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Christianity Etc › Re: T.B. Joshua: Some Nigerians May Withdraw To Villages Later by semyman: 9:34am On May 12, 2020
Nuisance, what is even so special about what this illiterate is ranting about?
Romance › Re: Why Do Old Men Love To Chase After Young Girls? by semyman: 2:38am On May 12, 2020
PrecioussB:
Lol. Why should I lie. Besides who knows if there children might be my friends
Spend this time to improve on your English Language and leave relationship matter alone as you are lonely and jealous of Regina Daniel
Romance › Re: Why Do Old Men Love To Chase After Young Girls? by semyman: 2:34am On May 12, 2020
It's just that you are sick and you got no one telling you so.
What is your problem?
Have you not seen elderly oyinbo women gunning for younger men especially African boys?
If you don't like the age differential in relationship dey your lane.
As they say, one man's meat could be another man's poison.
You need to check into a rehab because you are the real pervert.
You prefer runs than settling down with the elderly when you can even die before them.
You be God?
Kapish and go and get a life.
Politics › Church Vs Market (the Book Haram Within) by semyman(op): 4:47pm On May 11, 2020
CHURCH VS MARKET
( The Boko Haram Within)

When I saw the video of the Preacher who lamented that markets were allowed to open for 6 hours but Churches could not be allowed to open for 2 hours, I was not surprised.

Stoking fire of hatred, religious disharmony and making divisive political statements on the pulpit has been his stock-in-trade. He is even more political than most of our politicians. His preference for a political party is not hidden. He once reconciled two old thieves.

Comments on his statement showed that he has succeeded in making his followers, gullible ones though, to believe COVID-19 lockdown is war against the church. He called the President 'foolish old king' using Bible verses to drive his point home.

What a boko haramic way of interpreting the Bible!

The Preacher feeds his followers with lies and half- truths forgetting that Satan is the father of all liars and that any preacher that thrives on lies is an Anti-Christ because Christ is the TRUTH.

The preacher has every reason to be angry. He has 2 Universities, the universities have businesses under them such as Bakeries, water company etc. All these are closed.

The Preacher has Jets. His Jets are grounded.

His Church (The cash cow ) is also closed. Market is very dull for him. He has to be angry.

He has contemporaries on Forbes rich list whose businesses are opened by the Govt , he viewed this as injustice.

Comparing Church with Market is an ungodly comparison. It shows how he sees his church. Only churches that are run like markets will complain at this time. If your Christianity is affected by closure of church buildings, then you are not a Christian.

This Preacher has churches in the US, UK, Canada and all other countries. Those churches were closed and are still closed as I am writing this. He dares not go over there and spew out one conspiracy theory or call their Presidents " foolish old king". He dares not smell a rat there because he will be put where he rightly belongs.

Let him go to Wike's River state to smell his rat.

Beside Market, another angle to his anger is "Worship'' angle.

The preacher has missed people idolizing him. His followers see him as someone who knows all.

He told them that Biblical Job faced travails because he did not pay tithe. They cheered him.

He told them that the man in Aso rock is Jubril from Sudan. They applauded him.

He told them his picture jumped out of a handbill and chased away kidnappers. They went on frenzy.

His followers look up to him as someone who is superior to Jesus and he is loving it.

Coronavirus is dealing a deadly blow on his influence over his followers. The number of the gullibles is decreasing. He is not happy.

Let me tell you, in this COVID-19 fight, there is no conspiracy against any religion. Saudi Arabia can not conspire against Islam by closing Mecca and Medina.
Pope can not conspire against the catholics by closing the Vatican.

It is only Pastors who are boko haram members that will fan ember of discord and hatred at this time. If your Pastor makes you hate anyone through his utterances and preachings, know that your pastor is an agent of lucifer.

