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politricks:
So if i were to convert to christianity(God forbid) and i needed some clarification about these things, is this the trash you will write?

As stated before the word of God was like trash to that Ethiopian eunuch. Only God can save you and others like you if he wills.


Man your situation will be like the Ethiopian steward, who wanted to know God's message, but couldn't understand with the time and energy spent to get the meaning. God knew he could never understand if not helped out. That's why he sent Philip to interpret the prophesy he had preserved for long (Isaiah 53). You too can read it and come up with another argument. God is in heaven where he does as pleased and his thought no man can understand. He can either save or punish you for ignorant. That is why he is God.

When the truth has been stated and some people are still struggling to believe it, then it's up to them if they would choose to beleive the errors and live by lies all their lives.

Politricks

Yeah all you have quoted as errors in the Bible and which made you to condemn it are for the rise and fall of the ignorant and to pierce the hearts of the fools, making it harder for them to believe so that their sorrow will multiple for rejecting simple truth.

Better understanding and correct Interpretation of those verses are given to spiritual people. The more you stress yourself to find faults, the more your sorrow will be. I am not exaggerating or harsh, just saying the plain truth. Again don't think this is a silly conclusion, it's just the best option to leave for the ignorant.

If you conderm Bible I wonder where you have placed Quran, do you mean it just emerged from nowhere? You have just complicated issues about your faith.

Yeah plainly stated...
Christ first miracle... turning water to wine...meaning what?

Bible condernming wine, how come?

The Spirit of God telling Peter to kill and eat, while he should stop thinking certain animals are unclean... What is the divine response? That why Jesus would speak in parables and only a few or none could understand what he meant, because they are spiritually and in some cases mentally lacking to comprehend what the Spirit was saying

Man your situation will be like the Ethiopian steward, who wanted to know God's message, but couldn't understand with the time and energy spent to get the meaning. God knew he could never understand if not helped out. That's why he sent Philip to interpret the prophesy he had preserved for long (Isaiah 53). You too can read it and come up with another argument. God is in heaven where he does as pleased and his thought no man can understand. He can either save or punish you for ignorant. That is why he is God.

miserable group of people giving the country tough time since. May God continue to guide the military

politricks:
@Rexyl
Come on shut up your mouth with all these redemption, love, peace hullabaloo because they will not save you. You said there is no confusion in christianity regards christmas and yet different christian churches doesn't celebrate the day e.g jehovah witness and co. I don't really have problem with you celebrating your s.t.u.p.e.e.d god but why fix it on a day ancient idol worshippers also honour their god e.g the roman pagan religion, greek pagan religion, egyptian pagan religion e.t.c. Fact is christianity has more idol worship than any religion in the world.

1. The bible does not recognise christmas, christmas tree, valentine e.t.c

2. The bible did not direct christians to use the cross as its symbol.

3. The word 'christian' or 'christianity' is not in the bible. Hell the word 'bible' is not in the bible.

4. The bible did not tell you to create and image of jesus and worship it(if it is even the original image of jesus it is even better).

Now let's see what Deuteronomy 18:9 has to say:
“When you come into the land
that the Lord your God is giving
you, you shall not learn to follow
the abominable practices of
those nations." You f.o.o.l.s have a truckload of logs in your eyes and you are attempting to remove the toothpick in someone else's eye.Even your other minions have avoided replying me but here you are defending your SCAM of a religion.

Exposing ignorance in annoyance can't take you anywhere as you couldn't find the means to discredit the truth and thwart Christian faith.

Go and read when Christ followers were called Christians and what made them earned the name - being christ-like; they were not called the name for being violent and discredited people.

You still have long way to go, just let be doing it in part!

@politricks

God's plan for redemption and His message of love, peace and eternal life is the main issue. Choosing a day for ceberating Christ's birth is just to carry the world world along ceberating a memorable event that has permanently influenced true faith in God.

