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Logicboy03: The widows offering highlightsthe fact that religion is the opium of the people. A deadly and addictive drug.


A poverty riddled person is giving their money away to a church that can survive without it and she is being praised for contributing to her own suicide?





Plappville, use your brain

Na your own opinion be that?

pastormustwac: Many christians are sleeping these days.

The love of the world is full of fun, they do not want to miss the funs

James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

What is the world celebrating since yestarday? (Saint day) they call it, wordly known as HALLOWEEN!!!!

Christians do not partake in this worldly feast.

OLAADEGBU: Why now develop cold feet? Are you no longer saying that you've kept the 10 commandments? The reason I presented these questions is to make you see the gravity of your claim. Do you still assert that you've kept the commandments?

Bros, i have previewsly told you i do keep it, what are you insisting on? are u on doubt that it cannot be kept? or do you find me guilty of not keeping it?
Don't be, i know i have been neglecting certain things in order not to break the Ten commandment.

I do not need man to believe me, but to who the glory goes, knows.

1 Chronicles 28:9 "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

How the Mark is Made

The issue of the mark of the Beast being received on the hand and forehead is no different from most of the examples found throughout the book of Revelation. It is symbolic. The right hand represents labor or work, what one does. The forehead symbolizes the human mind or intellect, what one believes. God wants us to understand that it is what we BELIEVE and what we DO that reveals who we have chosen to obey in regards to Sabbath- or Sunday-keeping.

The Roman church forced people to take Rome’s mark of Sunday observance. This was the day that the entire Roman Empire kept. The penalty for disobeying this order was death! The facts of history are unmistakable—at least 50 million people were killed.

The Sabbath command is the only commandment that would clearly identify those who have either taken the mark of the Beast or the sign of God. The Fourth Commandment is the only one that the world does not accept in its mind and then obey (working, or resting with the hand).

But did you realize that God’s sign is also directly tied to the hand and forehead? It is seen to also distinguish His people from the rest of the world. Notice this passage about one of God’s annual Sabbaths: “…it shall be for a sign unto you upon your HAND, and for a memorial BETWEEN YOUR EYES, that the LORD’S L aw may be in your mouth” (Ex. 13:9).

Also take note of the following verses in Deuteronomy about God’s identifying sign: “Now these are the commandments…And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart: And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your HAND, and they shall be as frontlets BETWEEN YOUR EYES” (6:1, 6-.

“Therefore shall you lay up these My words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your HAND, that they may be as frontlets BETWEEN YOUR EYES” (11:18). Also read Proverbs 7:2-3 and Revelation 7:3-4; 14:1.

This is proof from your Bible that God, in His own way, marks His servants who keep His weekly or annual Sabbaths. God’s truth on this matter is unmistakably clear. To the open-minded reader, there should be no room for doubt.

During the Middle Ages, the Roman church did in fact cause all those in the “Holy Roman Empire” to take the mark. The impact of this doctrine was not limited to church members forced to observe Sunday instead of the Sabbath. Sunday-keeping had become even at that time so widespread that it caused the entire Western world—despite religious background or affiliation—to accept Sunday as opposed to Saturday as the weekly day of rest. This is now a near-universal practice in the West, with certain religions such as Judaism, Islam and a few Christian denominations the only exceptions. The few that God has called out of this world to be placed in His true Church would also be an exception to the vast majority who worship on Sunday.

Every nation on earth is deceived by the false religious system that calls itself Christianity while following pagan practices. God gives a strong warning in Revelation to those who wish to be protected from the times to come: “Come out of her, My people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues” (18:4).

Is the Roman church still enforcing this mark?Although it does not currently hold the power to force

this mark on everyone, a United States of Europe is coming. It will be a union of ten nations that will

be a combination of state and religion—the Holy Roman Church will again ride “the Beast.”

Will you choose the mark of the Beast, or will you obey God and take His identifying sign?

End of Chapter 8 of this book.

