Upset700:
I've been having issues with guys for years now, especially with guys I sleep with.
Whenever I like a guy, or get interested in a guy and then i have sex unintentionally (he wants it but I don't).. After then there's this irritation, I loose interest, I cut the person off.

It's more like he has sold his value to me, like there's no prize, probably he is a great guy but that act alone makes me very uncomfortable.
I know this is usually a guy thing, but I've been struggling with this for years.

I feel men should also stop selling themselves cheap...cus they are women who wouldn't value what they can get easily.

It's amazing the things we have normalised.
Have you considered that this is because you're not meant to sleep with a guy until marriage?

I believe you must have had an encounter with God at some point and he is letting you know that you are very valuable. Other wise you won't even feel a thing.

I wish you would renew your relationship with God and come to know how He sees you, his true love for you.

Do not think it's impossible.
I also have a past, so grotesque. I wish I knew then what I know now.

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
Prov 31:10-11

Hell is real, heaven is real.

imagrg:
Say it loud!

I'm songle and proud!

As we grow in all ramifications, following Christ and trusting God's plans for us and his work.

jogsman01:
Dey play

Pressure don dey hit you

No be lie, the pressure fit burst pipe. Wahala for who no get PRD (Pressure Relief Device).

Valentine's Day is around the corner once again, and with it comes a lot of misrepresentations and caricatures of love.
But with Wsdom and understanding, you'll know how the system works.
Our PRD is Christ. And in Him we have rest.

Knowing that the pressure is the voice of the enemy to build up a storm of fear through the media, social media, family, peer pressure, religious pressure, time pressure, etc.

Knowing Valentine's day is not a celebration of love but lust.
Knowing most of what you see online is fake.
Knowing that Valentines Day is just one day, and most never recover from the decision they make out of the pressure.

Knowing most of those glamorizing their relationships are not truly happy, outside Christ.
Knowing that you're complete in Christ, and he is working on you and with you.

This is the heritage of those who trust and wait on the Lord. His plans for us are far better and greater than our own best plans.

"I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases."
SoS 8:4

Fellow Singles,

Marriage is such a beautiful thing.
No matter what others think, say or experience. No matter what the media spews.
We simply have to pray, learn what God says and patiently wait to get it right.

To be Happily Married, we have to be Happily Single.
We don't depend on marriage or relationships for Happiness.
Happiness comes from having a whole life.
Wholeness/Completeness/Fulfillment comes from Christ.
We enter into marriage for purpose fulfillment.

Most Single people wish to be married while some Married people wish to be single. The Irony.

Your singleness is a blessing. It is the only time you have to develop yourself spiritually, emotionally, mentally, academically, professionally, financially, socially and maritally.
Marriage comes with co-responsibilities. And that requires preparedness.

You can either learn to be responsible while single or be forced to be responsible in marriage.
Build yourself for your desired marriage.
Don't be thinking of who to depend on. Be thinking of being who can be depended on.

Wise singles don't look for husband materials or wife materials. They focus on they themselves being marriage material- Good spouse, parent and role model.
Then truly, you become like treasures.

As a Married Couple, you should be able to enjoy being Single even in marriage. You shouldn't have to be dependent on your partner for Happiness.
Otherwise you get taken for granted.

Let us rejoice and be glad
    and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
    and his bride has made herself ready.
Revelation 19:7

We simply have to understand Love and our responsibilities through the eyes and Grace of Jesus Christ, so help us God. Amen
Happy Love Month.

ahnie:
I m addicted to carbonated drinks and it's beginning to sound weird and I can hardly do without taking like 3 a day in every meal I take.

It's like there's a force propelling me to always take carbonated drinks.

Pls how do I get rid of such unhealthy habits?

Anything can become an addiction.
There are good addictions, and there are bad addictions.
Good addictions may include being studious, being ready to work/help, being prayerful, worshipping and serving God, being charitable, etc.
We know the bad addictions already.

Your first victory over your addiction is realising its become a problem that if you do not kill now, will eventually kill you.
So congrats in advance over your final victory over it.

Cos this realisation alone is what makes you get desperate for help now.

