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Izigha:
Channel should not cause unnecessary public panic. the $11 a barrel price is for US west Texas Intermediate. Nigeria oil is the world bench mark called Brent Crude is trading at $26 now.
It very worrying even at $26, Nigeria is in for a long and ugly ride

Nigeri sold at about $15 last week at discount of about $5to Dated Brent

haywire07:
America is the highest producer of Oil but why do they keep importing from Iran and Nigeria?

America stopped importing from Nigeria some 3-4 years ago and they are now not exporter competing with Nigeria.

haywire07:
It's hightime Nigeria stopped international sales of oil in full capacity.
Let us channel ample amount of the oil to a reservoir and save up for a better day.
Cut deals with some African countries and use their reservoirs if ours is filled

When we save enough, the Government should declare our refineries ''out of service".
Luckily, Dangote refinery is near completion.

After this Covid -19 pandemic, we begin to sell from our reservoirs for the main time, while the refineries will be under renovation.

And also very importantly is the need to diversify.

We never built adequate storage. So we end up keeping crude on tankers at a cost that forces us to sell. Last week we sold at around $15. This COVID-19 implicati6gor our economy and exchange rate no be here. The country is technically in recession now.

unstoppable51:
The believer in Jesus and the unbeliever can NEVER be punished alike. Nowhere in the scriptures does the Bible teach that.

I understand your fight against the so called believers living like the unbelievers. We're all on the same page on that. That's why we're calling all believers everywhere to "awake to righteousness and sin not"

But don't get unnecessarily emotional and start using falsehood and threats to spur them to act righteously.

The sinning believers will be punished quite OK. But do not equate them with unbelievers. They are never on the same level in the sight of God and will never receive the same type of punishment.

The scriptures teach that the believer who didn't live uprightly shall suffer loss of his rewards but his soul is still saved.

1Co 3:13-15 KJV 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

However, the unbeliever is eternally doomed regardless of how good his actions are. Why? Because he did not believe that God has sent His Son into the world to die for his sins. This is just the plain truth of the scriptures.

Comparing the believer and the unbeliever when they sin, is like comparing a son of the house and a hired servant. They are not the same bro.

The son of the house can get punished severely and still have a right to his father's name. Even if he loses his freedom of movement or a part of his inheritance, he is still his father's son. But the hired servant gets thrown out of the house the moment he breaches the terms of the contract, with absolutely nothing to his name!

Now think of that carefully sir. I pray the Lord grants you the understanding.

A believer that does not live uprightly is a SINNER and no SINNER will make heaven. So that believer gets the same treatment as unbeliever. They both end up in hell. The scripture you quoted above in 1 Cor 3:13-15 is meant for a righteous believer and not a sinful one. It is the righteous believer that will face the judgement seat of Christ and be rewarded according to his or her work. The doctrine of "once saved is for forever saved" is dangerous and will lead many to hell. So you can't use an analogy of servant and son. A son can lose his sonship if he decides to live unrighteously. No one gets to heaven because he believes in Christ (Satan also believes in Christ) but you must also do the will of the Father. God cannot behold sin. Satan lost his position because iniquity was found in him. God has not changed that standard today.

Also I never used falsehood or threats. I quoted verses of the bible that support what Peter says in 2 Peter about believers that depart from the path of righteousness. It is not my place to issue threats. I can only point you to what the bible say.

My closing question to you as I see you continually differentiating a Sinning or sinful believer from an unbeliever. Where would a sinful believer go after death and judgement Heaven or Hell?

uncleck:
The Bible is the word of God; it is the truth. The Quran is the word of God; it is also the truth

God has given man a free will 6o choose. I have chosen Jesus Christ who declared himself as" the Way, the Truth and the Lufe. No one comes to God except through me." I believe his words.

uncleck:
If Jesus is the truth according to your submission, Mohammed is also the truth

God has given man free will to choose. My man here has chosen Jesus Christ based on the word of God.

uncleck:
why then does opinion varry when it comes to what the judgement day stands for and when it is?

Read my post above about Judgement that starts immediately one is dead.