Prophetic declation about the Messiah has covered all things - Faith and Celebration. True Christians has no confusion about the Christ's birthday, our concern is about Arrival of the Messiah as prophesied in the old testament and the declaration by the angels.

Dr. Zakir Nail... I laugh!
I wish he didn't understand and interpret Bible upside down

kimond101:
Abraham, Moses and David Jews?!
All of them submitted and worshipped One God without associating partners in worship with him.
And the only religion with that definition is Islam.
Please educate your ignorance about Islam.

He was asking you the reason why Mohammed has no history unlike Abraham, Moses and David those who God called with a promise that points to arrival of the Messiah. It is still difficult to understand where Mohammed was placed in God's plan concerning the Messiah or about the future. You can help clarify this using Old Testament Bible only.

hope it will come down to $1 to N1. Until then...

Boko haram still existing? I suspect recruitments from Fulani herdsmen. Federal Government should look deeply into herdsmen activities. Many of them are moving about with dangerous weapons, terrorising host communities.

politricks:
Muhammed(s.a.w) did not write a single verse in the quran. All the verses a-z was revealed to him from God so your statement is flawed. Secondly, your jesus that you are hailing said he did not come to bring peace to this world but the sword.

Luke. 12. 49-53

matthew. 10. 34-36.

Seems you don't know about your jesus well.

Christians will be laughing at you for this lame conclusion. Do you know the conclusion of all things as stated in the Bible and which Christians believe and practice, thus making the religion the most peaceful and giving better understanding about the character of God and His purpose for the creation?

politricks:
Why are there still muslims left at all, at least there is no violence there.

Here we realize the good of our culture and won't tolerate evil in the name of christianity and Islam. Here we value what adds value to life and hate practices that can destroy the society. If our tradition naturally adds value to life and regards souls of fellow human beings any practice meant for adoption but which has violence underneath can't just succeed. That's why fanatics or religious extremists can never succeed in the south west for as long as we follow and respect our culture. Those foreign terms - terrorism, homosexuality, and the likes can't just pollute our sense of reasoning. Our society regulates itself and we are better informed to identify errors and guard against harms accompanying them... Sorry to say.. Unlike the north.

Stories about Finding the Lost
Christ seeks and has given Christians the task of seeking, finding and bringing sinners to God. He wants people to come unto God, walk in His spiritual light and save their souls. Luke 15:10 - I (Jesus) say unto you, there is joy in the presence of angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. The followings are discussed: Finding the Lost Sheep; Finding a Lost Coin, Finding a Lost Son.

Finding a Lost Sheep: Jesus used the following illustrations to describe the love of God toward those who are lost. Jesus would say that he came to seek and save lives; it was for this purpose he gave his life. He wants believers to have compassion for people who have fallen from God's saving grace, and lead them to restore the right relationship with God. Jesus identified himself with the sinners and condemned religious leaders for self-righteousness and disdain for those they considered to be sinful and unrighteous people. The religious leaders were disturbed by Christ's action for relating with sinners as the Messiah. But his parables show the extent of God's love for the lost, the need to find them and ensure they are brought to God (Luke 15:1-3). Christians should endeavour to seek sinners and provide for their spiritual needs.

The parable of the lost sheep shows how Christians should have concern for the lost, seek them and rejoice over their return to God (Luke 15:4-7). The Shepherd left the flock of ninety nine sheep to find and bring one lost, wandering and insecure sheep back to the flock. While other sheep were secure under the care of other shepherds, the one that has gone astray must be searched for and brought back to the flock. Jesus was passionate toward sinners and wanted his followers to show compassion for the lost and save lives. The lost are living a life dominated by sins and widely separated from God. In order to ensure the lost return to God, learn and follow His way Christians have crucial roles to play.

