John The Beloved

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[John The Beloved @John86732286]

Any AVENUE to Make REVENUE, paste me the VENUE 🤩*

_As long as the OUTCOME na INCOME , Bring am COME 😍_

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

@theJosephPeters And if youare so sure it water resistant shouldn't I be able to dip the phone in water anytime I want.

Might deliberately even go swimming with my phone in my pocket since it is water resistant.

Just saying 😂

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

@theJosephPeters So how do I know it a water resistant phone if I can't test it or I should just believe you because you said it.

Shouldn't I able to dip my phone in water to show my friends or others that my phone is truly water resistant

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

@theJosephPeters And if you so sure it water resistant shouldn't I be able to dip the phone in water any I want.

Might deliberately even go swimming with my phone in my pocket sice it is water resistant.

Just saying 😂

[Adetoro Daniel Official @adetorodanielX]

“Every good person will arrive at heaven, the only problem now is that nobody is good”

~ Apostle Gideon Odoma

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

@pfemiolaleye Please Sir can you suggest an investment one can put 200k per month.

Thank you as i await your response.

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

IS Grok REALLY, REALLY an AI chatbot?

Stuck in traffic this morning and trying to distract myself from the prospect of missing my flight, I decided to grok a bit, just to confirm if I am the only mad one or if Grok shares in some of my alleged insanity.

"This guy you want to marry, is he really, really born again?" Whenever I reference such popular statements in my teaching, it is usually to say how theologically inaccurate it is, even though the intent may be noble. I would then say that the born again experience itself cannot be improved, therefore there are no degrees of born-againness, meaning that you are either born again or not born again. I would then clarify that what such statements actually intend to query is transformation and not regeneration. Anyone who has not heard me teach this hasn't heard me teach on holiness or transformation, at all.

So, seeing that there has lately been some noise about a clip of me saying there is a gradient in holiness or something of that hue (truth is, I haven't watched that clip, but I know what I have said – here & there – in that regard), I decided to disturb Grok this morning.

First I asked Grok to theologically differentiate between Righteousness & Holiness. It came back with the typical, orthodox response associating Righteousness with Justification (imputed & positional) and linking holiness with Sanctification (practical & progressive).

I followed up with the question in the screenshot. I asked:
"Theologically therefore, can a Christian be more holy than another, even though they are both equally righteous?"
First line of Grok's response, was:
"Yes, theologically, one Christian can be more (progressively) holy than another, even while both are equally righteous in the sight of God."

The last paragraph of Grok's response went:
"In short: Equal in Christ’s righteousness and positional holiness—yet capable of real differences in progressive holiness here and now. This is the consistent biblical and theological framework across historic Protestant, Reformed, and evangelical teaching."

I chucked to see Grok appealling to "historic Protestant, Reformed, and evangelical teaching." As if to say, "if you think I am insane in saying theologically, a Christian can be said to be more holy (progressively) than another, I got my view from historic Protestant, Reformed, and evangelical teaching."

WHERE THE CRITICS ARE RIGHT, but...
Granted, a theological case can be made for the view that in a sense a believer can be more holy than another, yet, it is another matter how believers express it.
Some believers pray in tongues more than others, yet, it isn't Christlike to boast to a whole church: "I thank my God that I pray in tongues MORE THAN you ALL..." Therefore, if you wake-up and begin to flaunt your supposed superior holiness in the faces of believers, it may actually be the evidence that you are not so holy after all, because flaunting in this case is synonym for boasting. Boasting, in context is not one of the evidences of holiness. Here then, the critics would be right, if there was no context to the clip other than just an attempt to say I am more holy than some believers (real or imagined).
But there is a context. It is that everytime some believer comes up to charge the church to holy living, some other believers (trying to discredit or discourage the preacher), would say things like: "see how he is talking as if he is more holy." It is against the backdrop of this blackmail strategy that I usually respond with, "So what? I may actually be holier than you, and you may truly be holier than me, because we are not all holy to the same degree." I say it in more or less a polemical context, to bite the bullet and return to the main issue of advocating for purity.

If context is missing in clip, I'd still expect critics to at least say, "I can grant the theology, but I don't see the piety – without context."
But Gotcha!

NB:
I just asked Gemini too
https://t.co/VjIBwRXvMp

[Judah Olorunmaiye @JudahMaiye]

If you are a branch pastor, please remember that your general overseer will not stand to defend you on judgment day.

The people you lead are God's flock, not just a numerical statistic for your denomination.

