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OkCornel:
Buhahahaha.

So the goalpost has shifted from Malachi being addressed to nation of Israel to worshipers of God?

Oya na… Job was not an Israelite, nor among the ancestral lineage of Israel. Can you show us biblical and historical evidences of Job tithing? Remember, Job is a worshipper of God too o.

Can you also show us examples of gentile believers in the new covenant that tithed?

Your attempt to dodge this question by asking if salvation is mandatory for gentiles is laughable. Abeg, what is the connection between tithing and salvation Oga Petra?

Modern day scam artists in the guise of men of God have so battered the psyche of their members that they make them believe that the only way to success is by feeding their extravagant lifestyles, by twisting Malachi chapter 3 to their advantage.

Instead of them to teach and encourage their members to improve their skills and abilities to succeed in life, they turn then into perpetual ATM machines.

Even chapter 3 of Malachi was directed at the Lord's anger at the priests.

Malachi
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

It is after the purifier purifies the priestly class that the Lord will accept the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem.

I wonder where you guys get the notion that priests are infallible. Malachi shows that God can get angry at priests and curse them.

petra1:
Amd you cannot isolate Malachi 2 from Malachi 1

Malachi 1:1
Malachi
​ The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

He was sent to the nation. While prophesying to the nation he addressed Judah, He addressed priests, He addressed issues about the messiah and his forerunner. Just as any book of prophecy with multiple messages and topics. Why will you now just pick one part and color all with it..

Read from Malachi 1 verses 6 to the end and tell me who the Lord was referring to;

6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.

9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.

10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

zendi:
No, its the Dems that Putin loves.
He took Crimea under the watch of Democrats and has now come for the entire Ukraine under the watch of Democrats.
When Democrats come to power, Putin's opportunity comes.
He, and the Taliban and China know the Brandons more than the bungling Brandons know themselves;
that their appetite for fight is only for the war against "white supremacy" AT HOME.

I don't understand. You want US to send troops to Ukraine and because Russia annexed Crimea or you want Biden to bomb Russia because Putin entered Donbas? Does the US have a defense pact with Ukraine or they have joined NATO? Why not direct your anger at Ukraine's European neighbours like Germany, Poland, France, UK and Italy?

Iyaebe:
Anything crypto and other internet ways of making money is fraudulent to me,people that make money online are mostly fraudsters or potential fraudsters.Dem plenty here for nairaland.All those boys doing crypto also know how to hack people's account and hacking is fraudulent, so all of dem dy swim for the same ocean. Crypto=Hacking=Fraud.

Sorry you feel that way, but crypto is the future of finance. We are just scratching the surface of DiFi, blockchain technology and crypto currencies. If you don't obtain the necessary education and skills, you will be left behind.

After saying that, it was not because of crypto that the Sister got scammed, it was because of greed. It could have been other financial instruments like stocks, forex, gold or even wash wash dollars.
People have been scams with agriculture pools, ponzi schemes and online shopping.
The lesson here is never invest your money in instruments or businesses you have no knowledge of. Crypto sounds exotic and sophisticated to lots of people and so easily falls for scams using cryptos as instruments.

OkCornel:
Which nation was the book of Malachi addressed to? Israel or Nigeria?

Was the book of Malachi directed to the gentile nations?

Did God make tithing mandatory for any of the gentile nations?

Can you provide examples of Christians (not Judaisers) that tithed in the scriptures?

I don't want to continue going in circles with Petra1. He is wearing really distorted blinkers. How can one interprete

Malachi 3:9
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me,
even this whole nation.

to mean to mean the words were directed at the whole nation when the speaker made a distinction between "Ye" and the nation with the adverb even? The "ye" in Malachi refers to priests.

He has really been indoctrinated by tithe criminals.

Malachi3 cannot be read in isolation of Malachi 2:

Mal.2
[1] And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
[2] If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
[3] Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
[4] And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
[5] My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
[6] The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
[7] For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
[8] But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
[9] Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

petra1:
Wrong. Tithe eaters are those who rob God by not tithing.