Finding the Lost Coin: Yet in another parable Jesus illustrates the passion for finding something so precious. The woman lit the lamp, diligently searching for a lost coin and when she had found it, called her friends to rejoice with her (Luke 15:8-10). The lost people today are so precious to God as the lost coin was precious to the woman. Just as the lamp provided the light that made it possible for the woman to search all over the place and find the coin, Christians holding the light of Salvation must seek and restore sinners. Joy will fill our hearts when we reach to the lost and see them respond to the message of salvation ( Psalm 126:5-6; Proverbs 11:30). Heaven rejoices over a sinner that repents and returns to God.

Finding a Lost Son: The reception and celebration held to honour the return of the prodigal son back home was a great demonstration of God's love and pleasure for repentance and restoration of those who are lost. The son got his portion of the father's wealth, went to a far place where he squandered everything and became wretched. He became a servant and could have eaten pigs' feed but it wasn't given him. He then thought of home and how his father's servants were enjoying and made up his mind to return. He admitted his sins, repented and resolved to seek father's forgiveness (Luke 15:11-16).

Returning home, the son humbled himself before the father and asked for forgiveness. One could have expected the father to castigate the child for his behaviour and reject his plead. While the son was far off and coming back the father ran to him, embraced and welcomed him back home. The father was so happy and held a big feast to celebrate his return (Luke 15:17-24), saying my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found again. His father's reception portrays loving acceptance God offers to a repentant sinner. Repentance requires action which God honours. Repent, humbly turn to God, ask for forgiveness and ask for the grace to follow and obey Him. God wants those who are saved to arise and save others. Lesson texts: Luke 15:1-24.

bettercreature:
Why osun is getting just 600million is beyond my understanding

6m not 600m million! That's serious for the State of the living spring. The only thing that can do the miracle is very high internally generated revenue. That's is the problem of improper planning based on available resources. Too much debt has led the State to serious problem.

Joseph1988:
Are there professional training on organic farming?

organic agriculture has been practised from the time immemorial, and is the best practice to live healthy life and make the environment comfortable for all living things

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No electricity since 5 days ago. Those who are in charge should pls stop doing ojoro. Probably some posters are just fooling us! We haven't enjoyed electricity at all since January. I will be much surprised to see people celebrating what is not available. Epileptic power supply isn't worth celebration pls!

Organic agriculture is a holistic production management system which enhances agro-ecosystem health, utilizing both traditional and scientific knowledge. Organic agricultural system relies on ecosystem management rather than external agricultural inputs (IFOAM, 2004).

Aim of Organic Agriculture
The aim of organic agriculture in farming, processing, distribution and consumption is to sustain and enhance the health of ecosystem and organisms from the smallest to human beings.

Organic foods are packed with wholesome nutrients for healthy living.
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Airtel 3gb for 1000 will be a nice data package, but the problem is insincerity of the network. That 3gb may not be more than 300-400mb

Airtel Data burn rates are unfair. Someone should just subscribe to the plan and do the comparison between Airtel and Glo or MTN.

*431# is a subscription code for BB so if it works for other devices, unfair charges may apply

Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Stories About Stewardship
Christians are stewards and must live as responsible individuals who can give proper account of resources they are blessed with or under them. 1 Corinthians 4:2 It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. The followings are discussed: Be Rich toward God; Wisely Prepared for Eternity and Be a Faithful Steward.

Be Rich Toward God: Jesus gave the parable of ‘the rich fool’ to illustrate the folly that accompanies wealth. The man had abundant riches and thought his wealth was by his own making and wasn’t reasonable to help someone else. The man in his wisdom devised a means of keeping wealth for the future use but was faulted for being selfish (Luke 12:16-19). Jesus stated this parable to enlighten us concerning wrong motive about managing wealth. People should see their riches as processions by god’s grace. Wealth has no guarantee as anything could happen to it at any time, but whatever is built upon God will stand to eternity.

Acquisition of material things without spiritual wealth amounts to foolishness. Life is too short and living without being mindful of heaven is a stupid decision. While the wealthy man was thinking about enlarging his estate to create more wealth and increase enjoyment, God said it was time to require of his soul (Luke 12:20-21). The time had come to stand before God and give account of foolish way he had lived on earth. What kind of account the man will give before God whose way he didn’t follow? Christians should not make the same mistake the rich fool made. The man pursued wealth all his life; he couldn’t pursue God and was thoughtless of eternity. Jesus describes this kind of thinking or lifestyle as foolishness.

