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Praise be your name O Lord

He will cover you with his feathers and under his wings you will find refuge, his faithfulness shall be your shield and rampart. Ps 91:4

Today we are praying for Nnekamezor

We pray that all our prayers for you today will find favour in the sight of God through Christ our Lord.

Good morning brethren and do have a blessed day ahead.

dagr8:
Hi, nice to be back

Salc

How you?

@CoolKizzy, May the Lord bless and keep you. May He send you help from Zion. May he strengthen your faith everyday of your life through Christ our Lord.

Lame story

sheunfemix:
There is just too much dirt associated with the Catholic church. A church that embraces same sex marriage, why on earth should u want to continue in their doctrine. The church that has so much of satanic stories attached to it should be totally ignored. Darkness has nothing to do with light they are entirely separate. And until we christians come together as one in union our churches will not grow. Ever wondered why the muslims are growing so vast? They have a certain oneness that christians lack and if we don't open our hearts to the truth and follow Christ as a perfect example, not our Pastors or Bishops but Christ the muslims will constantly be a thorn in our flesh. Go directly to Christ, He tore the veil already leaving a clear path

And you have to tell a blatant lies to score a cheap point? Yeah you are a christian indeed

incofab:
well, let's not argue that but whichever way u look at it, your earlier statement that prompted me to respond is wrong. just wana correct that notion. You said that:
"1 Cor 1:1-2 implies that all believers are saints"
but that's not actually what the verse said as
1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
the Bible didn't use the word believers, u invented that one yourself thereby u are of the opinion that those sanctified in Christ Jesus are believers "according to the verse" (of which I equally agree). But the same verse does not state or imply that they are saints.
Ofcourse, There are many other saints that are not canonized or celebrated by the church but that's only because of absent of proof. The Church can only canonized the ones they've verified that's why I said only God knows that lived a life of extraordinary Holiness.
My singular response still remains that all believers are not saints

Well you are free to believe what you will, am sure my post was clear enough

Hehehe

@Stunningjudy, this is wishing you a happy birthday and very best in life. God will bless and lead you as you take every essential decision and step, he will cause your joy to know no bound.

Happy birthday beloved and many happy returns

incofab:
Get the definitions right Salc. A believer is anyone that is sanctified in Christ Jesus while a Saint someone that lived a life of exceptional Holiness.
So, common knowledge should tell u that not all believers are saints. the next question is:
How do u know if someone lived a life of exceptional Holiness?
That IMO is only left for God to judge. The Catholic Church however examine the life of some Christians who lived exceptional lives or did extraordinary things through the power of the Lord and canonize them as Saints. Some of these saints have some or most part of their body incorrupt after several months or years of there death Which is a clear sign that there's something extraordinary about it.
so dear, that u are sanctified in Christ Jesus doesn't automatically make u a saint.

Sorry but your definition of a believer here is actually the definition of a saint, To be sanctified in Christ is to be made Holy, observe the words "Saint and Sanctify" and you don't even need a dictionary to know they are synonymous, you can look up. Heb 12:23 and see that people are made "perfect" (sanctified) by Christ, and mind you there are far more saints than those canonised and that's why we have the "All saints day"

So I don't get it when you said a santified person isn't a saint.

What I will accept here is if you say "those canonised are those whose exceptional live of holiness were ascertained or verified by the church".

incofab:
please, let's not misinterpret things. KJV says in
1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, CALLED TO BE SAINTS, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
The word, "to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints" doesn't mean that every believer is a saint. A better interpretation is that all saints are believers but surely all believers are not saints.

Who is a believer? I don't mean by lip service but a true believer and what prevents a believer who is sanctified from being a saint?

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it to completion until the day of Jesus Christ. Phil 1:6

Today we are praying for Debbie

We pray that the Lord who proved his name worthy in your life will do it again soon, and that all our prayers for you today will find favour in the sight of God through Christ our Lord.

Good morning brethren and do have a nice day ahead

samplegirl:
Hmmmm!!!! I see. I don't know ooooooooooooooo. Tell me something but spare the details as I am not ready for any form of incoherent logic.

I have no need for the said logic anyway, I gave you a clear verse where Paul refer to believers as saints, all you need to do is read, if you can answer the question on how you know a believer, then you have answered how you know a saint, except you mean to tell me Paul is wrong, then I will spread out my tentacles while you prove him wrong.

samplegirl:
And who told you who a SAINT is? Na una dey judge naw?

And who told you who is a believer, am surprised you don't know every believer is a saint. Read 1 cor 1:1-2

vest:
Mayb Gotquesion.Com Has Nt Yet Post The Answer To Ur Quesion Let Us Wait 4 Them

samplegirl:
Interesting, isn't it? In that case why do we narrow it to only Mary? I think it should have been all believers we know.

Just saying ooooo!!!!!!!!!!