You have been brainwashed beyond redemption by scam artists in the guise of men of God. The verses which you people are so obsessed with was directed at priests who just like modern day christian priests are scamming the people of Israel. God was directing his anger at them and not the general children of Israel.

Malachi 2
[1] And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
[2] If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Pastors are not tithe collectors. Pastors are rather tithers and givers. And for you information most denominational pastors are volunteers . THEY ARE.LAY WORKERS.. They have their jobs and businesses. Ranging from civil servant to lecturer etc.
Only few pastors are into full time ministry and such are placed on allowance. Church money does not belong to the pastor. Tithe eaters give impression as though pastors live on church offering. Most pastors spend their money on the church. Every pastor is not G.O with private jet. That's just few exceptions

I am not talking about regular pastors who are also victims of exploitation by the so called men of God. I am talking about G.Os who set up churches as means of fleecing desperate or illiterate people of their hard-earned money through perverse doctrines.

Matthew 23:23 TLB
. . .. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.

Wrong translation and interpretation. This is how King James Version puts it;

23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Why do you think Jesus specified what the scribes and Pharisees should tithe, or you think Jesus was not aware money exists? Jesus specifically stated issues that are important to God - law, judgment, mercy, and faith, these are what all the message and parables of Jesus was about. It's what the gospel is about. Tithe has no place in the gospel according to Jesus.

You're wrong . Compare the two verses below

Numbers 18:21-25
21 And, behold, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance in return for their service which they serve, the [menial] service of the Tent of Meeting.

Yes, tithes was instituted in Israel as compensation for the Levi tribe, which as a priestly tribe were not allowed to inherit land. There are no more Levis in Israel and so no one pays tithes anymore in Israel. How Nigerians scam artists (G.Os) converted themselves to Levis is a miracle.

1 Corinthians 9:13-14
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

So it no more about Levis but about ministers and partakers. Is it only G.Os that ministers and wait at the altar or preach the gospel? Why is it that the tithes and offerings are chopped by only the G.Os and his family? Should not the tithes be shared equally among the pastors and all the workers of a church? Why would the G.Os be driving private jets and ordinary pastors are walking the streets under the sun, preaching the gospel

Tithes and offerings are eternal principles in God's kingdom. If you give offerings you must give tithes you cant chose one and neglect the other because one us very convenient.

There is no must in any genuine religion, that's religious fundamentalism. You give as the heart directs.

MoneyGoDrop:
Well you didn't tell us if they healed your mom or not. Of all the people i know that visited that church, none was healed or shown on the television, maybe because they aren't famous enough.

My broda, me too I've been dey find where jim Iyke to say my mother was healed. But he no even come mention him mama again. It now became about him. Na him dey find healing from T.B. Joshua?

Of the three people I knew that went for healing from T.B.Joshua none was healed.

petra1:
That's tithe eaters assumption

Who are tithe eaters? I hope you are referring to pastors who use members tithes to buy live extravagant lives.

He did

Please give verses where Jesus preached about tithes or where he taught his disciples about tithes. He only made reference to tithes when admonishing the pharesees for placing tithes above all other things.

Not true. It's tithe eaters assumption or accusations. Pastor's teach on prayers, fasting, forgiveness, evangelism, faith nobody speaks. But when they teach on tithes anf offering tithe eaters protest. That means conscience Is disturbing them.

Conscience is disturbing who? I have never paid tithe in my life and I have never felt any guilt, so also billions of others. If some pentecostals feel guilty for not paying tithe, it is because they have been continuously been blackmailed and guilt tripped by their pastors.

There must be balance. The whole counsel of God must be taught

Yes there must be balance. Tithe is not part of that balance. It's a scam by modern day Christianity.

petra1:
JESUS SAYS TO TITHE
Matthew 23:23 TLB
. . .. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.