Wisely Prepared for Eternity: Jesus used another parable to illustrate wisdom over foolishness. This is known as the parable of shrewd manager. We are reminded here that everyone will give account of his resources to God. Those who mismanage resources – wealth, time, talent or gift will be in trouble for poor handling of the master’s possessions. Likewise living without being mindful of giving account to God is dangerous and would result in serious consequences. We will not fear concerning what to account for if we are living as wise stewards ( Luke 16:1-2). Life belongs to God; therefore everything we are blessed with belongs to Him and must be used to give Him glory and honour.

Having known he was going to lose the privilege of being a manager, the steward formulated a plan to be relevant and receive favour among those he worked with. What he did was dishonesty, but was recorded as application of wisdom to secure a place and save his soul.

The commendation given to the man wasn't for his poor handling of wealth but for his ingenuity and consideration about a secure future. Heaven is a place we must desire and pursue with eternal vision. As stewards we must spend life very well and focus on eternity as our ultimate goal.

Be faithful Steward: Christians must be faithful with what they have as doing so will open the door for greater responsibilities and blessings. (Luke 16:10-12). God may not entrust us with supernatural blessings and responsibilities if we are found wanting in handling of temporal riches. Stewardship applies to every aspect of life: time, talent and treasure. We must use these resources to bring glory to God and uplift others.

Our possessions and pursuits should not be the reason for living. Rather, we must see them as materials to serve God (Luke 16:13). We can't serve God and money. God is eternal, sovereign and worthy of our commitment while money is temporal and can be the root of crime. Life overtaken by love of riches will find it difficult to draw close God and be mindful of His kingdom. Therefore we must rearrange priorities and set the standard to pursue God without compromising. Lesson texts: Luke 12:16-21; 16:1-13.

Stories about Prayer

Prayer is the spiritual connection to walk with God and the foundation for Christian living. Life without prayer is an empty life. 1 John 5:14-15 – If we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us; And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desire of him. The followings are discussed: Believe Prayer is Effective; Persevere in Prayer, and Pray with the Right attitude.

Believe Prayer is Effective: Prayer can be described as what connects a receiver with a giver and which is strengthened by the right attitude. Jesus used parable to express the need to be persistent and present requests with the right attitude (Luke 11:5-8 ). Persistence is an evidence of intimacy and total reliance on God to meet needs. Some people might be tempted to think God doesn’t answer prayer, forgetting that prayer is a spiritual connection and requires perseverance in commitment and faith to be effective.

The parable illustrates that hard heart can be penetrated and convinced through persistence. God is willing to answer us and will not be annoyed by our continuous requests. He is not like a man that gets annoyed over persistent request for what he is not willing to give. He cannot be angry with us when we keep on asking. He is interested in continuous action if done by faith (Luke 11:9-13). He wants us to ask, seek and knock until we receive. We can go to Him again and again; He can’t rebuke us for observing what He has told us to do. Jesus asks us to add the gift of Holy Spirit to list our requests to God. If He is willing to give His Spirit, He will definitely grant our requests. We need His Spirit to walk with Him and fulfil the prophesy (Luke 3:16; Acts 2:14-21; Acts 1:4&8; Joel 2:28-29).

Persevere in Prayer: if we have not received answer to our prayer, we are not to lose heart or doubt God’s love. Jesus asks us to pray always, and not to be tired of prayer. God might be testing our persistence and faith when He delays answering prayer (Luke 1:1-3). But when we are persistent and turn the right attitude He will answer us. Jesus used the illustration to describe the benefit of being persistent. The heart of the wicked and unwilling judge was touched by persistence of the poor and helpless widow that was seeking justice for the injustice done to her. The Judge couldn’t have granted justice if he considered financial condition of the woman, but he was compelled to grant justice as a result of the woman’s persistence.

