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Originakalokalo:
My brother,

When I Read the gospel,

When I recall the personal experiences I have had with Jesus... apart from what the Bible says,


When I remember seeing JESUS personally,


I cant help it. I need to continue speaking...


Maybe someone will listen

Very good bro. Keep doing what you're doing whether it sounds foolish to some or not. God can use these write ups to save someone.

May the Lord bless and keep you. Shalom.

connectikut89:
Going through the thread and seeing your position on such a sensitive topic, I thought you were only being illogical. But with this post of yours, I can categorically say that u're just a sanctimonious and irredeemable idiot. How can you neglect scriptural quotations? And then surmise that Satan knows the bible better? Foolish talk! When Satan showed this trait, did Jesus not counter him with the scriptures? Why not ask the Holy Spirit to show you the scriptures to counter instead of giving us conjectures? If the "Holy Spirit" is yet to enlighten you on this matter, simply keep quiet and wait for instruction.

Good!, so can you counter Satan without the Holy Spirit. You seem not to get my position here. If you depend on head knowledge of the scriptures to defend yourself on the level of arguments, the devil will floor you!. I maintain that position. However, if we depend on the spirit of God to guide us using the same scriptures, we can stand our ground and be right. Anybody can quote the correct scripture but deceptively. That's the devil's trick and many are victims of this, after all is in the bible they say. Wrong!

Note, I am not saying that tithe is a requirement for salvation, no!. That has never been my position. If you think the Holy Spirit has enlightened you, then do what he says. Now shouldn't others get the same enlightenment as you by asking Him?.

We have many Christians today for and against tithing. All pointing to the scriptures, with many claiming personal revelations. Is it bad to ask God about the matter rather claiming to know it all?. Even the apostles we're quoting says, we know in part and understand in part. What is wrong in asking God to explain matters to you?. If I take your position now and it turns out wrong in the end, do I have any excuse?. Do I blame you, even if I do,it won't change a thing because I never made use of God's help. Can't we Christians relate with our personal saviour Jesus Christ on a personal level?.

The devil will always claim scriptures. But scriptures without the Holy Spirit to guide you could be confusing because the bible is not just an ordinary book, it's spiritual and requires the Spirit of God to give you discernment. Please, do well to understand before criticising. You mustn't accept my position neither do I. The final arbiter here is God. That's my position.

With what you said up there, I don't think you represent God either. Who are you to say who's redeemable or not?.

By their fruits we shall know them.

M0ron:
Primesky is a total idiot. On what basis are we supposed to judge doctrine other than scriptures?

He repeats one argument that nowhere are we told to stop tithing so we must continue. I asked him how come his pastor never uses urim and Thummin and he was tongue tied. He has deficiencies in logic because he has been taught to defend tithing on this basis and nothing else. When he meets other arguments he loses his mind

But he is one of those idle college pupils who have just discovered Nairaland so let’s forgive him

Hahaha... How does it feel?. It seems you can't do without cursing and you're the one fit to defend the scriptures?. What a confusion. Again I advise you to seek Jesus now, He alone can remove that poison from you.

Please, stop misinterpreting my position. It's either you didn't read what I said clearly or you're just bent on causing confusion. No where did I say we must continue. My point has always been that since we(God's children) cannot all agree concerning the position of the scriptures and of God regarding tithing, it is wise for us to personally seek the help of God. If that is a crime, I have no apologies!

You claiming to defend it, have not ceased in cursing abusing and misquoting. It seems you have a different agenda. I won't indulge you.

By their fruits, we shall know them!. I forgive you

5thElement:
Do you know what the major problem is about your church?

Everything takes on the aura of diabolical with you guys.

A person has common cold or the flu, you start jumping around saying it's spiritual attack. Come on. Just use an aspirin or something and you'll be better.

I don't dabble in demonic activities cos I know how destructive they can be.

I'm Christian and I know that part of demonic activities include making people become overly obsessed with demons even when there are no demonic activities present.

But it's okay. I don't expect you to agree with me. Human prejudice for one, brainwashing also.

Hopefully something will wait you up from this trance of autosuggestion and then you'll finally be able to BREATHE.

If the devil if lurking around, it is to make you commit sin and not exactly to cause you bodily harm.

Jesus said fear not those who can kill only the body, but those who can kill both the body and the soul.

Until you understand that death is nothing to be feared at all, but sin, then you're yet to understand the message of the Gospel.

