Source: https://theplandegod.com/judges-4-names-noise-makers/

Happy New Year once again, and welcome to your year of whatever you want it to be. So we’ve been talking about the act of judging others for some time now. By God’s grace, the recent tithing debate has further exposed how easy it is for so-called Christians to judge and condemn others. It just reminds me of a particular event that occurred in primary school when the class captain was asked to write names of noise makers.

Names of Noise Makers: A Historical Background
There was this very annoying, but fun practice we did in primary and secondary school. It was called “writing names of noise makers.” Basically, every class had a class captain, who was like the leader, and the major power of a class captain was writing names of noise makers. It was like the most coveted power in school back then.

Writing names of noise makers is self-explanatory. Just think about it, noise makers in class, writing their names down. But the real catch was that the names of noise makers were given to the class teacher or any teacher concerned, and then punishment followed. However, flogging/spanking/better koboko was the major punishment in our day.

Names of Noise Makers: Hilary vs Trump
So, when I was in Primary 3, or as it’s now called “Basic 3,” we were having our annual inter-house sports competition, and everyone was feeling high. It was all about which house would win the inter-house sports competition.

The inter-house sports competition was held separately for lower grades (primary 1-3) and higher grades (primary 4-6). Unfortunately, it was the higher grades that were competing at the time. So, we were locked down in our classes, but we were all still hyped.

Now, there was this very stubborn, artistically talented but largely misunderstood boy in our class, let’s call him “Trump.” He was a frequent visitor of the class captain’s names of noise makers. Let’s call our class captain “Hilary” (yes, our president was a girl). On that blessed day, Hilary (who kind of hated Trump) was given the notorious task of writing names of noise makers.

Read more @ https://theplandegod.com/judges-4-names-noise-makers/

gentle136:
Amen. Am touched, thanks a million. May God blessings never seize in ur life and dat of ur family in jesus name. Amen.

AMEN Sir!!! AMEN!!!

Cheers and God bless you infinitely!!!

mumumugu:
God killed all animals except those in the ark. what about the fish and aquatic animals

Genesis 7:20-23 says,

20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

The scripture above is very clear on the creatures that were affected by the flood. There is no mention of the sea creatures, just land animals.

So the fish and aquatic animals were not affected by the flood.

Cheers and God bless you infinitely!!!

gentle136:
I understood u crystal clear my brother. D ones dat came around me last year has always been source of distraction to me.

Wow, then I pray that God gives you the grace to overcome such females and protect you from falling into their nets in the first place. I also pray that God redirects good people and helpers, not just females, into your life this year, to bless you and elevate you in Jesus' name. Amen.

gentle136:
D utmost distraction 2 b avoid are females. D

Hmmm... True, very true!!! Although, it all depends, u can't just say you are avoiding all females for no reasons. We have to get our priorities straight, and focus on the big picture.

The legendary 2017 has come and gone in grand style. A year filled with so many shenanigans, mishaps and controversies. Enemies were made, and new alliances were formed. After doing an audit of 2017, it was discovered that all those things were just distractions. They were well planned distractions by the enemy to divert our attention from God’s plan and blessings upon our lives. By God’s grace, New Year 2018 is here and we along with it. Let’s briefly look into the major distractions to avoid for the fulfillment of the glory of 2018.

2017 and Its Shenanigans
2017 and its Shenanigans2017 was filled with lots of shenanigans and mishaps. Towards the tail end of the year, we were greeted by a string of negative events that shook the whole nation and Christian community at large, like the nationwide strike action by SSANU, NASU and NAAT; fuel scarcity that was so bad that many people spent their Christmas celebrations queuing for fuel; and the tithing war that was so fierce that the Nigerian Christian community (which was already divided) was thrown in disarray, with many Christians, pastors and General Overseers (GO) revealing their true colours. I also had my own fair share of the persecution for writing a critic on the unscriptural and unchristlike manner in which the Christian community handled the whole situation.

What are the major distractions you feel you need to avoid for the fulfillment of your 2018 declarations?

