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Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by Oluwaseytiano(m): 12:59pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
I just dey look |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by malvisguy212: 1:04pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Bollinger:you know, the world hate the world of God, an atheists blaspheme the name of God, everyone will exalt him , but hey, I'm not even concerns of large numbers of people who received my message but do not learn. I will be very happy if ONE soul read it and be save. Thank you. The saints will not be judge. John 3:18 "There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son. If you believe in Jesus, you will not be judge, only your Good deed will be remember, your bad deed will not be counted because Jesus has already pay the debt for you. For those who have not heard the name of Jesus; 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. They will be judge based on the Good and bad deed they have done. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by Ubenedictus(m): 1:04pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
cckris:HEHEHE, rituals have always been part of xtianity. baptism, communion, anioting d sick, laying of hand 4 ministry aka ordination/commissioning, laying of hands 4 d reception of d spirit aka confirmation/charismation, even confession. all of d above are rituals and part of xtianity. 1 Like |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by Ubenedictus(m): 1:06pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
cckris:The liberty d spirit give is not chaos, liberty doesnt strike out the ritual like baptism, laying of hand nd communion. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by Ubenedictus(m): 1:08pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
sapiosexual1:Those biblical injunctions are also ritual. unless u dont know what a ritual is. 1 Like |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by driy65(m): 1:11pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
why put a catholic pics dere you guys shudnt rub your lack of self satisfaction on others....Worship God ow best u can and leave others to do thiers....there's no basic rule on how best God shud b worshipped. 3 Likes |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by Nobody: 1:12pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Dree is nothing bad in it,It is called importunity, "I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. " (Luke 11:. Also luke 18 vs 1 to 8. Amen so many time means so shall it n confirmation,it is nt back,Amen fire is to clear d way for d Answer to prayers,it Daniel's prayers can b hinder for 14day,whose fireless prayer cannot b hindered by prince of persia,if Joshua d high priest can b hindered by satan because of d fithy cloth on him,so what r we saying,dree is nothing wrong in those tins U av listed,d Bible says pray until ur joy is full, |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by SporaD8: 1:13pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
charlsecy:I've modified the post u quoted |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by charlsecy(m): 1:17pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Ubenedictus:Yes.. the problem is that a large number of people do not know the meaning of the word Ritual. Ritual is part of human existence. They always tend to wrongly think occultism whenever they hear the word. SporaD8: SporaD8:Nearly all religions claim this supremacy over the others. 1 Like |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by malvisguy212: 1:21pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Timoleon:cultists ban its members from asking questions. But the bible encourage us to ask questions until we believe, John the baptist ask question "are you the christ?" Thomas ask questions , infact the bible encourage us to test every spirit ; 1 John 4:1. Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by mamaafrik(m): 1:21pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
cckris:how do you mean bro?? |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by ladenz(m): 1:24pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Bollinger: He doesn't have a thousand likes cos he has selected certain passages of the Bible to back his argument and conveniently ignored those that don't support it. The old testament is replete with ceremonies and rituals in which God describes in detail how he wants to be worshipped. Even describing in some cases the color and age of the animal to be sacrificed. We cannot always read the Bible at face value, we have to read it in context, historical and linguistically. These ceremonies are a means to an end; giving God glory. If we worship God then go and commit sins deliberately and knowingly we are fooling ourselves. All those who come online to insult others and then go to Church on Sunday are fooling themselves. They are not acting like Christ, they are not Christian. Lastly with regards to those who live good lives but don't know Christ, only God can judge. Our duty is to spread the Gospel as far as possible. If you say its Constantine that made us Christian, by that same logic, Christianity should have been wiped out as a result of the great persecutions it has faced over the years. I don tire. Bye bye 1 Like |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by Imars(m): 1:29pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
A Christian is person that is Christ like character, minded and led by the Holy Spirit. D Holy Spirit will lead true children of God to be truthful, polite, humble, meek and godly disposition. Evil spirit will always lead people 2 believe lies, be arrogant, abusive, intolerant and all the vices. Every church preaches Jesus and so its evil spirit that will lead people 2 decamp or breakout from one church to form another. If everyone is led by the Holy Spirit and become true Born Again Christian to know that we are only promised the Kingdom of God – (Matthew 6:9-10 -“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”), these rebels against God led by the evil spirit will not have opportunity to continue to corner tithe & offering into their pocket, by which they exist. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by SporaD8: 1:29pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