Who fears death, me?. Did you glean that from my post?.The bible said be not ignorant of the devices of the wicked. The bible says, we wrestle against principalities and powers, against spiritual wickedness in high places... Does wrestling not have to do with contention, yet not by our power, but by Christ Jesus.They are not to feared!. But we must know how to stand our ground or else we fall. Didn't the bible warn us about that?. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he falls?. Who causes the fall?.

M0ron:
You are not defending your faith but your stupidity by ad hominem. That being a plain idiot

If you are spirit filled, then like Stephen you would argue your case and no man would withstand you. Sadly you are not and are running on empty fumes hence you are furious insulting all those who require an answer of the faith in you.

Take time and study scriptures

You can't tempt me, OK?. You can curse as much as you like and make fun as much as you like, but you can't dent my skin.

Get rid of that poison within before it destroys you. The blood of Jesus Christ will do it for you.

M0ron:
Why are you obtuse?

The Urim and Thummin were used by Levites to divine.- Exodus 28:30, 1 Samuel 28:6,Ezra 2:63,
Setting aside the Leviticus priesthood effectively set aside urim and thummin. You don’t have any scripture to the effect that these were set aside but you can use your God given brain to know all elements of the Levitical Priesthood were set aside together with it.

Tithing was one of the elements of the Levitical Priesthood.

You keep demanding for a scripture that set it aside because you know there’s none,and you use thst to imagine tithing is still in place. So does your pasta(sic) employ urim and thummin to divine?

The tithing brigade are very fond of straw men arguments because they know there is nothing in the scripture backing tithing. It is a diversionary tactic

They imagine that anyone opposing tithing is opposed to ministerial support. Nope. While there are those who believe that ministers should fend for themselves, most have read 1 Cor 9 and they know that ministers have a right to be supported (tho Paul forfeited these rights). But that support is by free will giving and not tithing

If there's no scripture setting tithing aside just as you've said how sure then are you it was truly set aside, head knowledge or assumptions?. What error have I committed now by my suggestion, tell me?. That given the above premise, I suggested that rather than jump into conclusion, we go to God in prayer to seek His guidance, is that a crime or is there something else underneath?.

The Christian race is by personal conviction. The mysteries of God are revealed to us individually by God in the way He chooses, but non goes contrary to His written word. Will it be bad to seek clarification from Him?. I see no bases for arguments here.

Bye.

M0ron:
You are rude
You are assuming that those holding contrary views to yourself are ignorant or haven’t called unto God.
Since you have already called u to God yourself, why can’t you educate us,FROM SCRIPTURES, what you have learnt?

Seems you called unto God and he overfed you with ignorance because that’s all you are spewing while regurgitating the same old disproved arguments

If defending my faith against external aggression and correcting erroneous believe about my faith is rudeness to you, sorry sir, I have no other option.

You can't come here to twist the scriptures and expect me to fold my hands and watch you do that, what for?.

When a lie is repeatedly told and goes unchecked or unchallenged, it becomes truth, albeit false truth.

But if you are looking for a rude person, I suggest you look at the mirror because your post is replete with insults which to me reflects the state of the inner man and heart.

Jesus Christ is the way.

0temSapien:
So Jesus Christ came and died for you right? Tell me what evil you have committed that warrants someone dying for you for it?

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

I will not deny the above, I indeed was not only a sinner, but was born in it through Adam!. And the consequences for that is death. Who can pay the price of sin, which is death, for me?. Non but Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Why?, because He loves me. If you think otherwise, that's your cup of tea. I have made my choice and you will make your choice as well.

Mr Otem needs this Jesus Christ today, that's if he is a human being. Because you (Otem) is committing the sin of adolatery, neither can you say, you've never lied or stolen before. You are worshipping fallen angels and demons spirits who's agenda is nothing but to discredit Jesus Christ, and that's just what you're doing now. Repent now and be saved.

Omooba77:
God bless you sir.

Amen!

God bless you too.

5thElement:
That's exactly what we are saying. What makes you think I haven't seen things already.

I mean, have you opened your third eye, done lucid dreaming, been involved in hypnotism and a host of other stuff?

You base your arguments on what your pastor has told you. I can give you methods that'll make you see scary things that'll make you poop your pants.

Just don't even go there please.

When all you see around you are evil things coming to get you, then evil things will proceed to get you. Ignore them and watch them fade away.

