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bumeks:
God Almighty will answer you as he answered me in Jesus name amen. Please don't stop trusting and believing he can do it, for he will surely do it. I am a living testimony

Amen ijn
Thanks

ajebuter:
Almighty God in His infinite mercy has heard you..

Your cry will become happiness soonest IJN

Amen ijn

I need this baby as mine
How some one go just abandon baby like dis
I dey find one I neva see for years now
God why u sed dey give pikin to those that dont need it and we that need baby dey go up and down
Even chop shit and drink anything drinkable and undrinkable as long as they assure us say something go come out and at the end na zero
Abeg if u get pikin to abandon....remember someone else they look for even more than 20years

This Dorothy sef
Nah only you dey that place

Maybe your seducing power was too high then
Hope u have gone for deliverance

I pray God see u through

See watin u put urself now because of small girl for foreign land
U go soon come join us here for naija
We here they cry every day since Buhari dey carry us run go back and u even get luck take waka comot
Nah small pikin pekus wan send u back now
Yeye man

I have this strong feelings that white garment churches are occultic gathering

Some of their doctrins are not bible based and their character as it concerns immoral behaviour is very bad
RIP to the death
Moral lesson
Be wise

If this was 2 b naija
The Nigeria soldier would have gone to the police barrack and start shooting and killing innocent women and children

They will tag their actions as monkey war zone

The army use to b so disciplined in naija in the days of my father not now again

chiefkpokp:
Dont bother to click on the links, it's a waste of time .

Thank you

The holy spirit in you gives u the conviction of your calling

Dont expect any spirit to call ur name and speak;ur hear is too small to carry the sound of God voice

The spirit also minister to you in the scripture and also you get revelation of your calling by dreams and God sometimes reveal such call to others to tell you

Also note there is a different between spiritual willingness and calling

Wine us a mocker and they that take it are fools.....pls search ur scripture ..�‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️

This is only when Tinubu can b president of a nation
Not in Nigeria

God is the greatest judge

Suleiman ... God is watching u
U can deceive man not God

Just imagine .......

So u have been throwing stones on others whereas u are guilty of same

Anyway this is so common today among the married

So many men are not the father of their kids
This one even try for not pushing the kid to the wrong man

#fearwoman#

No more convidence on our Army

This is just a film trick to deceive us again
Nothing is happening

The insecurity here in naija nah die
We dont have leaders

They are all there to enriched themselves and their future
No good leader is coming out from naija for now

The beautiful one is not yet born

All are ole thieves

DONT BE DECEIVE

This is so acurate

Remember coke was 0.50k before moving to 1.50k

Suleiman you are wounded soldier on this spiritual battle ground

Rebuild thou broken altar saith the lord


The spirit of God gives and guard autrances when we speak and preach the gospel of christ

*Jesus did promise the apostles that the Holy Ghost would give them the exact words they were to say and that they would not even need to pre-plan their remarks, since God would be speaking through them (Matthew 10:19–20). Christ also promised that the Holy Ghost would give them perfect recall of everything that He had ever told them (John 14:26). But such promises were not given to His believing followers of all times. Now sometimes Matthew 10:19–20 (as well as the parallel passages in Mark 13:11 and Luke 12:11–12) are cited in support of the idea that God gives all Christians the words they are to say when they are beset by those that seek to harm them. While God may, indeed, grant us clarity of thought so that we can recall previously learned Bible verses in difficult situations (as many Christians have experienced), that is not what Christ here specifically promises. Notice what He says: “When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you” (Matthew 10:19–20). This is a clear promise of divine inspiration that was given directly to the apostles — that without any thought being taken on their part, their mouths would deliver messages from the Lord. Such promises have not been given to us Christians of today.