Until you're desperate for help, you may not find it. And you may also find it difficult to muster the requisite commitment to win this battle.

Yes, it's a battle. A battle against something that has the capacity to kill you. (My apologies if that makes you uncomfortable but it's the truth.)

I had 2 female neighbours die recently, one from low blood sugar, the other from high blood sugar.
Ladies especially get addicted to carbonated drinks, specifically coke.
I won't say drinking coke is bad, but I believe there's an undisclosed element in coke that has been said to make it addictive.

What you need to do is allow your desperation drive you to turn to God for help.
Now there are several gods, I only know one true God who is able to save you completely and even bless you with Good addictions.

Every bad addiction is as a result of lack or loss of self control.
You can either lose control over your flesh or your spirit or your mind or your emotions. Either as a result of a spiritual attack or habits that have gotten out of hand.

I could attempt to suggest a couple of ways God has helped me and continues to help me overcome my addictions, but if I take away the God from it, I can assure you it won't have been possible.
One of the gifts he'll give you is Self Control.
Trust me as simple as this sounds, it's what you need.

I pray for you that you win this battle and receive Power from above in Jesus name. AMEN.

pressplay411:
Knowledge with Understanding is Power and Deliverance. That is what produces the Wisdom of God in Man.

Our definition/understanding of Grace determines what it can make out of us.
Grace, like every other identity of God is multifaceted.

-There's a dimension of Grace that is defined as God's Unmerited Favour. Ephesians 2:8
-There's another dimension of Grace that is defined as Access to God's unlimited provisions and supplies. 2 Corinthians 9:8
-There's yet another dimension of Grace which is defined as the Enablement of God to become like Christ. Titus 2:11-12

Those who only define Grace as Unmerited Favour can easily be misled to think they can continue in sin as Grace abounds. But in the words of Apostle Paul, God Forbid.

Those who define Grace as Access to God's unlimited provisions and supplies tend to be easily misled with the gospel of prosperity (financial, money)

Those who define Grace as Enablement for Christ-likeness more often than not tend to be self-righteous.

But those who define Grace in the Light of all three definitions walk in the Wholeness of the Manifestation of Grace.

Grace truly is the Unmerited Favour of God that gives us Access to the All-sufficiency of God through the blood of Jesus Christ and supplies us with the enablement to be like Christ for the establishment of God's Kingdom and Righteousness.

Grace and Understanding to us all.

Singlenhappy kindly read this. Study the quoted scriptures.
Pray and sleep on it. Let's discuss it when you're chanced.

Singlenhappy:
You are welcomed brother. Listen well ehhhn, I was more religious than anyone else on this green planet before I came to terms with what God has done for me. So I'm not one who can be confused by double talk again in Christianity. from jw to pure grace you should know it is not Mayi Mayi. See were the problem is now-- you're directing your preachment to those sanctified, justified with some "however " conjunction, even though most religious mindset Christians prefer the "but" type just to drive home their intellectual doubletalk. Our heart and flesh doesn't need any sanctifying, just listen to how you want to confuse others and yourself even more. I saw where you reiterated "renewing" as I told you in my earlier post, why can't you just stop there, why go looking for more ways to twist the English to "assign some more works to be done by your readers" instead of accepting the work done on the behalf of believers. Preachments on more sanctifying, more repentance from sin, more dedication, more grace is not for the believer. The confusion for religious mindset people is with trying to speak big English into Scripture to make themselves look important forgetting that bible was not originally written in English. Go and read good commentaries like Matthew Henry on passages with these words-- repentance from sin, grace, backsliding. These words doesn't even apply to believers. Why do you guys keep threatening believers salvation with it? The Christian is not a sinner, the Christian does not need repentance from sin, he needs acknowdgement of his real identy in Christ, a believer does not backslide, Jesus came in the flesh, if we sin he is familiar with our weaknesses and will not nail us for our sins(2corinthians 5:18-19) rather he is devoted till the end. Only Israel backslided. As I conclude only embrace what God has done in Jesus don't use English to look for more works to do, he has done all, you are no longer a sinner and stop calling Christians sinners.