Your pastor knows the power of auto-suggestion and he is using it brilliantly. How else would he get you all to pay up.

What will men see that men before then have not seen before.

Read about alien visitations in the first chapter of the book of prophet Ezekiel.

People not only see demons, they worship them.

There's nothing new under the sun.

So you think you're trying to scare me? I'm not just another gullible Christian. How I wish you all can see the scare tactics of your head pastor for what it is.

My dear, Satan is not stupid. When you begin to talk about third eye and lucid dream, then I know you you've gone across. There are people who see Satan himself and dine, talk and negotiate with him. Such, he considers as allies, those ones are already condemned with him to hell except they repent. The next set of people are people who don't believe in his existence. He has them under his armpit already, so why will he harass them again?. The question now is, do you think he will attack such people seeing they are carrying out his beading?. But we know the final destination of these people non the less.

The war is against those who believe in Jesus Christ. I will be surprised to see or hear that the devil or his demons comes to mess you up, why?, because you believe they're not really responsible for majority, if not all the wickedness around us. You don't really understand the character of Satan, steal, kill and destroy, that's all he does.

Let's see the scriptures:

Luke 13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

Luke 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

From the above, you can see Satan in action against a daughter of Abraham, more like saying a believer in God today. He bound bound the woman in question. Take note also who was describing this issue, Jesus Christ himself. Do you think Satan did that physically?. Look at the number of years this woman had to suffer. That's what is happening to so many people today. Different areas of their lives have been bound or messed up by the devil, such people need to be freed. But every day, the devil seeks to bind and afflict more persons, including those who have been freed before, so that their faith in God will be shaken and destroyed. That's what has led to so many athiest today.

But thank God, Jesus came to set such free. This is what true servants of God are battling daily in the name of Jesus Christ. Don't therefore think it's ordinary. If you become a devoted believer in Christ today, the devil will harass you, more so, you have seen somethings, hence, he will consider you a high risk enemy.

But there's salvation in the name of Jesus Christ.

GeeStaff:
From what I've gathered, it seems we're just gonna be singing and clapping.

Food won't be available... spirits don't eat.
No cars or luxurious homes. Spirits don't sleep neither do they need transportation.

From a logical perspective, what makes heaven so exciting?

What makes heaven truly heaven, is the presence of God Himself as a person there. God is full of wonders. No creature whether man or angel, knows everything God has created. Yet, He promised to create more beautiful and splendid things.

Every spirit, out of wonder and amazement of the splendor and beauty of God voluntarily and heartily sings out His praise. Praise and worship to God in heaven, is just the product that comes out of you as a result of the awe, wonder, surprise and pleasure you get from the experiences you see. This experiences are ever new, on a continuous bases, never a dull moment.

There's no excitement like what will be in heaven, and God has kept that surprise for His children. Hence, the bible says, eyes have not seen neither ears heard what God has prepared for them that love Him. Every 'good and beautiful thing' you can see or experience here on earth is nothing but a shadow compared to what is there. Don't miss out. Don't let the devil deceive you from going there. Jealousy won't allow him leave you to go there just like that.

Jesus Christ is the way. Shalom.

ORIENTATION101:
does it mean death and hell will cease to exist or it will be cast into a burning fire.

revelation 20:14

Death will be destroyed likewise hell. If death is destroyed, then those in the lake of fire will never ever die, but will suffer the most excruciating pain ever known. Satan, death, hell, fallen angels, false prophets and all whose name is not in the book of life, will end up there.

Hell is a child's play compared to lake of fire. Demons can move about and do things in hell, but not in Lake of fire. However, whatever takes a soul to hell, can also take him/her to lake of fire. Hell is more like a waiting place. See it here in the passage below.

2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

So, hell is a reserved waiting place before final judgment and sentencing into the lake of fire.

Avoid such a horrible place by accepting the Lord Jesus Christ, that is the only escape man has.

Jesus Saves.

5thElement:
What I'm saying is that he keeps his Church members in the bondage of fear and oppression.

Only MFM members see evil and spiritual attacks everywhere they go and in everything they come across.

I used to have a neighbor who even saw evil in a common wall gecko.

You see, the more you see evil surrounding you, the more you'll need your pastors to help you defeat them.

And the more seed sowing you'll have to make.

And the more you depend on your pastors, the more financial gains they make.

Be free from this bondage. Live life freely. Be content. Be good to everybody you meet and you'll realize that life is good and not evil.