Meaning tithes is not that important. That's why he or his disciples never preached or gave a parable on tithes. Meanwhile tithes is the most important doctrine of modern day Christianity. Salvation according to tithes.

Anonymoususher:
Putins intentions are beyond NATO... Germany chancellor, already assured him that they will frustrate Ukraine's plan of joining NATO.... France's Emmanuel Macron also gave him same assurance but he still wants to destroy Ukraine.

I don't know of Putin's intentions beyond NATO, but NATO was formed because of Russia/Soviet Union and so Russians are scared of NATO near their border.

German Chancellor, French President and US President can assure Putin all they want on Ukraine not joining NATO, he will not trust them until it is put in writing, because Bush senior assured Gorbachev that NATO would not extend eastward. Look what happened since then.

This battle is between Democracy and Autocracy.

There is no true democracy in the West. In the US the last election showed that the people's vote could be overturned and the people that really matters are a few sets of electors.

Ukrainians and Russians are the same people, sharing same heritage, culture and traditions so if Ukraine should succeed as a democracy, Russians will demand to have a democratic settings which could spark massive protests like the Arab spring and threaten his power.

Putin knows this, that's why he wants to destroy Ukraine. The same applies to China, China will do everything possible to destroy a democratic Taiwan

If that happens, Putin is not the only one that will be affected, and just like the Arab spring the whole country could be destroyed (like Syria)

lordm:
Is it those uneducated VIO that will listen

The bosses are educated. They know the law doesn't give them the right to ask for roadworthiness from private cars, but the do anyway, in order to extort money from motorists.

Imagine Abba Kyari suing the NDLEA and police for detaining him beyond 24 hours without charging him to court. Meanwhile he detained someone for 1 month on the orders of Hushpuppi. You think he did not know he was violating the law?

CaseSensitive:
He necessarily don't have to hold a Nigerian passport to travel out of Nigeria, as long as the passport is legit and his end destination is the country which he also hold a citizenship of. But travelling back to Nigeria obviously will require either a Nigerian visa stamped on his UK passport or you get him a Nigerian passport for that purpose.

My advise would be to get the Nigerian passport before he leaves the country because getting a Nigerian passport in London is a whole different kind of sport, especially if like me, you live outside London.

Makes sure you obtain a Nigerian passport before he leaves, else traveling back to Nigeria in the future will be a nightmare. Also immigration officers at the airport will give problems when leaving especially as a first time traveller. You might need to hold extra something to bribe them with a little agbero style before he will be allowed to board the plane.

DWJOBScom:
Well some of us pay tithes to churches we may never visit. I pay my tithe to a church in ilorin after seeing on facebook they don't have pews and will definitely have members with needs. I have been stranded once without money very late at night on a busy road and all my driver and I had was less than N400 without a bank in sight. A church took care of us without questions and got a mechanic for us of course they fed us too. The Church needs your money

The church need your money, willingly as offerings, not with threats of curses and brimstone as done by modern day Pentecostals. Christianity had survived for over 1900 without priests threatening members witg tithes, so why the sudden desperation for tithes?

RayRay06677:
You that reads bible, where? Only time He mentioned tithe, He compared it to weightier things, in comparism, when one is weightier, it means the other is lighter, so therefore, tithe is lesser thing and inconsequential in the scheme. Follow Christ and be save-Bishop (Obong) G.O.D. Akpan is the Bishop, Chapel of Corrections, correcting the errors of the miseducation the antichrist are spreading.

And he was even referring to the Pharisees. Are these tithers Pharisees?

Techguy96:
Lol, that's the list of what's happening here, with or without nato base, Russia wants to conquer Ukraine, they don't consider Ukraine a sovereign state.
When they invaded crimea in 2014, nato wasn't planning to build a base there. Russia is just using nato as an excuse to invade Ukraine. Why have they not invaded Poland where there's an actual nato base?

I am sorry but you are too glued to western media and hence your bias towards western propaganda. Try and listen to other sources to get a more balanced view.

