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The people who sent them out to hawk should be flogged, not the kids! That is just so unfair, it's double punishment for the poor kids! The kids would choose a more comfortable life to that of one on the streets with exposure to all kinds of dangers if they had the choice. The government should be protecting them and not flogging them! |
Hi nopuqeater, Back from Busyland now! Will be posting shortly. Thanks for the patience. |
The man might have thought better of his decision if he'd read the story of the man who beheaded his two nieces hoping to sell them for 2 Million Naira! Their mother thought they were fine living with their grandmother! In this day and age, I wouldn't be sending my kids to live with anyone! No be Egbeda - Oshodi sef, na USA - which Village again? |
Somebody really thinks that we should wait till we can't withdraw our cash from the bank before taking action? ) money recovered before it reaches the stage of the ATM telling me stories than fight to get my money under any CBN 'guarantee'!Don't steal money if you don't wanna get caught and shamed! It's as simple as ABC! |
I thank God that they were apprehended before they could do serious harm to the kids! There will be no hiding place for the wicked amongst us in Jesus' name! Amen! |
Another sexually incontinent man who has succeeded in ruining his daughter's life and bringing his family name into disrepute! |
Missed all the action! |
Ask your sister to put herself in your fiancee's shoes. Ask her how she would treat your fiancee if she was her sister. Would she be happy if her sister's fiancee dumped her because she was taken advatage of and had twins? Do unto others . . . . . . . . .! |
[size=16pt]@ VEXDACOOL & MUDLEY, Please let this thread run in peace! We can all try to put our views forward or point out where we think others are getting it wrong without insulting them! A ma da 'seria' fun yin if you do not behave! [/size]nopuqeater, abeg no vex. Will post responses shortly! Busy Beeeeeeeeeeeeee at d mo! |
rip! |
nini1:As I do not know the whole story it'll be difficult to advise. I'd say it's a good thing that you are still standing by your girl despite what you say happened. That is showing love. As regards what is right in the eyes of God in this situation, use the word of God to examine every decision you make (e.g don't leave her just because some people don't trust her on the basis of what happened, examine all motives behind every decision and ensure they are in line with God's word). Let the Holy Spirit guide you. |
Compare the report with what is actually on ground! Please slice that 7.4% in half! This economy can grow faster with better infrastructure. The thought of trying to start a manufacturing business that will employ thousands of people is daunting to me! Irregular electricity supply, corrupt customs, corrupt law enforcement, corrupt judiciary, thieving bankers . . . . . you just name it! All the international business that could come to Nigeria go elsewhere! Established ones even moved out! We've still got a loooooooong way to go! |
Do what is right in the sight of God; that is the most important thing! All the best, nini1. |
I didnt say for a moment that we were told that the spirit of Shaitan live in any of the Pillars. And I did not at anytime, too, say that there is a verse in the Quran that says that. What I simply said was that we obey Allah as we are directed to obey Him. In the stoning of the Pillars, it is in the Sunnah and hadith of Hajj from the messenger (AS), as in the memory of the acts of Ibrahim, hajar and Ismail who stoned the devil.I never said you said so. I gave an explanation that I could possibly buy and said if you would be selling it to me, you should point me to a Quran verse that supports it. You said that the custom of stoning was laid down by Mohammed who received the commandment from Allah.That aspect is clear to me . Quran is the Master. Hadith explains the Quran. Sunnah acts out Quran. Sirah (Life History) is also in the line of Quran. Any Sunnah, Hadith and sirah that is opposing Quran, is not real. It will be a lie. Thanks for these. I will find time to investigate the books. OVER TO YOU, NOPUQEATER. PLEASE ALLOW ME TIME IF I DON'T RESPOND QUICKLY ENOUGH. TIGHT SCHEDULE OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS! |