More @ https://theplandegod.com/2018-major-distractions-avoid-new-year/

forreelinc:
lazy man no wan go church come dey form christian community critic

LOLZ

Source for full article: https://theplandegod.com/leave-daddy-freeze-alone-critic-christian-community/

I recently stumbled upon another ignorant post judging and condemning Daddy Freeze (Ifedayo Olurinde) as unfit and unclean to speak on the things of God. Many highly esteemed church pastors and General Overseers (GOs) have risen up against Daddy Freeze, some raining all sorts of curses (causeless curses which shall not stand - Proverbs 26:2) on him because he called pastors out for collecting tithes - with scripture, and asked them to simply defend their positions with scripture. I believe the Christian community is wrong for their condemnation and unchrist-like treatment of Daddy Freeze and his supporters. I therefore would like to share my own undiluted views on the matter with scriptural backing. Kindly note that I won't be concentrating on the actual topic of tithing in this post, that would be a discussion for another day.

The Decay in the Church
The major cause of these altercations and unbiblical sense of reasoning is that many Christians esteem their pastor's or GO's words above the actual word of God. They depend on whatever their pastor tells them God said. If their pastor says "The Bible says", they won't go and confirm, they will accept it like that. If he/she says "Thus saith the Lord", that is what God has said, they won't consult God for themselves. Church doctrines are therefore usually diluted with the pastor's views and not purely on scripture. This has also created an atmosphere of fear and reverence for certain pastors and GOs as special prophets of God like the Old Testament Moses whom nobody should open their mouths against.

They don’t believe that we are all equal in Christ (Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:11, Ephesians 4:25). Meanwhile, Colossians 3:12 classifies all of us as “elect of God, holy and beloved”. But against the scriptures, there is a clear distinction between a GO and an ordinary Christian. However, there are different offices for the functioning of the body of Christ, which should be based on gifts (1 Corinthians 12:27-30, Ephesians ), but even though Paul encourages us to earnestly desire the best gifts, he still shows us a more excellent way (1 Corinthians 12:31) as can be found in 1 Corinthians 13. The summary of 1 Corinthians 13 is that love is the greatest gift, it is the more excellent way. Without love, all other gifts are useless (including the well coveted office of “General Overseer”).

We are encouraged to forebear and forgive one another (Colossians 3:13) as equals. Peter regarded Paul as “our beloved brother Paul” (2 Peter 3:15). Paul referred to Peter on a first name basis as “Peter” (Galatians 2:11). But today, if you dare refer to pastors without their title, or make a mistake in their title, you are done for. So Daddy Freeze and his supporters are seen to be infidels speaking against these so-called “God’s Generals”. If you really notice, you would see that majority of the people that are against him are church members or supporters of those pastors that have openly spoken against him.

Unfortunately, many churches have also deviated from the love of Christ. Their doctrines and teachings are usually founded on the pastor's personal preferences and the works of the law as against the true interpretation of the scriptures. This therefore guides their judgmental views and sentencing of innocent men like Daddy Freeze. It's funny but Daddy Freeze has actually exposed what goes on within many churches. It just shows how they treat members with biblical views that don't agree with their doctrines. They don't reason with them using scriptures, they just treat them as traitors and outcasts. It’s like a religious cult or cabal, it’s an unscriptural religious godfatherism. However, Acts 17:11 tells us that the Berean Jews received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily to confirm whether it was accurate. So if they found discrepancies, wouldn’t they have spoken out?

I was also a serious victim of this in my former church many years ago. At the time, I had been studying on the rapture in my personal Bible study. One Sunday morning, during Sunday School, it just happened that the lesson was also on the rapture. So when it was time for questions, I raised up my hand, because I believed a portion of the lesson wasn't scriptural. As expected, they couldn’t answer me with scriptural backing. By the end of the service, they had called a meeting against me forbidding me from asking questions during Sunday School again, and forcing me to take permission from the elders before asking any question again. I raised up other issues on practices that were not scriptural, and it only made things worse for me. I became the antichrist and I was eventually pushed out of the church.

Biblical Evidence of Paul Openly Correcting Peter
Peter was the rock on which the church was built (Matthew 16:18). Peter was also one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. With regards to the New Jerusalem, Revelations 21:14 says,

“The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb”

Peter’s name is on the twelve foundations of the beautiful city of God which we all hope to be citizens of when the world comes to an end. So let us be clear that Peter and Paul were not mates in the faith at all. However, in Galatians 2:11-21, we see an interesting narration of Paul concerning a certain event that occurred during the course of their ministries on earth. Galatians 2:11-14 says thus,

“But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?”

