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chigo4u:
t (since thats what they'll take anyway) or I must have the 1 million complete in the account before the bank can proceed with the investment. This is a little bit confusing lol

Absolutely!
That's the beauty of treasury bills; and it's called interest backend!
So you absolutely can buy a N1m portion with only N900,000 in your account. All you've done is that you've converted your interest from upfront to backend by compounding same and investing that.
I've done this severally especially when I don't have immediate need for cash.
Remain blessed!

chigo4u:
I wanted to ask this too. Is it not illegal for bank to to pay upfront interest in tbills? If its true then I need to know the banks not paying upfront interest so I avoid them

I think you're missing something and the young man that complained about sterling bank or another bank not paying interest upfront.
You need to know how treasury bills works.
T.bills are discountable instruments and they are so called because the investor gets its interest upfront. This means that the interest promised on a T-bill instrument is payable on the very day the investment commences. For instance, if a T-bill promises a 10.0% rate per annum and an investor wants to put in N1,000,000, the investor pays only N900,000 from the day of investment but gets back N1,000,000 at maturity. i.e. only N900,000 will be debited from your account on the 1st day of investment, while at maturity, you'll get back N1m. Hence, the N100,000 left in your account which represents the difference btw the investment value you requested from your banker and the amount actually debited from your account is the upfront interest that you've earned from the very 1st date of investment provided you hold till maturity. So, it's not that your banker will credit your account separately with the interest on the day of purchase.
God bless you

Damolux01:
This woman is playing games with me...Imagine her telling me that it's not the Bank that would liquidate it and that theres is just to send request to CBN or smth. Seems she wants me to call her bluff!

Which bank is this?

Damolux01:
Hello Bosses...Does it really take long for terminated TBs to drop on ones account? I recently terminated a bill that was rolled over to in April. It's been over a month now...the payment has been effected on my account. Is it supposed to be this long? So someone can't urgently need his money again? Lol

Never, mine has always been same day value.
Why should a discounted instrument that is very liquid take such a time?
It's same day please. Worst case, the bank buys it back to increase its regulatory CRR.

Ibrahim505:
Sterling bank has mobile app: good rates, you can liquidate any time after 30 days and get paid almost instantly, their limitation is no upfront interest.

Access bank has internet tbills: invalid rates and the system is not sending the otp token. Its better to do it over the counter.

Why wouldn't there be upfront interest in Sterling Bank? That's one of the major feature of T.bills now - upfront interest and if you want backend!

Why can't other banks host their t.bills on a portal for investors to decide like Access Bank's tbill.ng site?
'Cos, you don't even need to visit any branch of Access Bank b4 you can invest in treasury bills which I found more convenient

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PastorDavidAwuj:
FAQ

Q: Does suicide send someone to hell?

A: Some people assume that a person who commits suicide is doomed to eternal damnation in hell. But that’s not what Scripture teaches.

Scripture says that the only sin that will send a person to hell is the rejection of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 16:9).

We should also remember that God does not want anyone going to hell but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior (2 Peter 3:9).

One of Satan’s schemes involves his attempts to deceive a person’s mind by tempting them to dwell on thoughts of suicide.

Suicide results from acting on the deceptions from the kingdom of darkness affecting the mind.

A person considering these thoughts is suffering from a sickness of the mind and is no different from someone afflicted with a sickness in the body.

Jesus said, “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life” (John 10:10). Satan is the one who steals life, but Jesus is the life-giver!

However, let’s not forget that no matter how difficult the situation, the Bible promises that through Jesus Christ we are overcomers (1 John 5:4-5, Romans 8:35-39).

God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand, has the power to guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).

He will keep us in perfect peace as our minds are fixed on Him (Isaiah 26:3) and He will renew our strength—spirit, soul and body (Isaiah 40:31).

Send your questions today, and I will reply you by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit within me.

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Thank you.

