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Amelian:
I wonder too
Go for the other guy.. At least he does not have drama like your guy. And the other guy has a mind of his own.
I detest drama than anything else..
With time, u will get to love the other guy..

All we need is peace , love and security from our husbands to be..
Every other thing is secondary..

I have some fri3nds who marr3id ugly men as husbands.. The men are very financially OK and they tell. Me everytime their husbands cares for them like crazy while they use him to. Make shakara because they are fine.. Lol..
Well am not in that school. Of thought
Mine is average money, great looks and peace.. Ce fini.

Op go for the one ready for. Marriage.. Shikena... No long story

I perceived that ex is a cheat...reason she mentioned that her currennt boo isn't cheating on her and respect her...Guess ex is ex for a reason, right? Maybe this guy that has money does.t respect her then...omo olowo things...just connecting the dots..Op should tell us more about this ex apart from his earthy possessions.

Billiondoe:
What are the characteristics of a good marriage, am 25 and single and staying in a relationship is like world war 2... seems like love is not all it takes... am in a relationship with a 27yr old man and we r In love and we are both university graduates but I dont think we can make it to the alter cos it's a different drama everyday, never caught him cheating and he respects me but his family controls a better part of him and he isn't ready for marriage anytime soon and I have this ex who is very willing all I have to do is tell him am ready and am no longer in a relationship, he is rich and has different cars and houses but am not so into him but he loves me for sure....

All that glitters isn't gold.

The first thing to break that spirit is intense prayer and fasting! It has moved beyond the ordinary. Pray for her in season and out of season. Both are under a bondage which can prove difficult to break.

No. Not hygienic.

evansjeff:
I know this is not allowed in Christianity, and it has always been a cause of worry to me, any hopes of making heaven? both having kids for me already, fellow nairalanders and Christians...help a wondering heart.


help move this to Front page please

Now that you have known the Lord, I will implore you to teach your family the ways of the Lord. As someone who is with the Knowledge of God, DO NOT divorce any of the two. Treat them accordingly as Christ love the Church, and raise your kids in the fear the Lord. That's all. The only thing is that you will not be allowed to take a position in the Church (according to [url]1 Timothy 3:2[/url]https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+3%3A2&version=KJV). If you studied that place, it meant we have Christians then in those churches who had more than one wife before they met the Lord. So, Paul specified those who are qualified for a Bishop's/Overseer's post.

Are you to Divorce your Wife?

Since you married both and they have kids for you before you met the Lord, it is not RIGHTEOUS according to the standards of Righteousness to divorce either because it will create problems for your family, the society and the world at large. You as the husband serve as a covering for that family, especially those kids. If you send them away, Satan will take advantage of that. Better having two wives with a family that fears the Lord and keep His statutes than a Family with one wife but are godless and hates God.

Any hope of making heaven?
YES. We have men who before advent of the Law had two wives and more but are regarded as friends of God, prophets and God's champions.Yet they are still righteous. What will keep you away from heaven is not you having two wives or not, it is not having a garment of RIGHTEOUSNESS. And we both know in the Kingdom of God, the law is not made for the RIGHTEOUS MAN.

So, let your mind be at peace, do not let satan take advantage of you and destroy your family. If you raise them all well and righteous, God will be so proud.

Hdayo1:
How about Nokia Lumia 1020 with 48mp?

you dey mind am? That list is too incomplete without Nokia Lumia 1020.

mokoshalb:
Your blog is OK, I must say, from the layout to the color combo and niche all on point... Just keep posting unique and attractive contents, then you will get a good traffic...

Okay, thanks sir.

mokoshalb:
your blog still uses a default template, give it a better design with a responsive template...

You can try other registrar like domainking instead of godaddy, godaddy seems to have frequent payment issues....

help review this blog: http://www.scribeofrighteousness.net/

SisterMe:
Hey two square , long time..I 've been around, just only recently mustered enough drive and interest to start posting on Nairaland again. The religion section now is almost completely run over with non - christian posts. Anyway, I am back..maybe we can spice up things around here a little bit

yea yea..almost run over. We've asked Seun for a Christian section but he is still adamant. So much for the enemies of the faith.