In all of the above, tell me where Jesus gave an indication that he was God, or son of God or he has any authority what so ever? We read him calling himself man only, a worshiper of God in addition. Though satan is challenging him, even went so far to tell him to his face; I have been given the authority of the whole world. Who gave the authority to Satan while you said the creation of all things was through Jesus, who now can say to satan, 'wait a minute, i am in control here"? And your Bible is a witness against itself. The same Stan that you call Lucifer who had fought God or His Angels now has power over all things and he is seducing Jesus by this. He is controlling the mind of Jesus by it. Was Jesus not Jehovah in your mind? Read your earlier post and see. Seyi, Satan were to try this much mind game with any prophet and God does not intervene right away, that was not a prophet. And you call Jesus God through all of this? Where did he say he was Yahweh in any of this? Can he be the father and son and at the same time the ghost that got his mother mary pregnant? What have said with all the Biblical verses above is simple; Son God, Father God and Ghost God were in one shot played, controlled by Satan and with all of that he remained alive and waits for another chance to do it all over again. Can each and even al the three be God in the absolute sense of the word? I know you may argue later that Jesus said to the disciples and the others that he was God. Is it because they are ignorant of the fact or somebody lied in the Bible, since Jesus never said a word about it to Satan who knew the truth? Am just making a point here. Let me give you a breather.Please go back to read post 23 and 24. You should be able to deduce the answer to your questions from the two posts. God does not need a man and a woman to copulate to make a humans. That is evident in Adam and Eve. The Holy Ghost breathed/created 'life' in Mary after all Life was breathed into Adam. Jesus is referred to as the 'Last Adam' who gave life and Adam the 'first Adam' through whom sin entered into the world. Temptations will come to all flesh but there is the choice to 'yield' or 'not to yield drawing on strength from God and in obedience to him. Are you saying anything is impossible for God to do? You are body, soul and spirit. Why do you think it is impossible for the God who created you in his own image to be 3 in 1? He knows what some 7 Billion people worlwide do and hears what millions of people say in prayer at the same time. Why do you think it is impossible for him to be in Heaven and on earth at the same time? If this scenario was related by Muslims about Muhammad (AS), just imagine what the enemies of Islam would be saying today? We are now talking about the one you said he called himself God, without any doubt of the fact in your mind. The devil is controlling him, even with the holy spirit in him. Shall we not say that if a man reports this to you, that you will not call him a madman? Yet this is from your God. Please how do you justify why he will put himself into test with Satan? Then the holy Ghost went along. Then Yahweh Himself went along. Tell me this is not from God, please.I definitely agree that such happenings is not possible in Islam. With Jehovah, all things are possible! The devil will control whoever yields to him. In all situations, there is always the option to choose between good and evil. Sin looks for opportunity to enslave man. Joseph feared God but Potiphar's wife kept coming on to him. He chose not to yield to sin. Everyone is tested. Jesus walked this earth to show us that we can live righteous. He did not murder, kill, lie or 'capture women in war/raids and despoil them'; He did not marry many wives, (under-age or not), he did not have everyday sin assemblies with many wives or promote voyeurism'. He lived RIGHTEOUS! He set an example for us to follow. Please give me a brief history of how Mohammed lived his life. Did he do any of the things that I mentioned that Jesus did not do? What examples did he set for his follwers? Aborisha will have the same experience. Yet with you full of holy spirit as daughter of God, the devil still comes in. How powerful is the spirit of God in you when the devil still was able to make you go for days fighting his suggestion? This was just a reminder.I agree with you. Even he who chooses to serve the devil also always has the choice to do good or do bad. Jesus called one of his disciples, specifically the Peter the Rock, "SATAN". I didnt see an explanation of how Satan was not there physically. Infact Satan was Peter at that time, based on the verses you quoted. So a person that Jesus was leading was satan all along or satan took his body to work Jesus out. Take your pick, because it is the reality.Satan was never one of Jesus' disciples. Have you got Bible verse for me where Satan is listed as one of the 12 disciples? Please go and read Matthew 16 to understand or go back to my explanation of that situation in post 24. It is plain and clear for all to understand. Since you agreed with me that Peter was the devil at that time, I will simply direct you to the One Whose Will must be done: God. Not Jesus will. Again, is the servant the Master? It is not. Jesus is the servant. God is the Master. WHy worship Master and servant, Seyibrown?Please go back