And, really, we do not need God to give us the ability to speak and write Spirit-inspired words, as He did in the case of the prophets in the Old Testament and the apostles and evangelists in the New Testament, because He has already given us the inspired words that they wrote as His penmen, as these have been recorded for our learning in the Bible (Romans 15:4). So then, rather than telling us to expect the Holy Ghost to give us immediate revelations (apart from the means of His written Word), God directs us Christians to the Scriptures through which the Holy Ghost works to put His Word into our hearts and on our lips. This was also true for the other believers at the time when the Old and New Testaments were written. Consider these passages: “These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up” (Deuteronomy 6:6–7). “From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect [complete], thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (II Timothy 3:15–17). Because God has already caused to be recorded in the Scriptures everything that we need to know pertaining to our saving faith and our life of sanctification, we Christians today are not to look for direct spiritual revelations such as the Lord graciously provided to some of His people of old before they had the complete revelation of His will and grace through the mouths and pens of the prophets and apostles. But “whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Romans 15:4).

There is great danger in looking for God to speak through Christians today as He did through His messengers of old, because it draws people’s focus away from what God actually has said in Holy Scripture, and it encourages them to look for divine guidance from those whom God clearly says that He is “against” (Jeremiah 23:31) and who worship Him “in vain” (Matthew 15:9). In Luther’s day, Thomas Müntzer and the “Zwickau prophets” claimed to receive extra-biblical revelations from the Lord, and they deceived many. And, of course, the Pope (both then and now) claims to be the mouthpiece of God, even while blatantly contradicting the Bible. So then holding firmly to the principle of sola Scriptura (namely, that Scripture alone is the source and standard of true Christian doctrine), Luther wrote:

In those things which concern the spoken, outward Word, we must firmly hold that God grants His Spirit or grace to no one, except through or with the preceding outward Word, in order that we may be protected against the enthusiasts, i.e., spirits who boast that they have the Spirit without and before the Word, and accordingly judge Scripture or the spoken Word, and explain and stretch it at their pleasure, as Muenzer did, and many still do at the present day, who wish to be acute judges between the Spirit and the letter, and yet know not what they say or declare. For the Papacy also is nothing but sheer enthusiasm, by which the Pope boasts that all rights exist in the shrine of his heart, and whatever he decides and commands with his church is spirit and right, even though it is above and contrary to Scripture and the spoken Word (The Smalcald Articles, Triglotta, p. 495, §3–4).

But, now, a brief word of caution is in order concerning expressions that Christians sometimes use: Without necessarily meaning to claim divine inspiration for his own words, a Christian might say something like, “I was so nervous that I thought I would say everything wrong; but then God gave me just the right words to speak.” While such a statement can be understood correctly as referring to God blessing a person’s speech (meaning basically, “God helped focus my concentration so that I could speak better than I thought I’d be able to”), it could also wrongly be thought of as meaning that the exact words used (even though not quoting from the Scriptures) were given to the person through a kind of “verbal inspiration” in the same way God moved the holy men to write the Scriptures. Similarly, if a Christian is complimented concerning something that he said or wrote (assuming that he was not quoting the Bible), it is not wise for him to say things like, “Those weren’t my words; those were from the Lord.” Now such a statement might be intended to be a humble acknowledgment of the fact that all good things come from God; but it basically exalts that person’s words to the level of Scripture by essentially referring to his own words as the words of the Lord. And if taken that way, then what would stop that person’s words and opinions from being cited and imposed upon other Christians as the inspired words of God? What then would stop the words of men from being regarded as having the same divine authority and infallibility as belongs rightly only to the Bible? Hence, the potential danger should be readily observed.

Similarly, care must be taken in rightly understanding certain poetic expressions that we find in some well-known hymns, which a person might misunderstand as asking God to grant us extra-biblical revelations. In The Lutheran Hymnal (©1941), Hymn 411, verse 7, we find these words: “Help me speak what’s right and good …Help me pray, Lord, as I should.” This should be understood as God moving us, by means of His Word, to do good in our lives of sanctification (Philippians 2:13), particularly in connection with the words we say. In Hymn 428, verse 5, we sing to the Lord: “Words which Thou Thyself shalt give me must prevail.” If this is understood as God bringing to our remembrance previously learned Scripture passages, then there is no problem. Obviously, however, there would be a problem if one takes this as meaning that we expect the Lord to convey divinely inspired messages through us that are not found in the Bible.