You certainly don't have the Holy Spirit!
Who originates sin? - Satan right? Ok.
Who deceives men and women to sin and disobey God's law? Satan still ba? Ok.
When man sin and died therein, who gets the punishment of hellfire? Man right?
But how come, isn't Satan that deceived him? Yes of course, but we're solely responsible for our actions and inactions!
Neither God nor Satan forces anyone to serve Him/him as the case may be!
A person that commit suicide doesn't just think about it and take instantaneous action to end his life. If a gradual process or what the Scripture calls presumptuous!
Suicide is a daring boldness arising from lost of faith and hope in God and the Saviour Jesus Christ!
Hen 11:6 says " but without faith, it's impossible to please Him!!!!

PastorDavidAwuj:
FAQ

Q: Does suicide send someone to hell?

A: Some people assume that a person who commits suicide is doomed to eternal damnation in hell. But that’s not what Scripture teaches.

Scripture says that the only sin that will send a person to hell is the rejection of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 16:9).

We should also remember that God does not want anyone going to hell but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior (2 Peter 3:9).

One of Satan’s schemes involves his attempts to deceive a person’s mind by tempting them to dwell on thoughts of suicide.

Suicide results from acting on the deceptions from the kingdom of darkness affecting the mind.

A person considering these thoughts is suffering from a sickness of the mind and is no different from someone afflicted with a sickness in the body.

Jesus said, “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life” (John 10:10). Satan is the one who steals life, but Jesus is the life-giver!

However, let’s not forget that no matter how difficult the situation, the Bible promises that through Jesus Christ we are overcomers (1 John 5:4-5, Romans 8:35-39).

God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand, has the power to guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).

He will keep us in perfect peace as our minds are fixed on Him (Isaiah 26:3) and He will renew our strength—spirit, soul and body (Isaiah 40:31).

Send your questions today, and I will reply you by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit within me.

+2348126401351

Thank you.

You certainly don't have the Holy Spirit!
Who originates sin? - Satan right? Ok.
Who deceives men and women to sin and disobey God's law? Satan still be? Ok.
When man sin and died therein, who gets the punishment of hellfire? Man right?
But how come, isn't Satan that deceived him? Yes of course, but we're solely responsible for our actions and inactions!
Neither God nor Satan forces anyone to serve Him/him as the case may be!
A person that commit suicide doesn't just think about it and take instantaneous action to end his life. If a gradual process or what the Scripture calls presumptuous!
Suicide is a daring boldness arising from lost of faith and hope in God and the Saviour Jesus Christ!
Hen 11:6 says " but without faith, it's impossible to please Him!!!!

Perfectbeing:
Performing miracles in the name of Christ doesn't mean one is saved. Judas and the rest disciples weren't saved as at the time Jesus was on earth. Jesus had not yet died. His blood had not yet atoned of the sin of man. So Judas didn't lose his salvation. He like the rest weren't saved.

No matter the sacrifice and good works someone does for God, if that person does not believe in the remdemptive power of the blood to set him free from all his sins that person will die and go to hell. His works and sacrifices will be burnt cos they're dead works. Look at Cornelius. He was a good man who does righteous deeds. He gave to the poor and needy. He was a righteous and moral man. But all his works were dead and couldn't save him. That's why God in his mercies decided his works shouldn't be wasted. So he sent Peter through an angel to tell him (Cornelius) about Christ. Cornelius and his households believed in the gospel and then were saved. If he had not believed in. the gospel of Christ, he'd have died and gone to hell despite his good works.

Now let's go back to Judas.
Judas was one of the disciples of Christ. He performed miracles like the rest of the apostles. He sacrificed his home and comfort like the others. But let's be realistic. Judas didn't considered Jesus any thing more than "rabbi". To him, Jesus was nothing more than a teacher. He didn't believe the teachings of Jesus. Remember, Jesus taught that he was going to die for the sins of mankind. Judas was a disciple of Jesus when Jesus quoted John 3:16. But Judas never believed in his teachings.
He didn't believe that even when he betrayed Jesus, he would have still been forgiven.
Judas didn't go to hell because he betrayed Jesus. He went to hell because he didn't believe his sins could be forgiven by Jesus.