SisterMe:
Hello dears, the following article is copied with permission. Please read it carefully.

Hey, where have you been all these days. I miss you.

Emeonyerichard:
Since Having sex has being justified in the eye of God by the tie of marriage,my question now is, does it seem right for married Christians to watch porn as a means of spicing up there sexual life.?or its a practice which shouldn't be adopted by them..?

want to open the portals of wrong and lustful spirits into your marriage...huh?

Miriam19:
I don't believe in such


Only in Nollywood

well, I can tell you such happened in my town. No be play play things. Yorubas call them Akudaaya. One thing gave the man out who was once dead.. You know gossips travel fast... This guy was stinkingly rich. First, he no dey wear cap or sandals... But that's not the issue. The thing is, people suddenly starts to notice what has deluded them for years that they weren't paying attention to. The man was without a SHADOW. One way to notice an Akudaaya is that most don't have shadows since their body has been buried.

Trump

The long expected thread...following.

JackieMay:

Hahahahaha...you no wan talk true, by the sound of your username, I was expecting a New Yorker, blonde hair (wig) , and fair skin like ripe pawpaw but anyways, black is beautiful.

JackieMay:
I was about to say something.... then I remembered you stay in Gombe. so I just decided to laugh and reserve my comments

Is that you on your profile picz? I like it, makes it look like those Lagos 1960s caption

Op, abeg, edit and clean up your post well.

There is nothing that I fear more than this coding of a thing. Perhaps it's because I've not given it a trial. Mere looking at it makes me think of Kryptonian language sort of. I do ask myself, can I know this thing, people wey dey do it no get two heads o but perhaps one of these days sha.

Communication between creatures. Hmmn. I saw the story of a Penguin too that do pay a man who once saved it a visit (I think yearly),as a show of gratitude.

Gennyike:
Please I need someone to help me out here before AdSense frustrates me to something i can't tell for now. I don't know if they need grey hair from me before they approve.

Started blogging last two months and have requested for AdSense twice. Today marks it the second time and they still refused me hitting the same excuse.

Is there any other good Ad i can make use of apart from AdSense?

I also new review of my blog to know what i don't get right with my onions...geniusgenny's blog.

Pls help me.

Try and search threads concerning Google AdSense alternatives. There is a thread on NL that discussed it with many contributions. Well-explained. So, just do the needful.

silvoice:
sorry, is typo-error: epub is right. Now let me teach you about "epub" meaning electronic publications. Online videos, images, books are called "epub.". It's. Not a file format. Many epub comes in the following formats: mobi, pdf etc.
On amazon format, I agree that amazon accept doc/docx, rtf, and pdf files, however, the files are converted for you to mobi format, which is digital format for kindle readers. If you're publishing for createspace print on demand platform, no problem; but not best for KDP.
When amazon converts your files, you do not have control of the final outcome of the page. But if you do the conversion yourself, you can tell exactly how you pages will appear on kindle reader. Do more research or download kindle reading app to see how the book you uploaded in doc format actually appear. We are all learning though, thanks.

Point of correction. Epub is a file format. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB)

Great tips.

glo3nity:
Hello good people, truely i got to know Amazon and even brought it to my friend's knowledge sometime back but when it got to publishing point and I inquire from some friends, those whom have heard of the site but they told me not to trust Amazon and it likes that they aren't real, that all they do is make a bloody living out of once hardwork while the author languish in poverty.
The question is, is it true or false
2: How can one upload his contents on amazon.
3: I'll like someone to proofread my stories for me, please any one..?
4: How can I get cover photos for my stories, any help please..?
5: Formatting it too please...
6: Directories on uploading on amazon.com.


Thank you!

I can proofread your stories for you (@number 3), but at a fee. Contact me via freelancingplus@gmail.com

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Bad news everywhere...God help us.

That is if hunger no kill you before then....we go vote buhari in 2019 (voice deepens in 2016)....2017 (we go vote)...2018...(we go...coughs).....2019...no voice

Let's wait and see what is gonna happen. I think the Bible said something about a war emanating from the Euphrates river according to some end time scholars.

