FxMasterz:



Throughout the scriptures, wherever there is hearty praises and worship, the power of God is always manifested.

Those who know how to praise God would be the carriers of His Presence. Those who carry His Presence would manifest the Presence. The Presence of God is the most important asset of a believer.

Without it, I am nobody.

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Amen!

God inhabits the praise of His people... Psalm 22:3

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." - John 15:5

"for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." - Philippians 2:13

To GOD be all thanks, praise and glory!

To corroborate the op's post... pride, disobedience/sin (which is "as the sin of witchcraft" - 1 Samuel 15:23... separates one from the Most High GOD!

"For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry." - Psalm 73:27

"I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” - Luke 18:14

"But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works" - Psalm 73:28

"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded[b][/b]." - James 4:8

Indeed...

"Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” - Matthew 26:41

"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." - Hebrews 4:15-16

Thus says the Lord YESHUA, the CHRIST - "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." - John 15:5

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life." - Galatians 6:7-8

"Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work." - Psalm 62:12

Napata77:
One colonised Igbo girl was arguing with me, and called me an ‘ancestral worshiper’.

In her mind she was insulting me, not realising it was high praise to my ears, as a person who believes in African spirituality and detests the foreign imported religions forced on Africans by colonial mass murderers and invaders.

So I’m raising a glass to all ancestral worshipers, and happily reject the garbage of colonised slaves for whom God is a white man, courtesy of their comprehensive colonial brainwashing.

Thanks all.

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Truly, truly... the above practice profits nothing and will only lead to condemnation and destruction.

"Then JESUS said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve." - Matthew 4:10

Only the Almighty GOD is to be worshipped!

"And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” - Revelation 19:10

Kayouzka:
Having children is selfish, common! look at the world we live in today isn't evident that it full of struggles yet it all futility.
One thing is certain the child you bring here would definitely suffer.

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GOD's command to mankind to be "fruitful and multiply" from before and particularly after the flood remains the same!

"So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth" -Genesis 9:1 (Also Genesis 1:22 & 28, Genesis 8:17< Genesis 9:7).

It was because of disobedience to this command that GOD scattered the would-be inhabitants of Babel, who for pride, etc did not want to fill the earth, but rather stay in one place and "build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." (Genesis 11:1-9)

Furthermore, "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate." - Psalm 127:3-5

None can defeat GOD's purposes via avoidance, abortion and/or straight murder - like Herod's attempt to stop the Lord YESHUA, the MESSIAH... (Matthew 2:13-16), no one can stop certain people, who are the Lord's, from being born and the Lord GOD cares for His own always!... this is my testimony; GOD is good! (Psalm 145:8-9)

"I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread." - Psalm 37:25

Sex / physical intimacy for a married heterosexual couple... yes! For the unmarried... no!

1 Corinthians 7:2-5
"Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control."

Stubborn82:
Why Jesus didn't pay tithe?
This is another controversial question and the point of reference for many to generate justification about tithing, it is very important to know that, while tax is to be paid, tithe is to be giving, you don't pay tithe, you give tithe, which ever way, but the question is why Jesus didn't pay or give tithe? Like I said before, that the key to understand mystery is WHY, one good reason that Jesus didn't pay tithe is because neither Jesus nor the apostles works or engaged in profitable business, tithe is only mandatory to income earners or profit enterprise, Jesus didn't come to contradict the word of God, he came to fulfill it, tithe is not mandatory on gift items, tithe is strictly for income earners, you can't expect Jesus to give ten percent of the food someone invited him to eat in his house, same way you can't tell someone to give tithe on a gift items or materials that he or she received from someone, tithe is not mandatory on gift items but only on profit and income earnings.

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Op, first I commend your attempt to share the good word of GOD!

Second, and this is where I take issue... how does anyone know whether the Lord GOD YESHUA, the CHRIST did not paid tithes?

Third - the Holy Scriptures should be our guide in seeking answers.

In looking at the Holy Scriptures we do see that the Apostles in following the Lord YESHUA appear to have stopped for-profit /commercial work like fishing (Peter), tax collecting (Matthew) once the Lord said to them "follow me"... so you are correct on this point.

