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Dtruthspeaker:
See where your mind is?

Did The Law say you should concern yourself with where and how the tithes and offerings are to be disposed?

Any way, The Law specified that that tithes and offerings is meant to take care of the needy and hungry in the land. "That there should be no poor in the land".

That is one of the works of the priest.

That was God's clear instruction and that was His poverty eradication program.

But unfortunately with people like you, ... Now God should please come and destroy this evil full world!

Did the law say you should hand it over do pastor? God talk say bring it to the store house.

Is your pastor the storehouse?

LET me begin by shocking you: In the entire Gospels, there is not a single place Jesus clearly commands us to pay tithes! I shock you the more: In the only two places Jesus mentions tithes, he is discernibly cynical about it!

Admittedly, he never tells us not to pay tithes, either. However, from the Gospels, it could be deduced that his overall attitude towards tithes is that of cynicism and ambivalence.

I think this point is very important because it brings you (the reader) face-to-face to the fact that this whole ado about tithes is actually about something our Lord treats with so much cynicism and ambivalence.

So, one begins to wonder why the fuss about something Christ himself didn’t consider worthy of attention. If it weren’t for ideological and financial interests, the people emphasising tithes today would have been the same people who would ask their typical question: “Where did Christ say it?”

Now, let’s check out those two places in the Gospels. (As a matter of fact, Jesus uttered the word “tithe” only three times, but one is essentially a synoptic version of the other – so we are basically left with only two). The first: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith.

It is these you ought to have practised without neglecting the others” (RSV. Matt 23: 23; cf. Lk 11: 42). The second: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus: ‘God I thank you that I am not like other people … I tithe a tenth of all my income.’” (Lk 18: 10-12).

These two passages buttress my argument to the effect that Jesus’ overall disposition towards tithes is that of cynicism and ambivalence. In the first passage, Jesus clearly indicates that the concern about truth, justice, fairness, mercy, love, etc. is “weightier” than, and therefore preferable to, tithe-paying. Tithe-paying is secondary and must take a subsidiary position.

If one must pay tithes, one must not do like Pharisees, but should first and foremost take care to fulfill those “weightier” matters. I live in Europe. The first thing that confronts me each time I step my feet on Nigeria, right from the airport, is unimaginable wickedness, extortion at every turn, bribery, lies, dishonesty, fraud, violence, brigandage, brutality, rascality, filthiest forms of indiscipline, etc.

I think any evil that is not yet practised in Nigeria has not crossed the mind of mortals. Yet this is supposed to be a nation of ‘tithe-payers’! The second passage is placed in the context of the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, where the former brags about being a tithe-payer, while the latter humbles himself before God and eventually goes home fulfilled.

I’m aware that we Nigerians have been so ‘terrorised’ and benumbed by religion that we hardly pause to think. But I repeat the question I mooted earlier: Does it not strike you that each time Jesus mentions tithe, it is always associated with hypocrisy and Phariseeism?

Isn’t this already a red flag vis-a-vis tithes/tithing?

Now, what are the “weightier” parts of the law in our Nigerian context (that your priest/pastor/GO has refused to draw your attention to)? No doubt, honesty and self-discipline with regard to money must count. You must reject bribery and corruption in your workplaces.

It is difficult, but it is an act of faith. Nigerians like to talk of ‘challenging’ God; here is a fine opportunity to ‘challenge’ God by rejecting bribes and acting with integrity – to see if He wouldn’t bless your life! You are being told that you “rob” God when you don’t pay your tithes, but you aren’t told that you also rob your fellow humans when you pocket the funds meant for them.

You are not told that you might be the major cause of accidents, malnutrition, infrastructural deficit and avoidable deaths in Nigeria when you steal the money meant to forestall them, using the position you occupy.

You pay your tithes in the cities but allow your poor parents and relatives in the village to suffer – perhaps because you have been told they are witches and wizards waiting to kill your destiny. Integrity, solidarity, solicitude, self-control, faith and charity are the “weightier” part of the law that Jesus refers to.

If you neglect them, even though you pay N1billion as tithe, you are a hypocrite and a Pharisee by Jesus’ standards!

How about the bogus relationship being established between tithing and being blessed/favoured? Now let me make this clear: One of the most blasphemous lies being peddled in the name of God in recent times is that God needs your tithes in order to bless you.

It is blasphemy because it is an insult on the holy and unfathomably righteous God. I do think that the dynamics of God’s blessings are too complex and mysterious to be reduced to monetary handouts or ‘bribery’ given to His supposed ‘representative.’