SMH. See, all you need is just one encounter with evil forces, then you will know we are not joking in this world. If only God will open your eyes, you will not step out of your house neither will you close your eyes for one minute to sleep. These things are not ferry tales. Don't worry, very soon, men will begin to see things. What Hollywood is doing now is subtly preparing humanity for what's coming. It will happen.

Safety is in the name of Jesus Christ.

To be born again means to:

> completely repent of your sins and sincerely accept Jesus as your Lord and personal saviour.

>Completely surrender your will, time, resources, dreams, emotions, desires, everything to the Lord Jesus Christ. Such that He becomes in charge, He directs your life by His Holy Spirit. You give up your ego and pride and become humble to Him. That is what it means to become born again.

Hmm... Be careful!

If the devil gives you anything free today, in what ever name, even if it's in the name of church, be sure he will demand for your life, particularly for your soul later.

Be careful where you go for miracle, diverance and empowerment.

The devil is a liar!

This is his introductory style. Remember the infamous "Did God say?", approach of Satan to Eve.

The devil will never accept that Jesus Christ the Son of God, came as a man, and died for our sins and rose again. He will rather divert it to, he's a carpenter's son, make a fake Jesus or he will outrigtly deny it.

But there's nothing the devil can do to the truth. What we should be concerned about is to not allow ourselves be deceived by this lying liar.

We need to earnestly contend for our faith in Christ as the bible admonished us, because it's our ticket to heaven, and the devil is hell bent in making sure we lose it. Christians be wise.

Please, know that every thing this OP posts is false, lies and a calculated act of deception. He is working with fallen angels. I can't tell if he is actually a human being. If he is, I pray for his repentance and salvation.

Please, read your bibles now like never before, because the assault will be heavier, but we will overcome in Jesus Christ name. Amen!

Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life.

Ecstasy154:
AT least seven Presidential aspirants and sixty other senators are presently eyeing to contest the 2019 elections under the Social Democratic party SDP, platform, New Nigerian Tribune has gathered.

The acting chairman of the party in Anambra State Chief Vincent Obi who revealed this to newsmen in Awka the Anambra state capital during the flag off, of the registration exercise in the 21 local government areas of the state.

He said the party has bounced back with a bang to take over the leadership of the country.

Chief Obi, who vowed to challenge the ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, in the forthcoming general elections in the state, said the party is targeting to register at least 2 million eligible voters before the election proper.

He told contacts party chieftains at the meeting that the National working committee of the party has directed members to embark on aggressive registration and mobilization drive.

He also assured them that the party has no room for urban town gorillers who are jostling from one political party to another pointing out that Social Democratic Party SDP, has a long-standing culture and philosophy and should not derail from it.

“Information reaching us says that about seven presidential aspirants have indicated interest to run for the presidential election under the platform of SDP but as it is now nobody has been anointed by the party or earmarked for the post of number one citizen position under the party”.

He also said that about sixty senators have also indicated their interest to run under SDP.

He named some of the presidential hopeful eyeing the position to include, the Senate president Dr. Bukola Saraki former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former speaker of the House of Representative and the serving Sokoto state Governor, Barrister Aminu Tambowel, former Senate president senator David Mark and the Governor of Gombe state, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo among others.

He, however, didn’t mention some of the senators but said that some senators representing Anambra state are carefully studying the political revolution going on in the party with great interest.

The state acting chairman, however, said that shortly after the registration and mobilization, the party will hold its congress and elect their, ward, local government area, state leaders

. He said the party has bounced back to take what belongs to it and lead the people of Nigeria to the promise land because the PDP and APC have failed Nigeria and it is time to sack them out of governance in Nigeria, he concluded.

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/2019-presidency-saraki-atiku-mark-tambuwal-others-eye-sdp-ticket/

We need new persons to fill that important position. These men are too controversial. Any politician who can easily catwalk across political parties with ease at the slightest discomfort, can also easily renage on campaign promises. We've seen that before.

Political parties without ideologies. Politicians without self discipline and human sympathy. What a shame!.

A fresh blood with new ideas and vibrancy, love for the country and its people, that's what we need now, not recyclced politicians.

ChilledPill:
I am a none muslim but I just want to know if one can masturbate during this peroid of fasting whence pre-marital sex is unacceptable... please help a fellow to understand more

My brother, don't let nobody deceive you. Masturbation is sin just as premarital sex is sin. However, you can conquer it.

