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freecocoa:
One of the biggest issues I have with so called Christians, you went to church from your BF's house after one of the wildest weekends of your life, this is the case with many Christians, committing sin on purpose and still claiming to worship God, who are you deceiving please?

My sister, where do u want her to go after the wildest weekend of her life?..Club? Shrine?.. Am sure God would have been glad she came into His house after such act for an opportunity for Him to minister into her heart. If one is sick, u go to d hospital. Same applies if one has been stained by sin, the master is always at the door ready to receive them if they repent. Let's just Hope the word they received abides in them. Shalom.

Abeg shey dstv dey to wosh epl..lol.

adedeji65: so u go fu*ck omo igbo smh

. Olodo..na every body go be like u. Lol

Spent all my life in Lag and now I got Posted to Lagos again. Why me......*tears* I wanted to go to ilu Igbo..

We sure do need super heroes to save every sector of this beloved country..smh

A number of holiness-based Christian groups have come to
that conclusion, but doing so fails to consider the numerous
other passages in the Bible that actually appear to endorse the
use of jewelry. In fact, many places in the Bible show that
God uses jewelry as a blessing to his children.
One of the first passages in the Bible to deal with jewelry is
Gen 24:47, 48 which reads,
“And I asked her, and said, whose daughter art thou? And she
said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare
unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the
bracelets upon her hands. And I bowed down my head, and
worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my
master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take
my master's brother's daughter unto his son.”
Here we have a rather tender story of Abraham's servant
giving jewelry to Rebekah, who was the woman God had
specially chosen for Isaac. The servant then bows his head
and worships God. If jewelry were sinful, his offering it as a
gift to Rebekah, and then subsequently worshipping God,
would be irreverent and inappropriate.
We find another such example in Gen 41:42, which says,
“And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon
Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and
put a gold chain about his neck...”
Joseph was one of the greatest men of the Old Testament, and
God blessed him greatly because of his faithfulness. In this
verse, we find Joseph accepting jewelry as a gift from
Pharaoh. If God forbade jewelry, undoubtedly, Joseph would
have rejected this gift.
David, the man said to be after God’s own heart,1 writes in Ps
25:12,
“As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a
wise reprover upon an obedient ear.”
David compares gold earrings to the way an obedient ear
accepts wise instruction. Surely if jewelry were a sin, David
would never have made a comparison between wise behavior
and something that is sinful.
The prophet Isaiah wrote in Isa 61:10,
“I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in
my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a
bride adorneth herself with her jewels.”
Isaiah compares righteousness and salvation to a bride and
bridegroom who adorn themselves with jewelry. Would Isaiah
compare a sinful activity to the salvation and righteousness of
God?
God, through Jeremiah, speaks of jewelry in this way:
“Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet
my people have forgotten me days without number.” (Jer
2:32)
God compares forgetting about him to a maid who forgets her
jewelry. Again, if jewelry were sinful, God would never have
made such a comparison.
In Ezek 16:11-13, God says that he has blessed his children
with bracelets, necklaces, earrings, jewels and crowns,
“I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon
thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. And I put a jewel on thy
forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown
upon thine head. Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver;
and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered
work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou
wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a
kingdom.”
God would not offer his children something sinful as a gift or
reward.
Some may argue that God once gave and blessed the use of
jewelry, but because of the vanity and disobedience of Israel,
he no longer does, which is why it is forbidden in the New
Testament. The problem with such an assertion is that it is not
taught in the scriptures. In fact, the scriptures contradict such
an idea. Luke 15:22 says,
“But the father said to his servants, bring forth the best robe,
and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand…”
This verse is from the parable of the Prodigal Son, given by
Jesus. Surely, Jesus would not have used a sinful practice as
part of his parable.
Considering the overwhelming body of evidence that God not
only doesn’t condemn the use of jewelry but has actually
given it as a gift to his faithful children, it cannot reasonably
be stated that jewelry is a sin. In light of this, let's take
another look at the verses used to support the belief that the
use of jewelry is forbidden:
“Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of
plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of
apparel…” (1 Pet 3:3)
“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest
apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided
hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array…” (1 Tim 2:9)
What exactly are Peter and Paul teaching in these verses?
They are simply teaching that Christians should be more
concerned with beautifying the inward man than beautifying
the outward man. They are teaching that as Christians, we
should not be overly concerned with outward beauty. Jewelry,
like every other good thing from God, can and has been
abused by carnal man.
It is important not to take one or two passages in isolation and
make a doctrine out of them without first considering the
entire weight of scriptural teachings. Doing so will inevitably
lead to errant teachings and inaccurate assumptions about
God’s word. These verses that deal with outward modesty are
certainly no exception. A careful and honest evaluation of all
relevant scriptures reveals that Paul is not forbidding the use
of jewelry; he is merely instructing us to use it in moderation
and to place the greater emphasis on inward adorning.