Thread can be discussed if need be.

pastormustwac: There control is not absolute yet. Because of powerful spirit-filled christians all over the world that have been empowered by God and they have been actively delivering people from their cluthes and releasing a some people from under their bondage. God help us all to do the right thing.

But the fact is, many people want to believe they are in perfect control of their lives - when in effect they are already perfectly under the control of these powerful adversaries - all these is part of the illusions.

Treu talk bross...

pastormustwac: *Emperor constantine* nodds my head. I congratulate you senora for your efforts in enlightening fellow christians and non-christians too. Keep it up.
I am not yet married, so i still have more time for myself.

He made great success in the church, He was indeed a true trickster, a fake convert.

Easy to build but difficult to repair. The church is enjoying paganism because of Him.

What You Obey

Paul, in his letter to the Romans, explained that people are the servants of whatever and whoever they obey: “Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” (6:16).

People either serve and obey God, and are given eternal life—or they serve and obey sin and the “god of this world” (II Cor. 4:4), Satan, and earn eternal death (Rom. 6:23)!

In the Old Testament, Sabbath-breaking was punishable by death (Ex. 31:14 and 15). II Corinthians 3:7-8 describes the Old Testament administration of a civil death penalty, which is no longer applicable, because God is now building the nation of spiritual Israel (Rom. 2:28-29; 8:9; 11:24-26; Gal. 3:29; Eph. 2:11-13, 19; I Pet. 2:5, 9).

The Sabbath was to be kept perpetually, throughout the generations of Israel. There are still generations of Israel today—and there is spiritual Israel, which keeps the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Take heed whether and how you will obey God. For “He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?” (Heb. 10:28-29).

This is most serious!

In plain terms, the mark of the beast is SUNDAY-KEEPING AND THE KEEPING OF PAGAN FESTIVALS—in place of God’s weekly and annual Sabbaths!

Towering—truly colossal!—prophecies, concerning the most terrible calamities to ever strike the earth, are now unfolding. You have seen them explained in clear and plain detail. A spiritually darkened, blind and deceived world rushes headlong toward disaster, now just ahead. They do not suspect that God’s wrath, poured out in full fury, and undiluted with mercy, will soon fall on a sin-ravaged humanity that God has marked to receive it.

These prophecies are certain—they are sure. They will happen!

Will you be deceived when they come to pass? Will you be seduced by miracles and lying wonders? Will you take the mark of the beast? Will you worship the beast and his image? Will you follow the masses and ignore God?

Or will you obey God, watch and pray always—and ESCAPE?

To be continued...

pastormustwacc: Na, the aluminati people are the most dangerous adversaries of all mankind, and they are very much involved in all these stuffs you are talking about whether you realize it or not. I was almost enslaved by one of their vices, and i suspect more people are enslaved without their knowing.
My eyes are always on them - and i monitor their activities as closely as i can. It is a good thing to have much knowlege about your adversaries. And this is why i follow American politics very closely.
A christian should not be ignorant of the enemies at all - a word is enough for the wise.

They are in total control. The bible told us that thier father (Satan) is the god of this world. So we know they are His agents.

The “Little Horn”

Daniel 7 introduces and speaks of something called “the little horn.” Verse 25 there sheds important light on what happened in the Roman Empire. Here is what Daniel wrote: “And he [the little horn, the same as the false “woman” church] shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High”—now get this next point and do not misunderstand—“and think to change TIMES and LAWS.”

This is a remarkable statement about how the great false “woman” church sought to alter God’s LAW as it had to do with TIME. The single most obvious way has been to change the time of God’s Sabbath to the pagan SUN’S DAY (the day long set apart by men for worship of the sun), thus altering the fourth great law of God! (More and more people today speak of Sunday as their “sabbath.”)

HOW PLAIN has been the work of this church in its efforts to “wear out the saints”!—and to speak against “the most High”!

Is it any wonder that God will pour out His wrath without mercy on any who would dare to do these things to His Word and to His people?