Let's look at Peter.
What peter did wasn't so different from what Judas did. If you ask me I'll say Peter commited the greater sin. Peter denied Jesus to his face not once but 3 times. Remember peter was the only disciple that was revealed by God who Jesus really was. Peter knew who Jesus really was. Remember Jesus said "flesh and blood didn't reveal this to you but my father..". Peter was among the disciple who saw the true glory of Jesus during the transfiguration. Peter unlike Judas really knew which Jesus was yet he denied knowing Christ to His face.

But even after this, peter unlike Judas was able to realise that Jesus was capable of forgiveness no matter the sin committed. He belived in Jesus redemption power by his blood and he was saved.

So my brother. Sin isn't what takes a man to hell. Unbelief does. Righteous deeds isn't what takes a man to heaven. Believing in Christ and his works does..

Bless you..

Who are you trying to deceive?

Perfectbeing:
Charles Haddon Spurgeon on the eternal security of the believer:
I have heard it said by some preachers, that when the Christian is holy, he is in the covenant; that when he sins, he is crossed out again; that when he repents, he is put in again, and if he fails he is scratched out once more; and so he goes in and out of the door, as he would in and out of his own house.
He goes in at one door and out of another. He is sometimes the child of God, and sometimes the child of the devil—sometimes an heir of heaven, and anon an heir of hell.
And I know one man who went so far as to say that although a man might have persevered through grace for sixty years, yet should he fall away the last year of his life—if he should sin and die so, he would perish everlastingly, and all his faith, and all the love which God had manifested to him in the day’s gone by would go for nothing.
I am very happy to say that such a notion of God is just the very notion I have of the devil.
I could not believe in such a God, and could not bow down before him. A god that loves today and hates tomorrow; a God that gives a promise, and yet foreknows after all that man shall not see the promise fulfilled; a God that forgives and punishes—that justifies and afterwards executes—is a God that I cannot endure.
He is not the God of the Scriptures I am certain, for He is immutable, just, holy, and true, and having loved his own, He will love them to the end, and if He hath given a promise to any man, the promise shall be kept, and that man once in grace, is in grace forever, and shall without fail by-and-by enter into glory

You and your pastor's ploy to encourage men and women to continue in sin will surely fail by the grace of God.
Use your head now!!!
Was Judas not a disciple ? Ye, even an apostle of Christ at a time! He was one of the seventy sent out by the Lord Himself. He did miracles in Christ's name and also shared his soul winning experience with the Lord. His name was in the book of life then.
However, how did he end up?
Even the Lord said it were better he's not born that betray him and all they will follow the way of backsliding.
If Judas could perish who ate and drank with the Lord and he was even a disciple who left all and follow the Lord, having no other job than to follow the Lord with the rest of the disciples in preaching the gospel ....
Who are you, me or any other person who don't even know physical Jesus , nor have sacrificed next to nothing in comparism with Judas? The Bible is clear - a soul that sinneth shall die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even the Lord said "He that putteth his hand in the plough and then look back is not fit for the kingdom of God!
Don't be deceived, no matter who said anything to the contrary of the biblical injuction shall not stand.
Rather than quoting what men said, why not follow and quote the Bible so that you will not be ashamed at last.
Remember, the Bible says " that which is highly esteemed among men (no matter the title or how highly respected) is abomination in the sight of God!!!

hisexcellency34:
I know prayer works. But I always find it difficult to pray. Even when I start, I quit again. How can I be consistent in my prayer life?

Beloved, I was once in this situation when I knew I needed an intimate relationship with the Almighty. I needed more than the shallow prayer life of Christians around me. My soul thirstieth for God. I wanted a deeper christian experience. Thanks be to His holy name because he answered me!
Now to your question, what you need is simply the baptism of the Holy ghost!
However, before the Holy ghost baptism, you must have genuinely been born again i.e. saved from sin. That's step 1.
Step 2 requires that you be sanctified i.e. have God remove the Adamic nature of the love for and hunger to sin from your life. You become purified!
Then, you are ready for step 3 which is Holy ghost baptism.
All of these can be achieved through faith in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.
He paid the price for all on the cross.
Please don't let anybody discourage you for this yearning, the Spirit of God wanted you to have a deeper fellowship with the Trinity.
Congratulations as you'll surely find the Lord if you seek Him truly and sincerely with the whole of your heart!!!