I can relate with hoarders in my hostel. They were like 3 or 4 then. SMH.

benjibabs:
@ the bold portion again, Satan has no power to create anything. Don't forget that Satan is a fallen angel, and angels do not have power to create.

Now, lets revisit the story of the creation of the garden of Eden again in Gen 2:8-9:

(NIV)


(NLT)
8 Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. 9 The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

(NKJV)
8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

(KJV)
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.



From those verses (@ the bold portions), there are two points to take away:
- God made ALL the trees in the garden to grow from the ground
- Among those trees were the TOL and TKGE

Some translations say - He (God) placed TOL and TKGE in the midst of the garden, while others simply mention the trees are in the midst of the garden.

So, Satan had absolutely nothing to do with the creation of the trees. Therefore, OP's question still stands - why did God create those trees knowing fully well that Adam will eat out of them?

Well, my last statement to you...satan have the power to create, even if men can create things, then know satan can do much more. Fallen, but the Bible still call him great. Don't be fooled by those religious constant fables concerning these fallen angels. If you know what these fallen beings can do, you will marvel. Only the grace of God is keeping us and can. Example was given in the book of Daniel. The fallen cherub of light now called darkness have things up his sleeves you don't know. Even angels are careful around him and don't underestimate him like we did. This has been the major setback for Christianity thinking he is stupid. And he also loves people to think like that. Men write codes, how much more angels that have fallen and are powerful than us; if not of Jesus. Please, think spiritually and don't be limited. Thanks. God did not plant TKGE, another did. I have set the answers before you, now left for you to meditate and allow the light to shine. I rest my case.

And funny you talk of translations, most that are translated according to religious mindsets and not revelations of the Spirit. KJV is still close, while many preachers still prefer it. Others, are tilting away from the actual meaning, like a misinterpretation in Revelation about the color of one of those horsemen. Reason Paul said the letters killeth...you're still looking at the letters, friend.

benjibabs:
Hhmhmmm, interesting explanation!
As per the bold portion, where did Satan get the tree of knowledge of good and evil (TKGE) he planted?

He planted his own knowledge, wisdom, and inheritance which is actually DEATH in the form of a seed (tree). So, as you are partaking of the fruits of either of these trees, you will inherit something....just like eating pawpaw, apple and those things do some things and form some stuff in your body, and that is physical, how much more the spiritual one. Spirits can create things, those are realms of possibilities, and remember he was higher than Adam, an angel of the first world, so he knew secrets, he was once with God. So, creating an opposite version wasn't hard.

missjo:
The summary of your post is that Adam was destined to disobey,well well..

What is TOL and TKGE?

Sorry, an abbreviation for Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil....I was typing with a phone. Had to employ shorthand. It's a complicated matter actually. He chose to fall. They would have looked for other means actually, as things happened, wisdom presented ways out.

missjo:
Wow,this was interesting.

I particularly like how you came about the age Adam may have been when he was created,and yea I understand how man had to govern and rule of the garden.
But this is also something I thought about,what exactly was in the garden to be governed? Even a human child of between 10 — 16 is a higher animal than other animals, don't you think so? I disagree with you on the issue of children pulling stunts mostly because you're using children of the present day to reach that conclusion.
A 10—16yr old child in the garden of Eden has no negative influence to draw on and as such will be completely obedient and subject to whatever he os told to do, this is my understanding though.

You mentioned something about what transpired in the garden and how it was battle of man versus man. In simpler terms, I put to you that God may have created man as an adult because he already knew Adam was going to disobey him. He is all-knowing right?

So why go through all that trouble of creating an adult man whom he knows will disobey?
Why go into all that trouble of creating a tree whose fruit should not be eaten when he could easily have not put the tree there in the first place?

Well, let's leave the issue of children pulling stunts aside. I still sense you're viewing it from post-Adamic fall now. I once wrote on my blog that the best way to get these things is to unlearn what you have learnt (that is, stop viewing it with the present). If you want to understand better, you've to journey back to the beginning and try and not use our present fallen state to judge.