God has never authorized His Church or mankind to keep the pagan Sun’s day. Nor did He ever command or allow His people to keep numerous other pagan festivals and days of worship—and has always explicitly commanded against them!

To be continued...

Where “Sunday Keeping” Came From This one na big blow ooo!


Even though God commanded that the Sabbath be kept forever, we saw that the churches of the world replaced it with the popular tradition of Sunday-keeping. By now it is obvious that this practice did not come from God or His Church. But let’s see more.

Many have assumed the unscriptural tradition that Christ was resurrected from the tomb on Sunday. If Sunday can be established as the day that Christ was resurrected, it can be a means of injecting the pagan Easter festival and celebration, with its Sunday sunrise services, into Christianity.

Many pagan festivals, including Christmas (Saturnalia), Easter (the festival of Ishtar) and worship on the day of the Sun, were observed throughout the Roman Empire long before Christ. The apostate church (the “woman”) simply adopted them into practice, and enforced them on all citizens in the empire through the civil government. Actually, the first one to enforce Sunday worship was not a Pope or a church, but was Constantine, the Roman emperor.

Here is what happened next. At the Council of Laodicea, in A.D. 363, the following decree was passed: “Christians must not Judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, resting rather on Sunday. But, if any be found to be Judaizing, let them be declared anathema from Christ.”

Understand what this decree meant. When one was branded “anathema” (accursed or heretic) by the church, he was arrested by the state, tortured and, unless he recanted, this continued until death. This was enforced so strictly that people were required to rest on Sunday, and work on Saturday, in order to engage in business or hold a job. This enforcement governed their “buying and selling.”

To be continued....

pastormustwacc: *Growling* WHERE IN THE UNIVERSE HAVE YOU BEEN? I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU FOR ALMOST FOREVER. Welcome, dont mind us jare, we were just bored.

My broo, i dey busy this period, my kids are on vacation, i must take them outing etc, so less time for net

I bet u can't be bored with @truthislight, He has some entertaining skills. I don laugh tire for conner when reading you guys.

See these tough men are diverting my thread with arguments......i go sanction the 3 of you
Oya, make una stop, every christian will claim to be the best in Gods eyes it totally nothing. Only Him knows who is making efforts in loving Him for real. Needless fighting each other with Scripture. Yes we can correct each other with it, but not fight or with a bais mind.

Make i continue my post jare

Image123: and of what use is this story? if you want to really glorify God, then glorify Him. Not all this publicity and advertisement of a church or a man. dead flies cause the perfume to stink.

E no make sense again becos of the advertisement, you have heard now, God is in Christ Emmbassy, and The Pastor certified by this testimony

donnie: 31-Oct-2012 08:30 by Dcn Yomi Oluremekun (ZA1)

31-Oct-2012 07:53
The Acts of Dcn Yomi Oluremekun
I want to title my testimony as "Our true divinity in Christ"
 
 
On 30th of September 2012 I was leaving my office on Lagos Island.
Just as I was about entering my car, parked right in front of the office, a car pulled over and blocked my car and immediately four guys came down with gun pointing at me and demanding for my car key. When I saw the gun pointed at me, the scripture that immediately came alive in my spirit was "no weapon fashioned against me shall prosper"
While I was searching my pocket for the key, the guy pointing the gun directly to my belly said I'm wasting their time and he pulled the trigger (however I believed they were intimidated by my calmness). The bullet pierced through the T-shirt and the inner vest I was wearing and the bullet just got stock right on my belly without penetrating further.
 
Immediately I heard the gun shot my response was spontaneous as I screamed out "Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world".
At that point I do not have enough sense to respond in shock or fear, there was such an awesome peace, boldness & confidence
around me even while bleeding that the robbers had to took off immediately, not believing that I could still be standing having been shot at such a close range. I walk right back into the office
building and all the security guys were surprise that am still standing.
All through until I was taken to the hospital I kept the word of God on my lips & reminded myself of who I am in Christ &am; that I can not die young or suddenly. Knowing fully well that I still have alot ti do in sponsoring & financing the gospel as an Haven member.
 