drtee247:
Hi guys! I just want to know if anyone here has bought a car he saw on nairaland and if he was satisfied or had any regrets. You can also mention the person you bought the car from. Kindly share your experience

Horrible! Regretful!! Lugubrious and acute lachrymose!!!
It's grossly pathetic!
What didn't I change in the car?
Tire, seatbelt, boot stand, fan, and last of all gear box...all of these within 3 months!
Mention it now...refilled A/C gas severally b4 they said it's compressor which I changed and spent over N70,000 on A/C alone but never worked for 96hours continuously!!
I spent over N200,000 on gear box not to mention other expenses ...
The gear box only worked for about 3weeks b4 delivering another problem.
Infact, the car seemed to have bèen a satanic pulse draining agent.
I'm busy now....

carbon1224:
Interior and engine pix and is the compressor bad

N450,000 considering the obvious work still required on it?

N2m? Or N950,000? Max!

How now?

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DaramolaMike:
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Kia Motors Nigeria is a large department of an international company. Cars of this Korean manufacturer are very popular in Nigeria, partly because of the relatively affordable Kia Motors price, especially for the used vehicles. If you’re interested in buying a car, here are Kia Motors Nigeria price list 2017 for your consideration.
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The supposed blog is not opening...

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Experience people or car dealer's should pls assist with the required documents that differentiate Tokunbo cars from Registered cars

Martinez19:
Christianity doesn't make sense, there are no proofs or evidences for it's claims or the god and the man, which is also the same god, around which it is centered. Everything can only be taken by faith, feelings & emotions and "plausible nonsequiturs". In an age where the basis and validity of religion are constantly being challenged, "plausible nonsequiturs" and reinforcement of them has become golden for deluded faithfuls and apologists. Christianity fails logically and morally, you have a god who can see the future and is all powerful but couldn't forsee the havoc of lucifer at the garden, even if he did, why would he create lucifer? answer without insulting human intelligence and morality. Why did he plant or create the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Even if he did, why did he choose, of all places to plant it in the garden? He could create a flaming sword to bar Adam and Eve from entering the garden after they sinned but he didn't create a flaming sword to bar them from eating from the tree .

It's all a metaphor? Really? So the "true meaning" of the story couldn't be put in simple English? It makes no sense to give people a book of metaphors, which can be interpreted in various ways, upon which they would base their lives and eternity. Imagine if scientific textbooks were written in metaphors especially, and most dangerously, medical textbooks. Why not give clear instructions? Why unnecessary metaphors? When you ask christards the true meanings of these supposed metaphors, they give you meanings that can be written in simple English and should be written in the bible instead of the metaphor. Why the pettiness of writing things in metaphor when you could write them in simple English?

The story of Job is one of the most morally offensive stories of the bible. Here we have a man who serves god faithfully through his entire life and then in a discussion BROUGHT UP BY YAHWEH, yahweh PERMITS Satan to kill Job's children, livestock and damage his properties because yahweh wanted to see if Job will serve him in adversity. An all knowing god wanting to find out? Why is an omnipotent and intelligent yahweh insecure and petty? Does it mean that all loving yahweh can permit the killing of children, livestock and destroy properties to test a single persons faith? Christards should be scared. Of course the story of Job is a brainwash technique to keep you glued to your religion despite god failing you in life, it makes out every suffering to be god's test and trial and that you have to be faithful in these harsh sufferings. Notice how these tests and trials are similar to the hard times non-Christians face and notice how well both progress similarly in accordance to physical cause and effect.

... to be continued

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God!!!!
1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV
http://bible.com/1/1co.1.18.KJV

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OLAADEGBU:
An Investigation: Is Jesus liar, lunatic or Lord?

It was the great Christian apologist C. S. Lewis who said, "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else He would be the Devil of Hell." You must make your choice.

https://www.josh.org/jesus-liar-lunatic-lord/

What an incomplete post expected of a typical unbeliever! You shouldn't just cull meaningless portion from a complete work that someone has graciously done!!! Be warned!
Dear all please find below the complete post:
An Investigation: Is Jesus Liar, Lunatic, or Lord?