Wow from Jw to Pure Grace. I see why Apostle Paul's teachings resonate very well with you.

Paul does not teach that we cannot sin though. He simply teaches that Christ has delivered us from the law of sin and into the law of liberty, so that we should walk in the Spirit and we would not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

As long as you have the Leading of the Holyspirit and you maintain a fervent prayer and study life, you will do well.

God bless you sis.

Amen

Amen

Here in the Power of Christ I live.
Halleluyah!
Good Morning..

Singlenhappy:
Oga religion is very enticing because it give s a false satisfying feeling for earning some qualification on your own merit. You have nothing like Christlikeness to pursue, you are a male gender-- are you pursuing man likeness everyday to make sure your manhood is between your legs? Christ is in you and stop pursuing him. Believe and accept who you're. You don't exist to give God glory through the Grace of God. You are the glory of God and the power of God, stop trying to be what you are already, you didn't pursue any Christlikeness before he loved you and it has not changed now that you have believed and so you have no ground of boasting for any Christlikeness. You are given a gift and you're telling the giver you can buy the gift, you're being proud and arrogant and only this can stop you from entering heaven. Sin is not the nature of a Christian, he can sin but he is not a sinner. And a sinning Christian is only manifesting identity deficiency that can be cured by constant mind renewal. Stop religion believe and accept who you are in Christ

Good morning to you.
I get you. Yes, we have been justified and sanctified by our new birth, yea our Spirit is of Christ. Halleluyah!

However, our Flesh and Mind need continual Sanctification by the Word of God and the Leading of the Holy Spirit..
We need to submit to the disciplining of our flesh (the sinful nature we were so used to) and renewing of our minds (our perverted mentality) through conslstent hearing of Faith.
Lest we find ourselves in Christ yet still working the works of the flesh and glorifying the nature of sin.

If we walk according to our flesh, we find ourselves manifesting works of sin.
But if we walk in the Spirit, we will be manifesting the glory of God and working the good works of our Father in heaven.

Grace, Peace and Mercy be multiplied to us in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.Amen

Do have a blessed, favored and pleasant day and week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaHNKu3z2A4

Song by Adrienne Camp

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My comforter, my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

Source: LyricFind

Singlenhappy:
Later they will be paying lip service to the GRACE of god meanwhile their only hope of getting to heaven is dependent on what they do right or wrong? These holiness people are not only hypocrites BUT antichrists. If your good works qualify you for heaven then worship your proud and arrogant self after rejecting what JESUS DID FOR YOU.

I won't go as far as condemning anyone who is in Christ. For Romans 8:1 says it all.
But I believe you should understand his point.

We are saved from worldly and vain glories, to manifest the glory of Jesus Christ.
Anyone who holds the belief that they're the Greatest of all time (GOAT), has taken the glory away from God.
It's ok if people call you GOAT, you have no power over that. But it's a subtle way pride creeps in.
You'll be surprised how iniquity crept into Lucifer, a glorious Archangel.
But today he has become Satan- the hallmark of Sin, Pride and vain Glory,

Now depending on the inner workings of Grace in you, as a believer you will come to know that the end result for you and I is to manifest the glory of God which is Christlikeness- His Humility, His Character, His Wisdom, His Power, His Life, His Passion, etc. His Fruit and Gifts.
This no doubt is capable of making you the Greatest in your sphere/Industry.

Jesus Christ, even though He deserved to glorify himself, yet He never did, He always gives the glory to His Father- God in heaven.
Likewise the Apostles after Him.

We have to be sensitive and careful about the things, characters and doctrines that have become "normal" in our modern day Christianity. For the devil is ever looking for whom to devour.
But thank God, Jesus Christ is ever interceding for us and giving us Grace to be both discerning and Overcomers.

jesusjnr2020:
Hey ma broda.

Long time.

Nice to hear from you again.

The pleasure is mine sir.
Seeing your fire 🔥 for Jesus Christ is soul-lifting and inspiring.
Grace and utterance multiplied to you in Jesus name.

jesusjnr2020:
Polygamy itself is antichrist to begin with if the teachings of Christ is the standard...