The conflict did not start with the 2014 invasion of Crimea. The crisis started with the brake up of the Soviet Union in 1989. The US and Russia had lots of agreements in order to douse the tension of the cold war. Russia had Warsaw Pact comprising of states under the influence of the former Soviet Union, while NATO had its members of the western Alliance led by USA. For Russia to allow the unification of Germany and withdrawal of Russian troops from the former Soviet states, there were agreements not to expand NATO eastwards. After all NATO was created principally because of Russia. So the Russians thought that with the ending of the cold war, the need for NATO would not be needed anymore. But what happened? NATO kept expanding until it is now almost at Russia's borders.

Russia felt the need to annex Crimea, because it felt Crimeans are ethnic Russians and for most of their history had been part of Russia. The people themselves wanted to join Russia. After the 2014 revolution that saw the overthrow of the Russian backed government, the people of Crimea were not comfortable being influence by a US backed government.
Even if Russia did not annex Crimea, Ukraine will still descend into a protracted civil war as the country is heavily divided between the people who support Russia and those that support the West.

obedience4:
A nuclear weapon.. A base is not the same as a nuclear weapon...a nuclear weapon in the hands of a madman like Castro wasn't going to fly

Gosh, you guys are so bias. It was a missile base. Now are you aware of the type of weapons a future NATO base in Ukraine will hold?
Are you now saying that the US will allow any sort of Russian or Chinese base in Cuba or Canada?

obedience4:
So survival means invading a neighbouring nation. And putting a whole Continent in tense situation.. And likely causing the deaths of millions... Survival my foot

Yes. US was prepared to invade Cuba and start a WW3 thereby putting the whole in tense situation because USSR was putting a military base in Cuba.

obedience4:
So funny that Putin would put his country into economic woes just because of ego.. The Russia economy is worst and has been in free fall since the last decades they depend on gas export as the major source of revenue.. Now that Germany has hated the NORD stream piple line. The economy is set to become more worse.. Time and time again Russia economy can't not sustain a long-term war against NATO..

It's not ego, it's the very survival of the Russian Federation. If Ukraine and Georgia is allowed to join NATO and the EU, then the Russian Federation is finished. A western style democracy along with NATO military base in Ukraine will lead to further insecurity and break up of the Russian Federation. There are already many separatist groups inside Russia itself. There are separatist groups in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, and Tatarstan. These groups will become embolden and demand comppete independence from Moscow.

When next VIO officials, Road Safety or Police demand for Certificate of Road Worthiness while driving your private car, tell them that the courts have determined that according to Nigerian law, privately registered vehicles are not required to obtain Certificate of Road Worthiness.

Private vehicle does not require roadworthiness certificate

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

IN ASABA JUDICIAL DIVISION

ON FRIDAY 12TH MARCH 2021

BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS


MOHAMMED A. DANJUMA, JCA

JOSEPH EYO EKANEM, JCA


ABIMBOLA O. OBASEKI-ADEJUMO, JCA



BETWEEN

THE GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE OF NIGERIA & 2 Ors

And

OLUKUNLE OGHENEOVO EDUN, ESQ

(Lead Judgment delivered by Honourable Justice Joseph Eyo Ekanem, JCA)



Facts of the case:

The Respondent, a Legal Practitioner based in Warri, while driving his vehicle along Afisere Road, Ughelli, Delta State, was intercepted by Officers of the 3rd Appellant, through a road block; and was asked to produce his Certificate of Road Worthiness.

The Respondent maintained that he had none and that, as a private car owner, whose vehicle was not used for mercantile or commercial purpose, he was not required to apply for roadworthiness.

This led to serious traffic which prompted the 2nd Appellant to release the Respondent. Upon inspection of his documents, the Respondent discovered that he was actually issued a Certificate of Road Worthiness by Officers of the Appellant.

He therefore initiated an action by way of Originating Summons at the High Court of Delta State, seeking the interpretation of whether a Certificate of Road Worthiness was needed for private owned vehicles.