Posted March 21, 2018 by Sheri Bell and filed under the categories Apologetics, Stuff for Teens, Talk for Today.
Jesus liar lunatic or LordWho is Jesus of Nazareth?
While many have asked and offered to answer the question, “Who is Jesus of Nazareth?”, no one can escape the evidence that He was a historical person and that His life radically altered human history.

As world-renowned historian Jaroslav Pelikan put it: “It is from His birth that most of the human race dates its calendars, it is by His name that millions curse, and in His name that millions pray.”

Due to His influence, Jesus of Nazareth has been transforming lives for almost two millennia. In the process, He has rewritten the direction and outcome of human history. It’s a fact that the teachings of Jesus have been a force of overwhelming good throughout the history of the world. Unfortunately, it also is true that much harm has been committed in Jesus’ name — both by the church at large, and by individuals seeking to use Him to further their own agendas.

Who did Jesus claim to be? What did He attempt to gain through His ministry and sacrificial death? Clearly, Jesus thought it fundamentally important what others believed about Him. He wasn’t interested in neutrality, for instance; He frequently taught that His followers must be all in — or eventually be left out. When Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” He wasn’t making meaningless, abstract statements. His divinity was central to His messages; Jesus regarded the two as inseparable.

Jesus lunatic, liar, or LordPer the great Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else He would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”

C.S. Lewis popularized this “Trilemma” argument, though it has earlier roots in the writings of Scottish Christian preacher “Rabbi” John Duncan, and Watchman Nee in his 1936 book, Normal Christian Faith. The 3-legged stool of this argument quickly gets to the heart of the matter: will we accept Jesus — or not?

Was Jesus a liar, lunatic — or Lord? Let’s look at each option.


~ Was Jesus a Liar? ~
If Jesus knew He was not God, then He was lying. But if he was a liar, then He also was a hypocrite, as He told others to be honest, whatever the cost. If that’s the case, then we can say that would make Jesus unspeakably evil, as He deliberately told others to forsake their religious beliefs and trust Him for their eternal destiny. Jewish religious leaders actually did charge Jesus with having a demon (John 8:48), which Scripture decidedly refutes. And if Jesus knew He was lying, then He was a fool, as His claims led to His crucifixion.

But would a liar teach his followers, as Jesus did throughout the Gospels, to adhere to a profoundly moral code? Could such a massive deceiver teach unselfish, ethical truths and live the morally exemplary life that Jesus did? The very notion is ridiculous.

John Stuart Mill, a philosopher, skeptic, and antagonist of Christianity, still admitted that Jesus was a first-rate ethicist supremely worthy of our attention and emulation:

“But about the life and sayings of Jesus there is a stamp of personal originality combined with profundity of insight….in the very first rank of men of sublime genius of whom our species can boast. When this pre-eminent genius is combined with the qualities of probably the greatest moral reformer, and martyr to that mission, who ever existed upon earth, religion cannot be said to have made a bad choice in pitching on this man as the ideal representative and guide of humanity; nor, even now, would it be easy, even for an unbeliever, to find a better translation of the rule of virtue from the abstract into the concrete, than to endeavor so to live that Christ would approve our life.”

To put that succinctly, Mills is saying that Jesus was a perfect example of all that He taught.

Let’s also consider this equally long statement by William Lecky, a noted Irish historian and dedicated opponent of organized Christianity, because it’s just so darn good:

“It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character, which through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love; has shown itself capable of acting on all ages, nations, temperaments, and conditions; has been not only the highest pattern of virtue but the strongest incentive to its practice; and has exercised so deep an influence that it may be truly said that the simple record of [Jesus’] three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and to soften mankind than all the disquisitions of philosophers, and all other exhortations of moralists.”

As church historian Philip Schaff adds, Jesus was a “character so original, so complete, so uniformly consistent, so perfect, so human and yet so high above all human greatness” who could be neither fraud nor fiction. Schaff adds that Jesus “never lost the even balance of His mind,” but “sailed serenely over all the troubles and persecutions, as the sun above the clouds, who always returned the wisest answer to tempting questions, who calmly and deliberately predicted His death on the cross.” I personally haven’t met any other human who lived up to Jesus’ behavior…have you?