to post 24. I did not agree with you that Peter was the Devil. I explained that he was not speaking by the Spirit of God. His influence was not of God. Since you agreed with me that Peter was the devil at that time, I will simply direct you to the One Whose Will must be done: God. Not Jesus will. Again, is the servant the Master? It is not. Jesus is the servant. God is the Master. WHy worship Master and servant, Seyibrown?If your father sends you and the houseboy on an errand, does that make you an houseboy? If your father sends you on an errand, does that make you a servant or an houseboy? Every religion will have some form of this. Christianity is not unique in this sense. Even the devil worshipers will have something they will call the antithesis of their agenda. It may be God in this case.I agree. |
Most of the duties of Hajj and Umrah, including the stoning of the DEVIL, are based on the obedience to God of the lives of Ibrahim, Ismail and Hajar, wife and mother of the two men. One of their incidences was the encounter with Shaitan on the way to fulfill the dream in which Ibrahim was commanded to slaughter his beloved son, Ismail. The story is a beauty in the Quran. Ibrahim ask his son's opinion about his take on him dreaming of slaughtering him. You expect the father of belief/faith to have cuncubine/girlfriend? Seyi; do you expect that? A servant she was not. Reason; she was a princess from the house the king of Egypt. No King gives his women to any man as slave, but as wife to cement a friendship. Have you seen a princess, in time of peace that was given away by the king as slave of any man? Even the corrupt dethrone Deji of Akure will not give his women folks away to anyone as slave, because it means that he himself is a slave, since the slave shares his blood. The logicall position is that she was his wife. This goes to the ahadith of the Messenger (AS), who says from Adam to me, there is no adultery or fornication in my bloodline.[b]The Bible tells me differently. Abraham had Sarah as wife. They were childless for a long time. God promised Abraham his seed would be as many stars in the sky. They doubted as Sarah was very old. Hagar was Sarah's maidservant. Sarah gave her Hagar to her husband to have children for them. Hagar had Ishmael and not long after Sarah had Isaac. Sarah threw Hagar and Ismael out when Hagar was rude to her(more like a bit of rivalry) God helped Hagar when she thought the baby Ishmael would die. God promised to bless both Isaac and Ishmael. Isaac was the child of promise, not Ishmael. It was Isaac who God tested Abraham with, not Ishmael. Isaac is the father of the Jews; Ishmael the father of the Arabs. Start reading from Genesis 16 for the whole account. Hagar was a pagan from Egypt. It is possible that Hagar worshipped the moon God. Since you claim she was a believer, she must have worshipped the same God that you now worship. If the story was the other way round as the Quran puts it, why do the Arabs hate the Jews so much? The enmity only stems from the fact that Isaac was the child of promise, whose lineage Jesus Christ was born into. That is why the Arabs till today will try to lay claim to everything that belongs to the Jews e.g. Places of worship. The disproval of the claim of the Quran is evident in the world today for all to see! It is the Arabs who continually agitate the Jews not the other way round. You may substitute Muslim and Christians for Arabs and Jews in trying to understand this matter.[/b] |
Will tackle posts 19, 20 and 21 in the next 18 hours. Please allow time as I have things to take care of. Please, write any questions down as they come up(so as not to forget) for posting later. Catch ya later! |
And when Jesus said he is a servant, sent, you still call him the Sender? Thats a big problem.Please see my answer to a similar question on another thread: I will start answering the question by referring you to the scripture below: John 10:23-39 (Amplified Bible) 23And Jesus was walking in Solomon's Porch in the temple area. 24So the Jews surrounded Him and began asking Him, How long are You going to keep us in doubt and suspense? If You are really the Christ (the Messiah), tell us so plainly and openly. 25Jesus answered them, I have told you so, yet you do not believe Me [you do not trust Me and rely on Me]. The very works that I do by the power of My Father and in My Father's name bear witness concerning Me [they are My credentials and evidence in support of Me]. 26But you do not believe and trust and rely on Me because you do not belong to My fold [you are no sheep of Mine]. 