However, note a few things - non-commercial activity notwithstanding:
1. Were the Temple taxes (מחצית השקל, lit. 'half shekel') paid by Israelites and Levites which went towards the upkeep of the Jewish Temple... not a form of / part of tithing? The tithing today goes (at least in some part) toward the upkeep of church buildings, etc. Well, the Lord YESHUA paid these taxes!

Peter and His Master Pay Their Taxes - Matthew 17:24-27
24 When they had come to Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?”

25 He said, “Yes.”

And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?”

26 Peter said to Him, “From strangers.”

Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.”

2. Despite not being engaged in commercial activity, the Lord YESHUA still had money to pay taxes and tithes/alms by giving the money to the poor!

"But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him. For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor." - John 13:28-29... meaning that it wasn't unusual for the Lord to give money to the poor (in addition to miraculously feeding thousands, healing them and saving their souls).

3. The Lord reprimanded the scribes and Pharisees for paying tithes but then failing to do the things that matter more!

Matthew 23:23
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone."

The point here is that the Lord in doing so, would not HIMSELF fail to do the right thing/s (i.e. pay tithes and attend to things that matter more). The Lord would do both as the Lord is perfect and keeps HIS own laws!

Matthew 5:20
"For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven."

4. To support point number 3 above... The Lord YESHUA, Who gave the law/s - including tithing, always kept and keeps the laws Himself... like when HE was with John the Baptist in Jordan:

"Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him." - Matthew 3:13-15

Conclusion... the Lord YESHUA apparently paid tithes, in addition to giving HIMSELF in HIS entirety, all the way to giving HIS life on the cross to ransom many of HIS sheep. (John 15:13)

Like the Savior, we fulfill righteousness when we submit to the ordinances and covenants of the everlasting gospel.

We do what the Lord YESHUA does... pay tithes and then give all of yourself that you possibly can for the Kingdom of GOD, by GOD's grace and in the strength of the Almighty HOLY SPIRIT!

Racoon:
This was God’s original plan for humanity before satan corrupted it. But Jesus Christ came to redeem us back and restore all the damages the devil have wrecked.

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Praise GOD!

Also, spot on!

Jude 1:7
"....as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."

"Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband." - 1 Corinthians 7:1-3

The Wiles of a Harlot
7 My son, keep my words,
And treasure my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and live,
And my law as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your nearest kin,
5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words.

The Crafty Harlot
6 For at the window of my house
I looked through my lattice,
7 And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the [a]youths,
A young man devoid[b] of understanding,
8 Passing along the street near her corner;
And he took the path to her house
9 In the twilight, in the evening,
In the black and dark night.

10 And there a woman met him,
With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
11 She was loud and rebellious,
Her feet would not stay at home.
12 At times she was outside, at times in the open square,
Lurking at every corner.
13 So she caught him and kissed him;
With an [c]impudent face she said to him:
14 “I have peace offerings with me;
Today I have paid my vows.
15 So I came out to meet you,
Diligently to seek your face,
And I have found you.
16 I have spread my bed with tapestry,
Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.
17 I have perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For [d]my husband is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey;
20 He has taken a bag of money [e]with him,
And will come home [f]on the appointed day.”

21 [g]With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
With her flattering lips she [h]seduced him.
22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or [i]as a fool to the correction of the [j]stocks,
23 Till an arrow struck his liver.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
He did not know it [k]would cost his life.

24 Now therefore, listen to me, my children;
Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths;
26 For she has cast down many wounded,
And all who were slain by her were strong men.
27 Her house is the way to [l]hell,
Descending to the chambers of death.

Footnotes
Proverbs 7:7 Lit. sons
Proverbs 7:7 lacking
Proverbs 7:13 shameless
Proverbs 7:19 Lit. the man
Proverbs 7:20 Lit. in his hand
Proverbs 7:20 at the full moon
Proverbs 7:21 By the greatness of her words
Proverbs 7:21 compelled
Proverbs 7:22 LXX, Syr., Tg. as a dog to bonds; Vg. as a lamb . . . to bonds
Proverbs 7:22 shackles
Proverbs 7:23 Lit. is for
Proverbs 7:27 Or Sheol

Call upon the name of the Lord GOD through prayer and in humility - GOD is Wonderful! Here is the word of GOD on the matter:

Psalm 86:5
"For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee."

Psalm 51:17
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."

Psalm 34:18
"The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."

Psalm 145:8
"The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy."