Now, let me explain from your last statement that "Why go into all that trouble of creating a tree whose fruit should not be eaten when he could easily have not put the tree there in the first place."
Okay, this is where unlearning comes in. That's what we've been told over and over again. Even pastors do teach it and people believed it until revelation came to me. I went back to check and check, and I searched (I stand to be corrected), I can't find where it was written that God planted that second tree (TKGE). Yea, "out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." (Gen 2:9). We have to be very spiritually sensitive to biblical language. Also, the answer may not be in that book but find it at the end of the scripture (comparing spiritual things with the spiritual). So, the Lord God allowed these to grow. In other words, He allowed them to find expression without suppressing anything.

First thing you know concerning edenic knowledge is that Eden can grow anything. Now, know that God is a planter. He planted that garden, right? Remember I told you that if you want to know more about the first Adam, check the life of the last Adam (Jesus). He knew what Adam can only know. The Last Adam answered your question in a coded way when he was giving a parable that God planted wheat, and the enemy came to sow tares among the wheats. Apart from the end of days, Jesus was also showing us the operation of the Wicked One from the beginning of days. He hasn't changed from his ways. The Lord God planted the TOL, while Satan planted TKGE just beside that of God's own. Why did God allowed it then? I perceived Satan must have pressed God to allow Adam to choose just like the angels chose. By legal right, heaven had to allow him plant his own too. This is where the battle of man versus man comes in. Adam is a type of man, Satan too is a type of man. When we mention men in the Bible, often times, think of stature (spiritual). A child cannot fight a man, it will take a prince to fight another prince in the spirit. So, what transpired in Eden was a spiritual warfare. A lot of spiritual transactions, voices and thoughts were fighting each other. Adam wasn't ignorant. Believe me, Eve might be to an extent but Adam wasn't. He knew what he was doing. In other for Adam not to fail the test, God even gave him an expo, advanced amebo for him. It was like "hey, missjo, there's a tree in the middle of the garden beside TOL, the day you chop am, you go die o." God told the first Adam beforehand what the intention of who planted the tree wanna do to him. But remember the serpent said he won't die, you will be like God. You can see someone else was trying to defend his own stake and scamming scheme. Of course, I will defend my own proposal if I want to scam you, not another's proposal. I tell you, if Satan was the one that planted TOL, he would still defend it against TKGE.

So, you see, Adam wasn't stupid, he came to a time to choose between those two trees. He shied away from TOL for a reason - he could not endure the discipline the TOL offers to attain the image and likeness of God (to become the express image). Like you told that other guy, Adam wasn't yet that image. Your were right. He was meant to come into "Christhood". But TOL will take a longer time to achieve that. Adam was looking for a shortcut to become like God. Both tree was promising things but that of TKGE was extremely colorful, promising great things. You will be like God, but one of the trees was actually lying. You know which already. Same offer was given to the last Adam on the mountain- only worship me says the devil. Submit your authority.

Like I said, the promises of TKGE and pull from that tree, its fruit was too irresistible for Adam, it's like going to buy IPhone 7 for computer village and finding fufu inside. When Adam chose that tree, he submitted his authority to govern the earth. You can asked me what is it in the garden to govern? Adam was meant not just to spread Eden across our earthly realm, he was also meant to spread the knowledge of TOL to his offsprings who are living souls from generation to generation. Only Adams can rule the earth successfully. You now see why the world is in disarray. The person ruling the earth now is an illegal occupant. What is running this earth is his knowledge and colonization. Adam was meant to colonize the earth with his knowledge which he will get from TOL.

To the other question, did God knew Adam would fail after Satan pressed God to allow Adam to be tested? Using his omniscient power, of course He knew. Angels don't know what Adam's choice would be. At least, not all knew. They were only anticipating. God too had a plan for the onset. I perceived Adam was actually a trap meant for Satan. It's like putting a cheese on a trap for a mouse. Heaven has been looking for the rightful way to destroy Satan and finish him totally. Adam was a good platform. They would use Adam to put Satan in the lake of fire (the defeat came at the cross by the hand of the last Adam). When Satan fell for it, of course, he thought he has won, God was looking for a way to come to the earth. Jesus was crucified, they thought they've won. Immediately He was nailed to the cross, Satan shed tears, he dawned on him what actually happened. Now, they are fighting for their lives. So, that's it. I hope I have done justice to a level.