If the unjust judge could grant justice, how much more the loving and righteous God who is willing to grant us justice. God will one day upturn injustices and vindicate His children (Luke 18:4-8 ). All we need to do is to look up to Him and ask for justice.

Pray with Right Attitude: Jesus used another parable to show that prayer is answered if offered with the right attitude. He made it known that self-righteousness and good deeds are not the condition for a prayer to be answered, but the right heart. He said the Pharisee who trusted in his good work and self-righteousness would not receive from God while the sinner who acknowledged his sinful condition, humbled himself and asked for forgiveness would be answered (2 Corinthians 10:12; Isaiah 64:6; Acts 4:12). Therefore we can only challenge God by faithful lifestyle as Hezekiah did.

Jesus described prayer offered in humility as prayer God will answer speedily. God answers someone who acknowledged his sinful condition and seeks mercy and forgiveness. He loves someone who repents, forsakes his sin and asks for the grace to build intimate relationship with Him. Christians need the help of brethren and spiritual leaders to remain persistent in prayer during difficult circumstances (James 4:3). Lesson texts: Luke 11:5-13; 18:1-14

juman:
Forcing anybody to Islam is not acceptable and wrong.

Quran says:

"Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things." (Quran 2:256)

It would be like northerners practice a dangerous version of Islam which they believe is the best and pure while they consider southern muslims as those who are corrupting Islam.

More investigation should be made into evils that these people have done under the guise of religion. All wives over there must be investigated to know how they became wives. It is disgusting to see religious leaders and some political leaders keeping and later forcibly marrying minors against their consent. Haba!

A ministry should be created to look into this crime and serve those who are guilty the right punishment. God can't be the author of wickedness!

The north needs moral and spiritual revival, because to majority of them, such practice is a normal thing permitted by their tradition or religion

massalati:
but i register with an mtn sim, am so kunfuz dnt knw wether to change my number 2 an airtel sim..tankz 4 ur cment

whatever network you use to register you won't have any problem with the app except there is an update or you are required to provide certain info. As said prepare for little SMS charges if you do transactions via SMS and not GLO. As for the app... it's cool and able to do many transactions

massalati:
but the problen is that it does nt work with a mtn sim.. What else can i do!

use GLO, and dial for free

how is the mark being added, for those who wrote the exam yesterday - Wednesday, before yesterday or is the mark to be added for all candidates, including those who are yet to sit for the exam?

This government must sit tight and face the biz which can make them succeed and deliver dividends of democracy to to people instead of accusing past administration for steps they couldn't take forward.

Enough is enough of justifying their faults by excuses. They should pls mind the business, things are falling apart as sufferings and social vices are escalating in our cities daily because living expenses are getting far beyond what majority of people can cope with

This government should access the level of damage they have done already and rescue the situation before it degenerate further. People are moving with the tides and bearing the hardship now. Government should attend to the situation now and do the needful before it becomes unbearable.

They should have left Jonathan alone, minding their own business and coming up with programs that will put smiles on the faces of people

Enough of justifying failure on someone's else failure!

probably previous administrations didn't complete any road project during the last ten years OR the current government has been finding it difficult to know how and where to start, thus complicating issues.

Whatever might be ongoing they should try to complete the construction Lagos-Ibadan ten lanes and the remaining part of Ibadan-Ilorin 4 lane project.

Ezenwammadu:
Ajala the traveller is visiting Nigeria.Who knows where he will junket to next

You won't kill person with laughter! Visiting Nigeria?

O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.

Hope this is not a fabrication. It looks like a twisted message to suite a purpose. Anyway I am not disputing it but it isn't clear enough!

Say No to trinity according to Quran, but Trinity has existed indisputable in the old testament and was clearly confirmed in the new testament.