Cool...wetin we no go hear...soon we go hear say e dey wipe tribal marks too..

goldenheart.....great work. have you thought of going into comic publishing?if yes, what are the likely challenges to be encountered by a prospective comic publisher in this part of the world

A number of holiness-based Christian groups have come to
that conclusion, but doing so fails to consider the numerous
other passages in the Bible that actually appear to endorse the
use of jewelry. In fact, many places in the Bible show that
God uses jewelry as a blessing to his children.
One of the first passages in the Bible to deal with jewelry is
Gen 24:47, 48 which reads,
“And I asked her, and said, whose daughter art thou? And she
said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare
unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the
bracelets upon her hands. And I bowed down my head, and
worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my
master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take
my master's brother's daughter unto his son.”
Here we have a rather tender story of Abraham's servant
giving jewelry to Rebekah, who was the woman God had
specially chosen for Isaac. The servant then bows his head
and worships God. If jewelry were sinful, his offering it as a
gift to Rebekah, and then subsequently worshipping God,
would be irreverent and inappropriate.
We find another such example in Gen 41:42, which says,
“And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon
Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and
put a gold chain about his neck...”
Joseph was one of the greatest men of the Old Testament, and
God blessed him greatly because of his faithfulness. In this
verse, we find Joseph accepting jewelry as a gift from
Pharaoh. If God forbade jewelry, undoubtedly, Joseph would
have rejected this gift.
David, the man said to be after God’s own heart,1 writes in Ps
25:12,
“As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a
wise reprover upon an obedient ear.”
David compares gold earrings to the way an obedient ear
accepts wise instruction. Surely if jewelry were a sin, David
would never have made a comparison between wise behavior
and something that is sinful.
The prophet Isaiah wrote in Isa 61:10,
“I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in
my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a
bride adorneth herself with her jewels.”
Isaiah compares righteousness and salvation to a bride and
bridegroom who adorn themselves with jewelry. Would Isaiah
compare a sinful activity to the salvation and righteousness of
God?
God, through Jeremiah, speaks of jewelry in this way:
“Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet
my people have forgotten me days without number.” (Jer
2:32)
God compares forgetting about him to a maid who forgets her
jewelry. Again, if jewelry were sinful, God would never have
made such a comparison.
In Ezek 16:11-13, God says that he has blessed his children
with bracelets, necklaces, earrings, jewels and crowns,
“I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon
thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. And I put a jewel on thy
forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown
upon thine head. Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver;
and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered
work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou
wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a
kingdom.”
God would not offer his children something sinful as a gift or
reward.
Some may argue that God once gave and blessed the use of
jewelry, but because of the vanity and disobedience of Israel,
he no longer does, which is why it is forbidden in the New
Testament. The problem with such an assertion is that it is not
taught in the scriptures. In fact, the scriptures contradict such
an idea. Luke 15:22 says,
“But the father said to his servants, bring forth the best robe,
and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand…”
This verse is from the parable of the Prodigal Son, given by
Jesus. Surely, Jesus would not have used a sinful practice as
part of his parable.
Considering the overwhelming body of evidence that God not
only doesn’t condemn the use of jewelry but has actually
given it as a gift to his faithful children, it cannot reasonably
be stated that jewelry is a sin. In light of this, let's take
another look at the verses used to support the belief that the
use of jewelry is forbidden:
“Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of
plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of
apparel…” (1 Pet 3:3)
“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest
apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided
hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array…” (1 Tim 2:9)
What exactly are Peter and Paul teaching in these verses?
They are simply teaching that Christians should be more
concerned with beautifying the inward man than beautifying
the outward man. They are teaching that as Christians, we
should not be overly concerned with outward beauty. Jewelry,
like every other good thing from God, can and has been
abused by carnal man.
It is important not to take one or two passages in isolation and
make a doctrine out of them without first considering the
entire weight of scriptural teachings. Doing so will inevitably
lead to errant teachings and inaccurate assumptions about
God’s word. These verses that deal with outward modesty are
certainly no exception. A careful and honest evaluation of all
relevant scriptures reveals that Paul is not forbidding the use
of jewelry; he is merely instructing us to use it in moderation
and to place the greater emphasis on inward adorning.

Idowuogbo: Eeeeem... So far.. Yea! Bedt, some short brudahs wiv small feet dey carry certain things o! I remember wan wey I c, hin own fat like yam. As I sight d thing, omo I para strx. i''m like "dude dat shyte ain't entering any hole in my body. I refuse to die young.

This girl is crazy o

Just went through enyimbaz website..amazing!..never knew any club for naija get dis kind of package...thumbs up elephants.am highly impressed. Even the jerseyz are looking good

But I tink say diz guy na lefty..hmm.. He dey fire with d right hand..well sha..no be human being wey carry aPple for head e dey take practiz...

Good observation..personally,I see nothing wrong as long as the lyrics are glorifyn God. Atleast the yorubaz use "Ewi" which was been used worshipn their kings and traditional deities to worship in church today nd no one as raised an objection.but what I really av issues with is the makosa, azontoz etc being used. But all d same..its just my own personal opinion..

Bet my jummie beatz dem all

Booty4me™:
So Is True? 98% of Nigerians Are Vewi fUGLY

taaaa.... who told you they are nigerians....they are from ghana...lol

what is this naaa....

but whats the point of this new trend on nairaland.....first to comment....third to comment.....how does that reduce the price of y'all knw what for mile 12

on point..i agree with you..send him d card cuz he is definatly correct