All the scan result showed that I do not have any internal injury or bleeding & the bullet pallets were later removed & I am perfectly ok.
 
I thank God for our man of God (Pst Chris Oyakhilome) for teaching me the word of God.
When one consistently listen to the teaching of God's word, obviously you are been seeded and loaded for life, you cease to be an ordinary person, you are now absolutely divine, as prooved by this testimony.
 
The car that is of the world has gone with the robbers, but I am not of the world, for whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world & no weapon fashioned against us is powerful enough to prosper.
Here I am today sharing this testimony to the shame & regret of the devil. Like the Bible refers to John as "John the divine" am now also "Dcn Yomi the divine", some people heard about the testimony and has since nick-named me as "bulletproof deacon" praise be His name forever.
 
Of a truth like Pastor Chris would always reminds us that the book of "Acts" in the Bible is still been written in our days, this testimony is one of such account for the book of "Acts" today.
 
Today I am much more convinced than ever before that divinity is absolutely at work in us. I am indeed a walking miracle!
 
 
Dcn Yomi Oluremekun

A stained testimony, The glory goes to three person as i can see, which is not supposed to be. (God said, He will never share His glory with no one)

You are testifying what God did, not what a pastor did or contributes

Timmy d 1st: Pastor Chris is someone I respected so much but that does not mean you guys should exagerate things. Sometimes I wonder if he is the one that thought you guys this marketing strategies. You should have give your testimony without mentioning your church or pastor. Just give glory to christ.

You spoke my mind, The members put thier Pastor first even before Christ, some don even forget GOD/Yahweh completely

What Mark Would Satan Choose?

Since Satan has “deceived the whole world” (Rev. 12:9; 20:3), how has he accomplished this? On what point has he seized, which he can most naturally replace with a counterfeit. What command would Satan most easily change, and then expect carnal human reasoning to conclude is merely an innocent adjustment?

Now understand. The carnal mind is “enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be” (Rom. 8:7). Human beings are most agreeable to sin in all of its forms. People are perfectly willing to break every one of God’s commandments. Whether idolatry, stealing, adultery, murder, dishonoring of parents, coveting or lying, people willingly—and eagerly—do these things. And, of course, Satan has certainly led people into all of these practices.

But none of these represent, in any particular way, a test that directly connects to how one might earn a living or hold a job—to whether or how one could or could not “buy and sell.” And Satan must select a commandment, which affects this ability of those who will not compromise God’s Law.

There is only one commandment that Satan would see as a candidate for such a test. It is a commandment that God has always said is a sign between Him and His people.

We should now ask, “What is a mark, brand or sign?” What do these terms signify—what do they mean?

In practical application, ranchers brand their cattle to signify ownership. In many cases, retailers hang up a sign above their establishment to show whose hardware store, restaurant or shop it is. In Genesis 4:15, after he killed Abel, Cain received a “mark,” signifying that he had sinned. This was also a kind of brand or sign telling those who met Cain who and what he was. The famous novel The Scarlet Letter is the story of a woman who committed adultery and had to wear a large “A” on the front of her clothing to signify what she had done.

It is no different with a church. God does not force anyone to obey Him. But Satan, through his church, does force his brand on his people in the same way that ranchers force their brand on cattle.

Now what is the sign that God says identifies His people? What point of obedience tells God that we are His people?

To be continued...

Those Who Receive Plagues Made Plain!

There are other plain New Testament scriptures that tell us exactly why God pours out His wrath on certain people. We will examine them shortly.

We must first examine what God says sin is, for His plagues will be poured on a sinning humanity. Once we understand how God defines sin, we can better understand how Satan marks all those who are his servants.

Here is sin, defined by God: “Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law” (I John 3:4).

In plain words, just as the faithful are commandment-keepers, those who sin are commandment-breakers.