Masturbation is not an ordinary act, that's why even if one wants to stop it, one can't!. You need the help of God to destroy that force, just like smoking and drinking.

Wish you well.

Islam is full of hate!. The more you hate, the more you regress and fail. The hated Israel is waxing stronger everyday, and this Moslem people have not one day, sat down to ask themselves if what they're doing against nation of Israel and the Jewish people is right. You keep saying Allah will do this and that against them, yet they are daily progressing just as their own God have said!. It then means your Allah is decieving you. Period!

IykeTurna:
Please don't misquote the Bible in order to mislead people. Jesus Christ said "I have overcome the world" meaning that He has carried His cross, died on the cross, went to the grave, bruised the head of satan, defeated death, and took back the key of death and of the grave, and resurrected from the dead.


Rev3:12-13 is talking about the rewards that awaits (those who have finish running their race here on earth and are victorious) in the new Jerusalem (new heaven). Jesus said that those who overcome will become pillars(that is building materials) in the Temple of God in the new Jerusalem and a new name of God will be inscribed on them because they are already part of the building (pillars).

So how dear you(a mortal on earth) come here to say you have received the new name of God, when the Bible says no one knows the name or the meaning of the name that shall be revealed in heaven Rev19:11-14.

We all have had encounters with God and Jesus Christ, and yet it hasn't broken any Bible verse because the scripture cannot be broken John10:35

Any revelation or encounter that does not align to the scripture we should always apply 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Please don't misquote the Bible in order to mislead people. Jesus Christ said "I have overcome the world" meaning that He has carried His cross, died on the cross, went to the grave, bruised the head of satan, defeated death, and took back the key of death and of the grave, and resurrected from the dead.


Rev3:12-13 is talking about the rewards that awaits (those who have finish running their race here on earth and are victorious) in the new Jerusalem (new heaven). Jesus said that those who overcome will become pillars(that is building materials) in the Temple of God in the new Jerusalem and a new name of God will be inscribed on them because they are already part of the building (pillars).

So how dear you(a mortal on earth) come here to say you have received the new name of God, when the Bible says no one knows the name or the meaning of the name that shall be revealed in heaven Rev19:11-14.

We all have had encounters with God and Jesus Christ, and yet it hasn't broken any Bible verse because the scripture cannot be broken John10:35

Any revelation or encounter that does not align to the scripture we should always apply 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

God is still God and will never change. If you chose to call Him a strange name, then that should be personal, don't come to the internet to tell people if they want spiritual gifts they should pray to God using your strange name in order to get rapid responds.

We can call Him "our heavenly Father ", which is more personal for a father to son relationship.

Very correct!.

There are no short cuts with God. What is in the bible is enough. If God reveals anything further, I don't think it will be contrary to what's already written.

God bless you.

plainbibletruth:
1. Remember the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16? The rich man asked Abraham to give his brethren a “fresh revelation” as it were, by sending Lazarus to meet with them. What was Abraham’s response?

“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them.’ On the rich man’s insistence Abraham went further to say: “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead”

Where you have clarity in the Scripture but still want to go to God for him to “speak” to you then you may be seeking something else.
If the Bible says “Salvation is found in no one else” (Acts 4:12) but Jesus Christ and as a Christian you see this in scripture but you still choose to go to God and ask “O God can those who believe in bla,bla,bla, not be saved. Please show me?” would that not be ridiculous to say the least?

2. Do we have records of the church life for decades in the Bible? Yes! In all the records about the church covering several years is there ANYTHING that remotely points to the Christian being tied to a FIXED PERCENTAGE for giving? No! So, where did today’s Christian who majors on tithing get it from?

3. The Apostles where responsible for guiding the church into what was “mystery”, unknown to previous generations of believers. When instead of seeking understanding of this new life in Christ which was not prescribed before the Church Age, the believer now seeks to go BACK to the old, the book of Hebrews stands to CONDEMN him.

Yes, the whole Bible is for the Christian BUT not all that is in the Bible is for the Christian to follow as a blueprint for his spiritual life. For example, a significant part of Israel’s worship was TIED TO the Temple but the Church today is not tied to any physical structure. Where do we get this understanding from? From pre-law or in the Law? No! we get it from the New Testament epistles!
When the Christian does not understand that the Church is DIFFERENT from every other system God instituted in the past then he still has a long way to go in his spiritual life.