1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Hebrews 4:15-16
"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

Opanka44:
For all have sinned and fallen short of God's Glory.
Even the OP is a concentrated And undiluted Sinner

I need someone who can dash me something to buy food pls. The hardship is something else

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The fact that all humanity has sinned doesn't make what OP stated incorrect... he's actually Biblically spot on! A word is enough for the wise, they say.

Yes..."For all have sinned , and come short of the glory of God." - Romans 3:23

Yet remember that main message of the gospel of the Lord YESHUA, the CHRIST is that HE has indeed, and is still saving people from the deserved punishment for sin - the second death.

Believe the good news, by GOD's grace...

"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." - John 3:36

There is nothing wrong with water baptism as a sign/symbolic declaration that one professes with one's tongue the Lord YESHUA, the CHRIST - with belief in one's heart, all by the grace and mercy of GOD (not works).

However, the real washing of a person/soul unto salvation from hell is done by GOD alone with HIS word, the Holy Bible, which is living (Hebrews 4:12-13) and by the Almighty HOLY SPIRIT.

"The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ" - 1 Peter 3:21 (Note - physical water baptism does not save anyone).

"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." - Ephesians 5:25-27

"Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you." - Ezekiel 36:25

"I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire" - Matthew 3:11

jesusjnr2020:
Jesus was the Prayer Master, He prayed a lot and relied so much upon prayer.

Mark 1:35 (KJV)

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

Matthew 14:23 (KJV)

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

Luke 6:12 (KJV)

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Matthew 26:40-41 (KJV)

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

If you want to be like Jesus, and be able to achieve the kind of results He achieved, you ought not just to pray but to pray a lot as though your life depends on it.

God bless.

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Amen to "pray a lot as though your life depends on it."

Indeed, "pray without ceasing" - 1 Thessalonians 5:17

"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." - Hebrews 11:6

The Parable of the Persistent Widow - Luke 18:1-8

"Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me." Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”

cutecommend:
I support No-Sex till marriage, but there are concerns about this ideology in this present dispensation..
What No-Sex in Marriage means especially in this generation..

(1) It means No-Sex with my partner because I want to marry him or her, but I will be having sex with other people or my EX.

(2) It may mean No-Sex with you, so that I can benefit certain nice things from you, and because if you sleep with me, you may stop doing the nice stuffs..

(3) It may mean No-Sex with you because I don't like you nor see a future with you, and will dump you when the right person comes.

(4) It may mean no-sex with you, and no sex with anyone else because I don't want sex with anyone at all; whether I love them or not.

(5) It means, no sex with you and no sex with anyone else, because I love you, and I want to make the relationship clean before I marry you.

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"Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband." - 1 Corinthians 7:1

chatinent:
Humans believe they are insatiable and some tend to capitalise on it.

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Yes, and there are consequences for every bad action / sin... Romans 6:23

"Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied." - Proverbs 27:20

So, the more one goes on pursuing these worldly lusts one is essentially digging one's own pit deeper each time, with no reward.

"For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever." - 1 John 2:16-17

eglobalcafe:
Good evening guys, please I need some advice, my wife had pcos then that she couldn't get pregnant and now it's almost our 4th year in the marriage, after doing 2 ivf I told myself not to do it again because the money was not there and adoption is not my thing. So I was worried because am not the kind of man that like polygamy.

Now after we stop the ivf my wife started taking supliments and now she's pregnant after 7 months of taking the supliment and now because of my wife condition I decided to have a side chic who I can marry for the sake of children because it's not easy after 6 years between me and my wife and we are 4 years in marriage, so now as am talking to you my wife and my girl friend are both pregnant same month and from the scan results my wife might likely give birth to twins because two sack was found in her.

AND now I love both of them so much and I don't know what to do now. My girl friend is two weeks pregnant. Am not a bad person but I feel bad hurting my wife but the condition is not easy for both of us that is why I went out for another woman. Does it make any sense to abort my girlfriend pregnancy. Because even if I want to keep both of them it won't be easy for me to have two women pregnant for me at the same time. I wish it's different time I would have allow my girlfriend keep the pregnancy and my girlfriend really loves me ans she said she needs the pregnancy too.

Atleast am doing financially okay because I can feed both if them but how do I handle this kind of situation.