Now let’s examine for specific understanding about exactly what brings the wrath of God. Here is what Paul wrote: “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things’ sake the WRATH OF GOD comes on the children of disobedience” (Col. 3:5-6).

There it is! God pours out His wrath on those who DISOBEY Him! There is no misunderstanding the plain meaning of this verse.

But let’s consider another: “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness…filthiness…For this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom…Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the WRATH OF GOD upon the children of disobedience” (Eph. 5:3-6).

Once again, this is most PLAIN regarding why, and upon whom, God pours out His wrath! And the next verse shows what Christians are instructed not to do with those who practice what Paul describes: “Be not you therefore partakers with them” (vs. 7).

Those who “partake” of this conduct, or who fraternize “with them” (the world and its ways), will partake of God’s plagues on a rebellious mankind.

The prophet Zephaniah speaks most bluntly of this terrible day when God’s wrath is poured out. Notice: “The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD : and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung” (1:14-17).

Let’s now summarize what we have read.

The mark of the beast is commandment-breaking, and he that breaks one breaks them all. The mark is that of the Roman Empire—the beast—not the woman who rides it. The false woman church “caused” the masses to receive the mark through deception. The human government through which Satan deceives the world, the Roman Empire, receives its power, its seat and authority from him. Holding a job and engaging in commerce—buying or selling—is impossible for those without the mark. Martyrdoms, past and future, occur because some refuse the mark, and keep the commandments of God instead. So, the mark is something the apostate church enforces, which is directly contrary to God’s Law, and has a direct relationship to earning a living—holding a job.

To be continued...

pastormustwacc: Thank you, you should. Now, start sending every demon around you scattering! whether they are disturbing you or your family!! Send them away with the blood of Jesus.
Yes, open that spiritual BAYGON spray and start spraying them with the blood of Jesus.
Yes! we have the power, we have been given the power since!

Luke 10:17 => The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.".
Luke 10:18 => He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven".

WINCH, DEMON, VAMPIRE, DEVIL, SATAN, FALLEN ANGEL, ALIEN, ALUMINATI. We shall overcome them with the blood of Jesus (with authority for a true christian), they will become scattered and start running for cover.

Disobedience is the Mark

The above scriptures reveal that God’s people refuse the mark, keep His commandments and obey His government. Those of the world receive the mark, obey something else, and thereby disobey God and reject His rule over them.

Now here is a description of those who have triumphed over Satan’s mark: “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the BEAST , and over his IMAGE , and over his MARK , and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Your ways, You King of saints” (Rev. 15:2-3).

God likens those who have achieved victory to those who escaped Egypt and Pharaoh’s rule. Under Moses’ leadership, Israel escaped the plagues that fell on Egypt, which was a forerunner and type of the plagues to fall on those who have received the mark. Paul spoke of how Old Testament examples “are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come” (I Cor. 10:11).

God’s saints are shown to “sing the song of Moses” standing on a sea of glass (before God), just as Israel stood on the shore of the Red Sea having been delivered from oppression in Egypt. They sing Moses’ song because Moses reflects God’s commandments. They sing the song of the Lamb (Christ) because, through faith (“of Christ”), they have conquered sin, and received salvation.

Now back to Revelation 12 and key events happening to the Church at the very end.

Satan is angry, and directs his wrath against God’s people. But this is contrasted to great joy in heaven because of God’s final victory through His servants. Notice: “Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having GREAT WRATH, because he knows that he has but a short time” (vs. 12). The last phrase reveals why the devil is angry.

Verses 13-16 explain that a very select few of God’s completely faithful servants will be protected in the Church’s “place” for three and a half years (also see Rev. 3:10-11). But those who are less vigilant, less convicted and lukewarm, and who have accepted certain doctrines of the Revelation 17 “woman,” while remaining generally faithful in keeping the commandments, will not be protected.