"...Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19:4-6 (KJV)

But if the standard is the Bible, then such antichrist ideas could be backed up using some examples and teachings in the Bible that do not tally with Christ's teachings.

There's a reason why Jesus specifically instructed His disciples to teach all men to keep His own teachings. Matthew 28:20

Those who are truly His followers would abide by His teachings, but the false ones would want to use certain examples and teachings in the Bible to justify such ideas, even though they clearly go against Christ's teachings.

God bless.

Well said.

Righteousness2:
People are swimming and dining in sin and are taking it as a Joke.

Immorality, Adultery, Fornication could be sweet, and fun until you close your eyes in Death and open it on the other side of life. Then will you understand that The HolyBible is not a story book.

Lets Fear God, REPENT from our evils and obey HIS word. The Consequences of disobeying GOD is not fun at All.

God bless you.

Afodot0022:
Good day naira landers and happy holiday. I am writing this base on the challenge am having in my marriage. Some of you might have known little about the issue i had previously cos i brought it to the forum.

It happened that my wife was having emotional affairs with another man which i knew through her chat.

Though family and pastor were involved and have tried everything to resolve the issue between us. I have decided to forgive and forget and also give her a second chance even though it was a difficult situation for me, I decided to let go cos of my two daughters and don't want them to share from a broken home.

Now the issue am still having is that my wife has promise to change and be a better person and also promise to cut any emotional tile with the man. But I wasn't confident with that, so i told her to block this guy on all social media and also delete his number so there wont be any communication between them cos i sense if they both keep in touch, they might go back to what they were doing before. She got angry when i told her this and she said she can't block the guy cos they have been friends for many years even before she got married to me.

She started dating the guy last year under my roof and her reason was that i pushed her to do such act cos i wasn't giving her enough attention and love which is totally a lie.

So house, pls just let me know if i did wrong by telling her to block the guy or i over did it. I just felt blocking him will be best for us cos i noticed my wife is not fully detached from this guy emotionally.

Pls if you are in my shoes, what will you do house. If you want to get more insight about what transpired, you can go to my details nairaland.

Pls mod, help me by doing the needful.

Trust me, there's no forcing her to block him. If they're not already sexually cheating, you just might push her into that, even though emotional cheating is just as bad.

If you want to salvage your marriage which I believe you do, Listen to her. You'll need a lot of self-control and maturity to do this.
She says she wants your attention, communicate with her. Understand what she wants. Make some adjustments, let her see the effort you're willing to make for her. She'll be reminded that she's not ready to lose your love and marriage over a fling.

Most importantly she's your wife, love her and pray for her. Both of you should always make Christ the Head of your marriage. When challenges like this come, He will surely see you through.

Your marriage is blessed in Jesus name. Amen.

Efuaye:
Nothing in your quoted scripture indicated hearing God through middlemen!

I believe that God can speak through anyone or circumstance but not to the point of one turning himself to a celebrity prophet or prophetess

I too saw the vain glory in the prophet.
The quoted verse teaches that, we some times need other ministers too. (including prophets)
Though a believer should be able to hear directly from God. What happens when you don't hear concerning a situation? Is it wrong to hear God through a prophet?

The caution however is to be able to test and discern spirits that we don't fall into wrong hands. As we know false prophets/teachers abound in these last days.

Dtruthspeaker:


Your post contains errors but I wish to appreciate your grounds and how you arrived at your errors, hence I am trying to ascertain the basic settled foundations if you stand on them.

1) Please what is the meaning of convict?

2) is Holy Spirit, God?

First, there's no error when the Holy Spirit teaches you. Especially when you quote what is inspired and written by Him. which is what I do. There's simply variances in our interpretations. Usually as a result of our spiritual level and state of our hearts.
If we share the same Spirit, Blood and Baptism, we will share the same understanding.

1. I've answered this. The Holy Spirit is our Helper. His conviction here means He helps you distinguish between sin and righteousness.
You will be surprised how blurred the lines can some times get even for a believer. And youll be shocked how those without the Holy Spirit cannot even distinguish between right and wrong. To them wrong has become right, and right has become wrong. This generation is a clear case study.