Our common enemy now is coronavirus. God deliberately did not show any of the Pastors this pandemic so that none of them will take the glory. Look unto Jesus. Christ is our General Overseer, not some lie- vending, hate mongering and crisis-fueling marketers masquerading as Pastors.
G U
Politics › Re: Wike Demolishes Prodest Hotel, Eleme In Rivers State (Pictures) by semyman: 2:42pm On May 10, 2020
PDP internet/keyboard rats and the rule of law must have parted ways
Christianity Etc › Re: Ogun Police Warn Religious Leaders Against Opening Of Worship Centres by semyman: 11:27am On May 10, 2020
Siting of churches in Ogun State follows the same principle for location of industry.
If you know you know
Politics › Re: Adegboruwa: Wike Has No Legal Authority To Confiscate Citizens Properties by semyman: 5:00pm On May 09, 2020
SLAP44:
This charge and bail lawyer should go and sit down, what legal right does Bubu has to contest the 2015 and 2019 elections without any certificates and yet you closed your mouth only to come and start yammering just because it's a PDP and Igbo state governor?

Mind your lane o!
Are you okay?
Christianity Etc › Re: My Article Not Directed At Oyedepo - Poju Oyemade by semyman: 4:28pm On May 09, 2020
Only the gullible will be exploited for ever.

If maga no fall guy man no go chop.

Daddy Freeze has tried enough for the sheep.

They can head to the slaughter slaps if they so now wish and blame their greed for it.
Crime › Re: I Helped Collins Ezenwa E-Money Kidnap Rich People But He Left Me Poor – Suspect by semyman: 2:16pm On May 09, 2020
Yeaster blodas always representing
Politics › Re: Impeachment: Rauf Olaniyan Outsmarts Governor Makinde - The Nation by semyman: 11:21am On May 09, 2020
This is appropriate

Christianity Etc › Re: Pastor Oyemade Disagrees With Oyedepo, Oyakhilome On The Closure Of Churches by semyman: 11:02am On May 09, 2020
How can they use POS on the street
How can they format the gullible maga if not inside a building
Scammers turned prosperity crooners everywhere
Politics › Re: A New Force Tries To Dismantle The Cabal In Aso Rock - The Nation by semyman: 10:56am On May 09, 2020
Idle gossip
Business › Re: How Nnewi Became The Nigerian Town With Largest Millionaires Per Capita - TVC by semyman: 10:19am On May 09, 2020
Ndi Otokoto
Politics › Re: People Celebrate Orji Kalu's Supreme Court Victory In Abia (Photos) by semyman: 4:12pm On May 08, 2020
Imbecilica celebranta
Even when their future was stolen?
Nairaland General › Case File On Tithe by semyman(op): 11:06am On May 08, 2020
SATIRICAL BUT FAR-REACHING...


PASTOR JONES JAILED FOR TELLING MEMBERS TO TITHE 10% OF THEIR INCOMES...(Read Court proceedings �)

Courtroom exchanges between a Judge of the Law and Pastor Jones.

Judge: Mr. Jones you have been charged with multiple counts of extortion. Your crime spree covers 20 years and thousands of victims. You have defrauded people out of their money with fear and manipulation, telling them they had to tithe 10% of their income as per the LAW to your Regd. organization (called Church) and that God would bless them if they did. You also told them that if they didn't tithe God would curse them.
How do you plead?

Mr. Jones: I plead not guilty your Honor,
I have done nothing wrong. I have only preached what the Bible says. In the Bible Abraham tithed to Melchizedek and God blessed him for his faithful giving. The Bible even says he was rich in silver and gold.

Judge: Is it not true, Mr. Jones, that in Genesis chapter 13 verse 2 the Bible says Abraham was rich with livestock, silver and gold?

Mr. Jones: Yes, you are exactly right, that's what I just told you.

Judge: Ok, we read about Abraham being a rich man in chapter 13 but it is not until Genesis chapter 14 that we read about Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek. So Abraham was already a rich man before he tithed to Melchizedek, wasn't he?

Mr. Jones: Yes, I suppose you are right.

Judge: So his riches were not the result of his tithe to Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: No.

Judge: Mr. Jones, you also say God blessed him for his faithful giving. How many times is it recorded that Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: Well, just once.

Judge: So the Bible never said that he gave week after week?

Mr. Jones: No it does not.

Judge: Where did Abraham get the things that he gave to Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: Well the Bible says it was from the plunders of war?

Judge: So you are telling me that he gave from the plunders of war?

Mr. Jones: Yes that's what the Bible says.

Judge: So he basically took things that were not really his in the first place and gave them as the tithe?

Mr. Jones: That is what the scripture seems to indicate.

Judge: Is it recorded that he ever took anything from his own possessions and tithed them to Melchizedek or anyone else?