1stola:
What makes you think that your story book (Bible) is truer is better than other religious books?

God has given man a free will to choose. I have chosen Christ and it the Bible that reaveled Him to me.

Obatolysis:
Well said. But Believing in Jesus is not only a mental act. It goes beyond that. It means believing in ALL his teaching (To be perfect as your Heavenly Father is) and parables and his commandments (hinged on love) and His Actions, the greatest of which is His Victory over death forever.

There will be two judgements. The personal and the general (Final judgement). Immediately after death, comes judgement and the one receives in his/her immortal soul, eternal rewards due to his/her deeds either everlasting joys or everlasting death.

At the end of time, Christ will come again to judge both those who have died from the beginning of creation, to those still living when He comes again. All will be made manifest. All the dead will be resurrected. The deeds of every man will be revealed to its fullest and even more the consequences of his deed (Which is not judged at the personal judgement). For those whose sins are forgiven, the Lord keeps no record of it and it's as though, they never committed the sin. That is the incomprehensible mystery of God's Mercy. The sins of those who died unrepentant or those who still living, remained unrepentant until to the Second coming of the Lord , will be revealed to all, even that done in deepest secret
".....What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops....." Luke 12:3.

In similar way the good of the Saints in heaven and still on earth at the time of Christ second coming , who cooperating with God's grace and justified will be revealed
"...For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies" Romans 8: 19-23
The essence of the general judgement is this

1) To affirm the justice of God in the gathering of the great Assembly

2)To reward the mortal body. For those who are justified , their bodies are transformed to glorified bodies and endowed with immortality and impassibility, similar to the glorified body of Jesus Christ after his resurrection and united to their souls . To those damned, the bodies are transformed to ugly , horrible forms which are also united to their horrible souls, to die the second time, but eternally in hell (the second death) .

For those living a holy life, the await this judgement as though a liberation.

For those living in sin, the picture of the last judgement should commit a holy fear upon your soul, that you may repent, believe in God and His only begotten son and gain for yourself, eternal life.

Excellent. May God continue to enrich your knowledge of him

arimahoseloka:
The Lord bless you brother for opening our eyes of understanding and dispelling the false doctrines of Lucifer and his angels. No more will fear rule over me, for I am made perfect, holy and acceptable through my faith in Christ Jesus and not my works. This is Express entry to heaven, God has made it so simple and sweet, yet the devil wants to feed us with stupid false doctrines to keep us in perpetual fear that will eventually make u hate God for threatening to burn all sinners in everlasting hell fire!!

But you will need to live righteous attained by sanctification through the word of God. No one lives in sin and expects his salvation to remain intact under grace Rom 6:1

1stola:
FEED YOURSELF!
NB: Many of these books existed before Jesus and the Bible

Religion population and BOOKS

Hinduism (1 billion followers) - The Vedas
Buddhism (376 million followers) - Tripitaka (Pali Canon)
Sikhism (23 million followers) - Guru Granth Sahib
Judaism (14 million followers) - The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
Bahá’í (7 million followers) - Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Jainism (4.2 million followers) - Agam Sutras
Etc

Good. But you have to make a choice either to accept Christ and follow him or not. The bible reveals Christ to us. John 1:1-3 "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God...."

Folabiw8:
All what u said about jurdement day is rubbish. U have know certain knowledge about that its beyound any christian to explain that day because ur bible no notting about the day.

May God have mercy on you so that you will be saved and not die in your ignorance

xamuell:
pls can you give any biblical proof of purgatory? That has been a controversial issue

I think this is only found in Catholic Bible 2 Maccabees 12:41–12:46 which are not I the other Bible. Catholic supports this with some verses in the New Testament which in actual sense is not I support of purgatory eg Luke 16:19-31 (story of Lazarus)

murphyung:
How will the Muslims and people of other religion be judged? Would it not be unfair to say they are condemned already?? Just seeking clarity

As Christian's we can only follow what is written in the Bible which is Jesus is the only way and we are to preach to all creatures about accepting him. So it is left to God the righteous God to do what he pleases with anyone who does not believe in Christ.

unstoppable51:
The verse you just quoted said work "out" your salvation, it didn't say work "for" your salvation. "Work out" and "work for" your salvation are not the same.

