunately he left God's family arrangement when he sinned and Jehovah God disowned him and he thus became imperfect. So we are not literally sons of God yet.
Second, why is Jesus God's only begotten son as stated in john 3:16?
The term only-begotten means to create wholly without any means or through any medium by the creator. Let me divert your mind to proverbs 8: 22-30 it talks about Jesus being produced as the beginning of God's way. Jesus was the first person God created (col 1:15). I also liked proverbs 8:30 which says he is God's master worker and Jehovah is really fond of him. That said, what about all other creations? These and many were created through Jesus thereby marking Jesus as a master worker.
Third, will humans regain their sonship right back, and when?
Well, when Adam sinned he lost his sonship. This can also be illustrated as Adam selling his descendants into sin and death. Sons of the true God don't die and Adam was not meant to die, so Adam, eve and his descendants are already sold into death. How do we regain them back? Well according to the mosaic law, there is a law that talks life for life and tooth for tooth(manslayer) so since Adam sold his descendants to death, a perfect human life was lost(Adam), a perfect human life needs to die that serves as a ransom to death. How will God do it? He used Jesus as perfect spirit creature, but why didn't he use the angels(perfect spirit creature)? Well so that Jesus can be first in all things. How? Remember Jesus was the first person God created, so when Jesus' ransom has been used thru his death and he dies. Jehovah God will resurrect him setting the model for future resurrections for ones who obey and exercise faith in Jehovah through Jesus. So Jesus will be first in all things to all sort of people.
Third, why is he called son of man and what is the difference between son of man and son of God?
When God transferred Jesus' spirit life into Mary's womb , she conceived a fleshly yet perfect creature through the help of the holy spirit. It applies to Jesus Christ and by means of his fleshly birth, he became a human and not simply a spirit creature with a materialized body. The phrase also indicates that Jesus would fulfill the prophecy recorded at Daniel 7:13, 14. By now, you know what son of God is. For more info pls visit Jw.org. My number is 08072020731 if you wish to pm me on whatsapp for indepth study.

Why e kon be like sey them attach vandorra's head like this?

Trinitarian Hour"
Interviewing Jesus and the apostles:
Trinitarian: Good morning folks. We are very blessed to have with us today Jesus Christ and some of the Apostles. We really appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedules to come back down here to earth for this interview. We’re especially excited to have you here with us Jesus. I mean, you are God Himself, which makes this the most exciting interview of my life, because you are so good!
Jesus: “Why do you call me good? Nobody is good except one, God.” – Luke 18:19
Trinitarian: That’s what I’m saying! Tell me, what’s it like not having to take orders from anybody?
Jesus: “I have come down from heaven to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.” – John 6:38
Trinitarian: Excuse me? Are we interviewing the right person here? I was hoping to speak with God. “While he was still speaking, look! a bright cloud overshadowed them, and look! a voice out of the cloud said: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved. Listen to him.”” – Matthew 17:5
Trinitarian: Whoa! Who’s voice was that?
Jesus: “It is my Father who glorifies me, the one who you say is your God.” – John 8:54
Trinitarian: I think you’re just messing with me Jesus. Surely you told your first century followers that you were God.
Jesus: (Opens bible and shows it to reporter) “Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’” – John 20:17
Trinitarian: Don’t be silly Jesus. We all know you and him are one.
Jesus: “I know your deeds, that you have the name that you are alive, but you are dead. Become watchful,… for I have not found your works fully performed before my God.” – Revelation 3:1, 2
Trinitarian: Wait a minute! You’re Jesus! You don’t have a God. We just have to put faith in your name.
Jesus: “The one who conquers—I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will by no means go out from it anymore, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the New Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.” – Revelation 3:12
Trinitarian: We’d like to take a moment to apologize to our viewers. It seems that the trip from heaven to earth has given Jesus a little jet lag. Let’s move on to the Apostle Paul… Good morning Paul. You wrote so many books of the New Testament. Do you have anything you want to say before we get started?
Apostle Paul: “We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you” – Colossians 1:3
Trinitarian: Pardon?
Apostle Paul: “I continue mentioning you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the accurate knowledge of him.” – Ephesians 1:16, 17
Trinitarian: Okay, so listen Paul. Jesus is already a little disoriented, thinking that he has a God over him when we know he is God himself. So if you could, please, try to be a little clearer. Come on Paul, just tell it like it is.
Apostle Paul: “I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; in turn, the head of a woman is the man; in turn, the head of the Christ is God.” – 1 Corinthians 11:3
Trinitarian: Okay, forget you. Let’s get Peter over here…. Peter, would you PLEASE look at Jesus and explain him who the Christ REALLY is?
Apostle Peter: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” – Matthew 16:16
Trinitarian: Now stop that! Tell us the truth. What did you tell your readers in your letters in the New Testament?
Apostle Peter: “He is at God’s right hand, for he went to heaven.” – 1 Peter 3:22
Trinitarian: Grrr!… We have one last Apostle to interview. The beloved apostle John is a favorite for us trinitarians. Tell us John – why did you write your gospel?
Apostle John: “These have been written down so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and because of believing, you may have life by means of his name.” – John 20:31
Trinitarian: Well clearly, we’re not getting anywhere, and something has gotten to each and every one of you. I understand you are all confused, and while I wish I could explain the trinity to you, it is beyond human understanding. Let me end this interview by just saying that what we’ve learned here today is that if trinitarians try to ask questions, read the scriptures, and think for themselves, they might come to a different conclusion. But you don’t have to worry about doing any of that. All you have to do is believe.