In his book Cold-Case Christianity, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace lists these three decisive motives at the heart of any misbehavior: financial greed, sexual or relational desire, or power.

Jesus wasn’t interested in any of them. The New Testament writers tell us that He taught His disciples to give to the needy, and to not store up earthly treasures. And no evidence exists that Jesus was motivated by lust or relationships. The Gospels stress the respect that Jesus displayed toward women, including those who followed and supported His ministry. And rather than gain power for Himself, Jesus modeled serving others and giving without expectation of return, even to the wicked and ungrateful. He taught His disciples to do the same. If Jesus had been interested in personal power, He would have stepped into the political role people expected of Him. Instead, He shunned it.

~ Was Jesus a Lunatic? ~
So if Jesus wasn’t a liar, is it feasible that He mistakenly thought He was God? After all, one might be both sincere — but also sincerely wrong. Christian philosopher Peter Kreeft deftly shows why we must reject the option of Jesus being a lunatic:

“A measure of your insanity is the size of the gap between what you think you are and what you really are. If I think I am the greatest philosopher in America, I am only an arrogant fool; if I think I am Napoleon, I am probably over the edge; if I think I am a butterfly, I am fully embarked from the sunny shores of sanity. But if I think I am God, I am even more insane because the gap between anything finite and the infinite God is even greater than the gap between any two finite things, even a man and a butterfly. Well, then, why not liar or lunatic? But almost no one who has read the Gospels can honestly and seriously consider that option. The savviness, the canniness, the human wisdom, the attractiveness of Jesus emerge from the Gospels with an unavoidable force to any but the most hardened and prejudiced reader.”

He adds:

“Jesus has in abundance precisely those three qualities which liars and lunatics most conspicuously lack: (1) His practical wisdom, His ability to read human hearts …. (2) His deep and winning love, His passionate compassion, His ability to attract people and make them feel at home and forgiven, His authority; and above all (3) His ability to astonish, His unpredictability, His creativity. Liars and lunatics are all so dull and predictable! No one who knows the Gospels and human beings can seriously entertain the possibility that Jesus was a liar or a lunatic, a bad man.”

The idea that Jesus was self-deceived or delusional is simply not compatible with the impression He has left on history. So viewing Jesus as a lunatic is our second ridiculous option.

~ Is Jesus Lord? ~
In the first century, when people were given a number of answers about Jesus’ identity, Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter responded, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God (Matthew 16:15-16). Like Peter, we can decide to believe that Jesus made truthful claims about being God — and then accept or reject Him as our personal Savior.

Yes, Jesus was put to death by the Romans. But was that the end of the movement that He launched three years earlier? We have to shout a resounding “No!”, if the millions who call Him “Lord” are to be counted. Jesus stands head-and-shoulders above all other self-proclaimed “saviors,” because He is clearly at work among His people. His presence is palpable, when His people draw near. He is still answering our prayers (even when the answer is no!), and guiding us.

God’s Word tells us that we each must choose for ourselves whether or not to believe that Jesus is Lord. Can the Bible prove that Jesus is God? No. But we can take heart that archeological discoveries continue to prove its legitimacy as a truthful document. The Bible does clearly show us that Jesus, as a proven historical figure, was amazing in the way He demonstrated love. He gave all credit to God the Father, with whom He said He was equal. As the apostle Paul wrote in the New Testament, “these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name” (John 20:31).

So we are left with two ridiculous options — and one that must be given weight as entirely possible. Historians disagree with this, of course, saying that faith can’t be used as a measure of proving truth. Really? Sometimes I feel very sad for people who refuse to consider options, simply because they can’t see or feel them for themselves. Faith, it seems to me, identifies the real risk takers among us. And definitely the wisest. �

We cannot put Jesus on the shelf as a great moral teacher; evidence strongly favors Jesus being so much more. Still undecided on whether Jesus is liar, lunatic, or Lord? Join us next week as we look at Old Testament prophesies fulfilled by Jesus.