27The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me. 28And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand. 29My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all [else]; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30I and the Father are One. 31Again the Jews [a]brought up stones to stone Him. 32Jesus said to them, My Father has enabled Me to do many good deeds. [I have shown many acts of mercy in your presence.] For which of these do you mean to stone Me? 33The Jews replied, We are not going to stone You for a good act, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere Man, make Yourself [out to be] God. 34Jesus answered, Is it not written in your Law, I said, You are gods?(A) 35So men are called gods [by the Law], men to whom God's message came--and the Scripture cannot be set aside or cancelled or broken or annulled-- 36[If that is true] do you say of the One Whom the Father consecrated and dedicated and set apart for Himself and sent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said, I am the Son of God? 37If I am not doing the works [performing the deeds] of My Father, then do not believe Me [do not adhere to Me and trust Me and rely on Me]. 38But if I do them, even though you do not believe Me or have faith in Me, [at least] believe the works and have faith in what I do, in order that you may know and understand [clearly] that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father [One with Him]. 39They sought again to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands. [b]John 8:52-58 (Amplified Bible) 52The Jews said to Him, Now we know that You are under the power of a demon ([a]insane). Abraham died, and also the prophets, yet You say, If a man keeps My word, he will never taste of death into all eternity. 53Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, and all the prophets died! Who do You make Yourself out to be? 54Jesus answered, If I were to glorify Myself (magnify, praise, and honor Myself), I would have no real glory, for My glory would be nothing and worthless. [My honor must come to Me from My Father.] It is My Father Who glorifies Me [Who extols Me, magnifies, and praises Me], of Whom you say that He is your God. 55Yet you do not know Him or recognize Him and are not acquainted with Him, but I know Him. If I should say that I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I know Him and keep His word [obey His teachings, am faithful to His message]. 56Your forefather Abraham was extremely happy at the hope and prospect of seeing My day (My incarnation); and he did see it and was delighted. 57Then the Jews said to Him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham? 58Jesus replied, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I AM.(B) John 8:56 -58, Jesus said, he existed before Abraham was. John 14:6-9 (Amplified Bible) 6Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. 7If you had known Me [had learned to recognize Me], you would also have known My Father. From now on, you know Him and have seen Him. 8Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father [cause us to see the Father--that is all we ask]; then we shall be satisfied. 9Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father? In John 14:9, Jesus said clearly that anyone who has seen him has seen the Father! Colossians 1:15 (Amplified Bible) 15[Now] He is the [a]exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation. Paul is saying in this verse that JESUS CHRIST IS THE ‘VISIBLE IMAGE’ of the ‘INVISIBLE GOD’. In John 10:30, Jesus said ‘I and the father are one’. Whatever any bible translation says or any person that will try to tone down what Jesus said here does not negate the fact that what he told them made them want to stone him. In John 10:33, the Jews made it clear that they wanted to stone him for ‘making himself out to God’. They understood what he said and what he meant. That brings me to tell you that JESUS DID SAY THAT HE WAS GOD. Rhino3.dm, it is dangerous to read the Bible in parts and not consider preceding events or declarations. It is even far more dangerous to READ THE BIBLE WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT (THE AUTHOR). I said in an earlier answer that words mean nothing without spirit. John 1:1-3 (King James Version) 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. Jesus is the word of God; by the spoken word of God, everything was made because the Spirit of God backs the word of God to produce life. THE WORD OF GOD WILL NOT PRODUCE LIFE IN ANYONE WHO READS IT WITHOUT THE HOLY OR IN ANYONE WHO IS DETERMINED TO READ IT WITHOUT REFERENCE TO HIM OR REVERENCE OF HIM. Jesus Christ is the Physical Image of the Spiritual Father of all creation. He is coming back to establish his kingdom on this beautiful earth that Jehovah created. All flesh will see him! Read John 5 too! John 14:6 (Amplified Bible) 6Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. No one comes into the ‘PRESENCE’ of God without Jesus. You need to have been sanctified by the blood of Jesus to enter into his presence; to feel him, to know him, to have him within you! We cannot afford to reject the Father who came to us in the form of the son to die for us! [size=14pt]Another earlier post in answer to a similar question has been added on 10/10/10 [/size] Jesus is God Almighty come down in the 'flesh' to dwell among us! Isaiah 59:11-17 11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 12For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; 13In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. 