Thus to avoid confusion and promote a correct understanding of the issues involved, a two-part answer should be given to the question, “Does the Holy Spirit give us utterance today?” 1) No, not in the same way He did with the prophets and apostles; but 2) Yes, through the instruction of the Scriptures, the Holy Ghost does move us to speak His Word faithfully. By means of the divinely-inspired text of the Bible, the Spirit of God puts His Word into Christians’ mouths and hearts so that they are able to know it for themselves (II Timothy 3:15; Psalm 119:11; etc.), to meditate upon it for their comfort and strengthening (Psalm 1:2; Romans 15:4), and to convey the vitally important messages of Law and Gospel to others (Matthew 28:20a). Indeed, we who have been blessed to receive the Word of the Lord in this manner have the privilege and obligation of confessing it with our mouths. God says: “He that hath My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully” (Jeremiah 23:28; see also Matthew 10:32 and Romans 10:9–10). The Lord tells us to be ready to give an answer to those that ask us concerning our Christian faith (I Peter 3:15); and the kind of answer He wants us to give is not one that begins with, “I tend to think about it this way,” or, “Here’s my opinion on the matter.” On the contrary, we are to “speak as the oracles of God” (I Peter 4:11) by drawing the answer directly from the Bible. And rather than asking the Lord to increase our spiritual understanding apart from the means of His written Word (by immediate revelation), we should rather pray that He would grant us such knowledge directly through the study of His Word—“Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy Law.” “Give me understanding according to Thy Word” (Psalm 119:18, 169).

God will certainly answer such prayers for spiritual wisdom. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). The Lord says: “I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My people” (Jeremiah 31:33; see also Romans 10:. Again, this putting of His Word into our hearts is not done through the process of divine inspiration that took place with the holy writers of the Bible; but it comes about through the learning of Holy Scripture. We do not bind God in this matter (we do not limit His ability to grant a person immediate revelations); rather it is God who has bound us to the Scriptures. Accordingly, He directs faithful pastors to study Holy Writ (II Timothy 2:15); and He says that the subject matter of their preaching is to be “the Word” (II Timothy 4:2). There is no allowance for teachings that go beyond what Scripture teaches (I Timothy 6:3–5). Furthermore, the correct understanding of the Bible is to be drawn only from the Bible itself for the very reason that it (in contrast to the musings of the human mind) was inspired by God. “No prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (II Peter 1:20–21).

Since the words of the Bible were inspired by the Holy Ghost, since it is the Holy Ghost who through the Scriptures works the faith that receives His Word, and since the Holy Ghost also moves us as a fruit of saving faith to praise Him with our lips and to speak His Word to others, it is certainly true that the Spirit of God does give utterance to us Christians of today. “O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise” (Psalm 51:15). It is a fact that whenever we accurately quote the Scriptures and correctly apply the Law and the Gospel in speaking to others, the Lord God Himself is speaking to them through us (Luke 10:16). We should be very eager to be thus used by our Lord and Savior in the work of His kingdom for the spiritual welfare of those that hear us and to the honor of God’s holy name. May the Holy Ghost, therefore, continue this work in us through His powerful Word and fill us with a zeal to be His mouthpieces in conveying His life-giving Word to our fellow human beings — all to the praise of the glory of His grace in Christ Jesus!

“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:16)*

Suleiman you are wounded soldier on this spiritual battle ground

Rebuild thou broken altar saith the lord


The spirit of God gives and guard autrances when we speak and preach the gospel of christ

*Jesus did promise the apostles that the Holy Ghost would give them the exact words they were to say and that they would not even need to pre-plan their remarks, since God would be speaking through them (Matthew 10:19–20). Christ also promised that the Holy Ghost would give them perfect recall of everything that He had ever told them (John 14:26). But such promises were not given to His believing followers of all times. Now sometimes Matthew 10:19–20 (as well as the parallel passages in Mark 13:11 and Luke 12:11–12) are cited in support of the idea that God gives all Christians the words they are to say when they are beset by those that seek to harm them. While God may, indeed, grant us clarity of thought so that we can recall previously learned Bible verses in difficult situations (as many Christians have experienced), that is not what Christ here specifically promises. Notice what He says: “When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you” (Matthew 10:19–20). This is a clear promise of divine inspiration that was given directly to the apostles — that without any thought being taken on their part, their mouths would deliver messages from the Lord. Such promises have not been given to us Christians of today.