What that Phil.2:12 is saying in essence is "live out the salvation you have already received by faith". In other words "manifest it, show it to the world" in your character and speech. Don't just lift scriptures to argue sir, read them with unbiased mind, to learn.

Nowhere in this post did the author said it's OK to sin after you have received Jesus. If you arrived at that conclusion, you never read the post well. Read again sir!

Update: Here's a detailed explanation of that Phil.2:12 https://www.feedmejesus.com/2019/03/what-does-it-mean-to-work-out-your.html

Well done sir for the clarification

unstoppable51:
The Christian who continues in sin intentionally after he has heard and accepted the Gospel is a fool. He will never go unpunished as God does not condole sin. But his punishment is not like that of unbelievers and Satan (Hellfire), like most of us usually think.

The punishment of the Christian whose performance does not line up with his faith or confession, is that he will lose his eternal rewards in Heaven. He will lose the things God has prepared for those who lived uprightly in Heaven but his soul is still saved because he entered heaven by his faith in Jesus, not due to his good behaviours.

This is the point most of us usually miss it. We think Heaven is for the best behaved persons on earth. Whereas the scriptures teach that it is for those who exercised Faith in the Salvation that Christ offers. You will be so shocked to find those whom you must have looked down on and concluded that they are not "heavenly" there.

Those whom you hold in high esteem may never even make there. Why? Because most of them trust so much in their performance that they have unconsciously adopted that as their Saviour and no longer exercise faith in the sacrifice of Jesus.

Now again I say that the Christian who continues sinning after he is saved is a fool. He really deserves pity. But even more pitiable is the man who trusts in his "good works" for Salvation and not the Christ.

Why? Because the sinning Christian if he is truly saved in the first place, shall suffer loss of his eternal rewards in heaven and still be in Heaven. But the other fellow, "NOTHING for him"

To every Christian out there, you are the light of the world. Let it show in your character and actions towards others. Represent Christ everywhere you go, as though Jesus himself is watching you right now, because he really is.

To the unbeliever out there who believes that because of his good behaviours, God will consider him on the last day. Bro, you are living in fantasy. There's only one way to God, and that is FAITH IN THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS. Not your good works, alms giving, building and attending churches. Only faith in Christ saves.

Only faith in Jesus. Nothing else!

Your write-up is confusing and so misleading. Yes, anyone who wants to make heaven must believe in Christ and do his will (John 6:33, Matt 7:21-23) which is to live a righteous life. So if after declaring his belief and goes back to sin, his case is even worse (2 Pet 2:20-21) unlike unbelievers. Anyway both will not make heaven as no sinner will make heaven (Rev 21:. Your PARA 1 (and other related PARA) is totally wrong. The believer will be punished like unbeliever he will end up in the lake of fire.

Your 2nd PARA (and other relate PARA) is for the righteous who made heaven but rewards are now given or lost depending on how one has used his or her life for the Lord (eg soul winning, expected good works based on his talents for the kingdom). This is at the Judgement Seat of Christ (1 Cor 3:13-15).

spartan117:
The TRUTH is the word of God. Any teaching that has no foundation in the word is a lie. The op didn't just give us his opinions, he showed scriptures that proves it, hence it's The Truth.

God bless you.

IJOBA2:
THE CURRENT BIBLE IS NOT GOD’S WORD.

Which book contains God's Word.

justgabby:
RUBBISH FROM A SICK MIND.

May God have mercy on you so that you will see the light by causing His Holy Spirit to convict you so that you get converted

content208:
According to you, I will enter heaven even if I'm a sinner, provided I Believe in Christ.

Then let me go and continue to sin since Mr HyperGrace preacher said all that matters is for me to believe in Christ.

But Mr HyperGrace preacher forgot that I can't be in sin that grace may abound.

Mr HyperGrace preacher forgot that the eyes of a sinner shall not see God.

Mr HyperGrace preacher forgot that Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any man.