4. No SINGLE directive in the New Testament, NONE of the Apostles and not even Christ prescribed tithing for the Christian.

Did the bible ask you to pray to Father Abraham? So,
how do you expect him to grant such request? Is he God? Can you pray to an angel and expect him to act? even if you deserve the request, he can't grant it. Let me even tell you in case you don't know that God has granted that request so many times by allowing some people to come back from the dead to warn people about the dangers of hell, some of the points these people talk about is tithing!. But I won't just accept it because someone from the dead said so, I will ask my father in heaven. How difficult is that?. Well, I don't know about you, but I have a sweet relationship with God my Father. I ask Him questions and He tells me. If you will not, that's up to you, but know that if you fail, it's your fault. You can't argue the bible with the devil, he will floor you! He is wiser and smarter than you, that's why God gave us His Spirit to guide us into all truth. So, if any of His children is having an issue understanding a mystery, He is willing to put them through. But how will He, if you don't ask?. It means you can handle it. The devil knows the bible more than you and he can trick you with it, and you won't know, because he will quote very correct verses but with deceptions underneath.

Didn't Jesus ask us to ask the Father in His name and we shall receive. As a matter of fact, He said, whatsoever you ask the Father in my name, He will give it to you. I don't know how you read and interpret the bible. Can't I ask my Father question if I don't understand an instruction?. What is this argument?

You and I cannot pinpoint an exact verse setting aside tithing or encouraging tithing in the new Testament. Now we're confused. Isn't it wise to ask our Father for clarification?. What are you really saying, that we cannot ask God to help us in this?. No!, I strongly disagree!

That is not Jesus Christ!.

The desperate devil is looking for ways to deceive many people, but he will fail woefully!.

Jesus Christ is Lord forever.

spearszed:
I lived with a member of Jehovah’s Witness once. I must say, she was ordinary, or maybe should I say, “normal”, or more like “ideal”. We lived together with other young girls. Whenever we wanted to be “social”, we always excluded her because we thought she would not want to participate in “that kind of thing”. One day, she called us to “order” and told us squarely to always ask her first if she was interested in any activity we wanted to engage in before excluding her.

That worked out fine.

In little time, we stopped asking. As we saw that she was almost just like us. We saw that our moral standards were not so different after all. I don’t know if it’s that we too had good morals or that she had chosen to live below “their” own standard. I’m really not sure.

I have more Jehovah Witnesses as friends now. I did not know most of them were “Witnesses” before we kicked off very normal relationships. I have a few of them as neighbors, and we even have a Worship Center in my neighborhood.

Somehow, some of us grew up with this perception that Jehovah Witnesses are a different kind of people. Not in a bad way, or in a better way. We just saw them as distinct from other people, or from other Christians to be precise.

While growing up, we all knew them. They were the people who walked up to every door in the neighborhood to teach us about God. They shared their own ways, and allowed you to argue about yours. They always went around in groups, mixed up like a family setting; man woman, youth and children. There is this sheer humility you see in them. It’s as if the humility comes upon them once they set out to evangelize, because we know some of them before and after they assumed the Evangelist persona. They always spoke calmly and were never imposing in their discussion.

One remarkable thing about them was that they always left behind a pamphlet before they leave. You see, some people used to run at their sight, but their pamphlets were hard to pass up. That was the catch for most of us.

I remember one of the pamphlets was called “Watch Tower”.
Before the proliferation of the internet, Watch Tower was a source of assorted information that you cannot find anywhere within your radius. It contained information and knowledge that was not taught in the classroom and we would hardly find in the books within your reach. The pamphlet was versatile in its discussion and content. It contained inspiring stories of people from different parts of the world, primitive and sophisticated lifestyles from other cultures, biographies and autobiographies of great people in history, stories of people who survived wars, feminine. It broke down Science, Technology, Biology in a way everyone would understand it. It shone light on the plant and animal kingdom, the simplicity in their complexity.

In all these, Watch Tower always attributed the ingenuity of the creations, success, survival, inspiration to God Almighty.
I consider that beautiful, very beautiful.

It shows the omniscience of God. It teaches us about a God who is more than merciful and kind, a God whose knowledge is awe-inspiring. A God who is knowledge personified.
An awakening such as this would set you on a quest to seek and find knowledge, to know it and to apply it. That would make you search out God as more than a supreme being who can make you rich and take away all you sorrows.