We extend it to all the saints

FrancisDiote:
Who asked you to honour her? Is it the bible or mary herself. Mary does not intercede for anybody. Generations also call Abraham blessed that does not make him special or deserve to be honoured. Anyway its not anybody's fault b'cos we are all reading from a book that was initially prohibited from the public, a book that has undergone series of modification, and is been interpreted by people who are after their own purse putting everybody into confusion.

@ Bold, are you kidding me? Please tell me when the bible developed "mouth" to talk, if not God speaking through human instrumentation.

The argument I see on Nairaland is sometimes nauseating

Rosarie:
first i quoted u cos it is a discussion forum..the word am refering to is d bible and not d word from d world

You quote me to address an issue I didn't raise lol,

I can see you cleverly dodged by last question but let me rephrase

How did you know the bible is the word that has to be adhered to?

Rosarie:
wen d pharisees came to test jesus and question him who owned material tins and he took deir coin and asked dem whose face wos on d coin and he said give unto ceasers and unto God God's
u respect johnatan wife as s first lady but d main authority is God
human has deir laws in a constitution so dose d heavens have deirs in d word anytin outside d word is mans presumption and christ warned nobody should remove nor add to d word

First I don't know why you had to quote me

But since you have, I will ask you, which word are you referring to? And how did you know which is the word that must be adhered to?

Blainz:
first, I'm not a Catholic but intend to become a Roman Catholic soon cos I now know Better.

About Honoring Mary which Protestants misinterpret as worshiping Mary;

Yes, God could have chosen any woman for Christ to come through.

Now look at it this way...

God could also choose any woman to be the mother of president Goodluck, but whomever is his mother would always receive respect and honor from the people simply because she's the President's mother. Now...how much more respect do you think the woman God chose to be worthy of been the mother of Christ deserves?

O MY GOD!! THIS POST MADE MY DAY!!!
God bless you real good.

samplegirl:
Please is there anywhere it is witten that the dead people have the powers to intercede for the living or is it simply human innovation?

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this? . John 11:25-26

Jesus is asking if you believe his words above. I believe it, do you?

Did Mary live and believe in Jesus?
If Yes, do you still consider her "dead"?

Obayaya May God who delight in the well being and prosperity of his children grant you your most heartfelt desire, May he lay upon you, his hand of protection and keep you ever closer to him. And may our blessed mother Mary never cease to intercede on your behalf.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU DEARIE AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS!!!

Am sorry Okotie but you are no better than Oritsejafor or CAN

Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray of us sinners now and to the hour of our death. Amen

Dapo777:
It's bigger than ur comprehension to grasp,not mine. So If It's too difficult for u to understand, u can drop it,I heard too much thinking can cause brain tumour.
I repeat,If God saw What freewill would cause(that is the evil that we all see around) and still goes ahead to give us freewill,then he is to blame because he already knows But still went ahead,So It's his fault.

Hehehe this is funny, though I didn't read from the beginning but if this post is anything to go by, I will only say, it is worth knowing that freewill is not synonymous with evil. It is just the ability to chose between two or more things, we may argue that freewill is the reason why man fall but I will also say, had God not created us with freewill, he only created robots.

The good aspect of the freewill God gave to us is, it gives both we and him the joy and confidence of knowing that we love and serve God today, not because we have no other option or can't do otherwise like robots that can't go beyond what they are programmed to do, but because we willing chose out of the freewill he gave to us, to love and serve him.

If I understood your question very well, my answer is a resounding NO.
It is neither saying Jesus is the son of Jesus nor is it saying Jesus is the son of Lucifer, it is rather say Jesus is the son of man.

If you noticed, the second line starts with "O Man" and don't forget that severally in the scriptures, even Jesus Christ referred to himself as "The Son of man"

Having this in mind, you may want to read again from "O man" to "Christ is you son"

I believe that line was saying "Man doesn't know his fate or the way to go, more like he doesn't know/is incapable of saving himself" yet Christ became the son of man in order to die and redeem man.

And about "Morning Star" being lucifer or Christ, it is interesting and funny enough can be interpreted to mean a handful of things, but the truth is, it is just a title and can be taken up by anyone, to me I doesn't really mean much, but if you insist on laying much emphasis on it, then take it as...this is a title lucifer bore but he failed and lost it, Christ took it up when he sacrificed himself to right the wrongs of lucifer by redeeming with his blood, the man Lucifer led astray.

musKeeto:
Bump.

Lol such a long while, musky

God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Ps 46:1

Today we are praying for Hidentity

We pray that all our prayers for you today will find favour in the sight of God through Christ our Lord.

Good morning brethren and do have a blessed day ahead

modestdude:
Good morning my beloved friends in Christ, my special intentions for today are as follows;

Am praying for MSc admission success at Unilorin

And also for the bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh.

Have a cheerful stressfree day

Noted. God bless you

These women just insulted Mother Theresa

*fingers crossed*

Hehehe, the Pope and cardinals wanted to hear....and they heard

It was one hell of a war