It is even more scandalous and laughable to see pastors threaten people with hellfire should they not pay their tithes. Many were appalled and disappointed upon seeing a video-clip, where a general overseer threatened – and I quote – that members would “miss heaven” if they did not pay their tithes.

Another implication of our Lord’s cynical disposition towards tithes is that it should occupy little (if any) space in the preaching and sermons of all true ministers of the Word. I might even recommend that the attention given to it should not exceed a total of five minutes in an entire calendar year.

The reason is that, if tithes were an essential element of the message of salvation our Lord Jesus came to preach, He would have surely included it in the Beatitudes or even dedicated an entire discourse to it.

For instance, Jesus took time to teach us how to pray, how to fast and so on and so forth. But this isn’t the case with tithes; it simply didn’t worth His attention. As it were, He may have seen it as a distraction, perhaps one of those annoying traditions that could have stymied the New Message He came to proclaim.

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At this point, let us address one of the most notorious passages being cited in support of tithes – the “robbing God” mantra. Malachi 3:8-12 suggests that abdicating from tithes might be tantamount to “robbing” God. How do we interpret this? The passage specifically states: “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house” (v. 10).

As I see it, this points more to material food and less to monetary donations to seemingly insatiable and bottomless church coffers. It refers to a practice of bringing a tenth of one’s harvest to the priest/Levite who then went ahead to share it to the poor among the people of God to ensure that no one starved.

In other words, the focus was basically on the poor, and “robbing” God in this respect is squarely robbing the poor.

Therefore, the ugly scenario in Nigerian churches where so-called ‘top’ tithe-payers owe their workers but are quick to impress the pastor/priest with their tithes is actually tantamount to “robbing” God. This is the true interpretation of that passage! The average Nigerian priest/pastor/GO isn’t worried about this and is even scared to say it the way I do because they fear it might come with dire financial implications.

Meanwhile, they are the same that would be quick to ask “Is it in the Bible?” if monetary tithing weren’t in their favour. Once again, I make bold to say that the form of tithing that is OT-supported is tithing in kind and not by cash.

Well, I do not think this is a big issue because a few things have to change with time, otherwise Christianity becomes mere casuistry. I only brought it up to expose the hypocrisy of those who are quick to ask “is it in the Bible?” when it serves their interest.

The mention of priests/Levites calls to mind what I consider an important dimension of the debate on tithes – namely, the question of who a priest really is in ourpresent context.

The Bible recounts that Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek, the priest-king of Salem (Gen 14:18-20; Heb. 7: 1-2). That passage is a bit shrouded in mystery, given that it is merely mentioned in passing.

Since there is hardly any further clue, its interpretation becomes a lot more complicated. Yet I suspect it must have been the practice in ancient Mesopotamia that a tenth of one’s harvest, including war booties (in Abraham’s case), was given to such an exalted priest-king figure.

This practice was then appropriated by Judaism when it became systematised as a religion, probably facilitated by the institutionalisation of the Levitical priesthood.

Now, let’s return to the question: who is a priest (who should receive tithes) in our contemporary context? Does it include the young pastor who was fired – and so ‘de-ordained’ – by his bishop some months ago because he wasn’t ‘doing well’ (‘doing well’ in this case being nothing but making much more money for his church)?

If this is so, then priesthood would be no less than a precarious and temporary position where the priest/pastor could be ‘un-priested’ according to the whims and caprices of his bishop.

Does it include the young man who, having failed in all previous endeavors,worst of all in academics, decided to convert a warehouse near Onitsha Main Market to a church to hoodwink unsuspecting traders?

Does it include the young man from a neighboring village to mine who, for no fault of his (i.e., given the general unemployment in the country), began to feel ‘called’; and so, submitted himself after some weeks of training to be ordained by a self-acclaimed bishop who pays himN30k per month to lead a branch of his church?

Should we focus onthe priest/pastor/venerable of more traditional churches that have existed for a couple of centuries? Or should we limit the term ‘priest’ to the Church that has had an unbroken chain of succession from the Seat of St. Peter, spanning over 2 millennia, and possessing a self-understanding of the priesthood the considers it an indelible character, quite immune to the vicissitudes of life?

Dear reader, your guess is as good as mine. But irrespective of what you consider priesthood and who you consider your priest, the point is that tithe is epiphenomenal (i.e. of little importance) to Christianity. Indeed, for Christ, the “weightier” part of the law is summed up in the four-letter word, LOVE.