I have been having sleepless night because my wife can nit give me children at that time and now the blessings are here please advise me.

It's won't be easy to keep two women and it's not my thing but what do I know. Guys help me no insult please, if you ask me why can't I be patient the I will say am my mum is old and am the one taking care of my mum. And am 35, years now but if I don't what I did when I grow old who will take care if me? This are the quei asked myself daily before going ahead to impregnated my girl friend. Please advise me

Should my girlfriend abort the pregnancy?

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Pray to the Lord GOD for mercy and wisdom.

"Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul." - Proverbs 6:32

"Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked." - Exodus 23:7

The Greatest Gift
"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

[quote author=turmacs post=124601225]Now according to the Bible, in Exodus Chapter 33 verse 11 the Bible says and I quote "Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as man speaks to his friend" ......

Now my question here is, all of you that call yourselves Christians in this world today (especially Nigerians), is there anyone among you that God has spoken to face to face, how a man speaks to his friend ? Please I'm not talking about God speaking to you in a dream please, because that is how he speaks to all of you nowadays.. I'm talking about speaking to God face to face , just like the way you would speak to you earthly friend in a conversation...And for those of you that might bring up the argument that Moses was very special to God and he did works for God that no man was capable of, does that mean that God loves some of his children more than he loves others?

Righteousness99
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First of all, GOD IS GOD and so "works all things according to the counsel of His will" - Ephesians 1:11... so, it is not for the creature/clay to ask the Almighty Maker / Creator of all things "why him and not me?"... you close your mouth!

Second, we cannot simply figure out GOD Almighty - "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!" - Romans 11:33

Third, we can rest assured that "The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works." - Psalm 145:17

Finally, the fact that GOD humbles Himself to commune with human beings, even one, is fascinating and praiseworthy!

"Who is like the Lord our God, Who dwells on high, Who humbles Himself to behold The things that are in the heavens and in the earth? He raises the poor out of the dust, And lifts the needy out of the ash heap" - Psalm 113:5-7

PureFace1:
religion lol

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GOD says... "For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!” - Ezekiel 18:32

GOD is perfect and must judge sin... take a look at the Cross!!!

These matters are no joke, so rather than attempt to blame GOD in futility... we should be praising GOD for making a Way to escape certain damnation... all this through HIM, in the Person of the Lord YESHUA, the CHRIST!

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life... He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." - John 1:16 & 18

"Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!" - Psalm 107:8

tundein18:

Whose we? You’re not a Jew. You’re just an African slave descendant cross player. That’s what you’ll remain

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"For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God." - Romans 2:27-29

Yet the Lord GOD typically maintains a number of those from the Jewish nation (and other nations) who only bow the knee to and only profess the Lord YESHUA, the CHRIST!

"Unless the Lord of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah." - Isaiah 1:9

Also Romans 11:16-18

FrankishKing:


Yes that's how Negroes came to resemble Africans because of the mixing and marrying your beautiful black daughters. And just as you saw our fair skin daughters attractive and created the light skin Ethiopians.

But know this many of us have never lived in Africa my ancestors came across the Atlantic from France as we are German Franks of the tribe of Benjamin. And you are right and so are others that no Black people are from Europe because we aren't black we are brown. I made a whole post with pictures of the brown skin Hebrew Nobility that ruled Europe. It wasn't a big heavily populated place like it is today as I have shown Europe has gotten alot of immigration since the 1300s. None of those white people were living in Western Europe they came running from Huns, Mongols and Russians behind them. Hebrews were a small group of Semitic stock there has never been a whole continent of us like Africans. If Hebrews were added to Semitic people we would make up a whole continent.

You have to think about these ideas before you quicky reply with a sharp dismissal.

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Are you for real or a bot?? What sharp dismissal?? Read again my brief contribution ... you will find no quick reply "sharp dismissal"!

"And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him" - 1 Corinthians 8:2-3

FrankishKing:


Hebrews were originally Middle Eastern but married black Egyptian women that's how the mix up began. Brown men with black women like Moses and his wife. Have you not seen?

Moses' wife Zipporah, daughter of Reuel/Jethro from Midian, was black.

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Notable truth to this... including Moses' second wife.

"Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman." - Numbers 12:1

HarshBitterTrut:



You fail to grasp the complexity of the issue yet you are a brother who loves God so I liked your post.