charlsecy:Wrong bro! actually that relationship aspect is blasphemous to some religion adherents. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by mamaafrik(m): 1:39pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
sapiosexual1:it didnt just start bro,start ke,that mean you didnt attend those OLD C.A.C and C&S churches then nio,mase wo comment mi lasanooooooooooooo,ooodiju libiki tio ba wa,ooooowa parawo lohun rara bi eniti elekun oko mu lowo,ooope oroko jesu meje,ina emimimo meta,ara olorunoooo merindiloogun,oowa wipe,gbogbo ogun idile babami toni ohun koni jawo loro mi,ara emimimoooooooooooo ,oya koluwon,koluwon*7, Jeeeesu kristi oluwawa,aaamin,aaamin,aaamin loruko Jesu,haleluyah*3,hosannah*3.iye,iyeee,iye........ 1 Like |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by omonnakoda: 2:00pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
analice107: Open a good dictionary and check the meanings of the word ritual. You cannot decide the meaning of a word or that its use must conform to to puny understanding of the word and then you go further to ask "must everybody open a thread?" You only celebrate your ignorance OPENLY and should,perhaps,take your own advice "Must every one comment?" |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by omonnakoda: 2:04pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
If you live in a house with your parents and you greet them every morning it is a ritual. If you warm soup every morning it is a ritual If you smoke something every morning it is a ritual If you always use a condom it is a ritual If you do assembly in your school every morning it is a ritual Those with limited understanding of the word should check its meaning and stop ridiculing THEMSELVES |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by Lamasta(m): 2:08pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
sapiosexual1:John 8 vs 32 said And ye shall know the TRUTH and the TRUTH shall make you FREE....... 1 Like |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by GatJokez(f): 2:08pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
pulsa: My problem with religious missionaries is how they feel it is OK to spread the Word while surrounded by suffering. That is not any gods work. Where is the general compassion to help improve bad situations? There might be some who feed and donate time and labor, but they do these with alterior motive. In my opinion, missions are another way to continue colonialization by conversion of the masses to the religion they are spreading. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by pulsa(m): 2:12pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
GatJokez:. exactly what I have always thought, why did they not stay and preach to their people who were killing Africans and exploiting Africa, why did they need to preach to those same Africans who were being killed and exploited. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by ogaprime(m): 2:17pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
pulsa: Yes, but you can't deny it that there are no christians there and truth be told, some churches in Nigeria now send missionaries to asian countries to spread the gospel... |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by GatJokez(f): 2:24pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
pulsa: Those were the same kind of people who conquered North, Central, and South American continents by slaughtering and breaking their Native inhabitants. Christianity did not follow the words of its own Bible because the majority of how it was spread was through slaughter and conquest. Religion is the most evil of all evils because it has caused the most death and continues today. To answer your question- in my opinion, because the biggest tithe donors to the churches of colonists were the masters who hired the ships that were sent to Africa. The small churches who may have been against what was being done were overrun by giants. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by free37: 2:26pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Thought provoking..... ... |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by pulsa(m): 2:33pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
ogaprime:. exactly my point, Christianity will to a large extent would still be foreign to africa. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by pulsa(m): 2:47pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
GatJokez:. so in other words support us and get our funds and military protection, and if you don't we won't fund you. wow to be frank I never looked at it in those terms, but even at that they also had to a large extent and still have the (God gave us this, and therefore it is ours) syndrome, irrespective of who once owned it, which saw them invoke "tera nullis" to claim Australia and the Americas continent, so what I'm in essence saying is the churches ;people who saw something wrong with their colonization would have been in the extreme minority, I mean were they not bringing civilization and knowledge of an almighty God to the Babarian africans, so what if they killed off and enslaved some of them, it was all for the greater good. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by Rexyl(m): 2:49pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