If you allow the pressure or financial targets and numerical increase to lead your heart astray in a way that you and the people become more loyal to mammon and fame than they are to Jesus and His mission,

You will certainly be rewarded by the One who purchased the church with His own blood.

Be faithful!
Be faithful!!
Be faithful!!!

Be faithful to the God whom you will give an account to!

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

@TheBarcaLad10 Does this make them the greatest goal scorer.

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

@TheBarcaLad10 Portuguese legend Fernando Peyroteo holds the highest goals-per-game ratio in football history, averaging 1.58 goals per match (559 goals in 354 official games) for Sporting CP and Portugal behind him is Josef Bican, who averaged 1.52 goals per match over his official career.

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

GENERALIZED CONSIDERATIONS – with a cry.

The public perception of Christianity, even four decades ago, was beautifully different from what it is today. Jesus had more honour on our streets then than He does now. It meant something to non-Christians to hear that someone was a Christian in those days, because Christians, based on whatever the church was teaching at the time – were better representatives of Jesus in and to the world than we are today.

In those days, people could safely assume that if Laoye was a Christian, your teenage daughter would be safe around him, your money would be safe in his custody, and he would not sell you a fake product. Such assumptions, even about believers, are unsafe these days, generally speaking. (I know there are brilliant exceptions here and there, but they are the exceptions now, not the norm.) This is why I believe we should humbly admit that whatever we are teaching today is not altogether as spiritually transformative as it ought to be, in the overall divine scale of things.

Yet it was our Lord who said:
“…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
No candle was meant to be lit only to be placed under a cover. Salt should not continue to claim to be salt when it has lost its edge, its savour. Christianity, by design, is meant to be definitive and consequential, not banal and conformist.

Jesus, please, we need a revival!

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAINTS

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
Therefore do not be partners with them.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
– Paul of Tarsus, Apostle extraordinaire

*** *** ***
If I were the one preaching and I said, as in the last line above, that believers should LIVE as children of light, & that they should not just confess they are children of light; If I said so, some deluded hypergracer would start convulsing and accusing me of advocating for Legalism.

If someone is angry when you repeat what the New Testament teaches, is that person an apostle or a fraud? Please, tell

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

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[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

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[John The Beloved @John86732286]

@UnkleAyo @PeterObi Isn't this what @pfemiolaleye said last week or so and y'all came for his head?

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

Amen

[Judah Olorunmaiye @JudahMaiye]

May the Church of God live up to her true reputation.
May we be indeed heralders of God's truth and righteousness.

May we not be clouds without water, boasting much but offering very little to fallen humanity and broken society.

May the heathen not regret holding us in high esteem and expecting so much from us.

May our use not be limited to religious decorations and pious games.

May our descriptions in the bible not seem like a lie.

May we be faithful and useful tools in the Hand of the Living God who built us as His Holy Habitation.

May Jesus be revealed clearly by His Body, and may His mighty works continue through His bride

Amen!

[John The Beloved @John86732286]

@Saintcharles_e @JudahMaiye Is everything okay at home?

[Judah Olorunmaiye @JudahMaiye]

Some pleasures are not from Satan.
Some sufferings are not from God.

There is no value in suffering for your foolish decisions or your unbelief in God's provision to deliver you from afflictions.

Suffer gallantly for the name of Christ but take advantage of every provision in God to experience His peace and wholeness.

God has no delight in your pain, and He isn't threatened by your pleasure either.

Ultimately, He wants you to conform to His image while experiencing His love and interventions through every season of this broken world.

[Judah Olorunmaiye @JudahMaiye]

Teach your children to pray sincerely.

Encourage them to thank God for what they value and consider important.
The candies and the happiness of toys inclusive.

Encourage them to ask for what they sincerely desire, even if you think some of them aren't so important.

Encourage communication with God without necessarily employing religious cliches and jargon.
Just honest expressions of gratitude and dependence.

Teach your children to pray sincerely!

[Judah Olorunmaiye @JudahMaiye]

Godly parenting seems more demanding than pulpit ministry.

The consistency required to be a permanent picture of the heavenly father is on a wild level.
No breaks allowed.

You'll spend much time repenting for not doing enough and also being grateful for being entrusted with managing human lives.

[Judah Olorunmaiye @JudahMaiye]

You're likely to forget God in the days of your comfort and happiness, so you need to work extra hard to retain divine consciousness when all seems good and well.

Remember that every good gift comes from above,
Remember that He owns you as well as all you own.

Don't hurt God with the very things He blessed you with.
Don't let His generosity be the excuse for your idolatry.