I, by GOD's grace do in fact comprehend... but I'm not concerned about said issue complexity and that which ultimately will be, and is fact futile, and thus all irrelevant.

"But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted." - Matthew 15:13

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.[b][/b]" - Isaiah 65:17

Let us continue to seek and/or rejoice in the LORD's mercies.

Ultimately, it is not about religion or earthly bloodlines... it is about a personal relationship with the only true GOD having been reconciled back to HIM by HIS grace and HIS Personal sacrifice for sin in the Person the Lord YESHUA, the CHRIST; being given forgiveness for sins and eternal life.

So says the Lord YESHUA... "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day." - John 6:44

If this doesn't happen by GOD's will, no amount of prayer or fasting or good works can grant one forgiveness for sin and access to Heaven to dwell with the Most-High GOD!

"for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9

Israel (including the tribe of Judah), Arab nations and all mankind need the Lord YESHUA to escape damnation for sin... because none can pay!

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," - Romans 3:23

"Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for [a]Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." - Romans 10:1-4

Salvation is found by GOD's grace in CHRIST and in the pages of the Holy Bible (Romans 10:17)

"He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” - John 3:36

"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” - Acts 4:12

Op, what you are referring to is "transubstantiation", defined by a dictionary as "the miraculous change by which according to Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox dogma the eucharistic elements at their consecration become the body and blood of Christ while keeping only the appearances of bread and wine"

Transubstantiation is not Biblical! Therefore, the misguided issues - rather non-issues - that you allege re: cannibalism, etc... are inapplicable, and therefore irrelevant!

"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever. These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?” When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend you? What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." - John 6:56-63

The bread / flesh from Heaven Whom/whom we eat is the Word (John 1:1)/word of GOD, The Lord YESHUA, the CHRIST / the Holy Bible... the giver of life! (Matthew 4:4, Hebrews 4:12-13),

"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." - Romans 10:17

Communion - which is a very important ceremony, but like water baptism, etc... are symbolic!

"In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes." - 1 Corinthians 11:25-26

Indeed...

Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Romans 6:12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Gagare1:
For me, hell is simply the complete absence of God in a place or a system.

If God is the author of anything good, then the complete absence of God will mean the complete presence of everything bad.

If you will break this down, tons of books can be written.

No matter how bad things may seem now, the fact that God is present moderates the evil you see. Hell is a place where God grants the wishes of those who chose to reject Him by simply saying, "as you wish". God will not be there. If the absence of God is unimaginable then you get the point; hell's evil cannot be imagined.

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You are correct in part... it is a separation from GOD (or the second death)... just like the separation of the spirit and body causes physical death. Yet, it is imperative to let the Holy Bible - GOD's inerrant word - define all things:

Hell...

Mark 9:48
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Matthew 22:13
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Revelation 20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Honchoslim16:
Well, as for me... I don't believe in 'sin'


I follow laws stated in the constitution of my country..... Not laws stated by an Israeli god or Arab god!

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The Almighty, righteous GOD of creation must judge sin and sinner, whether you believe in sin or not. Praise GOD that HE - at great expense to Himself in the Person of the Lord YESHUA, the CHRIST - has made provision for many from the beginning of time to its end; to escape the punishment for sin in Hell!

“Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die." -Ezekiel 18:4

"For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!” - Ezekiel 18:32

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 6:23

The consequences for breaking man's law are temporary and can last only as long as a lifetime... the consequences of breaking GOD law without HIS mercy in CHRIST are cosmically eternal.

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:6-7

OP Re: "TalkTalk 2022" - "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." - Matthew 6:14-16

Re: your post...
"And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked" - 2 Peter 2:6-7

WriterNig:
🇷🇺 Russia have always been a friend & protector of Africa, South America since time inception.

Africa would still be under colonialist rule if not for Russia.

Russia is an ancient power, right from the days of swords and shields. They defeated Napoleon of France, the Ottoman Empire, Nazi-Hitler.

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There is often, if not always - GOD knows all things - economic incentive / motivation for all (Russia included) who have come to Africa over the centuries.

African and Africans need serious improvement based in brotherly love and selflessness!... more self-sufficiency to be taken more seriously, notwithstanding the foreign and domestic opposition to this independence.

"Before kingdoms change, men must change"