2. And Yes, the Holy Spirit is God, not God the Father, but God the Holy Spirit. Just as Jesus Christ is God, the Son/Word.
It is a spiritual and not a sensual understanding which not I but the Holy Spirit teaches you to believe and gives you the understanding.

May God through His Word and Holy Spirit grant us access and understanding that we may know and come into the Light of His Truth and the Power there in, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Ayima:
It is very common that when people talk about their parents,they always describe their mother emphatically as been good and helpful but when you ask them about their father? The usual response is haaaa! that one? He is just there o or you hear something like abeg leave that one with his wahala o. What are the reasons behind this?

Inexplicably, sons gravitate towards their mothers, while daughters gravitate towards their fathers.
Biology is yet to explain this phenomenon.

Ken4Christ:


Scriptures must be interpreted in harmony with other scriptures that addresses the same issue.

There are scriptural evidences that the law has been abolished or canceled. Read them below;

Ephesians 2:14
Having ABOLISHED in his flesh the enmity, even the LAW OF COMMANDMENTS contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.

Hebrews 7:18
For there is verily a DISANNULLING of the COMMANDMENT going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: FOR YE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, but under grace.

1. Can you elaborate, what do you understand by these verses you shared?

2. Also, what did Christ mean when he says obey my commands? What commands was he referring to?
“If you love me, keep my commands."

3. What does practisng righteousness mean as a new creation in Christ, in the new covenant/testament?

Efuaye:
They have started again!
In this new year, refuse to be gullible religiously and politically.
Served God and humanity directly and through men that pose as middlemen.
God can speak to you directly if you know how to listen.

And what do you do if he doesn't speak to you directly?
Everyone needs ministers.
You just have to be able to discern and test spirits so you do not fall into wrong hands.

James 5 :14-16
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Dtruthspeaker:


Let me lock down this answer. Thank you.



1) Please what is the meaning of convict?

2) is Holy Spirit, God?

1. Remember there's no longer condemnation for anyone in Christ.
What the Holyspirit does is let you know what's wrong and what's right. Reminds you of the consequences of both. And helps you by enabling you to choose what's right.
Of course, the decision remains yours to make. He doesn't force you.

2. You know this.

3. What's your intention for asking these questions? Because I perceive that you already know some of these answers.

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Ken4Christ:


God has abolished the law of Moses.

The key word is not "abolished."
Christ did not abolish or destroy the Law. Rather He fulfilled the law and His blood sacrifice delivered us from the curse of the Law once and for all.
Paul also corroborates this.

Jesus;
“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-20

Paul;
I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:21-27

Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law. Romans 3:31

Singlenhappy:

You're confused

Kindly shed more light.
And perhaps I would be delivered from my confusion.

In conclusion, What then is the Purpose of the Law?

Galatians 3:16-29
16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ.
17 And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect.
18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19 What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.
21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.
22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.
24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Dtruthspeaker:


Let me lock down this answer. Thank you.



1) Please what is the meaning of convict?

2) is Holy Spirit, God?

This is another discussion that might take a whole day unraveling and I have to go now. Rain check please.
But I assure you, God himself will reveal it to you, all you need to do is ask with an open heart, pray and read the scriptures again.

Kobojunkie:
Recall that Jesus Christ said that it is only if you have the understanding that you have that more understanding will be given to you - Matthew 13 vs 12 & Matthew 25 vs 29 & Mark 4 vs 22 - 26? Well, if the grace of God in Jesus Christ — eternal life— is already eternal i.e. limitless, what is the meaning in suggesting that it be multiplied when it is already limitless?

Abandon religion and focus instead on knowing the Truth of God — Jesus Christ — only then will your understanding of God be of Truth.

There is so much for you to understand through the Holy Spirit and in the epistles.
I cannot explain them to you except you learn under the feet of the giver of understanding Himself, because even I am but a babe in matters of the Spirit. Recall the conversation Jesus had with Nicodemus about heavenly things in John 3?

Dtruthspeaker:


I did not see you state Who is in charge of righteousness in what you call new testament, so please Who is The God or Judge of Righteousness in what you call new testament?