Mr HyperGrace preacher forgot that You can't be called a believer if you are living in sin.

Mr HyperGrace preacher forgot that those who commit sin after claiming that they have become believers are nailing Christ to the Cross a second time.

Why is Mr HyperGrace preacher looking for a smooth cover for his sin and uncleanness?

I think the OP presents the fact that you must believe in Christ to make heaven which is the starting point. He has used the word believer which means the person remains in faith and.live a righteous life. Of course a true Christian (a believer) must strive to attain sanctification working out his salvation with fear and trembling Phil 2:12

Osidazz19:
[[s]quote author=silvermania post=88606711]Christ is the only way,if you don't believe in him you are doomed,, simple[/s]

RUBBIS TRASH.
Christians are only about 30 percent of the world population, so the remaining 70 percent are doomed?
Utter illogical and senseless rubbish.

I found out that mostly brainwashed Nigerian Christians will say rubbish like this, even thr Oyinbo that brought you Christianity doesn't reason like this. They know better. This also means your fore fathers are all going to hell, because they didn't know about Christianity until the white man came to your villages.
Complete nonsense.

It will be difficult for you to understand if you are not a Christian whose heart has been regenerated.

scott04:
GOD BLESS YOU FOR THESE SIR I HAVE ONLY ONE QUESTION WOULD THIS TAKE PLACE AFTER WE ARE DEAD OR AFTER THE RAPTURE.

It will take after both events. Rev 20:11-15. All the dead will be judged at the Great White Throne Judgement. When the rapture occurs the saints will catch up with Christ in the air and the Antichrist will come and rule thw world and people will die as normal. Thereafter Satan and his demons will be defeated and cast in lake of fire.

Onebyonedead:
Jesus na scam

Brought to Africa by the colonial masters

So they could control Africans

That is why the bible says slaves obey your master

And that is why they talk about judgement

So the slaves will always fear .....it is a control thing

But u religious fanatics are to blind to see

May God have mercy on you so that you will see the light by causing His Holy Spirit to convict you so that you get converted

Onebyonedead:
That is a character created by the Romans

Just like Disney characters

He ain't real

May God have mercy on you so that you will see the light by causing His Holy Spirit to convict you so that you get converted

1stola:
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If you can not make your point without facts and without saying "THE BIBLE SAYS", then you're only making stupîd assumptions just like the people who wrote the "story book".

May God have mercy on you so that you will see the light by causing His Holy Spirit to convict you so that you get converted

uncleck:
The truth is a phrase that has been so abused that it no longer makes any sense. You form your opinion based on your exposure, your biases, your idiosyncrasies, your dogma and your influences, and you tag it "the truth". Can you prove the " truthfulness " of your truth?

Is truth absolute? Is truth relative? Let's learn to use "in my opinion" instead of "the truth" unless the subject matter is universally proven.

In Christianity when we talk about the truth we refer to the Word of God. John 14:6. John 17:17. So no need for anyone to form any opinion as to what the truth is. It is already written.

Xucxex1997:
The bible says after death comes judgment but the same bible says that when the messiah come the dead will rise from their graves and they all be judge

Pls explain this to me

1.It is true that judgement comes after death as per Heb 9:27. The dead are judged immediately after death and await judgment day in peace or torment depending if their names are found in the Book of Life or not. The account that Jesus Christ gave In Luke 16:19–31, shows that Lazarus and the Rich Man were already judged. Same thing applies to the thief that accepted christ on the cross. The thief made it to paradise: "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:43). Paradise is where the soul of the righteous dead stay in bliss until the Judgement day. 2. At the Second Coming of Christ during rapture the saints will rise and take on the glorified body (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18), and (in 2 Cor 5:1-4, 1 Cor 15:51-54) .
3. The Great White Judgement. Rev 20:11-15 is where the wicked ones will be judged and this will lead to second death (Eternal Judgement) in which case the unrighteous ones whose souls were being tormented in 1 above would now be moved to their permanent site in the lake of fire along with Death and Hades.
4. The Judgement Seat of Christ is where the righteous that made it to heaven will now be judged and rewards given according to their deeds 2 Cor 5:9-10, 1 Cor 3:13-15.