The trial court found in favour of the Respondent.

The Appellant, aggrieved, lodged an appeal to the Court of Appeal.



Issues for determination:

1.Whether the suit of the Respondent filed against the Appellants on 21 November 2014 is not statute-barred, in view of the provisions of Section 2(a) of the Public Officers Protection Law, Cap. P.23, Vol. IV, Laws of Delta State of Nigeria, 2006.

2.Whether the 3rd Appellant “Senior Vehicle Inspection Officer (Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State), is a juristic person that can be sued.

3.Whether by virtue of the provisions of all relevant laws relating to Road Traffic, the Certificate of Road Worthiness has no application to private motor vehicles.



The Appellants’ counsel argued that Certificate of Road Worthiness has application to private vehicles.

He referred to the learned trial Judge’s interpretation of Section 48(1), (4) and (5) of the Law and submitted that it cannot be the correct intendment of the lawmakers.

This he said is because the law defines “Motor Vehicle” to mean mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads. He also referred to Section 3(2) of the Road Traffic Law.

He contended that if the intention of the lawmakers was that private vehicles be exempted from carrying the Certificate of Road Worthiness, it would have been expressly so stated.

He stated that this is on account of the fact that Section 48(1) and (2) of the Law, which empowers persons authorized to impound vehicles plying the road without certain particulars includes Road Worthiness Certificate as one of the particulars meant to be carried by vehicles plying the road.

The Respondent submitted that a perusal of the Law and its Regulations shows that there is no provision therein that empowers the Appellants to issue Certificate of Road Worthiness in respect of vehicles used for non-commercial purposes.

Rather, the only section that authorizes the Appellants to examine vehicles is Regulation 58 of the Regulations, which relates only to examination of commercial vehicles and the issuance of certificate therefor after such examination.

He referred to Section 2 of the Law (the interpretation Section) and submitted that his vehicle does not fall within the definition of a commercial vehicle.

He also referred to Regulation 2 of the Regulation and Section 43 of the Law, which empowers the State Execution Council to make regulations on various matters relating to road traffic and Regulation 5 of the Regulation made pursuant thereto, which he said relates to the examination of commercial vehicles only.

He argued that there is no similar provision in respect of vehicles used for private purposes.

Their Lordships held that Paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) of Regulation 5 of the Road Traffic Regulations (RTR) made detailed and comprehensive provisions for the factors or matters that must be present for the registration of categories of vehicles as follows:

(1)Paragraph (2) is for registration of commercial and passenger carrying vehicles, to wit: categories (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) of the paragraph (1).

(2)Paragraph 3 is for registration of trailers (that is to say category (iii) of paragraph (1).

(3)Paragraph 4 is for registration of agricultural machine, that is to say category (ix) of paragraph (1).

(4)Paragraph 5 is for registration of tractor, that is to say category (x) of paragraph 1..

The requirements include the production of a Certificate of Road Worthiness issued under Regulation 58 at the time of the application for registration.

Regulation 58(1) and (2) of the RTR states:

(1) Every commercial vehicle, trailer, taxi, stage carriage, omnibus, shall before being registered or licensed and every 6 month thereafter, be examined by a Vehicle Inspection Officer.

(2) Examination Certificate – where at such examination a vehicle is found to be roadworthy, the Vehicle Inspection Officer shall issue a certificate to that effect as in Form M. L. 9 in the Sixth Schedule, which shall remain valid for 6 months. Such certificate shall be carried in the registration book and produced when required by Licensing Authority, a Vehicle Inspector or a Police Officer.”

Their Lordships held that this requirement applies only to vehicles that come under paragraphs (2) and (3) only, that is, commercial and passenger carrying vehicles and trailers.

Their Lordships held that it is, therefore, clear from the above that the provisions of Regulation 5 is loudly silent in respect of private motor vehicles.

I agree with the learned trial Judge. The provisions for particulars of motor vehicles are to be found in the RTR which as I have already demonstrated do not require a private motor vehicle to have a Certificate of Road Worthiness.