Here is what Satan does to this lukewarm group next. Read it carefully, for it is further proof that God’s people keep the commandments, and is proof that they suffer Satan’s wrath as a result.

Continue with the final verse of the chapter: “And the dragon was wroth with the woman [God’s true Church], and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ” (vs. 17).

Christians are commandment-keepers, and the testimony of Jesus Christ is God’s Word—the Bible. The “testimony of Jesus Christ” is also referred to as the “spirit of prophecy” (Rev. 19:10). God’s servants understand the basic framework of His overall prophetic timetable and plan. They are not confused about “what happens next,” once certain prophecies begin to take place.

However, just as God knows His servants, and they are marked by obedience to Him, so Satan knows his servants, and marks them as his own, so that they may be protected from his wrath—the tribulation!

Understand this in the following way: Satan marks his servants and protects them from his wrath, while persecuting and martyring those who will not take his mark. On the other hand, God protects His most faithful servants (Rev. 3:10-11; 12:13-16), because they will not take the mark, or in any manner compromise His way, but pours His wrath on those who do take Satan’s mark. (But even those who are lukewarm can, through death, triumph over the mark in the tribulation and receive salvation.)

Get this picture absolutely clear in your mind!

To be continued....

pastormustwacc: *Coughs*

Cough jare!!, you need it sometimes, because it will help you remove those foreign material or mucus....

OLAADEGBU: That's a good observation.



Listen to the voice of your conscience as you answer the following questions to see whether you have really kept the Ten Commandments:

Have I always loved God my Creator with all my heart, mind, soul and strength? ____YES ___NO
Have I made a god in my own image? a god to suit myself? ____YES ___NO
Have I ever used God's name in vain? ____YES ___NO
Have I kept the Sabbath holy? ____YES ___NO
Have I always honoured my parents implicitly? ____YES ___NO
Have I murdered (God considers hatred as murder)? ____YES ___NO
Have I committed adultery (including premarital sex and lust)? ____YES ___NO
Have I stolen (the value is irrelevant)? ____YES ___NO
Have I lied (including fibs and these questions)? ____YES ___NO
Have I coveted (been greedy or materialistic)? ____YES ___NO

Bros Olaa u make me laugh, if i tell you yes for all, you will not believe and if i tell you no NL will explode

It is between me and my God, i am not to boast, because i do not have this nature.

If i may ask, why do you have to present all these questions?

Image123: @plap

so i found the trouble, hahahahahahahhhhhhahahaaaaahaaahahaahahahahahaa
Well then, to be fair, let me be on your side. One thing i'd advice. If you're looking for explanation next time from fellow humans, try to get a good Bible commentary instead, not NL. NL is not the ideal place to get spiritual counsel ehn! Go and look for children of God you can sincerely share God's Word with without unneeded distractions, or ask your church/felowship leaders. An dof course, ask God's Spirit i.e the Holy Spirit to teach you, and He will. Make i just chip in some sentences for the passage sha.

Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Settle this clearly in you. This is the focal point of the two testaments. NOBODY is justified by the law in God's sight. You can't, i can't get righteous by keeping the law. Maybe before man, they may see me as a good guy by keeping the law, but not God.Even atheists will call me good, perhaps because i do not commit adultery, or lie, or cheat, or kill. I may even rate myself good because i do this things. But God does not rate anybody good or righteous by his keeping the law.
Rom 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Isa 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Before God, we can never meet the standard of righteousness.
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

His standard of righteousness is so high we cannot attain it. We can ONLY be saved by His mercy. It is His mercy that sent us Jesus Christ to save us. Now, in Jesus, through faith in Jesus, we are saved. So now, Jesus becomes righteousness for us. He is our substitute. in the New Testament, we are made righteous by faith in Jesus. Believing in Jesus.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

We are to seek/look for GOD's righteousness. We spend a lot of time and energy trying to establish OUR righteousness, like the jews. But our righteousness can NEVER meet God's standards. Our keeping laws can never make us righteous. Instead, we are made rightous, so that we can keep God's laws.
Rom 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Notice the two righteousness mentioned in that verse? God's righteousness is FOUND in Jesus Christ.
1Cor 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Jesus is God's righteousness. Accepting and BELIEVING in His new covenant is what makes us righteous before God.