Would you look at that? Now let’s see Peter’s reaction to this in the next subheading.

Biblical Evidence of Peter Acknowledging Paul
Peter, in 2 Peter 3:14-16, then had this to say,

“Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”

Peter said “as also in all his epistles” (verse 16), meaning that he was also aware that Paul wrote about his encounter with him, and how he openly withstood and corrected him with scripture. Instead of cursing him, calling him names, and raising people against Paul for speaking against him, he acknowledged the scriptural truth that Paul spoke and the wisdom of God upon his life.
Daddy Freeze Has Hit a Nerve

Daddy Freeze has hit a nerve
We have hundreds of denominations in Nigeria which disagree on each other's teachings and doctrines. They even disagree on matters as little as style of prayer, mode of preaching, dressing, covering of the hair, etc. They go as far as ridiculing and firing shots at each other during their sermons and on social media platforms. I once told a member of a popular church that I was attending another church. She ridiculed me and the church because we don’t follow their style of prayer. She went further saying “Your pastor that would still come to GO for prayers”.

However, the major subject which over 90% of them agree on is "paying of tithe". Why? Because money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10) and money answereth all things (Ecclesiastes 10:19). Tithes mean money is flowing into the church’s (or their own private) purses right? I mean, who gives crops or live animals as tithe these days? Why then is almost everyone openly cursing Daddy Freeze or condemning him? I mean, the guy just gave his scriptural opinion on tithing and asked pastors to prove him wrong with scriptures right?

Consequently, Daddy Freeze has hit a major nerve calling pastors out for collecting tithes. Do you know that many Christians had already raised this same issue of tithing in the past? But it just so turns out that Daddy Freeze is an On-Air Personality with Cool FM for that matter, with a very large fan base, whose words have the potential to reach millions of people. This is quite similar to the Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB (The Indigenous People of Biafra) saga. Others had risen before him, but were insignificant. But when the government saw that he had the potential to mobilize the people, they went as far as proscribing IPOB and using military action against him.

In unity on the subject of tithing against Daddy Freeze, many highly esteemed church pastors and GOs, along with their members, have risen up against him. In the absence of scriptural backing to reply him, they have resorted to insults and name-calling. He is classified as an unbeliever who has no right to speak or teach on the subject of tithing. He has even been classified as Satan and an antichrist sent to divide the church (which church?). They attack him with so much passion and desperation like someone that wants to take away their means of livelihood. You can even hear and see the desperation from their voices and countenances when they speak. You can sense the desperation from their social media posts and comments. There have even been allegations that his Instagram account was hacked and blocked.

A Critic of Daddy Freeze
Critic of Daddy FreezeI personally do not agree with his approach of attacking and some instigating words and replies. For example, in an interview, he said "If you pay tithe to any Nigerian pastor, you are a goat". That's just an open insult to all tithe-paying Christians who equally have the right to pay tithe, whether as a personal decision or in error based on deceptive teachings, as it is not a determinant of eternal rest or damnation.

Daddy Freeze, we should be ambassadors of Christ, not hit men. Continue to be as objective as possible. Remain focused on the Word, not falling to intimidation, but do not lose sight of your nature in Christ. See how Abel Damina addressed the issue, no need for name-calling or any further attacks. How do you intend to #FreeTheSheeple, when you have even gone as far as calling them "Goats" as if "Sheeple" wasn't insulting enough? There is a more excellent way, and that way is love.

Summary
Le brotherly love continue, Daddy Freeze1 Peter 2:16 confirms that we are all of the royal priesthood and a chosen generation. Apostle Paul referred to the Christians as "Saints in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 1:1); he referred to Tychicus as "a beloved brother" (Ephesians 6:21). Peter regarded Paul as “our beloved brother Paul” (2 Peter 3:15). Paul referred to Peter on a first name basis as “Peter” (Galatians 2:11). Stop the victimization, fear tactics and respect of persons. We are all one body in Christ. Acts 10:34-35 says,

“Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.”