It follows therefore that the words “any of the particulars…” refer to the particulars as are required in respect of each category of motor vehicle as set out in Regulation 58 of RTR.

Their Lordships held that from the foregoing it can be drawn that a private motor vehicle is a motor vehicle belonging to a particular person, or which is for the use of a particular person or group, and for the carrying of their personal effects and not for public use or for hire or reward.

His Lordship Joseph Eyo Ekanem, JCA held that

‘‘Before drawing the curtain on this judgment, I need to remind public bodies and public officers that a public body or public officer vested with statutory power must take care not to exceed or abuse its or his power.

“It or he must keep within the limits of the authority committed to it. This is to prevent arbitrariness and the rule of man rather than the rule of law. See Wilson v. Attorney-General of Bendel State (1985) 1 NWLR (pt. 4) 572, at 591.

“The Vehicle Inspection Officers went beyond the powers vested in them by the law and the Road Traffic Regulations, by violently stopping the private motor vehicle of the Respondent on a public highway, using menacing tactics and dangerous implements to demand for Certificate of Road Worthiness which the said vehicle is not required to have.

“Such conduct sends a wrong signal to the citizens who may adopt such strong-arm tactics as a means of settling disputes’’.

The Appeal was dismissed.


Read the details of the judgement here - https://thenationonlineng.net/private-vehicle-does-not-require-roadworthiness-certificate/

cutieBR:
If you go through my post i said "whatever works for you do it" . You and billions of people don't pay tithe and it works for you, I'm not disputing that fact. Whereas paying of tithe works for me simple. EOD!

I am glad paying tithes works for you. What about paying your taxes? Does paying your taxes also not work for you? Or are you a criminal as defined by pastor David Ibiyeomie?
After all Jesus was recorded to have paid tax, and he specifically instructed "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's".

cutieBR:
I bet to disagree with you on this. I know how many people he is sponsoring on scholarships and even those he has empowered through the David Ibiyeomie foundation.. Here in my branch, I know people he has placed on scholarships.the op only misquoted what he said. I tithe and it works for me, i sow seeds and it works for me.. whatever thing that works for you do it. Abeg you guys should cut that man some sleek. Read malachi 3:8, that's the context he was speaking from by using the "criminal word".

I and billions of others don't pay tithes, and it works for many of us. Some Christians are addicted tithe payers and it does not work for them as they still live in penury. Tithes has little correllation with how rich you are, except of course you are a tithe collecting pastor.

Malachi generally was directed at tithe thieves like ibiyeomie who steal tithes contribute by the people for their own selfish ends and not at the general public. Start reading Malachi from the first chapter and not pick and choose isolated verses to fit your twisted logic.

YinkaOlusesi16:
your tithes to GOD is different from the money u give to the poor, obedient is better than sacrifice.

What does God want to do with your tithes? Abi your God dey wear Armani suits, ride in a convoy of Bentleys or ride in private jets?

YinkaOlusesi16:
All of you abusing the pastor lack spiritual understanding. One thing that is certain about tithe is that if you dont pay ur tithe to GOD, the devil will collect it from you with force.

And the devil has collected money from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Dangote and all the world's billionaires who don't pay tithes.

Magas falling for 419 format.

PlanktonX:
Won't the child be more happy to know his true and real father?
When a woman choose to be a common community good, a DNA would help the man and the child to know peace.

Don't mind them. Knowing your family background is very important for even medical reasons. There are some diseases that run in families and doctors would need to know you family history to diagnose the disease properly. Sometimes only your family can donate certain organs. A good example is bone marrow for leukemia patients.

Munzy14:
You...na bad mouth pro max

He is right in a way...DNA is not African....In an egalitarian society, a child belongs to everyone regardless of the biological parents.