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Things that make FP these days just dey weak me. I barely know what's going on the news.

Pls, when do we know the exam date? Pls I need answers

daamazing:
you do not need to reply them... I stopped answering this people long ago

I wouldn't agree more. As a jw, there is a level u need to go in explaining scriptural truths, remember Jesus warned against hard-hearted ones about not arguing but displaying a humble mind. Surely, there is a time to remain quiet.
Leaving matters to Jehovah would simply do. I am a bible student and I attend meetings and very soon, I will become a baptised publisher. I made my decision because I appreciate and want to be part of a rich spiritual heritage.

obinna58:


Bet you are expressing your hippocratical nature without being counsious of it, you were created by someone who arranged your past, present, future and yet claiming being in charge of every actions you take because it just really feels like we have freedom of choices

Perhaps I use soft words. But do u know ur wordings are very lame? Can't people read with discernment in this world. Did God arrange you to be an atheist or whatever u call urself mugun. You chose the path urself, power of freewill. You call God whatever u want, your choice then how the hell do u expect and say he planned your past, present and future. Are u mad?!! I would slap u but it'd be animal abuse. So get ur facts straight. Maybe u were hurt before or whatever, never be quick to react cos only a foolish one will do that so be wise and be collected. Pick ur words bro

Hairyrapunzel:


Is this one an advertisement of some sort? People can have contrary views to your own and still be friends with you. We don't agree that they are the only ones doing the preaching work. It doesn't mean we hate them. People can think differently from you it doesn't mean they are worldly, wicked or unrighteous. The earlier you stop this persecution complex the better for you. Always saying people hate jws beau they criticize and dont accept their doctrines . Nobody hates you guys. They just don't agree with your beliefs.
Many religious groups face persecution too.
Some of These countries you called have issues with other religious groups and countries too. They are known for violating human rights.

Russia banned salvation army one time yet this group never shouted they were being persecuted. Russia also has problems with Americans and homosexuals too.
The injustice isn't peculiar to your group only. Other groups are suffering too. Don't make it sound as if your group is the only one affected. You are being deceitful.
You can't deceive people like this to garner sympathy votes in order to gain more followers. Many of us are not daft as we watch the news, read wide and don't rely only on info fed to us by only one group.

: OK, good pep talk. Am sure u read my quote well yo realize am not a jw, but I do respect them. I wouldn't insult u in any way as nature already did. Garner sympathy u say, that's lame bro. I only stressed a few points why people dont like the Jws. So pick up your stake and don't let us create an animal abuse scene

I don't know why people hates jw and say bad things about them. I spent my whole life learning about all religion even to the extent of learning the Hebrew and Greek alphabets and the way they pronounce God as Jehovah is actually correct. It is pronounced as yehowah in Hebrew. As for the persecutions regarding jw.
Jw started their missionary service in 1920. Since then, they have bn persecuted and during the Biafra war, thousands were killed because of their neutrality towards war and it still continues today with alot of ppl opposing them in one way or another. During the two world wars, millions of jw were also killed for their neutrality. They continue to be persecuted in different countries like russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan etc Despite all hardship, these ppl strive to be united and zealously preach the good news and it's something to commend them for.
These ppl are experiencing lots of hardship but ppl dont know and they don't make it an issue how they are being treated. Instead they solely rely in Jehovah, but one thing again they keep increasing. People should beware