And, really, we do not need God to give us the ability to speak and write Spirit-inspired words, as He did in the case of the prophets in the Old Testament and the apostles and evangelists in the New Testament, because He has already given us the inspired words that they wrote as His penmen, as these have been recorded for our learning in the Bible (Romans 15:4). So then, rather than telling us to expect the Holy Ghost to give us immediate revelations (apart from the means of His written Word), God directs us Christians to the Scriptures through which the Holy Ghost works to put His Word into our hearts and on our lips. This was also true for the other believers at the time when the Old and New Testaments were written. Consider these passages: “These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up” (Deuteronomy 6:6–7). “From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect [complete], thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (II Timothy 3:15–17). Because God has already caused to be recorded in the Scriptures everything that we need to know pertaining to our saving faith and our life of sanctification, we Christians today are not to look for direct spiritual revelations such as the Lord graciously provided to some of His people of old before they had the complete revelation of His will and grace through the mouths and pens of the prophets and apostles. But “whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Romans 15:4).

There is great danger in looking for God to speak through Christians today as He did through His messengers of old, because it draws people’s focus away from what God actually has said in Holy Scripture, and it encourages them to look for divine guidance from those whom God clearly says that He is “against” (Jeremiah 23:31) and who worship Him “in vain” (Matthew 15:9). In Luther’s day, Thomas Müntzer and the “Zwickau prophets” claimed to receive extra-biblical revelations from the Lord, and they deceived many. And, of course, the Pope (both then and now) claims to be the mouthpiece of God, even while blatantly contradicting the Bible. So then holding firmly to the principle of sola Scriptura (namely, that Scripture alone is the source and standard of true Christian doctrine), Luther wrote:

In those things which concern the spoken, outward Word, we must firmly hold that God grants His Spirit or grace to no one, except through or with the preceding outward Word, in order that we may be protected against the enthusiasts, i.e., spirits who boast that they have the Spirit without and before the Word, and accordingly judge Scripture or the spoken Word, and explain and stretch it at their pleasure, as Muenzer did, and many still do at the present day, who wish to be acute judges between the Spirit and the letter, and yet know not what they say or declare. For the Papacy also is nothing but sheer enthusiasm, by which the Pope boasts that all rights exist in the shrine of his heart, and whatever he decides and commands with his church is spirit and right, even though it is above and contrary to Scripture and the spoken Word (The Smalcald Articles, Triglotta, p. 495, §3–4).

But, now, a brief word of caution is in order concerning expressions that Christians sometimes use: Without necessarily meaning to claim divine inspiration for his own words, a Christian might say something like, “I was so nervous that I thought I would say everything wrong; but then God gave me just the right words to speak.” While such a statement can be understood correctly as referring to God blessing a person’s speech (meaning basically, “God helped focus my concentration so that I could speak better than I thought I’d be able to”), it could also wrongly be thought of as meaning that the exact words used (even though not quoting from the Scriptures) were given to the person through a kind of “verbal inspiration” in the same way God moved the holy men to write the Scriptures. Similarly, if a Christian is complimented concerning something that he said or wrote (assuming that he was not quoting the Bible), it is not wise for him to say things like, “Those weren’t my words; those were from the Lord.” Now such a statement might be intended to be a humble acknowledgment of the fact that all good things come from God; but it basically exalts that person’s words to the level of Scripture by essentially referring to his own words as the words of the Lord. And if taken that way, then what would stop that person’s words and opinions from being cited and imposed upon other Christians as the inspired words of God? What then would stop the words of men from being regarded as having the same divine authority and infallibility as belongs rightly only to the Bible? Hence, the potential danger should be readily observed.

