Asha 80:


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Brein:


It varies on what context u meant it.

If u mean as in God giving Life and satan taking it,

I'd rather say it is appointed unto man, once to die and after that judgment follows . . . 

In other words 'God gives and he takes back after the fulfillment of what he gave (life).

In anyways, I should broaden ur horizon in the God giving and satan taking scene.

If God gives u a particular valued possession or gift/talent or LiFE

and its not well used as he (GOD) so expect then he leaves u up to ur fate

which can be seemingly categories as "God's Own Perfect Will and Human's Own Permissive Will"

once we as human cannot or do not value God's perfect will

then he leaves us to our permissive will, of which the devil has a big access into.

I hope this helps. Sorry 4 me bad engrish, i was driving  when typing . .

@Brein

- Brein

Nice submission 

Typing whilst driving?

Tut-tut-tut You dont half take risks do ya?,

You should know better to park or give the driving your full attention

Brein hey check this out:

If I say "Hey here's a bird. Keep it as a pet, look after it, it's yours for keeps"

and I also say "Do whatever you like with it but do not let go off the string attached to the bird's leg . . . "

Now Brein quick question please:

If you let go of the string and the bird bolts and flies

Will you turn around pointing fingers at me

that cos you chose your Permissive Will over my Perfect Will I then took the bird away (i.e. back from you)

No! You wouldnt because it was you that let go of the string in the first instance . . . aint that so?

As I earlier mentioned, God gives, and when God gives it literally for keeps (i.e. for ever)

Now if one wants to squander, rubbish, abuse, not value etc the gift (e.g. life, fruit of the womb, physical prowess, position etc)

then there are costs and consequences  (i.e. a price of loss)

God isnt taking them back, he doesnt need them, it's just the way the cookie crumbles . . .

Check out this verse about the issue of life that you brought up

Genesis 2:9, 16 & 17 Contemporary English Version:


⁹The LORD God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden.
Two other trees were in the middle of the garden.
One of the trees gave life--the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.

¹⁶[/b]But the LORD told him, "You may [b]eat [/b]fruit from [b]any tree in the garden,

¹⁷except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong.
If you eat any fruit from that tree, you will die before the day is over!"

Proxy Eve, Adam was a risk taker but his gamble didnt pay off as expected

It's not easy making decisions you know,

on hindsight he probably thought "I shouldn't have jumped the gun . . .

Should have waited until am able to be trusted with the responsiblity of making decisions and standing by them"

Anyway the rest is his story history . . .

The legacy is that satani is on the neighbourhood watch prowl

ready and waiting to pick up or take away what one doesnt value

dare I say, even life

am not 

SeanT21:


There has been a lot of debate regarding those 2 phrases.

Some believe that God Gives and Takes Away while others believe that God gives and Satan takes away.

I remember my ex-pastor saying that God Gives and Takes Away

and half of the church had a strange look on their faces.

Whats ur opinion this??

@SeanT21

- SeanT21 ^{Hey long time . . .}  

C'mon now, bet you know this is disguised discriminate (i.e. "I am a victim" line of reasoning

There's more to this innocently looking & seemingly meaningful assertion . . .

God's original intention is/was to give and to give whatever it is, for life (i.e. have it for ever)

The taking away has nothing to do with God or satan 

But check this out . . .

If God gives, and one receives with one hand

only to hand it out with the other hand

Trust me, satan is on standby "since yesterday"

If what's given is handed over to satan

satan is ready and willingly happy to take it off one's hand and scamper away with it

This whole thing about "taking away",  it aint half got na-da to do with God

God?! Give and take away?!! Why would he want to do a thing like that for

I'll tell ya how it all started . . .

Let start with asking Adam questions about his date with God

and about after the date, who took away the original mandate God gave him . . .

He probably wouldnt be keen volunteering the information

likely cos its an embrassing question & it brings back bad memories

but he certainly might point fingers

- yeah, two at satan and three at himself ^{Notice, none at God}

Ikamefa:


@topic am so righty " " its not even funny 

Am not arguing about the picture, everybody knows Madonna is an exercise freak

My boner is about your topic caption or subject

Madonna is so vein? _{did I pass Eng 101 and 102?}

@Ikamefa

- Ikamefa

Dont worry you even passed Eng 103 sef . . .

You'll cop on later . . . ^{I get responses like yours similar to issues like this caption ten a penny}

The topic caption is deliberate & not an error . . .

It's called humorous but true tongue-in-cheek captioning

This style of captioning is widely used & employed a lot on tabloids 

It's literally playing with words (i.e. wordplay), remember I said it was deliberate

Like  "To be vein or not to be vain" . . .

Ikamefa:


so vein? OR so vain?   isn't  it supposed to be so veiny?   this na yinglish,spanglish or vanglish!

@Ikamefa

- Ikamefa

Let's play your game 

You're so "wrongy" 

and MADONNA remains & is still so vein the last I checked the picture 

Spikedcylinder:


She has muscular arms but that photo has definitely been worked on.

@Spikedcylinder

- Spike

Ah-ha! Haba!! Na you dey yarn like dis . . .

You reckon all the three reputable tabloids that printed the pic are dumb

They aren't going to risk a libel printing doctored photos

C'mom, smell the coffee, Madonna is so vein and thats the word up . . . 

Horus:


Gospel: comes from the words "ghost spell"

African better wake up out this gospel (ghost spell) worshipping spook gods.

No! That is utterly wrong, perverted & misleading

FYI Gospel comes from Old English, Gōd spell (i.e. "Good news" or "Good spell"

Generally is one of the first four books of the New Testament

that describes the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus . . . 

Rebarobyn:


Is this picture for real or its been modified

because why are her arms looking like that and her neck and face look pretty normal,

it looks like a picture fraud to me

TheSeeker:


Just what does this mean? Nonsense.

@TheSeeker

- TheSeeker

It means letting your hair down & having a laugh . . .

obviously not what you are seeking

Spikedcylinder:



Nobody is tired. Na half time.

@Spikedcylinder

- Spike

Yeah right . . . pull the other leg 

Where's Mich then?

Done a runner or something? . . .   

By the way, whose idea was it to change the venue uh?

Spikedcylinder:


Asko! You never reach.

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See that line? If your name na Michelin, cross am.

@^ ROTFL

That line antic reminds me of back in the days pry sch lunch break playground fights . . . 

Spikedcylinder:


No o, don't go.

I need your to help me sweep the compound, while I iron my muscles.

Na here I go finish Michelin today.

@Spikedcylinder

- Spike

Yeah! a la KC and the Sunshine Band - Please dont go style . . .

No, its OK cos am monitoring from where I am here,

once I see say ya hands tire and dey drop

I'll come over raise dem up for ya  

Spikedcylinder:


Recognise, where are you going?

Come back hia and clear what you started if not na me and you today!

@Spikedcylinder

- Spike

Ha-ah-haa!!!

I dont have to hang about

I don sabi the final score . . . 

I know who my money's on  

Hackingisfun:


    Moderators ar funny too,

they're leadin d Jokes board 2day hahahaha

i lik dat above write ups anyway

@Hackingisfun

- Hackingisfun

You can say that again ^Don't!

They are demonstrating how it should be done . . .

I was only winding them up . . .

kinda joining in the banter

but hey I'll leave it to the pros - Mich' & Spike' to slug it out over Muki . . .

May the best blank win . . .  

Michelin89:


Where is yours too?

@Michelin89

- Mich

Up there . . . (i.e. thread #14) and without an angry smiley