Ihechukwu

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[Sam @DrFeruke]

May the "holy holy" stereotype that was given to classical pentecostals come back to the church.

May the church be known for purity again, like the days when employers wanted deeper life members because they knew they'd be honest.

This weird worldly greedy outlook is not us.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

…why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?”
Acts 5:3

…why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.”
Acts 5:4

A lot goes on in the heart mehn.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@misfit_Jo Best Defence don collect too.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

INDISPUTABLY, the less is blessed of the greater!!!

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

FEAR GOD o!

There really is no context where it is biblically accurate to say "Jesus is not better than the believer."

Jesus as the head of the church, for instance, is not an exact parallel to husband as head of the wife. Both the husband and the wife are creatures. But both Jesus and the church are not creatures. Jesus exists by the necessity of His own being. The parallel therefore, though incredibly illuminating, has colossal limitations.
No matter how you situate our relationship with Jesus, one critical difference is that whatever (attribute) Jesus gives or even shares with us, He has such attribute necessarily, but we have it contingently. Read it again.

Secondly, Jesus may give me His righteousness, yet I cannot transmit it to others, but He continues to be the only one who can transmit it. So, you see, righteousness in me is not an exact mirror of righteousness in Jesus. Also, righteousness in Jesus is not merely a status. It is exhaustive. Jesus' righteousness means that He can not do (I don't mean He will not do, but I mean He can not do) anything wrong, because His righteousness is not just a legal status. It is not imputed. Righteousness is grounded in His beign. I hope you know what that means. The believer however CAN do things that are unrighteous, even though she is legally righteous. So, while righteousness exists in both cases, they are not identical in every sense. More, Jesus is the explanation of the believer's righteousness, and yet the same Jesus is the explanation of His own righteousness.

Thirdly, I need Jesus to sustain whatever I receive from Him. I continue to need Him to keep me in His righteousness, in His grace, in eternal life, etc. If Jesus were to leave me at any point (blessed assurance, He will not), I will lose everything He has imputed to me. He upholds all things. I don't. I stand because He is able to keep and continues to keep me. He has no keeper. No one sustains Him in eternal life, or in righteousness. His righteousness does not need any support to stay intact. Mine needs to be sustained. It is wrong therefore to say His righteousness is NOT better than mine. More, I think it is meaningless to say so.

Besides, according to scripture, the root and the branches are not the same simply because they both share in a common life (sap). As Paul said in his Roman correspondence, "remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you." If you are being upheld by another – one who is self-sufficient and needs no upholding – it is both inaccurate and irresponsible to say your Supporter is not better than you, particularly with reference to the very attribute by which he holds you up.

It is also sloppy to say because Jesus is our righteousness, and our sanctification, He is therefore not better than us. That same passage says He is our Wisdom. Is Jesus better than us in wisdom or not? If you say 'Jesus is not more righteous than me,' can you say 'Jesus is not more wise than me'?

I saw someone making a money analogy. It fails. If I have ten thousand Naira and I give it to you, it is no longer available to me to give to another person. And if you, the recipient, are generous, you can gift it to your friend. Jesus being our ransom is something infinitely richer and different than the money analogy suggests. The same Jesus is the ransom for us all. He does not diminish through donation. But whereas I can give you the ten thousand I was given, if I chose to, I can not transfer the righteousness I've received. Nevertheless, Jesus can. How then can I be as delusional as to say He is not better than me, even in righteousness!?

Okay, "As He is, so are we in this world." Yes, but it is: AS He is; not WHO He is.

Heb 7:7 (NKJV) says, "beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better." We are the blessed. We are lesser than our 'Blesser.' And He – Jesus – is better than us.

Again, 1Pet 2:17 says you should FEAR God.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@Chymeodins @misfit_Jo Well but they’re light years apart when it comes to the magic of creating.

[donotreply @misfit_Jo]

I maintain that if you’re new to football and really want to appreciate the greatness of the Greatest, don’t watch his goal compilations. Watch the compilations of his plays that didn’t end in goals.

That’s where you see greatness for real.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@drjoshagunbiade My own be say Ronaldo sef don use style collect shade.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@DYORO99 @gideonodoma I understand if it is not making sense to you. It’s understandable.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@genzie_pastor @gideonodoma You sef na Gideon, you suppose understand your namesake nau.

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

BIRTHDAY THINGS...

Finally, I get to start something of an explication of the doctrine of salvation, and something of a response to some of the contortions being peddled against those of us who push back at hypergrace.

To be clear: the problem with hypergrace is not simply the belief in OSAS. Properly qualified, Calvinists believe in OSAS. So the issue is deeper than that. OSAS is just a convenient pretense, a cunning smokescreen with which hypergracers seek to arm-twist the church into ceding them a seat at the table, and thereby bully the bride of Christ into investing hypergrace, even if unwittingly, with legitimacy.