Similarly, care must be taken in rightly understanding certain poetic expressions that we find in some well-known hymns, which a person might misunderstand as asking God to grant us extra-biblical revelations. In The Lutheran Hymnal (©1941), Hymn 411, verse 7, we find these words: “Help me speak what’s right and good …Help me pray, Lord, as I should.” This should be understood as God moving us, by means of His Word, to do good in our lives of sanctification (Philippians 2:13), particularly in connection with the words we say. In Hymn 428, verse 5, we sing to the Lord: “Words which Thou Thyself shalt give me must prevail.” If this is understood as God bringing to our remembrance previously learned Scripture passages, then there is no problem. Obviously, however, there would be a problem if one takes this as meaning that we expect the Lord to convey divinely inspired messages through us that are not found in the Bible.

Thus to avoid confusion and promote a correct understanding of the issues involved, a two-part answer should be given to the question, “Does the Holy Spirit give us utterance today?” 1) No, not in the same way He did with the prophets and apostles; but 2) Yes, through the instruction of the Scriptures, the Holy Ghost does move us to speak His Word faithfully. By means of the divinely-inspired text of the Bible, the Spirit of God puts His Word into Christians’ mouths and hearts so that they are able to know it for themselves (II Timothy 3:15; Psalm 119:11; etc.), to meditate upon it for their comfort and strengthening (Psalm 1:2; Romans 15:4), and to convey the vitally important messages of Law and Gospel to others (Matthew 28:20a). Indeed, we who have been blessed to receive the Word of the Lord in this manner have the privilege and obligation of confessing it with our mouths. God says: “He that hath My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully” (Jeremiah 23:28; see also Matthew 10:32 and Romans 10:9–10). The Lord tells us to be ready to give an answer to those that ask us concerning our Christian faith (I Peter 3:15); and the kind of answer He wants us to give is not one that begins with, “I tend to think about it this way,” or, “Here’s my opinion on the matter.” On the contrary, we are to “speak as the oracles of God” (I Peter 4:11) by drawing the answer directly from the Bible. And rather than asking the Lord to increase our spiritual understanding apart from the means of His written Word (by immediate revelation), we should rather pray that He would grant us such knowledge directly through the study of His Word—“Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy Law.” “Give me understanding according to Thy Word” (Psalm 119:18, 169).

God will certainly answer such prayers for spiritual wisdom. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). The Lord says: “I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My people” (Jeremiah 31:33; see also Romans 10:. Again, this putting of His Word into our hearts is not done through the process of divine inspiration that took place with the holy writers of the Bible; but it comes about through the learning of Holy Scripture. We do not bind God in this matter (we do not limit His ability to grant a person immediate revelations); rather it is God who has bound us to the Scriptures. Accordingly, He directs faithful pastors to study Holy Writ (II Timothy 2:15); and He says that the subject matter of their preaching is to be “the Word” (II Timothy 4:2). There is no allowance for teachings that go beyond what Scripture teaches (I Timothy 6:3–5). Furthermore, the correct understanding of the Bible is to be drawn only from the Bible itself for the very reason that it (in contrast to the musings of the human mind) was inspired by God. “No prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (II Peter 1:20–21).

Since the words of the Bible were inspired by the Holy Ghost, since it is the Holy Ghost who through the Scriptures works the faith that receives His Word, and since the Holy Ghost also moves us as a fruit of saving faith to praise Him with our lips and to speak His Word to others, it is certainly true that the Spirit of God does give utterance to us Christians of today. “O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise” (Psalm 51:15). It is a fact that whenever we accurately quote the Scriptures and correctly apply the Law and the Gospel in speaking to others, the Lord God Himself is speaking to them through us (Luke 10:16). We should be very eager to be thus used by our Lord and Savior in the work of His kingdom for the spiritual welfare of those that hear us and to the honor of God’s holy name. May the Holy Ghost, therefore, continue this work in us through His powerful Word and fill us with a zeal to be His mouthpieces in conveying His life-giving Word to our fellow human beings — all to the praise of the glory of His grace in Christ Jesus!