16And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. 17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. Isaiah 63:5 5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. Isaiah 52:10 10The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Isaiah 7:14 14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 9:6-7[b] 6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. [/b] 7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Matthew 1:21-23 21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Jesus is ‘God with us’; Jesus is the ‘arm of God that brought us salvation’. You will agree with me that your arm is always part of you, and whatever your arm does, will be counted as something you have done. Therefore, God’s arm ‘Jesus’ is God. Your husband must be very fortunate for being the husband of one of God's daughters. Big man he is; your husband that is. Now, which one of the wives of God is your mom? Did Jesus tell you?I explained earlier that I am a child of God because of my acceptance of his salvation through Jesus Christ. |
Dont tell me you serve all the four? By the way the Jews do not have in their book, or will not say the Real Name of God. So the substitutes Yahweh, jehovah, Elohim, Eloi, Adonia for it. If you say so. Thats One God. So count with me. I hope you dont serve more that this God?Why did you seperate yahweh from Eloi in the original post when you knew that Eloi was a title for Yahweh. Was it in genuiney seeking an answer or was it just to tip in a little bit of confusion? I serve only one God - Jehovah. The Holy Spirit is his Spirit. Jesus Christ is his pysical manifestation. You have cheapened Yahweh. Remember you said Jesus was killed by Jews or Yahweh delivered him to be killed? How is Yahweh delivering Himself up to be killed as jesus, who at the garden, earlier begged the same Yahweh? How is Yahweh as Jesus begging himself Jehovah, and cried to himself as Eloi when he was giving up the ghost? Seyi, you cant have if both ways.Yahweh is not cheapened. He came down in the form of man to save man. He loved his creation that much. When a man is killed by other men, they do not kill his soul and his spirit, they only kill his body. The body, soul and spirit are THREE yet it is still ONE. So how do you still find it diffficult to understand the concept the concept of the Trinity. Man was created in God's Image. When? If you are referring to the so called "day of penticost", was it not too soon for "another Comforter" to arrive to begin to correct, teach, people who were taught 3 years straight by the old, just recently departed by lifting up, body and soul by the Power of Yahweh? Is it not too soon that there is a single mistake, the need for the correction? I will not even argue out against the sending which means its not God (jesus and ghost but servants), or the hearing and the must repeat only just that from God and the glorification of Jesus, with those people who knew him intimately. It will mean almost like if a man comes to your husband to glorify you, as if its a new information to the man who above you rush to "Prepare" his food. The ghost on the day of penticost cant pass for the another Comforter. If you dont know it, read the Bible for description.The Holy Ghost did not arrive too soon. He arrived at the appointed time. He has been around since then to teach, correct, comfort and guide the children of God. Yes, I read the Bible and I understood what I read. Did you read and understand the information about the Holy Spirit? Please point me to any information you have on the pre-mature arrival of the Holy Spirit, the time he arrived, or the time he will arrive. All of the names above, Jesus the Bible says called his Sender, God Eloi. Who is correct here?He has only one name - Jehovah. The rest are titles. CLUE CLUE CLUE >>> ISLAM'S 99 NAMES OF ALLAH! |