The genesis story goes a long way and can be interpreted in a variety of ways, but I'd like to pinpoint what I came up with after several researches. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Remember the heaven then the earth. So it shows the heaven was created before then the earth.
It goes on with “and the earth was without form and void" meaning the earth had bn created in the beginning with no specified number or figure for the creative period. Now what happens next is the productive period. The earth without form and void could practically be like other planets in our solar system ( jupiter, mars, Venus, Saturn etc). The productive period is most believed to be 6 days but I disagree it is 24 hour period but could have spanned for thousand of yrs because the 3rd and 5th day was a succession of seed growth. Days in God's viewpoint could mean a wide period. Reason is God is not governed by time, and he himself laid the rules of time that is why he can arrange the future. He's very powerful!
Does this in some way depreciate God's power because he didn't productively present the earth in a 6 day(24 hour) period. No it shows how God is orderly in everything he does and it shows in its creation. Think about the human body.

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obinna58:
Bible stated that God created Lucifer which means he as well programmed his actions, God purposely made Lucifer to challenge him

If I were God I'll learn not to be stupid

An educated man would speak better, which means u are not educated enough, but a distressed man that believed there is no creator. Great as for ur point, We were all programmed with free will. The beauty in it is that we aren't robots and we emulate the ability to speak freely. Satan chose his own course and not due to one thing or the other. If I must ask a question. What diff is a man who commits adultery, fornication from Satan. They both sinned against God Almighty, was the man programmed to do this? No, but his lust got the better of him. Remember, angels that rebelled with Satan and the ones that chose to stay. Were the ones that stayed programmed, or are u programmed to take a course without your own approval. We were created in God's image. Part of which is the ability to decide right and wrong. The vivid pic of what happened to Adam and eve. The diff BTW the man who commits adultery and Satan is that he's the grace and prospect of running to the city of refuge(Jesus atonement) before it's too late, Satan lost his that's why he's angry like a lion.

DeadRat:
there are certain things men may never find answers to until we meet God

True talk. But instead of giving that answer, why not see things in bible's perspective. I do my possible best to be reasonable towards life. As though, life in a fiery furnace doesn't seem to appeal to me. I try to apply Jesus' teachings as he talked about hell fire more than anyone. First, consider a leaf that burns. Will it burn forever? No, I tend to use the particular and precise wording “Eternal destruction." The wording doesn't mean we will burn forever. Remember God is love. Burning in a fiery fire doesn't show a God of love no matter what our sins might be.
Secondly, take a look at the way, God dealt with past cities that disobeyed God Almighty, fire was hurled from heaven and the bible described it as a punishment that will continue forever. They weren't being burned forever instead their punishment will be remembered forever. Thirdly, lake of fire that was depicted in revelation. If u read well remember death will also be cast in the lake of fire. First and foremost, revelation speaks in signs, the seven head colored dragon was referred to as satan the devil, and most of it were signs we were to ask holyspirit to discern for us. So therefore lake of fire was a condemned symbol to refer to non existence.Human that are condemned here cease to exist. A loving God to me won't burn his servants forever, that describes a tyrant. But God is love and his ways are just.

elgramz:
If I were God, I would have simy destroyed lucifer and all his supporting angels and then the world would be free of sin