With the level of chaos in religion and the bastardization of Christianity in our world today, sometimes I wonder how God wants us to worship him and serve him. I don’t know, but I must say, the ways of the Witnesses are quite impressive.

Sadly, I haven’t seen them evangelize for sometime now.

Maybe I haven’t been looking ( but we hardly needed to look then, they came to us). I don’t know. Maybe my locality has been “covered”, or maybe their evangelism has gone digital, abandoning terrestrial coverage completely. But I refuse to remotely entertain the question of whether the mantle was passed on to the younger generation.

Peace be upon you all.

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Not all that glitters is gold.

Please, who is Jesus Christ?.

Who is the Holy Spirit?.

What is the final destination of souls - (good and bad)?

spearszed:
I lived with a member of Jehovah’s Witness once. I must say, she was ordinary, or maybe should I say, “normal”, or more like “ideal”. We lived together with other young girls. Whenever we wanted to be “social”, we always excluded her because we thought she would not want to participate in “that kind of thing”. One day, she called us to “order” and told us squarely to always ask her first if she was interested in any activity we wanted to engage in before excluding her.

That worked out fine.

In little time, we stopped asking. As we saw that she was almost just like us. We saw that our moral standards were not so different after all. I don’t know if it’s that we too had good morals or that she had chosen to live below “their” own standard. I’m really not sure.

I have more Jehovah Witnesses as friends now. I did not know most of them were “Witnesses” before we kicked off very normal relationships. I have a few of them as neighbors, and we even have a Worship Center in my neighborhood.

Somehow, some of us grew up with this perception that Jehovah Witnesses are a different kind of people. Not in a bad way, or in a better way. We just saw them as distinct from other people, or from other Christians to be precise.

While growing up, we all knew them. They were the people who walked up to every door in the neighborhood to teach us about God. They shared their own ways, and allowed you to argue about yours. They always went around in groups, mixed up like a family setting; man woman, youth and children. There is this sheer humility you see in them. It’s as if the humility comes upon them once they set out to evangelize, because we know some of them before and after they assumed the Evangelist persona. They always spoke calmly and were never imposing in their discussion.

One remarkable thing about them was that they always left behind a pamphlet before they leave. You see, some people used to run at their sight, but their pamphlets were hard to pass up. That was the catch for most of us.

I remember one of the pamphlets was called “Watch Tower”.
Before the proliferation of the internet, Watch Tower was a source of assorted information that you cannot find anywhere within your radius. It contained information and knowledge that was not taught in the classroom and we would hardly find in the books within your reach. The pamphlet was versatile in its discussion and content. It contained inspiring stories of people from different parts of the world, primitive and sophisticated lifestyles from other cultures, biographies and autobiographies of great people in history, stories of people who survived wars, feminine. It broke down Science, Technology, Biology in a way everyone would understand it. It shone light on the plant and animal kingdom, the simplicity in their complexity.

In all these, Watch Tower always attributed the ingenuity of the creations, success, survival, inspiration to God Almighty.
I consider that beautiful, very beautiful.

It shows the omniscience of God. It teaches us about a God who is more than merciful and kind, a God whose knowledge is awe-inspiring. A God who is knowledge personified.
An awakening such as this would set you on a quest to seek and find knowledge, to know it and to apply it. That would make you search out God as more than a supreme being who can make you rich and take away all you sorrows.

With the level of chaos in religion and the bastardization of Christianity in our world today, sometimes I wonder how God wants us to worship him and serve him. I don’t know, but I must say, the ways of the Witnesses are quite impressive.

Sadly, I haven’t seen them evangelize for sometime now.

Maybe I haven’t been looking ( but we hardly needed to look then, they came to us). I don’t know. Maybe my locality has been “covered”, or maybe their evangelism has gone digital, abandoning terrestrial coverage completely. But I refuse to remotely entertain the question of whether the mantle was passed on to the younger generation.

Peace be upon you all.

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Follow Handler: Arua Ezinne @SpearsZed

Not all that glitters is gold.

Please, who is Jesus Christ?.

Who is the Holy Spirit?.

What is the final destination of souls - (good and bad)?

The Rosary is not biblical. Our relationship with God shouldn't be monotonous and religious.

God wants a dynamic fellowship.

The Holy Spirit guides you in what to pray. Moslems do this, then I wonder the source and origin if this. Rosary of a thing.