Phi 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

So the keeping of the law does not and cannot make us righteous. It is Jesus that can make us righteous, when He comes into u by faith and is made the righteousness of God to us by faith.


Galat 3:22 But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
The scriptures has found us all wanting. Everyone is guilty under the law, either by default birth, or b commision or omission.

Gala 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Gala 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
God gave the law to show us that we could not meet the standard. Man can only try, but at the end be found wanting under the law. Could my zeal no respite know, could my tears forever flow, ALL for sin cannot atone. The law was our teacher. It was given to teach us that we cannot attain it on our own. Unfortunately, majority are yet to learn that lesson.


Gala 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Gala3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Now that faith has come i.e faith in Jesus, we are no more UNDER the law. This simply means that those in the new covenant, who have found salvation in Jesus are now promoted. Its similar to leaving primary school to high school. It's not contradictory but a learning process, a growth in stage. The law is not to be treated with scorn or hat like many do. Actually, the law is good and holy. But it doesn't take us to our goal, just like primary school education cannot get us a good job or into college/university. We are no longer under the schoolmaster does not translate into lawlessness. It just means that we are now in grace. Grace helps us to keep the law. Under the schoolmaster, we cannot keep the law. You don't throw away all you learnt in primary school, it is actually FOUNDATIONAL to your learning all through life.The law/schoolmaster is like an exacting perfectionist dragging you almost to do good, but you can't keep up And its usually with a correcting whip for your learning troubles. But grace, faith in Christ Jesus is the helping hand that helps you do the same things, even more than the law required. If you notice, the commands in the new testament are higher and tougher than the old testament in comparison(Recall or read Matthew 5). The turn is that We as children of God, are RIGHTEOUS by faith, then we obey God's Word as it is our new nature. Unlike the law, where we are trying to obey the God's word so as to be righteous or acceptable.

Gala 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Gala 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
We have all PUT on Christ once we believe and are baptised. Christ is our righteousness. He that believes and is baptised shall be saved. And the new testament has just the faith criteria. It is for everyone and anyone. Whosoever believes. it is a better, improved,new package. You don't need any qualifications. Jesus is what qualifies you. you don't have to be a Jew, or circumcised, or a man, or from the tribe of Levi, or a freeman. There is no hinderance, the veil has been torn when Christ died.

Gala 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
If you are Christ's, you are an heir of the kingdom. you are God's child. You now have power. This power can help you to please God. We are not made righteous by faith so as to displease God, or become lawless. We are made righteous, and empowred to obey God's Word. The stuggle of the law is now made easy. Someone in college doesn't find primary school work as a burden or impossible. He has all potential to do it and teach it IF NEED BE. That's the summary of the passage oh, plap.

At last you no find the trouble at all

Well thanks alot, for the first time you took ur time to deeply expain something with scriptures backup. I appreciate thanks.

obadiah777: WELL YOU MY FRIEND JUST UNEARTHED A GEM WITH THAT PICTURE. THAT THERE PICTURE SHOWS THE SENSE OF HUMOR OF THE LORD. MATTER FACT HERE IS ANOTHER SENSE OF HUMOR STORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsb2pMzwmdI

THE LORD STRUCK THAT IDOL WITH LIGHTENING.

That was very huge! i think the bigest i ve ever seen

Na waoh for Popeitalo oo, who cares if all the catholic idols are distroyed? God is even too patient, no wonder His ways are not like ours.
we care for the living who are affected by herricane, not these idols.

frosbel: Please read THIS ARTICLE , has some useful information on the correlation between Baal worship and the catholic church.

I will, take a look, thanks. PopeItalo no want to look on to the bible. He turns blind eyes to it. This man is strange.

