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1 Cor 13:1-7
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love,[size=14pt] I gain nothing[/size].

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
NIV

JeSoul:
Matthew 7:13-15
13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the[u] road that leads to destruction[/u], and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

The percentage of true christians who live according to the bible is much much smaller than 35%. Religion is not a popularity contest. Having more followers does not make the religion any more valid.

GBAM!!!, u got this out of my mind, beeniii!!! 

@poster,
who cares about population, what has God's kingdom got to do with crowd and their mentality?

-2 Sam 24:24-" But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that which will cost me nothing

Eccl 3:2,6
2 time to plant,And a time to pluck what is planted;
6 A time to gain,And a time to lose;
NKJV

1 Kings 5:13
13 King Solomon raised a levy [of forced labor] out of all Israel; and the levy was 30,000 men.
AMP

Luke 6:38
38 Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you.
AMP

baybbootz:
just try 2 be rily observant and it wud do d trick. oltho ds method works 4 lyk about 90%.

females in the same age group have simillar behavioural patterns. No matter how much a 17 year old might sound matured, there is always a loop hole dat will lead u 2 her riteful age.

davidylan:
all of a sudden muslims too are waiting for a final day? lol what a load of hogwash this cult has become.

rtflmao, i dont know why they keep imitating the real things all the time, i even heard someone saying that Abraham was Ibrahim , and John was the same as Yohanna while David was same as Dauda

gooshh i cant help laffing-my-fat-ass-all-over-the-floor

Hebrews 7:1-10 recites Abraham's encounter with Melchisedec. The literary purpose for referencing the story was to demonstrate that the Levitical priesthood was not the pinnacle of God's plan. As the author made clear, that priesthood could not bring perfection (v. 11). Even the law foretold of a priest who would arise after Melchisedec's order, and not of Aaron's (Psalm 110:4). There would have been no need for another order of priests had the Aaronic order been the pinnacle of God's plan. Hebrews 8:6 clues us in to the point of chapters 5 and 7, concluding that Jesus' ministry is better than Levi's, and the covenant Jesus established is better than the Mosaic Covenant. The remainder of the eighth chapter, coupled with chapters 9-10, continue to demonstrate the superiority of the New Covenant over the Mosaic Covenant.

With that as a backdrop, let us now now look specifically at the immediate context of Hebrews 7:12. The author argued that the Aaronic priesthood was inextricably connected with the Law of Moses (v. 11). Because of this connection, when one is abolished, the other is also abolished with it. The author continued, "For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law" (v.12), How was the priesthood changed? Was it simply a reorganization of the current system? Was it the changing of certain positions? No. The entire Aaronic priesthood was abolished and replaced with the Melchisedecian priesthood. Starting with this radical change of the priesthood the author argued that the law (the formalized rules by which the people govern their lives) must also be changed because of such an event. If the change of the priesthood was a complete replacement of one order for another, why would we believe that the change of the law only refers to a revamping of the Law of Moses?

I must appreaciate you for that link, it explained all i have been trying to make here since, no wonder i say there is that lets read things with unbiased mind the truth will always be the truth, pls others read this and explain what you understand.

And also to your 1st line, i know that something is trying to tell you 'this is the truth ttalks, but ego wont let you accept it, nobody wants to loose, i understand!, but never worry i aint here to win either but to show you the truth as it is. God bless you

ttalks:
Before the law, there were tithes.

When the law came, there were instructions by the law to tithe.
It was based on the instructions by the law to tithe that the people under the law tithed.

It is also very clear that every encouragement or motivation to tithe which currently happens is based on what the law said.

Christ himself also said that tithes were part of the law (Matthew 23:23).

Now any body who needs to settle it for himself/herself whether to tithe or not to tithe as a Christian has to understand the law and its complete distinction,seperation and difference from the new covenant.

N/B: The new covenant is not a continuation or adjustment/editing/addition of the old covenant(Law); it is a completely seperate and new covenant.

Further enligthenement can be gotten by reading the article in this link:

The Misunderstood Covenant.

Settle this for urselves people.

Ttalk you are wholly wrong on that statement and to KunleOshod and Chukwudi44, Jesus never said titheing was part of the law, you are misquoting scriptures, rather what Jesus said was that they paid tithe according to the law meaning "according to the way the law says titheing should be practised". The Titheing that Abraham did was not the same as the one the law/people of the law practised.

Abraham gave as was the customs of the old, in Hebrew language it was called 'Piel' meaning "He gave tithe" while that which the Israelites gave was 'Qal' meaning "To tithe", the former was given based on choice, while the latter was given based on Command. Do you understand?

