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People who litter utterly confuse me. Not in a complicated way, but I am just like… how? How do you look at a beautiful field, a forest, a beach, nature in general, and think “yeah, this is where my empty packet belongs?” You’re a grown person… how?
Consequences of false gospels:
1. They do not accomplish God’s saving purposes but keep men in their sin and rebellion.
2. They do not make saints or heirs of grace.
A celebrity posted a rather sexual and raunchy video of herself on social media.
It contains all you would expect: nudity, sensuality, exposed cleavage, and underwear.
Her appearance is nothing close to what a Christian who walks by the Spirit would look like.
But the celebrity is a star member of a popular Nigerian ministry.
In fact, the pastor does not spare any opportunity to spotlight the celebrity in the middle of service, post photographs of the celebrity on the church's social media pages, and always offer public endorsement for her.
We are highlighting this for several reasons. Firstly, this appears to be a major symptom of the state of our church.
A state in which we tolerate both the things of God and the things of the flesh in God's holy house.
This was what Jesus Christ warned the church of Thyatira against, saying they hold on to the teaching of Jezebel while still being a church of Jesus:
“But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.” (Revelation 2:20)
This is the case with this sort of church. Secondly, this shows the legitimacy of the ministry of this pastor.
According to Paul the Apostle, it is the level of the transformation of the members into the image of Christ that validates a pastor's ministry.
It is not the crowd or the branches. See this:
“You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us…” (2 Corinthians 3:2–3)
Which brings us to the final point for why we are saying this:
Paul instructs the members of Christ's body to stay away from the works of the flesh.
In most of his epistles, that was his emphasis.
Part of what he listed were sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, and licentiousness:
“Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality… drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.” (Galatians 5:19–21)
Now, this pastor not only does not rebuke this member for this carnal behavior, but openly endorses this celebrity and, indirectly, her lifestyle.
This is the state of a major part of the church in Nigeria. This goes on, and the pastor still rejoices and is comfortable.
This should not be. It should cause us to pass righteous and fierce judgment on such matters.
It should provoke a reaction from us, but it has not.
This is not of God.
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@_ebelechukwu "Tone deaf" it is. Unsurprisingly!
He's just shown the masses that in the scheme of things we do not matter and are inconsequential to his 27 ambition, even if we all do not vote him he'll still be the president.
This should really tell us the sham and scam Nigeria is. Tueh!
Christians worship a King who has defeated their worst enemies - sin, death and Satan.
1 A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing;
our helper he, amid the flood
of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe
does seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great,
and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
4 That Word above all earthly powers
no thanks to them abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours
through him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill:
God's truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever! ~ Martin Luther
My dear people of Plateau State, I address you on the tragic incident in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North, with a heavy heart, expressing my deep sorrow over the loss of innocent lives and extending my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families, while wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
I assure you of the swift and decisive actions taken to restore calm, including strengthened security measures and ongoing efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice.
I also reaffirm my administration’s commitment to supporting victims and their families during this difficult time.
I urge us all to remain calm, vigilant, and united as we work together to preserve the peace, security, and harmony of our dear state.
@BwalaDaniel Dear Daniel
Seeing you eaten by the Lions in the den, nah!
Most concerning is your unpreparedness and brazen lying. I understand that western media is -vely biased covering Africa, however, when we are architects of our predicaments it's near impossible to shield their arrows.
🇳🇬RANSOM TO KIDNAPPERS VS. DEFENCE BUDGET
2024:
Ransom paid to kidnappers — ₦2.23 trillion
Defence Ministry budget (armed forces) — ₦1.65 trillion
For every ₦1 allocated to the Ministry of Defence (covering the Army, Navy, Air Force, and related defence agencies), kidnappers collected ₦1.35 in ransom payments.
The financial reward for kidnapping surpassed the budgeted cost of maintaining the armed forces during this period.
#Statisense
(NBS, Budget Office)