What is more, the key significance of the Melchizedek imagery for our purposes, as invoked in the Letter to the Hebrews, is that Christ is our eternal High Priest, who has offered the one single efficacious Sacrifice for our sins. The import is that you don’t need to pay tithes to be blessed by God.

The one single Sacrifice – Christ – is enough blessing for you. I’m aware Nigerians are crazy about ‘favors’; then know it today that Christ and Christ alone is your Favor! And, certainly, you will not “miss heaven” if you don’t pay your tithes, quite contrary to the GO’s threat I referred to above.

I wish to remain true to my promise not to interfere with your decision and to even suggest ways in which one could be supportive to the church outside the ‘tithe’ framework. In a place like Germany, where I spend most of my Summers, there is an organized system whereby willing members part with some portion of their monthly incomes for the support of the Church.
The priest/pastor does not even know how it is administered; all he knows is that he receives his salaries promptly, the church is well-maintained, the secretary, cook (if he has any) and other functionaries are paid.Well, our people may not be as disciplined and advanced as Germans –and, if you think about it, it’s all a symptom of a culture whereby the priest/pastor wants to control everything.

Yet something could still be done.

For instance, Nigerians are some of the most generous people I have seen on the planet when it comes to giving to the church. Therefore, occasional but prudent fundraising, offering and free-will donations could be organized to address specific needs.

As has been established earlier, the poor is the ‘God’ that is being directly robbed in matters of tithes. Hence, beyond being used for the normal functioning of the Church, such fundraising, offering, and donations should also benefit the poor. Nigeria is not in short supply of the poor. If the singer,Davido, could put up a well-organized nation-wide outreach to the poor, the Church could do even better.

We can begin with our immediate neighborhoods, the hospitals and orphanages nearby.The New testament is replete with examples where Christians made collections for the poor.There are examples where richer churches contributed to poorer ones. We find a good example in Rom. 15: 28 (also see 2 Cor. 9: 6-10).

In fact, if one reads the Letter to the Romans properly, it becomes clear that the letter was primarily occasioned by such instances of richer churches contributing to help poorer ones (see Rom. 15:28).

The early Church demonstrated so much solidarity that there “was not a needy person among them” (Acts 4:34). This is the true meaning of tithe! We should therefore put an end to the culture wherein tithes are collected from poor members to erect universities and institutions that are not accessible to the children of the same poor tithe-payers.

“But the hour is coming,” says Jesus, “when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth” (John 4.23). If you want to really serve God in “spirit and truth,” devoid of hypocrisy, you must choose today if tithing would play any role in this regard. You may also opt for more robust ways of being supportive to the church and the poor.

TITHES: TO PAY or NOT TO PAY? That’s the question. Dear Christian, the choice is yours.

Zi:
T. H. I. E. F

O.L.E CARRY AM GO

Funkymode:
Stingy man mentality

Am stingy Biko.

Don't take it personal.

Saturn444:
There are few States in Nigeria that have made progress, and those States have paraded the best minds, States like Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi.

Those three States are not governed by career politicians. Incidently, Lagos State has made much progress from Fashola, Ambode and Olu. Tinubu was instrumental to bringing these non-politicians into power. Why did Tinub bring up people to govern the STate that are not career politicians and even brought up a Vice President that was not a politician?

Because he trusted them to keep their words. He knew that career politicians can easily be corrupted.

Since Tinubu is a career politician, he can not be trusted to be President. We need fresh minds. Let Tinubu support a Candidate, he is great at that.

take away Lagos from the list. with her internal generated revenues, Lagos state ought to be the best city in the world.

Havesomesense:
A lot of guys are pathetic when it comes to bedmatics .
I will teach you how to be a pro on bed.
Before you make love to a woman, take note of the following points:

1. Make sure you are ready physically and mentally;
To be ready physically is to be fit, Exercise regularly, reduce your big belly (not necessarily flat stomach).
To be ready mentally is to be in the right state of mind, e.g someone that just lost a contract or promotion may not be inclined to have ssex. The right state of mind is to have fun.

2. Put her in the mood:
When your woman is not in the mood for ssex, she may decline to have ssex or she may engage but not wholeheartedly.
It is important to put her in the mood, if you really want to enjoy the knack.
How to put her in the mood before ssex;
smell nice, complement her, give her chocolate or ice cream to eat, let her drink alcohol etc.