If there is a single word from someone else in this "WORD of God; The Bible", can we still say with absolute convinction that this Bible is Truly the "WORD OF GOD"? In the Bible, we have world of many; in the NT alone; words of disciples, then apostles, and paul's opinions, suggestions, commandments, etc. This is not word of God. Its contaminated. The reason I gave the contamination and Purity scenarios.The Bible contains records and revelations of the past, present and the future. It is a record of information God wants to pass to us in written form (He also passes information to us through his Holy Spirit in other forms). This records were written because God wanted them to be written down and the various earthly authors had been pre-ordained by God. The writings are inspired by the Holy Spirit. It is the word of God because it is always confirmed by its spiritual author - the Holy Spirit. It is not contaminated. The words give life to the spirit of every man that accepts Christ but it is foolishness to those who are on their way to perishing. It seems this God does not want to speak to you directly, or by Himself, alone? While you will tell me that God is yahweh, jehovah, Elohim, Eloi, Adonia, etc, and son God is Jesus, please tell me the name of the holy spirit God? It must have a name. I have a name for example. I am a man or male, human. You call me NPE here. Holy ghost, is God to you, but whats his name, just like father is yahweh and son is Jesus?I did say in my response that I am not there yet. I will hear him audibly in his time! I am longing but not in a hurry. Abraham and Sarah were in a hurry and they got Ishmael when they only had to wait on God's promise just a little longer for Isaac! You ask me for the name of God's Spirit; What is the name of 'your spirit'? You do know man is made up of body, soul and spirit, don't you? Tell me the name of 'your spirit' and I might be able to tell you the name of God's Holy Spirit. When you get to the statements, opinions, suggetions, etc of say paul, what does God say to you then, since these are not from Him, but from paul? Jesus said he is a servant sent. Paul said jesus is the sender. Who is correct and what has God told you about this? If not am certain it was not God that is talking to you, because he will make it clear which of the two; Jesus or Paul is correct.When I need clarity on any matter in the Bible, I ask the Holy Spirit because he is the divine author and knows what exactly was intended to be communicated, and he makes it clear. There are no more of the bold. Moses was a Prophet. Pastors that you have around, none of them is a prophet. They just say they are and God knows that they are liars. True believers know that they are liars.Prophets are spokespersons. God still speaks to his people today through them. Prophets are not extinct, Bro! Again, you are special. I wonder if your husband hears the audible messages? If everyone uses your logic, which am sure did not derive from the Bible, then thei own God is speaking to them. So the Onifa, etc of Yorubaland will have a true God like yours. Will you not agree? God in this sense will be what you make of Him, IT, Her?When God speaks to my heart and I ask him to confirm, and he confirms it two three or four times through other people who had no idea what I said to God or what he said to me, why should I not believe. I KNOW he hears me when I speak to him because he responds immediately, a little while later or through somebody else. These methods do appear in the Bible. |
seyibrown: I would understand how the stones might affect him if you say that 'Satan's spirit/core' lives in the man-made pillar that was erected, which would make that pillar a true embodiment of Satan. I will also need you to point me to proof of this in the Quran, if you would be going by this argument.nopuqeater: The bold is found in the Ahadith on the duties of Hajj. While Ram is slaughtered in the memory of the exchange and safety of the life of Ismail (AS), you will not deny that a father who is going to obey God in such a matter may encounter opposition from enemy of obedience of man to God's Commandments. That enemy is the devil; he sometimes talks to the person from the heart, as when one debates between truth and falsehood, which one to act upon. Since we are spiritually immature, you and I, may say Satan can never be physical in existence. So do many people who do not believe in the existence of Angels will say the same thing. But the prophets of old saw Angels face to face; mostly as humans, in the case of the ones who visited Ibrahim on their way to see Prophet Lut (AS), in order to destroy the poeple of the town. Muhammad (AS) say Angels. For sure saw Jibril many times; as man where many of his companions, including Umar bin Khattab saw him in the epidose titled "He came to teach you your religion; Ahadith of Jibril".I meant if you were going by my argument of a spirit being able to inhabit anything such as a pillar, please show me the verse in the Quran that where it says that something along the lines of 'Satan (or his spirit) lives in the pillar (the one stoned on hajj). Your response as quoted above does not show me the verse. Now over to you to raise any questions from the response that I have provided, and try to answer the ones for which your answers were not clear enough. I will trash out post number 13 (your 'gradations' post) when we finish our spill-over questions. COULD YOU ALSO GIVE ME A LIST OF WHAT HOLY BOOKS MUSLIMS NEED TO READ? Thanks |