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This blog post highlights Josh and Sean McDowell’s recently revised apologetics classic, Evidence That Demands a Verdict. We are certain this fully updated and expanded resource will be an effective evangelism tool for you, and strengthen your faith by answering the toughest questions tossed to you by skeptics. Know what you know, because it’s true. But share this truth with LOVE!

If you’d like to start from the first blog post in this series, click here: Apologetics: Apologizing for Believing in God?.



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daewoorazer:
1. Days of little beginnings:

To every individual is unique print pattern. It doesn't matter which of your mates you graduated university with neither does it which of them now works with Total NG, at the end what matters is the integrity of what you do, it will payoff someday! It doesn't matter if you hawk gala on the streets today, the disaster therein is complacency. Be proud of what you do, be hardworking, and always improve on yourself; if you don't believe me, read about the Ghanian teacher who taught computer lessons by drawing them on board.

2. Never settle for less when you are still hustling:

The best time to show who you are is when you are still "in the making". If anyone steps on your foot, let the person know immediately. This is the time you can have your shoulders high up; you know why? The best friend of wealth is humility. Once wealth comes in, the wise ones know a slap from a boy of 12 years should be followed by "thank you sir/ma".

3. Leave parent's house:

Nowadays, the greatest fear of an average Nigerian man is the fear of the unknown; all thanks to the Nigerian economy. Staying under your parent's roof equates complacency and definitely you'd never be ready to throw stones at the fruits the life tree presents. Get out there and marvel you can actually feed yourself, probably even do more.

4. Leave the suburbs:

I do tell my friends this "...save being a farmer or for official reasons, what reason would a 21st century unemployed young man give for living in the villages?" Inspiration comes from seeing what magnificient projects your mates handle in the society. You claim nothing works yet you are enjoying akpu and palmwine in the village? Go out to the city and make yourself relevant. Information is power!

5. Its not always Nigerian Masters after BSc:

This is what I do tell people. Save the fact you currently work for a company and the portfolio of the office you hold supports improvement educational wise, kindly invest the money on a good and lucrative business. Make sure you do your homework well. If my parents had given me money for masters, I'd never dash it out to our poor educational system that adds nothing to the life of an average graduate. Life isn't about competition, many of your mates will rush to do masters even PhD after BSc, be intelligent enough to know what is next.

6. There is no right age for marriage:

Do you have a dream taking your time at the moment? Please invest all your energy in it. Never bow to pressure. It doesn't matter whatever tales have been told to your hearing; yes, they will surely tell you your friend's children will call you brother lagbaja. What matters at the end is the places your children can confidently march into and that which theirs cannot. Do not forget so easily how you wished you were some kids in your elementary school.

At the end if the perks of being married debars your life pursuit, the same people will be the ones to mock you! Be wise!

7. The power of life and death lies in the hand of a woman (not literarily).


It is safer not to marry than do and physically assault your wife. It does nothing but reduces man to nothing. As a young man, never take women seriously and do not kill yourself for a woman, the right woman will actually expend less of your energy and money.


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8. A life without Christ Jesus is worthless, meaningless and vain
Be saved today by confessing your sins and acknowledging Jesus as your Lord and personal Saviour as great dreams and hard works may bring riches but also add sorrows, but Christ blesses and added no sorrow. I'm honestly a living testimony!!!!!
Repent and have eternal life as the above list CANNOT be complete without this fact!

danvon:
how many people understood you?

You're not praying to man but to the Almighty God!

Jochabed:
No one.

But God understands!

bahaushe1:
Be truthful for once, answer the question.

God spoke the Quran to His angel Gabriel who delivered same to Muhammad (pbuh).

Muhammad (pbuh) dictated same to his well known scribes and taught his companions it is recitation and meanings. There is no secret about how Quran has been transmitted from generation to generation. It is what the Prophet recited during daily obligatory prayers. It is what he recited during optional prayers. It is what he recited day and night as remembrance of God. It is what his companions recited. It is what generation upon generation of Muslims recited and it is what generations of Muslims will recite up to the day of resurrection.

Now be truthful. Tells us who is John and how he came about a 'divine' book without himself been a Prophet of God.