The problem is that you guys dont really study deeply you just read and follow the crowd not minding if the what they are saying is correct or not.

I am not a pastor nor someone who works in the church for pay, i use to pay tithe because the pastor says i should tithe, then later i stopped because i listened to what peeps said that titheing was no longer relevant with their false proofs, until some few months i took the time to secretly study what titheing meant and its significance in our faith. I saw that what the people criticised about titheing was that it was the law which to me was a baseless evidence, but when i studied i discovered it was not the law, the titheing of the law is Qal in Hebrew( study the hebrew version of the bible) while the titheing of Abraham, Jacob were Piel, So if the law was fulfilled, it meant that the Qal was fulfilled by Jesus and not Piel which no wonder the bible said Jesus never belong to the order of AARON(Qal tither) but the order of MELCHISEDEK( Piel tither), same thing about offerings,that was why i said Offering and its significance is another topic of its own.

Now in my own opinion, the reason why the Apostles never said much about titheing was that it was not as important as titheing was to our eternal life, because Jesus said in Matt.23:23 that the weightier part of the law was Justice, mercy and faith while titheing still yet should not be left undone.

Again i say that if Titheing was the law according to your guys, then Justice, mercy and faith are also law, because Jesus called them Law too, so if Jesus abolished the Law like you guys think therefore Justice, mercy and faith were both abolished, aint that funny 

You guys never seize to make me laff, if you have points to present , then do so explicitly and dont come up with heresy that because Paul warned us against greedy shepherds extorting money from their sheep meant that he warned us against tithe-takers. A pastor may choose not to take tithe but yet steal seriously from offering, so what has titheing got to do with greedy shepherds, those points simply show signs of spiritual immaturity and nothing more

Bring your strong points and not counter the others point when they do so, God bless ya'll Chukwudi, KunleOshod,Ttalks my brothers.

babaearly:
[size=14pt]I seriously wonder the Quality of The Moderator over this Religion Board. Check out a very stupid thread like this and even the Moderator can allow it to stay for more than 5 minutes. Mod whats happening? Losing steam?[/size]

A priest after the order of Melchisedec

A priest after the order of Melchisedec: -- Two orders of priesthood are referred to in the Scriptures-that of Melchisedec and that of Aaron. Certain functions were common to both, such as sacrifice, intercession, and blessing. The text implies peculiarities in the order of Melchisedec, and that it was in some respects superior to that of Aaron. These were --

1. That it was a royal order. Melchisedec was berth king and priest, which was never the case in the Mosaic economy. He was arrayed with double honour -- a king of righteoustness and a priest of the Most High God; He received tribute from Abraham, and conferred his blessing upon him. In these respects he typified Christ, who was the Head of His Church, and thus their King; while He was also Saviour of the Church, which is His body, and so their Priest.

2. Its universality. The Levitical order was national and limited in its scope, and its honours and privileges were for the Jew alone. In Melchisedec's day there were no Jews. No nation bad yet been chosen as the peculiar people of God. Humanity was one, and Melchisedec was a priest of humanity. The shadow of his mitre extended as far as the shadow of his crown, and the incense of his intercession covered all that his sceptre swayed. Christ was a Priest of this higher order. He never once called Himself the Son of Judah, but on sixty-three occasions the Son of Man. The intercession of the high priest was bruited to those for whom he offered sacrifice, arid no sacrifice was offered for Gentiles on the Great Day of Atonement. The extent of Christ's intercession was evidenced by three little words. All, every, the whole. "Christ died for all." "He tasted death for every man"; "for the sins of the whole world."

3. It was intransissible. Melchisedec's priesthood began and ended with himself, and thus differed from the Levitical, which was strictly dependent on an unbroken pedigree, on both father's and mother's side. Melchisedec was selected as one specially qualified for the office. The Levitical priests were officially, but not always personally, holy. Christ, too, fulfilled this requirement.

4. It was a perpetual priesthood. Under the Levitical law the priest could hold his office only between the ages of thirty and fifty. In Melchisedec's day no such law obtained. The Levitical priest died out of his office, Christ in the exercise of His office. In the grave of Joseph He was still a Priest. That was His robing-room, where He was preparing for His everlasting work of intercession, putting off mortality that He might put on immortality. The golden bells on the hem of the high priest's robe rang when he sprinkled the blood of the covenant upon and below the mercy-seat, and thus conveyed the assurance to the silent multitude without that their priest still lived, and that their sacrifice was accepted. These golden bells were paralleled by the declarations of the Word of God, such as "He is consecrated a Priest for evermore"; "I am He that liveth and was dead," &c. Then there was the great bell of God's oath, "The Lord hath sworn and will not repent; Thou art a Priest for ever," &c.