“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:16)*

Suleiman is a wounded soldier trying to behave like Samson in the scripture

This man of God has fallen badly but trying to be holy

The spirit of God gives and guard autrances when we speak and preach the gospel of christ
*Jesus did promise the apostles that the Holy Ghost would give them the exact words they were to say and that they would not even need to pre-plan their remarks, since God would be speaking through them (Matthew 10:19–20). Christ also promised that the Holy Ghost would give them perfect recall of everything that He had ever told them (John 14:26). But such promises were not given to His believing followers of all times. Now sometimes Matthew 10:19–20 (as well as the parallel passages in Mark 13:11 and Luke 12:11–12) are cited in support of the idea that God gives all Christians the words they are to say when they are beset by those that seek to harm them. While God may, indeed, grant us clarity of thought so that we can recall previously learned Bible verses in difficult situations (as many Christians have experienced), that is not what Christ here specifically promises. Notice what He says: “When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you” (Matthew 10:19–20). This is a clear promise of divine inspiration that was given directly to the apostles — that without any thought being taken on their part, their mouths would deliver messages from the Lord. Such promises have not been given to us Christians of today.

And, really, we do not need God to give us the ability to speak and write Spirit-inspired words, as He did in the case of the prophets in the Old Testament and the apostles and evangelists in the New Testament, because He has already given us the inspired words that they wrote as His penmen, as these have been recorded for our learning in the Bible (Romans 15:4). So then, rather than telling us to expect the Holy Ghost to give us immediate revelations (apart from the means of His written Word), God directs us Christians to the Scriptures through which the Holy Ghost works to put His Word into our hearts and on our lips. This was also true for the other believers at the time when the Old and New Testaments were written. Consider these passages: “These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up” (Deuteronomy 6:6–7). “From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect [complete], thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (II Timothy 3:15–17). Because God has already caused to be recorded in the Scriptures everything that we need to know pertaining to our saving faith and our life of sanctification, we Christians today are not to look for direct spiritual revelations such as the Lord graciously provided to some of His people of old before they had the complete revelation of His will and grace through the mouths and pens of the prophets and apostles. But “whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Romans 15:4).

There is great danger in looking for God to speak through Christians today as He did through His messengers of old, because it draws people’s focus away from what God actually has said in Holy Scripture, and it encourages them to look for divine guidance from those whom God clearly says that He is “against” (Jeremiah 23:31) and who worship Him “in vain” (Matthew 15:9). In Luther’s day, Thomas Müntzer and the “Zwickau prophets” claimed to receive extra-biblical revelations from the Lord, and they deceived many. And, of course, the Pope (both then and now) claims to be the mouthpiece of God, even while blatantly contradicting the Bible. So then holding firmly to the principle of sola Scriptura (namely, that Scripture alone is the source and standard of true Christian doctrine), Luther wrote:

In those things which concern the spoken, outward Word, we must firmly hold that God grants His Spirit or grace to no one, except through or with the preceding outward Word, in order that we may be protected against the enthusiasts, i.e., spirits who boast that they have the Spirit without and before the Word, and accordingly judge Scripture or the spoken Word, and explain and stretch it at their pleasure, as Muenzer did, and many still do at the present day, who wish to be acute judges between the Spirit and the letter, and yet know not what they say or declare. For the Papacy also is nothing but sheer enthusiasm, by which the Pope boasts that all rights exist in the shrine of his heart, and whatever he decides and commands with his church is spirit and right, even though it is above and contrary to Scripture and the spoken Word (The Smalcald Articles, Triglotta, p. 495, §3–4).