Stories about the kingdom
The utmost goal for being a child of God and living as citizen of heaven is to expand and make it to God's kingdom. John 3:3 - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, very, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. The followings are discussed: Who Enters the Kingdom? The Kingdom Grows; and Christ will Cleanse the kingdom.

Who enters the Kingdom ? When Jesus was asked this question, he said that being born again (John 3:3,5) or spiritual rebirth (2 Corinthians 5:17; Titus 3:5-6) through him is the only requirement for entering into the kingdom of God. He stressed the need for Water and Spirit to do the cleansing and bring about spiritual renewal as contained in the Old Testament prophesies (Ezekiel 36:25-27; Joel 2:28). Before asking the question Nicodemus, Jewish religious leader thought that doing good or when good deeds outweighed bad deeds a person would enter the kingdom of God. But Jesus answer pointed to complete transformation as the qualification to enter God's kingdom.

The spiritual renewal required for living as citizens of God's kingdom comes after genuine repentance and determination to do the will of God. Jesus used a parable showing responses of two sons to assignments given by their father as a test for examining condition of the heart. The son that disobey the father later repented and did the work while the other who seemed to be obedient and gave full assurance to do the work didn't act according to his statement (Mathew 21:28-32). Jesus said this parable to show that, if lifestyle of those claiming to be religious and obedient to God doesn't match their claim they won't make it to heaven. And that those who are disobedient and rebellious can make it to heaven if they repent and follow him after hearing the gospel.

The Kingdom grows: Living as citizens of heaven brings about a mysterious growth that can be compared to the process that transforms a seed to plant (Mark: 26-29). God transforms lives of those who accept Christ as Saviour and will sustain them for spiritual growth. Christians are expected to continue sowing the seed of gospel for which there would be an eternal harvest - harvest of souls. Only those who accept the kingdom of God and live as citizens of the kingdom will become part of the kingdom and receive the eternal blessing (Joel 3:13).

Jesus also described the kingdom of God as a mustard seed which is so small but produce huge plant. He stated the parable to let believers know that small beginning in him will led to a great growth by the power of God(Mark 4:30-32). The gospel started with twelve disciples, the number increased to one hundred and twenty (120) in the 'upper room' and them to 3000 and 5000 from Jerusalem and the number has been growing since by the power of God. Those already doing the kingdom work must reach others, sharing the word of God and helping them to become a part of His kingdom.

Christ will Cleanse the Kingdom: In another parable Jesus described cleansing that would be done about the kingdom. He showed that God has allowed good and bad people to live together until the day He will separate them. Good people are described as seeds sowed by Christ while the wicked and evil ones are sowed by the devil (Mathew 13:24-30). God doesn't eliminate the bad ones, rather He gives opportunity to those who want to turn to Him and become good. However, those who prefer to live as His enemy will be gathered for judgement. Their end will be like the gathering and destruction of weeds at harvest. Even if evil is flourishing God will give grace to those who are doing His work and rescue them from evil.

As illustrated in the parable, the enemy will always be provoked to bring opposition against growth and expansion of God's kingdom. Jesus declared that there would be spiritual clash as Satan and his followers are trying to hinder the growth of God's kingdom. Therefore believers must be prepared for the battle against evil in the ongoing struggles between the spiritual kingdoms (Mathew 13:36-43). God is working through all happenings to fulfil his plan and people are turning to Him. It is up to us to live as His people and keep focusing on the His eternal rewards. Lesson texts: Mathew 13:24-30; 30-43; 21:28-32; Mark 4:26-32; John 3:1-5.

Nawao o about the mixed feelings.

Either Fayose or Buhari is right or wrong. Trouble will play out when leaders take law into their own hands and begin to do what is constitutionally wrong

We should watch what leaders are doing with opportunity they have and question them whenever they are doing what is not expected of them.

Anyway neither Fayose nor Buhari is above the law! If a leader brings trouble to his people he must pay for it!

Fayose might be reacting to Buhari actions for politics, while many may be confused about what prompted Buhari to dine and wine with countries some believe are sponsoring terrorists