sapiosexual1: The word of God on which our practice should be based requires that we are persistent in request when it seems like we haven't received the answer. It encourages us to be steadfast in faith and not to loose the focus on eternity. However, it warns against vain repetition, and at the same time we shouldn't ask amiss. Believers sometimes make unnecessary repetitions, thinking God will answer that way. No! We must understand and apply the principles by which God answers prayers without repetition. Sometimes also prayer may not be answered when we ask amiss - our prayer should follow the order that can make it like a 'sweet offering' to God. Our prayer shouldn't jump stages or the pattern it must have followed. Christ has given the order our prayer should follow. people also ask amiss when they have moved from needs to wants. Those prefixes or suffixes, addition or extension may not be needed as they are not part of what God requires of a believer for his prayer to be answered.... 'Amen... Jesus... Fire' is unnecessary, and may be totally wrong. Bible demands ONLY Amen to prayer, and the shout 'Alleluyah' as many times as possible when praising God. Those additions may be borne out of wrong interpretation and teachings as a result of proliferation of theological institutions. At times something that started like a joke might be incorporated into the system. That's why Churches and denominations must follow well defined tenets of faith. Such extension might have started as practices meant to ginger the service or awake those who are asleep. Amen 3X might have been adopted because it sounds louder and rings very well into the ears to command full concentration and dispel disturbances, thus arousing interest and rebuking disturbing spirits. 1 Like |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by paulson21: 3:15pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Please read that bible chapter very well nd understand what it is saying,bcs the scripture is meant to lead u nd not miss lead!! When u understand what th@ bible chapter/verse is saying then re read wh@ u have posted nd seek for forgiveness!! |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by GatJokez(f): 3:37pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
pulsa: Well yes they needed an excuse for their self entitlement. They applied the greater good excuse when slaughtering the natives of the lands they conquered and pioneered. They called them barbarians too. Best way to make bad actions look good is by labeling people as Barbarians, Heathens, etc. and vilifying them. My favorite excuse is saying they didn't know better and playing the naïve card which makes me the angriest. We need more education of historical facts to open people's eyes to the realities of the truth many choose to ignore. I think, so long as the need to believe is the driving factor of the masses, politics will play religions against each other. Faith should be a personal venture, not a great show of how many will join. Has anyone ever wondered why it is so important to convert as many people as possible to Catholic, or Baptist, or Jahova or Muslim, or many other religions and their denominations? It seems we have many large competitors. Why is that? What does the majority win? The greatest tithes and monuments? Power? Both? Constantine was a brilliant political strategist.... |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by don4real18(m): 3:45pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Christianity is not a religion Islam is not a religion Then what is religion? The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods. So, what is different?... It just annoys me when people just come out and say shit like they invented the English language They are all religions |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by AdeniyiA(m): 3:56pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
malvisguy212:does our physical demo or action have anything to do with the effectiveness of our prayers... In order words, are my prayers not effective if I refuse to jump, lie down, beat the air etc?? |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by pulsa(m): 4:25pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
GatJokez:. And even in this moment that attitude of claiming ignorance in a lot of issue's continues, I.e Africa's problem is mainly because of the Africans living in it, while some part of this is true that statement blatantly ignores the fact that they are also somewhat responsible. I support that viewpoint, I don't understand why we Africans have to learn history through their point of view, why we don't learn history through ours. Of course there are benefits, the idolizing of the Europeans by Christians and of the Arabs by the Muslims is one of this benefits as the average African still treat them as gods while treating their fellow Africans with disgust. Being an African i get angry at the fact that an African immigrants from one African country to the other is treated like shit while foreign immigrants are treated like gods when they don't reciprocate the favour in their countries, this are all benefits they enjoy from us following their religion and getting educated by them in their ways they knew the value of education and capitalized on it. Not just Constantine but a lot of the European leaders have always been strategist even to this day they make strategic moves,I.e it is a known fact amongst the well learned that they gave nations their independence because their military power was weakened during the second European war (European not world as it was a war fought in Europe by Europeans for dominance in Europe), and they couldn't keep their colonies so they gave them their independence in exchange for having puppet leaders in place, this strategy worked effectively in south Africa where they let go of political power for economic dominance. It is awesome having this sort of conversation with you, I tell you this is made more awesome by the fact you are a female, you've proper up my convictions on African feminism. |
Re: The Rituals Of Christianity by cruzyteejay(m): 4:53pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
pulsa: i disagree with you on that,come to my maternal villa and see for yourself........mind you,those who came with military forces where slave traders and not missionaries,and av never read or heard that there is a place where christianity was established violently.............i hope you are not mistaking christianity with islam? |
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