2 Timothy 2:15 says

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

Daddy Freeze did just that and called ministers out. Nevertheless, instead of ministers (whom it is assumed to have already studied) to also show themselves approved or keep silent, acknowledge he is right or prove him wrong with scriptures, then correct him in love, they are busy making "profane and vain babblings which has only increased unto more ungodliness" (2 Timothy 2:16).

1 Peter 2:1-2 says,

"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby".

I believe this whole tithe debate has exposed many GOs and pastors for who they really are, and should be an eye opener to church goers on the need to desire the sincere milk of the word for growth.

At the end of the day, it is still all about love. Colossians 3:12-16 says,

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

Galatians 5:13-15 further says,

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”

Finally,

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” (1 Corinthians 13:13).

Let brotherly love continue (Hebrews 13:1), forgive me if you felt offended by my critic and leave Daddy Freeze alone.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance.

Cheers and God bless you infinitely.

psucc:
Guy freely you received freely you MUST give. No one is clicking that link.

Lol, but I'm not selling anything na, I just summarized the article here, and put the link for the whole text. Still up for discussion.

Towerex:
Are you for real

Yes Sir.

Yes Sir

Day by day, Christians are deviating from the Gospel, and inventing their own signature brands. Church members regard the words of their pastors and General Overseers (G.O.s) more sacred than the word of God itself. Consequently, there seems to be no end to unbiblical doctrines, manipulated and wrongly interpreted scriptures and ecclesiastical fallacies.

Today, we’ll be discussing on the fallacy of angels marking church attendance. Is it biblical?

Read the full text here:
https://theplandegod.com/ecclesiastical-fallacies-6-church-attendance/

Dear Sir,

I believe you are misguided by your conclusions. I can also tell from your tone and sense of religious reasoning that you are one of those people who esteem your "G.O.'s" words above the actual word of God. Consequently, you and your kind do not even actually have a personal relationship with God, but you depend on whatever your G.O. or pastor tells you God said. Many highly esteemed church pastors and G.O.s have risen up against Daddy Freeze, raining all sorts of curses (causeless curses, and they cannot stand) on him because he called pastors out with scripture and asked for them to simply defend their positions with scripture. This has therefore guided your judgmental views and sentencing of the innocent man called "Daddy Freeze".

I was talking to an MFM member recently, and she told me Daniel Olukoya (their G.O.) spoke on the tithing issue during service and he surprised everybody. He acknowledged that tithing wasn't actually New Testament compliant, and doesn't determine your eternal fate. He also acknowledged that the New Testament is about giving willfully and not a law to forcefully tithe and give specifically into a church purse. Many of MFM members like you have previously joined in the sentencing of Daddy Freeze, but now, with their G.O.s opinion on the matter, they now look like fools. Did they have to wait for their G.O. to speak on the matter before they went into the scriptures and researched critically and objectively on the subject of tithing and giving? I am very sure, if Enoch Adeboye were to have spoken objectively on the matter, RCCG members would also change their views. Isn't that pathetic?

To summarize your post, you have ruled Daddy Freeze out as unfit to speak, you asked "Who called daddy freeze into these teachings?" You then answered yourself rightly (but ignorantly) by quoting John 15:16 "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you". I know you were referring to the likes of your G.O. as the chosen ones, but sorry to burst the bubble, Daddy Freeze is included. 1 Peter 2:16 confirms that saying "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people". I bet you don't even believe that you have the right standing with God to speak with authority on the things of God. If you read the whole of that 1 Peter 2:16-24, it talks about how we are to submit ourselves to the government and work place authorities. No place did Peter refer to himself as one "G.O." to be feared and revered, nor Paul or any of the disciples. No place did he name the apostles as one of the people to be submitted to, but referred to them as equals. Apostle Paul referred to the Christians as "Saints in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 1:1); he referred to Tychicus as "a beloved brother" (Ephesians 6:21).

In conclusion, 2 Timothy 2:15 says "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." Daddy Freeze did that and called you out. Instead of you people to do the same and either acknowledge that he is right, or prove to him that he is wrong with scriptures you are busy making "profane and vain babblings which has only increased unto more ungodliness" (2 Timothy 2:16). My final advice, 1 Peter 2:1-2 says "Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby". Leave Daddy Freeze alone, pray for him, dig deep into the word, desire the sincere milk of the word so that you can grow.

God bless you.