Mr. Jones: I guess not

Judge: You guess not, you are a teacher and you are only guessing, is it or is it not written that he ever gave any of his own possessions as a tithe to anyone?

Mr. Jones: No it is not written anywhere that I have seen.

Judge: Is it recorded as to what exactly Abraham did give Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: I believe it says plunder?

Judge: So plunder could be any number of things?

Mr. Jones: Yes, I suppose

Judge: It could have been food, cattle, sheep, the people's possessions or any number of things. It does not say it was all money correct?

Mr. Jones: Yes you are correct, it does not say just money

Judge: As a matter of fact money is never mentioned in that account at all is that correct Mr. Jones?

Mr. Jones: Yes your Honor, money is never mentioned just goods and food and people.

Judge: So there is no way you can say with any certainty that Abraham in fact gave Melchizedek any money at all?

Mr. Jones: That is right.

Judge: I only have one last question for you Mr. Jones, did God command Abraham to give this plunder tithe to Melchizedek?

Mr. Jones: No, it appears that he did this voluntarily.

Judge: So are you trying to tell me that because of this voluntary, one time gift by Abraham, that may not have even consisted of money, all Christians everywhere are obligated to bring 10% of their weekly paycheck to a local Regd.Organization-church?
Considering all the evidence I would say you are beyond any shadow of a doubt guilty of deliberately trying to make the scriptures says things they have not said for financial gain.

Mr. Jones: Ok your Honor, I can see how foolish I was to try and use the story of Melchizedeck to try and get the people to tithe money. But there are many other verses that will support my belief on tithing. Jacob said he would give God 10% of everything. I think we should follow his example.

Judge: Let's see what Jacob said. Please read the verse you are talking about for me Mr. Jones.

Mr. Jones: In Genesis chapter 28 starting at verse 20 it says. Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God, then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."

Judge: You said we should follow Jacobs example, is that right Mr. Jones?

Mr. Jones: Yes that is right, he vowed to give a tenth and we should too.

Judge: Let me point out one thing for you Mr. Jones, Jacob said he would Give God a tenth, ONLY if He blessed him first. So as you said previously, we should follow Jacob's example and tell God that we will only give him a tenth if he blesses us first. Is that right?

Mr. Jones: That is not what I meant.

Judge: What did you mean then?

Mr. Jones: That we should give God a tenth also.

Judge: There you go again, trying to make the scripture say what you want it to say for your benefit. I would also like you to tell me the scriptures that say that Jacob kept his vow with God. I would also like to know where he gave the tenth to because there was no temple or levites to give it to at that time.

Mr. Jones: I can not think of any scriptures that say where or if he ever tithed after his vow.

Judge: It seems fairly obvious to me that Jacob made a voluntary and conditional vow to God. This in no way can be used as a reason to demand others to bring their income to you or any other place.

Mr. Jones: I do have a few more scriptures that I believe will show that we are supposed to tithe.

Judge: You have not said anything yet to convince me one little bit that people are obligated to tithe money to the local organizational institutions -churches and that you were justified in what you were doing. You have taken scripture and misapplied it to your beliefs and for your gain. But in order to be fair to you I will allow you to present more evidence.

Mr. Jones: In the book of Malachi chapter 3 starting at verse 8 it says, will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. So you see your Honor, we are commanded to bring the tithes into the storehouse or God will curse us.

Judge: Answer me this Mr Jones, Who was God Speaking to here?

Mr Jones: To the People of Israel

Judge: Can you please read Malachi 2: 1 Please Mr Jones

Mr Jones: Now This command is for you O PRIEST !!

Judge: Did God stop talking to the Priest in chp. 3 Mr Jones?

Mr Jones: No your Honor!

Judge: Answer me this Mr. Jones, were you aware that God never required anyone to tithe money?

Mr. Jones: No I didn't know that.

Judge: The tithe spoken of here was always edible products never money.

Mr. Jones: well your Honor that is because they didn't have money at the time so God had them tithe food instead.

Judge: Not true, money is first mentioned in Genesis and Malachi was written hundreds of years later. God had them bring food in so that the levites, the fatherless and widows may eat and be satisfied. The tithe was used mainly to take care of people. Also notice it says in the verse you quoted, that there may be food in my house. The food was the tithe. How do you completely overlook the word food in those verses?