The apostles didn't do this. Not even Peter, so where did it come from?.

The devil is a big liar and a thief. A sore loser!.

I guess he can't hide his identity.

Polluting mankind with corrupt lifestyle, art and music. All for one purpose, decieve and destroy.

Certainly, his place is in the lake of fire!.

People should watch and be careful of these deceptions. I assure you they will sound appealing. A classic poetry. A masterful fantasy book. Why wouldn't it?. Is it not written by fallen angel beings who have long existed before man, and have studied man for so long as to know man's weaknesses?. How hard will it be for the devil who deceived holy and wise angels, to deceive mankind?, tell me how hard will it be?.

Only Jesus can save us from these liars and deceivers.

Jesus Christ is the way.

How can Islam be the way, when the founder openly decleard that he doesn't know where he's going to?

How can Islam be the way, when the founder asked Moslems to seek for the truth in the bible! Wouldn't it be foolishness then to live the source of the truth which is the bible, on which Christianity if founded, to now begin to follow a book of uncertainty or incomplete truth?.

Why should anybody follow a way that at the end, you aren't sure where you're going just like prophet Mohammed. Rather than the way with a clear and specific end backed with evidence?.

Buda of budism is dead and gone!
Mohammed of Islam is dead and gone!
Jesus Christ of Christianity died, resurrected and is alive and continues to live!. A fact authenticated by Islam's Koran!

So why should anybody live that for an uncertain fellow?.

Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. Salvation is in Him alone. Receive Him today!.

If others did this, he would have abused them. May his eyes be opened in Jesus name. Amen!

plainbibletruth:
1. Where do we find the blueprints for the Church - the Law of Moses, pre-law instructions or the life and epistles to the church in the New Testament?

2. God has CLEARLY revealed ALL we need to live our spiritual life under the New Covenant - 2 Peter 2:3. To want a personal revelation is to be arrogant to God.

The blue print for Christians is the bible. That we are under grace does not mean we should abolish Old Testament completely. Christians will still be judged by some of the things there.

That God has given us all things does not stop anybody from asking Him questions. Otherwise, Jesus wouldn't have said, Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.

How do you see and relate with God?. Do you think He's a distant creator only interested in punishing people when they wrong Him?. As a Father that He is, wouldn't He be interested to tell you something you don't understand, even if He has told you before?.

See, asking God to reveal a matter to you for proper understanding is not a sin.

Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

So why don't you do the calling and let Him show you the things He has provided, written and commanded, which you know not.

OkCornel:
Quick question,

Is there any where in the Bible where it was recorded that gentiles gave tithes?

The people selling and bringing their procedes to the Apostles, were they all Jews?.

Do the gentile Christians serve a different God other than the one the jews serve?.

Do the gentile Christians have a different word of God than the Jewish Christians?.

Are there separate commandments and principles for the gentiles?.

We are all one in Christ Jesus. Whatever blessing the jews get, the gentiles get it through Christ Jesus. Whatever responsibility is still applicable to the jews, is applicable to the gentiles. Not laws and ordinances.

Please don't misunderstand the scriptures. That we are no longer under the law does not exempt us from responsibilities. Is stealing and killing not in the law,
so why haven't we done away with it. Will you say, because we are under grace, so we can kill and still make it to heaven?. No! But Jesus has brought grace to enable us get through. Jesus didn't do away with all the laws. He fulfilled them. Such that we don't have to do every single thing to be perfect and saved. But that doesn't mean we should live care free life without any responsibility.

I say it again, many persons will enter heaven without paying a single tithe, just like the thief on the cross, why? because they don't or didn't have the means to do that. Yet, I think some may not enter heaven based on the scriptures now because of tithing because they had the means to support the work of God with it and chose not to.The bible says that, to him that knoweth what is good and refuses to do it, to him it's sin. If so then, can such go to heaven?.

But if you seem confused about this whole matter, I suggest you go to God and ask Him. Will He refuse you?. Isn't He interested in our victory and eternal success?. How hard is it?. Don't take my word for it for I am also a man, and I don't know it all. So better you ask God to teach you his will. At least, I have heard very senior pastors, who declared how shocked they were when God spoke to them about tithing, contrary to what they believed and held on to.

Now, is that God not able to show same to you or are you a bastard?. Go to your Father and say, please teach me this matter. Why do we fight and argue about it. Why should you take what I say as the truth, when you yourself have the Spirit of truth in you?.