False! DNA was not even European, American or Asian culture either. Why? Because Genome Sequencing is a relatively new science. DNA profiling only became available about 30 year ago. In the past there was no way of knowing for certainty the paternity of a child, so the society forced men accept paternity of their wives, even if he has doubts due to her cheating. Not anymore. DNA came to the rescue of men all over the world.

Lastly, people who marry promiscuous ladies already knew or saw the signs but choose ignorance from onset.

A woman can become promiscuous at any stage in life. Some women start to cheat on their husbands after 20 years of marriage. Some start cheating once their husband's suffer any financial set back. Women cheat for all sorts of reasons.
Unless you are God, there is no way of determining when, if or how a woman will cheat.

saphiere:
Finally a Nigerian man has made sense. I don't support infidelity though men should stop with the DNA nonsense.
Before you do DNA, consider the emotional state of the child.

What of the emotional state of the man? Is it fair for a man to be toiling to raise a child that was born as a result of infidelity? Would the child not always remind the man of the wife's cheating?

Left to right and bottom to top.
1. Albert Einstein
2. _________?
3. Jesus Christ
4. Sautama Siddhartha (Buddha)
5. Leonardo Da Vinci
6. Napoleon Bonaparte
7. Charlie Chaplin
8. Adolf Hitler
9. Michael Jordan
10. Merlynn Monroe
11. Dalai Lama
12. Sir Isaac Newton
13. _______?
14 Bruce Lee
15. _______? Don't know the woman.
16. ________? Can't recognize the uniform.
17. Chairman Mao.
18. Josef Stalin
19. _______? Can't recognize
20. Mahamta Ghandi
21. George Harrison
22. John Lennon
23. _________?
24. __________?
25. _________?
26. Michael Jackson
27. Ringo Starr
28. Paul McCartney.
29. Lady Diana
30 William Shakespeare
31. Charles Darwin
32. ann san suu kyi
33. Elvis Presley
34. Mohammad Ali
35. Julius Caesar
36. _______?
37. Abraham Lincoln
38. _______?
39. Bob Marley
40. John F. Kennedy? Not sure.
41. ______?
42. Vladimir Lenin
43. ________?
44. _________?
45.________?
46. Nelson Mandela
47. Christopher Columbus
48. _______?

lordknows123:
She washed your cloths without you giving her the key to your apartment right ?
You are just a joke...

My broda see me see story.
She is sexually harassing you, but yet you allow her to enter your house to wash your cloths and probably cook for you. It's like when girls accuse guys of sexual harassment but at the same demand for iPhone, recharge card, money for hair and wear bum shorts to visit the guys house.

My guy is enjoying all the attention and feeling like a gee boy.

Kuginzi:
Don't you think the IGBOs are the most peaceful tribe in Nigeria?

Ask IPOB.

Until IPOB you could say igbos are one of the most peaceful tribes in Nigeria. But after IPOB they compete and compare scores with Fulani Herdsmen.

Baawaa:
The fear of Fulani is beginning of wisdom for ohaneze

The hatred of Fulanis is the beginning of foolishness.

Oya start of moving from cattle markets to cattle market in igbo land looking for Fulanis to kill.

DeepSight:
My sensing is that it is somewhat taboo for mainstream Igbo leading lights to openly say so, but that many quietly sympathize.

They are aware that secession from Nigeria is not feasible or desirable. They know that it will put the igbos in worse situation than what is obtained now. A Biafra will be in a constant state of conflict and would be problem for the whole of West Africa, that is if Nigeria itself doesn't not sink into anarchy. France, UK, Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia and China would find a fertile ground for their proxy wars.

The igbo intelligentsia recognise that the igbos have been forced by the Nigerian state into a weaker position than they were in 1966. They no longer have the cohesion of the old eastern region. The igbos have been divided by state and sub-tribe - Ikwerre, Anioma, Ika. They have been helmed or isolated by the Nigerian state. Remember the dot in the circle comment by President Buhari. They have even isolated themselves from the world powers diplomatically - UK, US and Russia, choosing to rely instead on Israel(Israel cannot be trusted as they always go with the US).