I don't seem to understand your question. But as always just like old testament, God is the judge of righteousness in the new testament and for ever.
However, the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin, righteousness and judgment. John 16:8-13

Kobojunkie:
1. Because God revealed Him as such to me. He is the good shepherd, the New Covenant sent by God to gather His lost sheep back to God - Ezekiel 34 vs 1 - 32 & Jeremiah 31 vs 31- 34. Jesus Christ Himself affirmed all of this in His teachings.

2. God made it abundantly clear from the beginning that the Israelites would not obey Him and as a result, He would curse and scatter them all to the four winds, after which He would then gather them back to Himself. So, your claim that the Jews honestly obeyed God's Law is a lie against God Himself. Also, God's relationship with them was never based on their acceptance of Him.
He basically conscripted Israel from before its beginning as His inheritance in this world, and so it mattered not whether the people choose to believe in Him, and His son, or not. What has mattered all this while has always been God's plan.

3. Jesus Christ never said interpretations were necessary as far as His teachings and commandments are concerned. And He certainly did not give you the Helper as an interpreter for what amounts to private delusions that contradict the Truth of God. Consider, for instance, the scriptures you have in your hands. They were penned down by humans in human language to be processed using basic human language comprehension skills by a human audience. So of what use are these your interpretations when the words are not written in angel speak or alien dialect and not meant to be understood only by angels? So why do you prescribe the Spirit as some sort of interpreter for knowledge that is made available in human-speak to you? Why suggest the Spirit of God is what Jesus Christ never said He was?

4. I can guarantee you this, you can study that word all you want— all year if you like —, pretending you study with the one who is the Holy Spirit, and that is you will never get anywhere closer to God's Truth than the Pharisees and Sadducees before you were able to. The Pharisees and Sadducees also claimed to study the word of God only they ended up smack dab against God because, in their many studying, they replaced the Law and teachings of God with the delusions of their minds. It is not in studying that you come to know the Truth of God. Instead, as Jesus Christ instead made known in His Law to you, it is by living your life in continuous submission and obedience to that which He taught, the Truth of God that you come to know the Truth of God - John 8 vs 31 vs 36. He even explained using various parables that it is only when you use the understanding that you have that more understanding will be given to you by the Father - Matthew 25 vs 29 & Matthew 13 vs 10 - 12 & Mark 4 vs 22 - 26.

God's Law is everlasting -unchanging and as such, no man has power to add laws or teachings to it, change any of that which has been declared, or even remove from that which has been decreed - Matthew 5 vs 15 - 17. Those who do so commit sin against God. Jesus Christ is God's Law and so no one can change that which has been decreed by Him- He is everlasting. Now, yes, the understanding you get from the Father indeed expands on the teachings of Jesus Christ but that understanding never contradicts nor contravenes God's Law. So, again, any doctrine or tradition that seeks to expand God's Law by attempting to add, change or remove from that declared by God in HIs Gospel is not of God but of the religion of men, and hence antiChrist.

You remind me of Apollos.
You know your scripture.
Grace multiplied to you in Jesus name.

Acts 18:24-28
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; 28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

"You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.” Hebrews 1:9

The subject of Righteousness is one that we would expect that all Christians should agree upon. But is that the case?
The quoted verse, teaches us how much Jesus Christ hated lawlessness/sin and loved righteousness, just as God, the Father does.
And what was his reward? God's pleasure and delight in Him knows no bounds.

There are various interpretations of the Gospel and Grace of Jesus Christ concerning Righteousness. But I trust God to help us by the Holy Spirit to gain a good and true understanding of God's will through His Word.

What is Righteousness?
It is simply put, being in Right-standing with God.
It is also defined as Obedience to God's commandments.

There is no argument about Righteousness in the old testament. So I will be focusing on the New testament.
Because Righteousness truly is not of works.
Righteousness is imputed by God.
In the old testament, Abraham believed God and it was imputed to him as Righteousness.
Enoch, Noah, Job, Lot, etc were some of the Fathers of Faith who were called Righteous by God, even before there was Laws of Moses.

