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[Jesus Loves You @Thyzeek]

Apostle Arome Osayi said this just days before VDM began to mock him

It’s almost as if he knew what was coming, this man is indeed a prophet

[lolita_pearls @ladeybellz]

@mercybilliion @trust102525 This is the meaning of a beach. We didn't say you shouldn't argue, but at least do it reasonably

[lolita_pearls @ladeybellz]

@oadefisayo @Albeegrind @iamebukadavid And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

For God to have asked adam that question, who told him, it means that though they were "naked", they were not supposed to have the knowledge of it

[Rev Austin Ukporhe @revaustinukporh]

Listen to my father. No sympathy needed at all. We are very all right. Satan was badly hit this couple of weeks in Nigeria. This sponsor is too small to shake us

[Priestly @PriestlyKing111]

I LOVE APOSTLE. AROME OSAYI ❤️

[Victor Anaele @revvictoranaele]

From Uyo to Warri, Ibadan, Lagos, and Benin, God’s servant, @ApostleArome , has wrestled with the beasts of territories so that the gospel may prevail.

The real warfare is imminent, but the gates of hell will not prevail against what God is building, which is His Church.

To my fellow believers, hear the counsel of Gamaliel:

“And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God” (Acts 5:38–39)

Padre, may the Lord keep and preserve you.

[Prophet Emmanuel Okeke @PhtEmmanuelO]

One of the Servants of God Who Upholds Righteousness: A Tribute to Apostle Arome Osayi

[ABBA FATHER @idemiliking]

It's Wonderful this was recorded 2 Weeks Ago.

Thank you Bloggers for the Unpaid Publicity.

The Undiluted Truth of the Word of God Will keep Spreading.

[lolita_pearls @ladeybellz]

@adetorodanielX God can be trusted!

[Adetoro Daniel Official @adetorodanielX]

“I saved nine million so I thought it was a lot of money”

~ Apostle Arome Osayi

[lolita_pearls @ladeybellz]

@BAM_2027 Always soft-spoken 👏👏😊

[Gideon Odoma @gideonodoma]

REPENTANCE

I think some of you are missing the context of the story, per Luke 15.

The allegation against Jesus was that He received sinners & ate with them. Well, did Jesus think the people making that allegation were righteous & truly didn't need to repent, as they implied? This issue alone should settle the status of the 99 & the possible interpretation. Whoever the 99 were, they were not Angels, since the lost sheep was one of them. And since there are no persons who do not need repentance, the 99 can't be considered to be saved persons. Also, if they were saved, it means, the one sheep was simply a back-slider & not a 'sinner' per se, since it used to be in the flock of 100 sheep, before getting lost. But, the charge was about Jesus receiving SINNERS & eating with them.

Secondly, to insinuate that Jesus did not mean for His interlocutors (The Pharisees & Scribes) to locate themselves somewhere in His response is strained & completely out of pattern, with Jesus. In fact, He would tell a story sometime & the Pharisees would be livid, believing Jesus told the parable "against" them (For instance, see Luke 20:19, but for context read from vs 1).

Thirdly, and this amplifies the second point: Jesus is said to have responded with A Parable. Not 3 parables. (Read the text). Meaning He told a parable containing 3 stories. In fact, you can tell that the lost sheep & the lost coin are clearly the same point being made in two ways. In the KJV, the stories are framed (in vs 4 & 8) like this: "What man of you, having... Either what woman having..." It is in vs 11 that the narrator makes a brief comment to introduce Jesus' telling of the story of the 2 boys.
Since it is one parable, it means each story is supposed to both reinforce & complement the others, & you'd need to consider all three together to get Jesus' overall point.
In the final story, Jesus contrasted the attitude of the Pharisees & Scribes on the one hand with the attitude of the SINNERS, on the other hand. The older brother was so self righteous that one, he said he had NEVER done anything wrong in his dealing with his dad (vs 29), making him the (self)righteous one needing NO repentance. Nobody then, hearing that story, believed he never did wrong. Also, he was ANGRY his brother was home. Wait, was that righteous ANGER?

But more. Fourthly: the allegation was 'this man receives sinners & EATS with them'. The final scene of the 3-stories-1-Parable is the father trying to get the older son to the feast. So, the older son is clearly OUTSIDE the house. This parallels the 99 sheep that were left in the desert, separated from the venue of the celebration. The inference about the 99 is warranted by this last scene.
What is both humbling & indicting is that, just as the father went out to bring the younger boy home, he also went out in the middle of the feast, to bring the older brother to the feast too. The genius of Jesus' story telling here is unmatched. He concluded the parable without resolution. Did the father succeed? Did the older brother make it home? We are not told. We are not told because Jesus is saying the answer to that question would be somewhat "determined" by the older brother (Pharisees/Scribes). Yet, what is clear is the father wants them both at the feast. But, only the younger brother, the obvious sinner, is at the feast when the curtain closes on the parable.
The Pharisees said: "This man receives sinners." Yes. Point however is, all are sinners, & so, if anyone refuses God's diagnosis of their situation, they forfeit God's help. In implying that they were not sinners, these Pharisees forfeited salvation, which those obvious sinners were earger to embrace at the time.
So, there were sinners, there were the self-righteous, & there was The Saviour. But the self-righteous did not accept the one who accepted them & therefore were not at the feast

Jesus' point is: "My feast is on. I want all in, but if you reject me, you exclude yourself"

Could go on...

[VICTREY™ @VictoryOlaleye]

They killed Rev. Dachomo’s family.

Nigeria is too quiet about it.

[lolita_pearls @ladeybellz]

@Amazhiel_ @KingdmHeritage 😂😂

[ToluwalogoAgboola @RevToluAgboola]

JESUS, be praised!

[@𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 @OneJoblessBoy]

56 DAYS LATER and the abducted kids and school teachers in Oyo have not been rescued 💔

[DavidPrinceBen @DavidPrinceBen]

Whenever I Remember Oyo, My Heart Breaks.

[DavidPrinceBen @DavidPrinceBen]

A 2-year-old child was kidnapped.

Along with other children.

The oldest among them was only 16.

Just pause for a moment.

What kind of nation reaches a point where toddlers and teenagers can be taken from their families, and life simply continues?

There was a time when a nation would grind to a halt over news like this.

Now it survives a few news cycles… and disappears beneath the next headline.

What has happened to us?

[@𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 @OneJoblessBoy]

51 days later and the abducted kids and school teachers in Oyo have not been rescued 💔

[Onuoha Lorenzo @unkle_renzoo]

We must not move on!
We must not overlook!
We must not forget!