It is in the text that Jesus is the author of "eternal salvation." No Christian should deny that. So, believing in eternal salvation is not the contention. The contention is something as sly as it is sinister. It is the sleight of hand, the sophistry by which hypergrace smuggles aberration into the faith. It is the hermeneutical move that flattens the nuanced landscape of biblical doctrine into a strangulated and sterilized wasteland. The land is lush-green, but hypergrace makes it anemic. At its best, hypergrace would plant a full stop where God, in scripture, ordains a comma or a (semi)colon. These are the issues.

It is a matter of doctrinal responsibility to unpack and clarify them. It is incumbent on those of us burdened with the sacred privilege of teaching to hold up the banner of true witness in this day of Marcion-like maneuvers and empty novelties.

There are easily a dozen critical points of departure in hypergrace – points of departure from the historic apostolic faith we inherited, as it came to us through the godly, faithful testimonies and labours of Prophets, Sages, and Martyrs. The vacated and limp novelties peddled by hypergrace must be identified for what they are. Another gospel! Yes, hypergrace is another gospel – one that is (for instance) reluctant to accept God's unambiguous, personal self-identification as both the God of Love and the God of Justice.

All I intend to do for now is not to lay a finger on every one of the myriad errors at the heart of hypergrace. I want to look at the doctrine of salvation, and use the exercise to refute the faulty soteriology of hypergrace.

You are welcome to join us.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@gideonodoma Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@YanjuShine Sadly,it wasn’t enough to stop the GOAT.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@GroveRKifasi Thou savourest not the things that are of God. Plantain? C’mon

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@eric_gugua Eric, Wetin happen to the team again?

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@misfit_Jo You could have said it better with deadlier sting. Yes.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

You need to have balls of steel to drive "intellectual" conversations in today's Nigeria social media space.

As for the congregation of the uprisen olodos, in the conversation of the Olodo uprising - I have decided to share my own think piece.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@emmaoghenemaga @themaninileife Maga, you can’t be serious nah

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@Preacherrapper @gideonodoma Apostle I didn’t know you could go this far to misrepresent someone in what appears to be personal vendetta. If this is not bearing false witness, I don’t know what else it is.

E never reach like this o

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

@ozioma88 It’s very important to do serious research before coming here to push back on what AGO says o.

[Ihechukwu @confidenceife]

I’m waiting for someone to make a silly case for this Love Island show. I Dey wait.

[Spiricoco Twittter @SpiricocoNg]

Dear Christians,

Leave Nigerian YouTube rom-coms where the dominant message is two people falling into sexual relationships through morally casual means.

Denounce shows like Love Island, where sexual immorality, sensuality, and nudity are glamorized and packaged as entertainment for you.

Christians, bikini-wearing single strangers gather in a luxury villa and couple up in order to stay on the show.

And that is it. Strangers suddenly become couples. Sex and nudity become the dominant features of the program.

The show is rated TV-MA (Mature Audiences) in the United States.

Its content includes:

Contestants spending most of the day in bikinis, swimsuits, and revealing clothing.

Frequent discussions about sex, sexual attraction, and romantic relationships.

Kissing challenges where contestants kiss multiple people.

Couples sharing beds together and scenes showing couples becoming intimate under the covers in bedrooms.

This is what you are consuming as a Christian. Please, stop it.

The Bible says that we should leave all impure acts behind:

"Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." (2 Corinthians 7:1)

Why gratify the desires of the flesh? Why fill and feed the lusts of your flesh?

These shows, the BBL-augmented actresses acting out fantasy romance scenarios in Nigerian YouTube movies;

the alcohol-fueled and nudity-filled BBNaija Friday night parties;

and the soft pornography of Love Island are categorically works of the flesh:

"The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery...drunkenness, orgies, and the like.

I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God." (Galatians 5:19–21)

So why are you holding on to the things the Lord has called unholy?

Did the Lord not command His saints to come out of Babylon and touch nothing unclean?

"Therefore, 'Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'

And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.'" (2 Corinthians 6:17–18)

Brethren, we are saying that these things are worldly wisdom, and they are corrupting you.

They are weights upon your soul, and they give birth to sinful desires within you.

It is sinful desire that leads to sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death:

"But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death." (James 1:14–15, NIV)

So what should you do?

Desist from them.

Delete them.

The purpose of entertainment in the Christian life should be that which primarily edifies your spirit.

Music is meant to make the Word of Christ dwell richly within us.

Our speech is meant to be seasoned with salt so that it edifies the hearer.

And what ought to fill your heart—your inner person—is the Word of God, so that you may walk in holiness:

"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." (Psalm 119:11, NIV)

Brethren, please be holy. Consecrate yourselves.

You are God's treasure, God's workmanship, born of the Spirit, and God Himself dwells within you.

Live accordingly.

God bless you.