3. Kiss her neck and her lips gently.

4. Play with her breasts before sucking.

5. Finger her cliitoris.

6. Give her Head (optional)

7. Make her wet before you insert your Atm card.

8. Talk dirty while knacking.

9. Aim for her G - spot.

10. Change positions within intervals, eg missionary, scissors, doggy, ridding, etc

11. Always make sure she comes first before you come.

With the aforementioned points you are guaranteed to satisfy any woman that Is interested in having ssex with you.

If you are a Lady and you've never had orgassm before, feel free to message me.

all these just to satisfy her??

this life no balance.

my next world, i must carry breast and toto come,

airpeace go go broke oo.

The man go dey pledge 10million for each goal scored.

If you watch super eagle style of play, let's assume all shot on target dey enter net, wetin we vo dey see na 10-0, 9-1 etc.

Because of that money every player dey try shot on target.

Super eagles no use shot play for this tournament.

shigishege:
This is stale already.

We are in 2022 when every other tribe is running around now to be the president of this country them they are busy inflicting injuries on themselves. They have started thier foolishness this year again. Ok let them make it 2 weeks non stop.

TAKING ALABUKUN for another mans headaches. don't you think you are jobless and insane?

EkiranAlexmedia:
Even With Serious Konji, What Is That Thing That Can Easily Turn Off Your Sexual Urge?

Everyone has various tastes and views about sex and their partners as a whole. As guys hate something about ladies, so do ladies hate things about guys also.

These days, people see sex as an art and a way of living. it is also a mean of earning to some people. There are various things that can turn someone off during sex.

Some people don’t get fully active when they don’t get the type or level of girl they want.

Some girls have some offensive odor during sex. Some don’t like partners that shout, different things etc.

Some guys like a lady with bushy private part while some guys like a private part that is dry and hair free like an Expressway on Environmental sanitation day ���

Today, we’ve got a question for you all �

Guys/Ladies – What Is That Thing That Can Easily Turn Off Your Sexual Urge?
We want to hear from you all.

Drop your comments.

TENI KIND OF BELLE

ElijahIme1992:
guy I am not sure someone can be dancing the dance of the gods for 30min without break... person fit slump o..

bro, you have to sacrifice that dance for your wife, after all, she dey her own na you go kneel down dey beg, marry me

na money and that dance woman need, not bicep, six pack or even fineboy.

TONERO500:
Thanks sweetie

Just that she offered you an assistance you don dey think another thing for ya head.

The heart of a man is......

okoroemeka:
not all girls can do that,there are some women if you suck or romance them for a day nothing will happen,I think such behavior is hard wired in the body,there are some girls that if they are in the mood, they like you and you know what you are doing,be prepared to see really crazy and freaky show,I simply cannot get enough from my side chick whenever she is in the mood I always make sure a loud music is playing because she can scream out loud at anytime, wiggle like a snake and contort and shake her body in crazy ways,she recently confessed to me that I am the only man crazy enough to make her go crazy, hmmm!

You wey I know,
Two minutes man don dey form Jet Li

ElijahIme1992:
guy all those tins na acting

Original dey not just her leg alone both the entire body will be set on vibration.

But you must at least last for 30mins and above. Also target the ggspot otherwise you are wasting both your time and her time.

Datboredberry:
Enter the section you want to create a thread in... You would see this,"create thread"...

CREATE NEW TOPIC

JESUS SAVES.

Amb1045:
This really got my attention due to the weird nature of the tale. It was sent in by middle aged man, in his 40's based in Enugu state with his wife who has an Identical sister, also living in Enugu with her husband. They have been married for 12yrs now. He is visibly shaken by the events of late that left him reeling and thinking of what next to do. He said that even Ever since their dating period he has noticed the intense rivalry and love between the two sisters. He says that the cycle of their love hate relationship is so complicated to understand so most times people don't usually interfere in their affairs. Na dem dey sort am demselves not even their parents. They love and hate each other so much. And they look so alike that you can NOT easily tell them apart.

After like 3yrs of trying for a baby, his wife approached the twin sister to help her conceive and have a baby thru her husband and since they are very very identical, they would easily pull this off without any of their spouses ever knowing. She was gonna live with her husband for 9 months after taking IN and then once she puts to bed she can return to her husband and she would be living with the sister's husband and possibly take in too and do same.

And so they put the plan to work. His wife twin sister came over to his place and started pretending to be his wife. They made love as they usually did and she got pregnant and gave birth to twin boys. But he did say he noticed some odd behaviours during the 9 months his wife's twin sister lived with him and acted like his wife but he put it down to pregnany hormones. Meanwhile his own wife was with her Twin sister's hubby also having sex with him but they were unable to conceive.