That's why his ways are higher than our ways. Being insensitive to every accusation doesn't make u a better leader. God almighty had the power to destroy Satan and his demons but let me use an illustration. You were the principal and also the best teacher in your own school to the extent of gaining students trust and love. A kid from senior class perhaps ss2 came and started deluding the ones in younger class maybe js1. His remarks were “forget what mr adeola(principal) is teaching u guys, am more experienced and he is teaching u the long method, why don't u use the short method. I can teach u better than him."
The matter not only caused controversy but also tension as the younger ones were starting to doubt the teacher's credibility and unfortunately some were enticed by the senior student deceits and lies just because the senior student wanted to receive authority and prestige as did the principal. U could easily expel him and the ones who follow him, but that wouldn't solve the whole issue on ground cos he may be right. But as an experienced man, the principal gave the senior student authority he longed for only for a short period to lead the class and to settle the issue about authority. The story didn't end there, the senior had already enticed even senior students to follow his course, altogether they deceived the students and the principal could only watch, sad he used several teachers to warn the younger student to be careful and not to be deceived by the senior student's lies. After contemplation, among the younger students, some were remorseful and missed their principal's teachings. He was such a great teacher and we liked the way he illustrated things for us, they thought. They pleaded the principal to come to their aid, but what could the principal do. They were only a few students that wanted him back, the rest had even forgotten the principal and were more relaxed to the short method. After several yrs passed, and exam was on the corner. The concerned man called his only son who is studying abroad to leave his masters studies and come to his school and teach of which his son listened. Remember the principal promised not to interfere with the younger student and let the senior student and his minions take over but he repeatedly used his teacher to warn and explain little things, but they wouldn't yield because they had bn so content with the senior student ways of explaining things.
The principal's only son finally arrived and upon reaching the student to teach them, they were angry upon seeing him, they stormed after him beating him in unison and embarrassing the son of the principal but he didn't relent he continued teaching until junior waec, “the day of reckoning" came. Fortunately the few that listened to the principal's son passed but the rest that listened to the senior student, not that they didn't know what they wrote but u know waec now. Show your workings. After result came out, the principal then immediately progressed the few that listened to his son and expelled the ones that were defiant including the senior student and his minions. The good ones enjoyed the wholesome teaching of their principal and the whole school became united once again
Why did the principal send for his son and not use his teachers?
This is because the principal son is the only one he could use trusting the junior student will think his son will guide them through their exams remember that he used his teachers to warn them on several occasions and only the student was well informed like the principal. A brilliant one.
How does this correlate na?
The principal is God almighty, his son is Jesus. The senior student is devil and he succeeded in making former angels( senior student minions) and turned them on his own course. The teachers are prophets God used to warn everybody. Junior waec is Armageddon. I hope the story tells u something

StevieGee27:


Heaven or Hell does not exist.

I believe u to be atheist, right? But what I find about u people is ur perception to the things around you. Some people believe u to be intelligent and smart but all i see is emptiness and deranged imbeciles. Sorry I don't mean to insult u, as nature already did. Good, when u look at the world around you, the complexity of the stars, the dictionary behind DNA, the marvelous power our brain carries, the qualities we possess as love, anger, hatred, joy etc The beauty in nature, complexity in even the simplest life form, the gift of human communication, How is everything in this world so orderly from the position of the earth to sunrise and sunset even to how your body works. There is a lot to point to I assure you, but to cut it short. There is a saying “Every house is designed by someone." If this is true, if every thing invented was created or designed by someone. Pls, then why do you discredit the creator.

mhiztaNexy:
My fav man is Paul. whenever he sensed danger,Na Aja 1. yet he made so much contribution to the bible. Wonder what the bible will actually look like if he had chose to stay even after sensing danger.

I still find it hard when people use their bible as self defense when confronted by an harmful man as if the bible will miraculously protect them as a force field even Jesus himself ran away when attacked by a mob and apostle Paul was also an experienced man that ran away from people who want himself and his companions dead. So next time u are in harms way, sare kaba kaba.

Great question, but many people fail to see the bigger picture. We are all focused on going to heaven, but what baffles me is nature. What happens to earth and its beauty, abandoned? Whatever happens to Jesus sermon on the mount, righteous people staying forever on earth? Why did God create the earth and the things in it if he wanted it destroyed? Has God's promise for the earth being changed about good people living on it? Does God change his words? What happens to animals? What about the never-ending universe we possess? Why were we created on earth ? Why do we know lil about the earth? Is Adam in heaven or hell? What about the beauty that lies on earth? What does the future hold? We need to start reading our Bibles and not leave the duty to pastors. We all have a responsibility to know about God. I'm just trying to make sense

Dear honoured vo, I have a cousin whose sister is LPR but will naturalise this august. She would like to adopt her bro but he's 15 and would turn 16 yrs of age by nov. So is d adoption process and naturalising going to take long. will he fall out of category and how many yrs will the lil boy wait in nig. can she as a lpr adopt now and when naturalization is completed sponsor him. pls I nid ur answer thanks

Hi vo,my father is a naturalised citizen who is staying in Nigeria and wants to file a i-130 form for me. Pls is this going to be possible since he's not in usa and if possible how long is the processing time estimated to be because am still under 21 so I fall under immediate relative.. Will the processing time be longer since he's in nigeria.. Thanks in advance because I don't know if this thread is still alive

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