In the new testament, what is expected of a Christian since Jesus Christ has bought us from sin and paid our debt in full?
So many of us find ourselves falling back into sin, even to our own surprise. Why?
It is because we have not had understanding of sin and righteousness.

1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
1 John 5: 16- 17 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.
1 John 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

Having been delivered from the works of sin and darkness, we are now a new creation having found our victory in Jesus Christ over sin and death.
If we truly understand that sin/lawlessness is from Satan, especially having been in the bondage of sin for a time, we will have a bellowing anger and hatred towards sin. We will also begin to understand the Christ-like love towards sinners.

In conclusion, our assignment and mandate as Christians is to establish God's kingdom on earth and manifest his glory. Matthew 6:33
Sin is the kingdom of Satan.
Righteousness is the kingdom of God.

Satan through our flesh and mind has over the years made us love sin.
In Christ, we have to discipline our flesh and renew our minds to begin to love Righteousness. And this can not be done by our efforts or with the wrong heart. We need the right heart, the Power of the Word of God and the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Righteousness is actually for our own benefit and good.
It is a perverted and reprobate mind that loves sin.
And God has delivered us in Christ.
So what do we need to do?

-We need to truly repent of our sins and believe in God and Jesus Christ His only begotten Son.
-We need to choose to know God through the life pattern and Word of Jesus Christ.
-We need to love God with all our heart and soul and strength and mind, and love our neighbors as ourselves.
-We need to follow God's commands.
-We need to become committed to living our lives for Christ for the rest of our lives.
-We need to understand that the purpose of the Holy Spirit is to give us Power and all that we need to be witnesses of Christ. Acts 1:8

When we truly hate sin and love righteousness, and we stay in the knowledge of God, we will understand through revelation of the Word that we have all we need in Christ to live a Victorious Christian life.

I conclude and pray together with you that as we start this new year, we shall receive the true revelation of the finished work of Jesus Christ, the Grace to work worthy of our calling, and the Love and Faith to Walk in the Spirit that we may not fulfill the lusts of the flesh in the Mighty name of Jesus. Amen

Is it not great that as we look into the Word of God, we are being transformed and conformed into the image of Christ from grace to grace and glory to glory? Halleluyah!

"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection." Romans 6:1-5

"Righteousness exalts a nation,
But sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34

Kobojunkie:
1. Every single time you assert the words of the servant as a counter to that stated by the Master Himself, you directly imply that the servant has become greater than the Master.

2. The Spirit of Truth aka the Holy Spirit as Jesus Christ explained to you through His teachings is subject to Him, Jesus Christ, and so will only give that which conforms to that stated by Jesus Christ Himself, and only that which applies as far as the Kingdom of God - John 14 vs 25 - 27 & John 15 vs 25 - 26 & John 16 vs 4 - 15.

3. Here's a New Year tip for you, never lift a verse out of context, and verify every assumption made regarding what is written before believing in it!
As already explained in His teachings, the one you call the Holy Spirit is the very same Spirit of Truth who lives inside of Jesus Christ and as such is subject to Jesus Christ. And so will never teach or reveal that which contradicts or contravenes Jesus Christ in any manner. Jesus Christ painted a picture of this for you when He clearly informed you that the Helper will not speak His own words.

What this means is that all truths you claim that contradict or contravene the Truth of God, Jesus Christ, are not from God, and a clear indicator that the spirit you claim to have inside of you is also not the Spirit of God since the Holy Spirit would never lie against God.

Why do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God?
Was it stated in the old testament?

The Jews fail to accept Jesus as the Son of God because they are honestly following the Word of God through the Law and Prophets.

Ironiically, you fail to accept that Jesus Himself sent His disciples to continue his ministry.
Some of their teachings seem contradictory to some of the teachings of Christ except when interpreted by the power of the Holy Spjrit.

No, the Holy Spirit does not contradict the teachings of Christ, He expounds it.
Studying the Word of God without the Spirit of God is the perfect recipe for confusion.
So, I assure you that God is not an author of confusion, rather He delights in revealing his Word to his children and ministers.

May we receive Grace and Understanding for every season to grow according to the image of Jesus Christ and manifestation of His glory.