Please let me finish the last part of my response to your original post, and you respond to any questions arising from my responses before we go on to any more questions. Thanks. |
seyibrown: Satan being a spirit is present everywhere so i don't understand why one has to go on Hajj to stone him.nopuqeater: Earlier, I asked if when Jesus shouted "get of my back, satan", was he talking to a spirit or satan was there physical form? YOu know, before Jesus the devil have encounted mankind. Sometimes, these encounters are that he comes as physical being; man woman, whatever. How did he carry Jesus on a cliff? If he was a spirit, then one will have to say that he was controlling the mind of Jesus, your lord, god. Seyi, dont get yourself into a bind with me. You will rope yourself up quicker than a cowboy does a calf in a rodeo contest. But you need to answer this one above, please.LUKE 4:1-14 1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the 1 Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone.’ ” 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 So if you worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’ ” 9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; 11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ” 12 Jesus answered, “It says: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ” 13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time. 14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. [b]Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, not by an human or the spirit in human form. He followed the 'direction/pressing' of the Holy Spirit to go into the wilderness. He was also not tempted by the devil in human form because it is not possible for anyone to show you all the kingdoms of this world 'in one instant' in the flesh. It was done in the spirit. All the tempting was done in the spirit. Let me clarify further with personal experience. About two weeks ago, I found myself stuck in a situation I wansn't very happy with. Inside of me, two options were presented: Deal with it the 'not in Christ' way or handle it the 'in Christ' way. The easier option was former and it continually pressed into my spirit. Scriptures also continually came up in my mind in support of the latter. I stood my ground and said to myself 'there was no going back to my vomit'. I had to choose. The 'out of Christ' campaign still went on for a few more days but every time it came up I said there was no going back , and suddenly I knew what it was all about. The situation was a diversion to take my eyes off a particular goal. It was done in my mind and in my spirit. I also voiced my stance in prayer, I declared in prayer that God's will be done in my life and asked God for HELP! Voicing my stance in the situation above brings me to the part of your question that asked if Jesus was speaking to a Spirit or to Satan in physical form. [/b] Matthew 16:21-23 (Amplified Bible) 21From that time forth Jesus began [clearly] to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and the high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised [a]from death. 22Then Peter took Him aside to speak to Him privately and began to reprove and [c]charge Him sharply, saying, God forbid, Lord! This must never happen to You! 23But Jesus turned away from Peter and said to him, Get behind Me, Satan! You are in My way [an offense and a hindrance and a snare to Me]; for you are [e]minding what partakes not of the nature and quality of God, but of men. [b]Jesus had just explained to the disciples about his fate - death first and then resurrection. Peter was saying God forbid that fate befall him. Peter was saying that the 'will of God' should not be done. Peter was speaking from the influence of someone other than the Holy Spirit here. This was the same Peter who the had a few verses ago spoken by the Spirit. This time, he was not in tune with the Spirit, he was speaking by fleshly influence which was focusing on the pain of crucifixion and not the joy of the salvation of doomed mankind. He was speaking discouragement to Jesus. That is what Satan does. He tries to discourage you from doing what God wants you to do. He wants to derail God's plan for your life. That influence from which Peter spoke was not of God. What is not of God is of the Devil, hence Jesus' rebuking him. He was rebuking the influenced (Peter) and the influencer (Satan)at once. We all have times in our lives when Satan tries to influence our decisions, our attitudes and our actions. He tries but we must say 'NO' in the spirit and in the physical. [/b] |