He didn't know all this till last year December cos there is serious matter on ground now, his wife's twin sister wants to take the baby twins back NOW cos she has been ill at the hospital and was told by the doctors that her womb was badly affected so she cant have a baby. Now she has thrown the lid off the plan she concocted with her twin sister years ago and the whole family is in turmoil. The parents are fuming , the brother in law is threatening fire and brimstone, He feels so devastated that he was used and betrayed like this and wants to walk out of the marriage. He is seeking for advice on what to do next? So what is your advice for this young man ?

Married for 12years and still can't differentiate your wife from her twin sister. Big fat lie.no matter how identical they are.

I have identical twins (boys) and even in the darkest night, I know where to touch to know who is who.

[quote author=Scientists post=109376936][/quote]Oti ya we re.

Islie:
https://guardian.ng/news/presidency-acf-demands-medical-evidence-to-stop-tinubu/

Brown teeth

Kdon2:
Office of the Nigeria president is not for toddlers!

You might be thinking like a toddler as well. If you are in doubt, ask Giacomo Simoncin

suffering:
I wonder what Atiku saw in her. Lokito.

I wonder why you didn't see anything in her.

Tomorrow now one SIMP will marry all this one and be crying love.

joe1309:
Have we all forgotten how Atiku sold national asset to himself, he can never be trusted.

tinibu also sold state asset to himself nah

Skyview01:
I agree with you, somebody who will cheat will cheat.

Its not a do or die. We try our verry best to make it work and if at the end it dosent work, divorce is an option.
If she cheats on him, he will simply divorce her.

Sure bro.

The last thing I will do is worry about wife or girlfriend things.

All I owe myself in this life is give my kids all the best and enjoy my life too, nothing more, nothing less.every other thing nah secondary.

My younger brother invited me to their bank end of the year party at eleguishi beach last December. I swear wetin I see married women dey do that day ehhh. Since then I come understand why donjazz never marry.

Marriage nah scam

Mariangeles:
Your issues with your wife are still left unresolved.
You're just in denial that your wife denying sex doesn't affect you, whereas it does.
Find a way to address your issues quickly before things get out of hand.
Open up to your wife about exactly how you feel.
Otherwise your wife might start to think you're OK with her denying sex.
She has a problem which affects you, which you both need to solve instead of avoiding/running away from it.

debate on sex? When money need to be made.

Will Cubana discuss such thing with his wife?

BlackyOne:
Until someone start to knack her, and that's if someone or people have not started knacking her already

no big deal if someone begins to knack her. He will divorce her and move on with his life. A woman that will cheat will cheat even under your roof.

princeemmma:
you think you are wise, even from you explanation i sense no true love between you and your wife, you just allowed your wife to leave just like that, how about your kid, do you send fatherly love to him/her on phone too...... Mr. man you putting fire on your roof and going to sleep.....

You go here am very soon

Nothing like love in woman's dictionary. Only money.

edunaragold:
I even called my pastor to it,and my pastor said allow her to leave ,after 3 weeks ,she is gonna miss you,honestly that is what is happing now.woman can miss somebody without telling the person I miss you .but her characters must show that she miss you,you don't need to beat your wife,but follow her jeje.even if cheating in her back without her knowing just do it, so both you will have peace at home,when you no longer make sexual advancement to her, no body go tell her say she done dey useless for house .when there are many fishes in water.

Must you call your pastor?

You made the right decision though. Let her go and when her head correct, she will return.

On the other hand is better to get a second wife (not a side chic) and see how you will enjoy the rest of your life.

ijustdey:
https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/01/11/mc-oluomo-rallies-yoruba-for-tinubus-2023-presidential-ambition/

old man want to be president.

Am Ibo, and will rather vote for babatunde raji fashola than this old man.

OhBritannia:
All these money , even the 50 million naira is nothing to These players.

10 million naira is less than 20 thousand pounds. And you expect the whole squad to share 10 million naira.

Something that kelechi ihanacho will spend in a club in one night.

I even see it as an insult to the players.

always read before commenting. He said N10million for each goal. So is left for the team to score the Bayern Munich, or Atalanta way.

Righteousness2:
Our Body is Mere dust!
No Matter how beautiful your skin is or the amount of care you pamper and give to it! It is still Dust.

What is most essential is Prospering and Nourishment of our Soul in JESUS Christ.

This is what Really Matters .

No one makes Eternal life in Heaven because of the texture or smoothness of your skin.

Let us Glory in what is Needful.
Let's not Glory in Vanity else we become vain.

dust to dust

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