Mr. Jones: I don't know

Judge: I also want you to know that these verses speak to nation under the Old Testament law. As you may or may not know Jesus fulfilled the law, it is no longer binding.
Once again you have tried to completely take a scripture out of context and apply it to others for your benefit. Can you give me a single scripture where God changed the tithe from food to money?

Mr. Jones: I do not know of any.

Judge: So if God never changed it from food to money who did?

Mr. Jones: Man must have.

Judge: So far all you have done Mr. Jones, is take Old Testament scriptures out of context and try to apply it to believers under the New Covenant. Is this all the proof you have?

Mr. Jones: I do have a New Testament scripture that will show that Jesus told us to tithe.

Judge: Ok let me hear it.

Mr. Jones: Jesus said in Matthew 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. See Jesus said we should be tithing.

Judge: Let me ask you a question, who was Jesus talking to?

Mr. Jones: The scripture says the Scribes and Pharisees.

Judge: Are you a scribe or Pharisee?

Mr. Jones: Of course not.

Judge: Jesus also said in that passage, you have left undone the weightier matters of the law. Are we under the law Mr. Jones?

Mr. Jones: No.

Judge: Why not?

Mr. Jones: Because Jesus fulfilled it.

Judge: When did Jesus fulfill the law?

Mr. Jones: When He was crucified.

Judge: So the law was still in effect until Jesus death?

Mr. Jones: That is correct.

Judge: I think you know where I am going with this don't you?

Mr. Jones: Yes your Honor. Since Jesus had not yet been crucified and the law was still binding the Pharisees were required to tithe because it was part of the law. Once the law ended, tithing ended also.

Judge: I want you to take a look at that verse again. Also tell me, what were they tithing?

Mr. Jones: The scripture says it was mint, dill and cumin.

Judge: Is money mentioned?

Mr. Jones: No it was not.

Judge: Once again it was edible products that they were tithing, not money. Do you have anything else you would like to say?

Mr. Jones: If people only tithed edible products like the scripture says, then how would the church survive? We have our mortgage payment, utility bills, staff salary and a host of other things that we have to pay each week. We depend on the money from the people.

Judge:By "church" you mean your organization isn't it Mr Jones ?
-The need does not justify the means. In other words, just because you have all these debts does not give you the right to twist and manipulate scripture and cause people to give under fear of being cursed by God to meet your needs. Does It Mr Jones?
In closing, let me recap a few things for you Mr. Jones.
-The tithe was never money;
-The tithe was an Old Testament law, which is no longer binding. When it was binding the tithe was used to take care of people, not buildings.
- We are under a new covenant now.
Paul instructs the Corinthian believers how they are to give. He says in second Corinthians chapter 9 verse 7, Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. So each believer is supposed to give as he or she has determined in his or her heart.
If they determine to Give 10% well and good, If they keep aside some every week to meet this more better.If you are trying to make people give under the threat of being cursed or any other reason even blessing, you are wrong. Someone can not give cheerfully if they are being forced to give. If 'your church can not survive on freewill offerings maybe God is not part of your church at all.
Mr Jones, Do you intentionally put your people under a Curse or a Bondage?

Mr Jones: Of Course Not !!

Judge: Can you Read in context Gal 3:10-11 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them ....
AND
Gal 5:1-4 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage....

Mr. Jones: I never realized all these things, I have always been taught that we had to tithe money to the local church and that is what I have always taught. I can see now that I was completely wrong. I did not study the scripture for myself, I only took mans word for it.
Yes ' am guilty. I will not teach this error anymore.

Sentencing....... All Arise .......!!
Health › Re: Lagos Discharges 48 Coronavirus Patients Today by semyman: 8:30pm On May 07, 2020
Tissaia:
Coronavirus is a scam

This whole coronahoax is just a test run to see what they can get away with. Judging by the peoples reactions so far....the deep state has us by the short and curlies. And they know it.

Ever heard of H1N1. It was 100 times worse and no one noticed. This virus is real but the severity of the situation has been blown way out of proportion for political reasons. The constitution was too much trouble and needed to be scrapped. They have succeeded.