seyibrown: Satan being a spirit is present everywhere so i don't understand why one has to go on Hajj to stone him.nopuqeater: Command from Allah, through His Messengers (AS); First; Ibrahim who experienced it. Second from Ismail, the son of Ibrahim who experienced it at the same time with his father. Third; Muhammad who is a descendant from both and the last mouth piece for your Creator. This is the command from Allah through him, that believers will always remember the hardship of the two prophets of father and son who encountered the Satan on their way to fulfill the test of Allah on them.Did Ibrahim go on hajj to stone Satan? Did Ismail go on hajj to stone Satan? Did they encounter Satan on their way to fulfill the test, and then stoned Satan? What test were they going to fulfil? Who was Ismail's mother and what was her relationship to Ibrahim i.e. wife, servant, concubine etc? Your last sentence says that Mohammed laid down the religious custom of Hajj, having received the commandment from Allah. Did I get that right? |
Rhino3.dm, Was waiting for your response to my last post or your next question. Just assumed you were busy. |
[quote author=Rhino.3dm link=topic=527852.msg6903190#msg6903190 date=1286556294]@seyibrown what happen to our thread? ? Either you go back or am with you here. . . . . So that I can be killing 2 birds with 1 stone. I promise not be rude .[/quote]LOL! Let's do our thing on our thread! I have a very busy schedule over the next two WEEKS so please allow time if I do not answer on time! PS: Edited to read 'two weeks' instead of 'two'. |
Mudley313:There are Christians who can confirm that they hear God audibly. I don't! I am not there yet and I know it! I do not hear the kind of things schizophrenics or terrorists hear - There is the difference! My God commands me to LOVE HIM and LOVE MY NEIGHBOUR! Anything that falls outside of that is not from him and I will not heed! Taking a life that I did not create falls outside LOVE! |
Going to prepare my husband's food! I'll be back to answer respond to the remaining 3 parts of your response! |
nopuqeater: While I am waiting for Seyibrown to respond, I hope Olaadegbu has the ability to respond to what I present above, and then help himself in the next: If the Muslims takes it that shaitan is their enemy, and they go as far as erecting pillar to represent him and stone him, displaying their hatred of him, how are they worshiping him?seyibrown: You are right; true Christians do not stone God. God is spirit and stones would not touch him anyway.nopuqeater: I see you sticking with the God part, while you walk a tight rope without thinking about Jesus, Ghost, Yahweh, Elio. I didnt mention "God" but the four among many I could have listed. Are you saying all of them are 1? Then pay attention to the Servant jesus talking about his God; the One Who sent him to the children of Israel. Beee Omo yoruba nie. Asha ibile wo ni yoruba ni pelu Juu?I did clearly understand that you were referring to the God that I serve when you listed the four. I serve the living God whose name is Jehovah (YAHWEH). He came down in the form of 'man'(JESUS) to his creation. He has given his Spirit - (The HOLY SPIRIT/THE HOLY GHOST) to his children. ELOHIM - is one of the titles of God. JEHOVAH is his name. I have no problem using all the four words to mean the Almighty God. John 1:12 (Amplified Bible) 12But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name. I happen to be one of the many who received Jesus Christ and that makes me a child of God, hence my affiliation as a yoruba woman to the 'Christ -believeing' Jews. |
As I will concur with you on all that you said, except one; the bold. Do you hear God's Voice? Where, and how and can you describe it? If not, what assurance are you going to give me that what you use to represent the means where you are able to listen is truly from God Almighty Who created you?[b]God speaks to me through his word : The Bible God speaks to me through the Holy Spirit: When I am praying, he speaks into my heart and directs my prayers. When I am meditating on the word of God , he gives me understanding, even of things that I never knew. God speaks to me through other people: I listen to them (pastors, preachers, prophets, friends, nairalanders etc), search the word of God and the Holy Spirit also confirms it if its is truth. God speaks to me in my dreams: He reveals things about the present and the future to me in my dreams. Apart from in my dreams where messages are audible and visual and could be direct or symbolic, God's messages come to me in the form of instant revelation. I do not hear a voice, they come like thoughts and I just suddenly know. I usually ask God to confirm his word if I am not sure it is him speaking: The words/message will be spoken by another person within 3 days. I ask questions and get immediate answers. Sometimes, I don't get the answers immediately but they come later.[/b] |
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