But, now, a brief word of caution is in order concerning expressions that Christians sometimes use: Without necessarily meaning to claim divine inspiration for his own words, a Christian might say something like, “I was so nervous that I thought I would say everything wrong; but then God gave me just the right words to speak.” While such a statement can be understood correctly as referring to God blessing a person’s speech (meaning basically, “God helped focus my concentration so that I could speak better than I thought I’d be able to”), it could also wrongly be thought of as meaning that the exact words used (even though not quoting from the Scriptures) were given to the person through a kind of “verbal inspiration” in the same way God moved the holy men to write the Scriptures. Similarly, if a Christian is complimented concerning something that he said or wrote (assuming that he was not quoting the Bible), it is not wise for him to say things like, “Those weren’t my words; those were from the Lord.” Now such a statement might be intended to be a humble acknowledgment of the fact that all good things come from God; but it basically exalts that person’s words to the level of Scripture by essentially referring to his own words as the words of the Lord. And if taken that way, then what would stop that person’s words and opinions from being cited and imposed upon other Christians as the inspired words of God? What then would stop the words of men from being regarded as having the same divine authority and infallibility as belongs rightly only to the Bible? Hence, the potential danger should be readily observed.

Similarly, care must be taken in rightly understanding certain poetic expressions that we find in some well-known hymns, which a person might misunderstand as asking God to grant us extra-biblical revelations. In The Lutheran Hymnal (©1941), Hymn 411, verse 7, we find these words: “Help me speak what’s right and good …Help me pray, Lord, as I should.” This should be understood as God moving us, by means of His Word, to do good in our lives of sanctification (Philippians 2:13), particularly in connection with the words we say. In Hymn 428, verse 5, we sing to the Lord: “Words which Thou Thyself shalt give me must prevail.” If this is understood as God bringing to our remembrance previously learned Scripture passages, then there is no problem. Obviously, however, there would be a problem if one takes this as meaning that we expect the Lord to convey divinely inspired messages through us that are not found in the Bible.

Thus to avoid confusion and promote a correct understanding of the issues involved, a two-part answer should be given to the question, “Does the Holy Spirit give us utterance today?” 1) No, not in the same way He did with the prophets and apostles; but 2) Yes, through the instruction of the Scriptures, the Holy Ghost does move us to speak His Word faithfully. By means of the divinely-inspired text of the Bible, the Spirit of God puts His Word into Christians’ mouths and hearts so that they are able to know it for themselves (II Timothy 3:15; Psalm 119:11; etc.), to meditate upon it for their comfort and strengthening (Psalm 1:2; Romans 15:4), and to convey the vitally important messages of Law and Gospel to others (Matthew 28:20a). Indeed, we who have been blessed to receive the Word of the Lord in this manner have the privilege and obligation of confessing it with our mouths. God says: “He that hath My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully” (Jeremiah 23:28; see also Matthew 10:32 and Romans 10:9–10). The Lord tells us to be ready to give an answer to those that ask us concerning our Christian faith (I Peter 3:15); and the kind of answer He wants us to give is not one that begins with, “I tend to think about it this way,” or, “Here’s my opinion on the matter.” On the contrary, we are to “speak as the oracles of God” (I Peter 4:11) by drawing the answer directly from the Bible. And rather than asking the Lord to increase our spiritual understanding apart from the means of His written Word (by immediate revelation), we should rather pray that He would grant us such knowledge directly through the study of His Word—“Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy Law.” “Give me understanding according to Thy Word” (Psalm 119:18, 169).

God will certainly answer such prayers for spiritual wisdom. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). The Lord says: “I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My people” (Jeremiah 31:33; see also Romans 10:. Again, this putting of His Word into our hearts is not done through the process of divine inspiration that took place with the holy writers of the Bible; but it comes about through the learning of Holy Scripture. We do not bind God in this matter (we do not limit His ability to grant a person immediate revelations); rather it is God who has bound us to the Scriptures. Accordingly, He directs faithful pastors to study Holy Writ (II Timothy 2:15); and He says that the subject matter of their preaching is to be “the Word” (II Timothy 4:2). There is no allowance for teachings that go beyond what Scripture teaches (I Timothy 6:3–5). Furthermore, the correct understanding of the Bible is to be drawn only from the Bible itself for the very reason that it (in contrast to the musings of the human mind) was inspired by God. “No prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (II Peter 1:20–21).

