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Parachoko:
Access to Forex and Petrol is now very easy

HacheNoire:
Facts I threw at you!

Deal with it!

Reference:
He was not Arteta's choice last season's transfer window.
Arteta wanted the guy that ended up at United.
I think Berta was swayed by statistics.
It hasn't worked out and the steep bill continues to sting.
Both Arteta and Berta should thank their stars that the title was won if not their judgement will have come under serious scrutiny.

edogu:
Saka, Tzolis and Havertz just dey play rubbish. I hope we won't regret the sale of Trossard and Martinelli.

ezegenigbonine:
You know what I meant.

RealityKings1:
What if she doesn't know? It's the son's schemes

ezegenigbonine:
Arsenal is really not serious on this game

HacheNoire:
With the current desperation of Peter, he is still going to join the BlackAxe.

Dude just wants to familiarize with every religion and cult.

Parachoko:
Bro, no b you buy phone for me

You're free to make use of the block button

This will be the last time I will reply you

You're frustrated and beneath me, so I won't be wasting my time on you again

AsomughaChuks02:
Same Paul Ibe that was contradicting his boss on the petrol subsidy issue. I hope he consulted his oga before this one because Atiku seems impatient and may sack him if he fumbles again o

cyberguy72:
Brighton has always been a clinical team.Chelsea even tried

MrBadNews:
Mistakes are meant to be worked on, the most important thing is the three points.

Parachoko:
Seun, I no dey understand this your Nairaland.

If I reply this nuisance the way he deserves, I will get banned.

You need to fix your site

If I write this kin exact comment, I will get banned and the comment will be hidden

Parachoko:
I will appreciate it if you can stop quoting me because You're now sounding disrespectful and sounding like a nuisance.

You're free to block me, I no send you 💯

MrBadNews:
From the look of things this two matches. This Chelsea team are title contenders.

favor914:
Is that the reason that u cannot prosper your life in your motherland Nigeria .

Parachoko:
I don't understand why the road was given to an incompetent contractor.

If nah HI-TECH dey construct the road, they won't let it detetoriate like this

If nah HI-TECH dem give, some bitter people go dey complain instead of given the Company the Thumbs up they deserve

ocnovakmichael:
Acts 1:8
[8]But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

I'd suggest you read that text in this manner: "After that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, ye shall receive ability - the knowledge to witness unto me..."

Growing up as a child in the 90s I attended a primary school that was ran by Catholic missionaries. On our school badge was the school moto: "Knowledge is power." I didn't understand that phrase until the grew up and discovered that the most influential and powerful men of this world are those with a specialized kind of knowledge. The likes of Elon Musk, Bill Gate, Peter Thiel, Dangote, Einstein etc.

This brings home the idea that Jesus wants his disciples to be influential and powerful upon the earth in bringing many to Christ that is reason he sent the Holy Ghost upon them to endue them with the knowledge of the things of God's.

You see, many believers are still waiting for a "power surge" kind of experience when they talk about receiving the Holy Ghost.
They expect to shake, to shout, or fall under the anointing so powerfully during this experience. But that’s not what Jesus meant in Acts 1:8

Permit me to hold your hand and take you through the Scriptures.

We need to understand that the purpose of the Spirit upon a man is KNOWLEDGE
1 Corinthians 2:12 tells us why God gave us the Spirit:
"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; *that we might know* the things that are freely given to us of God."

While the spirit of the world brings confusion, fear, and anxiety.
The Spirit of God brings KNOWLEDGE.
The word knowledge in Greek `gnosis` means insight, revelation, understanding.

Put slightly differently, If the Spirit is upon you, your primary evidence should be that you KNOW God more.

The "Power" in Acts 1:8 Is not an electric surge kind of experience, rather it is the power to testify about Jesus accurately.
Look closely at the verse. Jesus didn’t stop at "you shall receive power". He gave the purpose of that power: "...and ye shall be WITNESSES unto me"

In my undergraduate days at the university I did a course in philosophy "The Aristotle Four Principles of Causation." And one of those principles is causa finalis known as the principle of finality, which state that there's a final purpose of any thing, word, or idea. The final purpose of a car is not luxury but to commute man from point A to B at the least amount of time.

So, the purpose of "power" in Acts 1:8 is the knowledge to witness Christ. A witness in court doesn’t need the theatrics of demonstration. A witness needs FACTS.
He needs to know what he saw, what he heard, and be able to explain it clearly.

You cannot witness what you do not know.
That’s why Jesus said in John 15:26-27:
"But when the Comforter is come... he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness." In other words, the Spirit testifies of Christ first in us. Then we testify the same message.

We must understand that power without knowledge is just noise. This is why we have a lot of noise in the church but few witnesses:
Romans 10:2 "They have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge."

The apostles in Acts didn’t just shake. They preached with knowledge. You see, before the Holy Ghost came upon the apostles, Jesus sent them out to preach but they preached Christ they didn't know. They preached the kingdom without knowledge. But after the Holy Ghost came upon them and they receive the knowledge of the things of God by the Spirit, Peter stood and quoted Joel, Psalms, and David for 10 verses in Acts 2:16-36. That’s knowledge. Stephen gave Israel’s entire history from Abraham to Moses Acts 7. That’s knowledge. And Paul reasoned with the Jews out of the scriptures for three Sabbath days (three weeks) Acts 17:2-3. That’s knowledge.

Put somewhat differently, the "power" was clarity, boldness, and conviction that came from knowing.

In conclusion, the Holy Spirit came to make us Knowledgeable of the things of God. The Holy Spirit did not come upon you to make you vibrate and have a spiritual sensation, he came upon you to make you KNOW.

A better way to read Acts 1:8 is " After that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, you shall receive the ability to know and declare Me..." because scripture says, "...we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God."



Do not hoard knowledge, propagate!

Jesus is Lord

Pakute:
https://punchng.com/omokri-challenges-atikus-tinubu-90-year-old-claim-with-1996-photo/

Freshtruth:
He did well , he never woe salaries, the league improve during his time he brought private sponsors to the league just that luck was not just on is side the only mistake he made he to relief genert rohr at a very crucial stage of his job. Amaju us the right man odebami is not exposed

Floki737:
I finally won…

I can’t believe this, I’m finally the first to comment on a front page post..

I’ve been on nairaland since 2018..

givedemwotowoto:
Took over from himself, yet complaining that he inherited a mess

Nigerians can’t wait to put Tinubu behind them and move forward with rebuilding the country

They’re ready to do what it takes to liberate the country

BlackViper:
Look at Kano in 8th place out of 11.

Has anyone ever noticed that when it comes to raw data connected to large population statistics, Lagos State is always ahead of Kano State? Be it in number of school children, university graduates, number of homes using electric meters, number of registered phone line users etc, Lagos is pre-eminent over Kano.



But have you also noticed that the only areas where Kano has consistently recorded higher figures than Lagos is in the number of registered voters and number of people living in multi dimensional poverty?

Goonnik:
E pain Oya cry.