₦airaland Forum

Were. I work with HND cert in an oil company.

OK. The wedding project abi

Nice. Hope his contributions to debates are as handsome as his look!

Lols

Nice try. You have at least tried to come out and did what you can.

Clowns.

Lolz. Na una sabi.

Happy birthday to them

Na Sunday be their election?

mployer:
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Munae:
-_-

mployer:
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Exclusive32:
ty

emeijeh:
F

NwaAmaikpe:

madridguy:

sKeetz:

Bookers Association of Nigeria (BAN)

Na wah o. What a world!!!

elyte89:
Abeg who kan ask u for history

If you ask me na who I go ask?

femi4:
Up IC stop defending Yomi. You don't need a decade to be a Producer in Yoruba film industry

Say Say Say...

Lolz. Yomi was my senior in secondary school. We both graduated from Igbobi College Yaba. He graduated in 1999 and I graduated in 2000.

I wonder how Yomi take don become producer in 2008 so try he go don dey ask to give roles in exchange for knack in kpekus.

Na wetin you buy them give you.

Wicked

U sabi that road. Ibese - Itori Road, same as Imasai Road.

nurey:
Wao Identical to the ibese road. That's pure undiluted molded cement road. That road will last forever

Baby daddy loading...

Interesting.

Lol. This thing weak me.

Wehdone sir. Oko Toto dike dike

Good team. We can pull some stunts.

Sad sad. Sorry for this loss. God isn't wicked to cause this. No one should tell me he was destined to die this way.

interesting.

Turbocharged:
In 2012, I overheard my neighbour's 14 years old daughter complaining to her schoolmate that the only I am good at is advicing her to be a good girl, and sending her on errands. That do I think that the girls that always come looking for me will do better in bed than her? I did not sleep in that house again until one month, when I went to pack my property.
This is called "fleeing from the devil".

Imagine that.

Interesting. I want to believe that the guys are honest. Wetin small girls claiming slay mamas dey do these days no be here at all. Many underage girls now have uninhibited sex these days. But the guys self don see wetin them dey find. Make them dey cope with their travails.

LordBaelish:
I have to Quote you sir... you know why?

You reasoned. Unlike most people in this generation.

My pleasure, bro.

somegirl1:

I agree wholeheartedly. Plus Levis were to be taken care of because they had no allotment /inheritance in Israel . I don't see how it applies most "pastors", many of whom have called and chosen themselves.
As mentioned in my earlier quote, I don't believe God would penalise Christians at judgment for non-payment of tithe; however, I believe that giving is a spiritual principle which yields results whether or not the giver is a Christian.

You are very correct.

somegirl1:
I don't agree that only Israelites are to pay tithe. However, I don't believe Christians would be penalised for not paying tithe.
I refuse to enrich "pastors" and no longer/ would not pay tithe to any churches led by Nigerian or American pastors.
I also would not pay tithe to any churches where the founder / senior pastor would boycott missionary work in underdeveloped areas in favour of establishing "ministries" in church-infested urban areas.
I am happy to pay tithe to a ministry where charity work, not just for publicity, and evangelism are the focus.

Tithing was birthed as a result of the law covenant. Christians are not under the law covenant. They are under the new covenant heralded by Jesus Christ.

While it is true that contributions are expected from Christians, it shouldn't be in form of tithes. Apostle Paul asked everyone to do as he has resolved in his heart. Who says I cannot give 1/3, half or all that I made to my church if my heart so resolved to do that?

So much misinformation by the clergy class. There was more than one tithes that the "law covenant" brought upon the Israelites. They were to bring a tenth of different things and these tenths are for different purposes. There's a particular tenth that can be paid in cash but to pay it in cash you must add additional fifth to it.

Additionally, there's a particular tenth of animal offspring that's expected to be brought in. This and many other tithes are for the direct benefits of the levies and the priests. A tenth of whatever is given to the Levites as tithe is also given to the priests. This is because these two classes of people do not work.

However, there's another tenth that is a form of contribution to be made by each person to the temple. This is gathered througout the year and is used for the benefits of all worshippers who come to the temple for the annual festival. All the worshippers will wine and dine with whatever is gathered as this particular tenth.

Question is, are Christians under the law covenant?

Did the apostles who were directly under the tutelage of Jesus and who took over after him have a job of their own or not? Is there anywhere in the Bible that it was recorded that the early Christians were compelled to pay their tithes?

Apostle Peter had a family and he took care of them. Luke was a physician. Paul was a tent maker, despite that he was a traveling overseer. Moving from one congregation to the other. While it was expected that the brothers would take care of some of his expenses, however, please note what Apostle Paul said below to the Thesasalonians:

1 Thessalonians 2:9
New International Version
Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.

New Living Translation
Don't you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God's Good News to you.

He also said to the Corinthians:




◄ 2 Corinthians 11:9 ►
New International Version
And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

New Living Translation
And when I was with you and didn't have enough to live on, I did not become a financial burden to anyone. For the brothers who came from Macedonia brought me all that I needed. I have never been a burden to you, and I never will be.

Lastly, please note the kind of giving that God appreciates:

2 Corinthians 9:7

Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

From the above what can we deduce?

1. Christians are not under the law covenant. If they are they'll be expected to also offer up animal sacrifices.

2. Church leaders are not supposed to feed off their congregation. They are not levites and as such they can work to earn their living. However, if they have tí be financially supported so that they can face their clergy work, they shouldn't be seen living a flamboyant lifestyle while their congregants are in penury. How many church goers can enroll their children in school owned by their church today?

3. God loves a cheerful giver. There will be times when church goers should rally around fellow members and the church as a whole. It could be when a member has a very serious issue to care for and it may be when there is an important project to be embarked upon by the church. As such times, members are expected to increase their contributions so that they can truly be a brother born for when there's distress or calamity. Otherwise, let each person do just as his heart has resolved.

I drop my pen here.