Since the words of the Bible were inspired by the Holy Ghost, since it is the Holy Ghost who through the Scriptures works the faith that receives His Word, and since the Holy Ghost also moves us as a fruit of saving faith to praise Him with our lips and to speak His Word to others, it is certainly true that the Spirit of God does give utterance to us Christians of today. “O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise” (Psalm 51:15). It is a fact that whenever we accurately quote the Scriptures and correctly apply the Law and the Gospel in speaking to others, the Lord God Himself is speaking to them through us (Luke 10:16). We should be very eager to be thus used by our Lord and Savior in the work of His kingdom for the spiritual welfare of those that hear us and to the honor of God’s holy name. May the Holy Ghost, therefore, continue this work in us through His powerful Word and fill us with a zeal to be His mouthpieces in conveying His life-giving Word to our fellow human beings — all to the praise of the glory of His grace in Christ Jesus!

“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:16)*

Kneel down for watin nah
A university undergraduate for that matter
Even my daughter in senior secondary can not even be asked to kneel down again
That lady is humble and also too timid to speak out.

Arrest those involved Asap

Which kind country b this sef

Boko harams are busy killing people and sending out rockets our armies are pursuing Titus fish
Why this video for God sake
This is not the feedback we want to see and hear
Congratulation to the almighty Army for capturing Titus Fishws

OLODO ARMIES

The problem with the black is that they like 2 live above their means hence living a fake life and this is so common among celebrities too
If u cant buy a car,get keke or bike they are all for mobility
If you cant get Turkey buy fish or crayfish they are all rich in protein

Dont go to church or mosque and claim to be big by making huge vow u cant pay as these will push u to stealing if care is not taking
Dont promise what u cant give
Dont rent a duplex when u are sure u have no money to maintain the rent if care is not taking u will b pushed out someday for failure to pay rent

Dont rent in lekki when u knw that u belong to ikorodu

Lastly dont let a woman make u cry tomorrow by making u put hands in things u cant keep or maintain

Pray to God for increase all will b well some day

I am now lock up in lagos for years now afraid to travel home because of these kidnappers
Even if u are using air the air craft cant drop u in your villa
The insecurity here is so bad!
I am not a politician but Buhari failed seriously and if this was a developed nation and he is having a godly heart even as a naija he would have resign honorably
People now kidnapped for 10k in naija
All those who are praising this government in the means of adversities is God only will judge u all

Let's put parry aside and speak the truth

Please if u are traveling by road to ur villa try and put on clothes to look poor incase if kidnap
My friend was lucky because he dressed so low
They select people sometimes the way they dress .

This is a very old news
It was during radio days in lagos
He wasn't an aide or cult things but a suspected ritualistic

She stole just food items abi
Do u knw her situation
Do the rich ever care to knw how the poor feels
Do u think house keeper or helper was her plan to become
I totally condemn her for stealing
The rich should show some concern about the poor
Nah situation make crayfish bend

If not that this world is wicked
What is left inside a 90 years old mother?
What is the temptation there?
Nothing remains in her body again at that age

Pls test the useless cow brain

World bank

This money is for the cabal in Nigeria ruling party not power that will benefit the poor man

Pls take ur money back
Our people are very wicked

Apostle.....there is God o
Sha!!!
He is not asleep oooo
Still on my kneels on this issue
After here is heaven or hell either rich or poor
Only him God knows the real thing
so sad
I

Are u sure the man is still alive?
Something bad might have happen to him

Let's not conclude yet pls

Too bad

This is as a result of bad government in Nigeria
NO Job out there .


How much is shoprite paying self for person to take her life base on that?


Buhari God is watching you ooooo
Help our youths
Create job
Stop the increase ectricity tariff as this will bring more hardship to the already poor citizen