God2man:

However, your presence on nairaland is a test. Some will believe your doctrine, some will be undecided, some will hate your sermons with perfect hatred.
God is watching everyone.

Nairalander christians are advised in their own interest to read their Bible, prayerfully and ask for the leading of the Holyspirit on any message posted by any nairalander.

Agreed! You have spoken well.

frosbel: Ladies and Gents,

GOD is not a SADIST.

How can a loving GOD whose anger endures but for a moment and his mercy endure forever, look on , while 80% of humanity are caged in a torture chamber for the sole purpose of endless , eternal and unyielding torment.

This is where the doctrine of original sin falls apart, it is a doctrine of demons straight from the pit of hell. We
are not responsible for the SIN of Adam, we are only responsible for our own sins and actions as moral beings.

To suggest that people will literally be burning in misery
for all eternity while the saints will be singing alleluia is quite frankly silly. Only SATAN could have invented this nonsense so as to malign the character of GOD.

Yes , there is the lake of fire for the purpose of eternal
death which means to perish, but there is NO such thing as an existing HELL or an eternal lake of fire.

Many Christians are unknowingly preaching the gospel of SATAN and not of Christ. They tell you that if you
reject JESUS you will end up in a torture chamber with no exit and all hell to look forward to. Is this not blackmail ? This is the stuff of those 'god' father movies and has nothing to do with our heavenly father.

Stop this hellish nonsense about hell.


The gospel is " For GOD so loved the world that he gave his only SON so that we may live and not die "


Get it ?


The gospel is GOD's LOVE and his invitation to all
mankind to partake in his new kingdom of the coming age , where there will be no more sin, death, sorrow, crying or pain.

To reject GOD's love is to accept DEATH , for GOD cannot dwell with sinners.

The Message for today is repent and live.

To Italic = true talk!

okeyxyz: You are correct. Even after liberty, people still struggled with the gospel because it was "too good to be true". Change is difficult. When a man has spent all his life in jail, He becomes "institutionalized" so much so that when he is unexpectedly set free, his mindset & conscience would still prefer the prison life to the new life(freedom). This was the situation with Peter when he discriminated between jews and gentiles at Antioch, so that paul had to publicly rebuke him and his cohorts(Galatians 2:11-21 explains it
all). It is also illustrated in Acts 15:1-30, leading to the council at Jerusalem of the apostles and elders wherein they considered how to direct the gentiles about The Law. Eventually their directives where:
29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will
do well to avoid these things(Acts 15:29).

Even these directives were suited only for people who are new\weak(children) in the faith, not for people with a good grasp of the gospel, as Paul makes known in 1Cor 8. You who has good knowledge of gospel, knowing that all things natural belongs to god and are meant to
be used/enjoyed, but another brother/sister is still weak and might be misled by your display of liberty, then you have a responsibility to refrain from your liberties while in his/her presence.

So while accepting the gospel, some people still had a strong conscience and comfort in The Law, they are allowed to do so, but that does not nullify the absolute freedom that is granted by christ. It is everyone according to his conscience and capacity. Yet, the truth
is, to anyone that believes: the law is absolutely abolished, There is nothing natural(whether food, drink, se.x) that the law can condemn you for.

I dont kn what else to say, for all this good wk u've done up there. No beating around the bush, points jited and matched with scriptures. Thanks brother, for ur time. For we all need this to keep growing.

Yomieluv: A good dress sense like Chris oyakhilome.

Big grammars like Chris okotie.

Magician like TB joshua.

Yahoo minded,and tithe buster like David Oyedepo.

A good memory like Enoch Adeboye.

NL una funny oooo


@OP, a good answer has been given by broo JOA, all others are to be moved to the joke S.....

italo: I have no idols or pagan symbols...but I have always had my holy water, rosary, crosses and statues and God has always been near me...even IN me.

So why should I take your advice?

Do you mean the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? The one that said He changeth not, has suddenly change with you?