I hope this helps.

Rozz:
The primary responsibility of an envagelist is to preach God's words, telling people simply and clearly what God says about his messengers and what He has done for us all. It is the duty of an envangelist to deliver God's message and be faithful to every word.

However it is a difficult task for single ladies who have passion for evangelism. Most of the opposite sex do not really have interest in your message but romance and believe me some can go to any length for this.

No doubt I have passion for evangelism but my pastor has advised me against it as it brings everything controversial for all the moves I have made towards it, even online is not left out.

Pastors in the house, do you think I should give up this passion? Am I going against God's passion in me if I stop?

The bible says in Mk 16:15 Go into the world and preach the gospel. So nothing should deter you. I will advise that each time you want to preach ask the Holt Spirit to take charge. He will go ahead and prepare the hearts of the hearers and restrain them from lusting after you. It is also advised that you go in two as practical as possible. Remember the bible in James 1:5 you can ask God for wisdom to handle any situation. Stay blessed knowing the he that wins a soul is wise

YES noting that it is by the grade of God that you even got the N20k. Obey the word of God and watch his promises in Mal 3:10-11 come to pass in your life.

sandysilver:
We are created differently, not to reason alike. I choose to invest in what i believe will pay. Life is a risk, same way death can come at anytime. Some will save their money in the bank and still get duped. People commit fraud everyday, you lose....you win. I choose to do whatever i want with my money. I got a contract from my state government, sign contract mou etc, not one penny have i gotten after 4years of job completion. Will you call that ponzi!! Leave those who want to invest!

True talk. I got NDDC contracts worth about N240m in 2012. Invested over N80m (to get to first milestone) some of which were borrowed. They owed me for more than a year. By the time they paid some I had already accumulated interests. I had to abandon the remaining N120m worth of contract projects to complete them As I need about N50m to complete them but the fear of not being paid timely or forever made me run.

grossintel:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/03/the-enron-ponzi-scheme/303156/

https://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Enron-Ponzi-Scheme/44549

https://www.investopedia.com/updates/enron-scandal-summary/

If you want more links or you don't see Enron ponzi scheme there let me know.

The fact that a reporter likened to what top shotsbin Enron did to kill the company to ponzi scheme does not imply Enron was setup as a ponzi scheme.

gentlegenius:
The reason why I am still quoting you this last time is because of the advice someone gave you here... If you and I are Forex traders, we shouldn't be arguing with each other. We should be learning from each other.
If you are a teacher, and you find it difficult to solve a particular problem to get the right answer, but your student suddenly come up with the right answer, wisdom demands that you humble yourself and ask that student how he got it right. Even a teacher can learn from his student.
You see the bolded statement you made above? That's where your problem lies.
Because I focus mainly on trading synthetic indices, you are calling me a newbie who can't trade real Forex. You think I can't compete with you that trade everything available in Forex.
Now pay attention to this:
Forex has multitude of markets... Therefore trading Forex is like playing football. If you can play every position in football (from goalkeeping to attack), you cannot claim that someone who focus only on one position is not a good player. On the contrary, and in most cases, it is always the person who focus on one area that excel and succeed more than the one who focus on all areas. This is due to the POWER OF FOCUS.
I've focused so much on one market (Synthetic Indices) that I developed a powerful strategy that always help me to win and made profit from most of my trades. If I didn't focus so much on indices, I wouldn't know what I know... If I didn't know what I know, I wouldn't waste my time and money trading forex.
Stop trying to be a jack of all trades... You cannot be a world best player by playing in all positions.
Develop yourself more and focus on one section of the market... Then see if you won't achieve that which you think is unachievable.
This might be the last time you'll have my attention here. So if you fail to learn anything from all I said here, I doubt if you'll ever learn anything meaningful in life.
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST...
GOODBYE!

How do I hook up with you. I am impressed and will like to learn from you and be guided. The most index in any venture is profitability. And if you can consistently guarantee that (even though you focus on one segment) then you are the champion.