Crazy world we are living in right now. Almost makes you wonder if something else isn’t brewing while everyone is preoccupied with this Coronavirus. �

That is precisely what all of us should be thinking. Coronavirus isn't what it seems; the timing is too convenient and the numbers don't wash. Follow the timeline, the locations, places most affected, and you'll start to see the picture. Some of it is connected to the New world order

On the other side of the coin, the data doesn't add up. We have no way to confirm the number of infections and deaths the media is reporting. Just as China has completely manufactured the nature of the virus and their recovery, the government and media are deliberately fabricating the number of infections and deaths to push for a "vaccine" that will actually cause more sickness and death than their supposed virus (which wasn't a virus). Understand this: the vaccine is the actual goal, not curbing the virus. The media is deliberately strewing the data and drumming up public hysteria to push this goal forward. Do some research on 5G frequencies and their effect on the human body, and you'll see China's "virus." Wake up, people. We are witnessing one of the largest scale False Flag psy-ops we've seen in decades. More than 50,000 die from influenza each year and the media is completely silent yet, the entire nation is facing imminent lockdown and the media is pimping hysteria non-stop over a virus with a 98% recovery rate, with zero evidence to support their data. If you're not smelling something fishy by now, you need your heads examined. Stop listening to the media. Turn off your tv, put down the phone, and stop falling for the lie we're being fed. It's NOT a pandemic!
Gullible illiterate
Christianity Etc › Re: Bishop Oyedepo: It's Wrong To Allow People In Market And Not In Church by semyman: 11:02am On May 07, 2020
Extortion door closed, kee yourself scammer
Politics › Re: 70-Year-Old Man Who Insulted President Buhari Jailed For 18 Months by semyman: 10:04am On May 06, 2020
Ningen:
He lost his family members and his cows.
Now his freedom has been taken away...

This is nothing short of tyranny.
This confirms Buhari as a tyrant!
You are next
Crime › Re: Northern Girls Trafficked To Enugu, Raped, Impregnated, Babies Sold - Al-Jazeera by semyman: 3:02pm On May 04, 2020
Do they worship God in that yeast at all?
Christianity Etc › Re: Are There Countries, Places In The World Where The Gospel Has Not Been Preached? by semyman: 9:26am On May 03, 2020
Of what benefits in where it has been preached, if not for the flocks to be fleeced endlessly?
Celebrities › Re: Genevieve Nnaji Celebrates Her 41st Birthday Today by semyman: 8:35am On May 03, 2020
Could this be really true?

Politics › Re: 3 Persons Arrested For Insulting President Buhari And Governor Masari by semyman: 5:09pm On May 01, 2020
Insults back to sender

Celebrities › Re: 'Zero Hunger Project': Big Church Foundation Gifts Food Items As Palliatives by semyman: 2:34pm On May 01, 2020
Now that you know?

Crime › Re: Lagos House Where Female & Male Sex Workers Are Camped Busted By Police by semyman: 2:25pm On May 01, 2020
Na Dem oooo
Na Dem
The criminal yeast
Health › Re: Anambra Bans Preservation Of Corpses In Mortuaries by semyman: 8:59am On May 01, 2020
Islam is the perfect and the only way
Before the end of time mankind will have no option but to recognize that.
May the Peace and Blessings of God the Almighty be upon you
Health › Re: Coronavirus: Bowale Abimbola Tests Positive by semyman: 1:52pm On Apr 30, 2020
This is when the poo got the ceiling fan
Sports › Re: Screenshots Of Nigerians Begging For Money On Bayern Munich Post. by semyman: 1:19pm On Apr 30, 2020
Na Dem
Drug courriers
Fake drug peddlers
Illicit drugs barons
Pigdiots
Begging like there is no tomorrow
Otokoto kindred
Career › Re: Abba Kyari & His Ranks From SP, CSP, ACP To Deputy Commissioner Of Police by semyman: 1:10pm On Apr 30, 2020
Johnnyessence:
that still doesn't says that police aren't collecting their #50 daily from the road users in the high way.
Please spend more time in your English Language lesson teacher's class
Christianity Etc › Re: Police Arrest Mubarak Bala For “Blasphemy” by semyman: 12:19pm On Apr 29, 2020
kaycee125:
Terrorist religion, religion of piss.
Gullible sheep
Family › Re: My Husband Has Become A Domestic Slave In Our House & I Do Not Know How To Stop by semyman: 9:43am On Apr 29, 2020
Your specie is always sick because you don't know what you want.
On the flip side you will still complain, just suit your self and quit the space out here

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