This is utter confusion at it peak!
Why are you so close minded and never wanted to know the truth?
Jesus is the only way, the truth and the life, without which no man including mohammed can get access to God.
Do you attempt to compare Jesus and mohamed? No! The different is clear! Why looking for the living Jesus among the dead?
Ok see a few comparism...
Mohammed claimed he saw angels from whom he received revelations; Jesus said He's the ONLY begotten Son of God who holds both the keys of eternal life and eternal damnation! He said further that He doesn't receive the record of men and angels, but God testifies about Him.
Mohammed killed with sword to achieve his selfish aim and also to force his religion down the throat of people; but Jesus is the personification of God's love to humanity. Even a woman caught in adultery that was worthy of death, He simply said "neither do I condemned thee, go and sin no more"
Mohammed never cured a sickness not even headache, Jesus restored sight to men born blind, gave legs to the lame, healed paralysis, cured leprosy and all manner of incurable illness including raising the dead, to the extent that the people glorified God and the infidels echoed "we never saw it on this fasion, what a wonderful works of God"! Even your quran acknowledged this! Beloved, great is the God of the Christians!!!!!!!
Mohammed never attempted to walk on the sea, else he would have sank deep to the bottom and go to his grave earlier than he went. Jesus calmed the raging sea with a word! Walked upon an ocean and even made Peter also to work upon the sea! Chai - what a great God we serve!!
Mohammed died and decayed like a normal fellow, eaten of worms and stank in his grave!
Jesus died and rose again the 3rd day!! Infact, the grave lost its grip of him and couldn't hold him any further, because He is the maker of all things to the pleasure of God His father!!!
Mohammed did not lie when concerning his eternal destination when he was about to die, but like a pauper he confessed that "he doesn't know where he was going o, nor what lies accross the grave for him". He therefore requested that you and his followers be praying for him to receive mercy from God which you're still doing till now, as when ever any muslim mentioned his name or write his name, they accompany it with 'PBUH' meaning peace be upon him. O uncircumcised in the heart and slow of understanding to comprehend the Scriptures! Know you not that it is appointed unto a man once to die and immediately after that is judgement? Mohammed is judged already, thus no further prayer would save him from the wrath of God which he had incurred for about 1,650 years now!
Now compared to Jesus who faced death with such courage, audacity, boldness & assurance; and declared at the point of death to His followers "let not your heart be troubled, you believe in God. Believe also in me, for in my Father's house (referring to heaven) are many mansions, if it were not so I would have told you as you know my manner of life and personality since I've been among you. Therefore, I go to prepare a place for you and be certified that I'LL DOUBTLESSLY RETURN AND TAKE YOU HOME SO THAT WHERE I AM, YOU WILL BE ALSO!!!!
A word is enough for the wise!
He that has ear, let him hear what the Spirit says!!
Repent and believe in the name of Jesus and you will be saved!!!
I've said my own.
God bless you.

chemystery:
Christians, without sentiment or fear of going to hell, let's look at god's actions as recorded in the bible, and how they yielded a positive result at the end.

Action:
God destroyed the entire world with flood to usher in a sinless generation

Result:
The world still got populated with even more sinners as compared to the time of Noah.


Action:
God instructed the killing of idol worshippers so that he will be the only god worshipped by humanity

Result:
Over 4,000 gods are worshipped by humanity today


Action:
God sent his son to pay the price for the sins of the world

Result:
Those who don't believe, or those not born into the religion that believe will have to pay for their own sins in hell

Why does god take actions if such actions will not yield a positive result at the end?
Sometimes these actions involve killing of innocent babies as well as ripping open pregnant women and killing unborn babies. This is more reason god should have ensure all his actions yields something positive, otherwise, all the killings were just done in vain.

It is people like you who have chosen rebellion as a cloack rather than obedience, and has deliberately refused to use your freewill to do right as admonished by the Scripture from the beginning; that is frustrating the work of this perfect Being to the detriment of your soul.
Better repent and desist from this line of reasoning to save your soul!
Remember, the gentility of a lion is not a sheer show of cawardice! Thus the fact that the Almighty keeps tolerating us does not makes Him a weakling!
There's eternal judgement of damnation in hell for the rebelious no matter how long they continue their provocation against God's righteous law!
Shalom!