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Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 10:30pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Children are not known to be wise. Therefore, Jesus also said, be wise as serpents while retaining your childlike gentleness. In understanding be men means the same thing. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 10:34pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
shadeyinka:The commandments given to you as part of the New Covenant are not given as independent pieces but all belong to the same unit. So when Jesus Christ states that only those who become like Children will enter into His kingdom, and then commands you be cunning as snakes but gentle as a dove, you are expected to be in full compliance at all times or choose none of Him at all. By the way, children have wisdom, unless you indoctrinate the hell out of them filling their heads with lies instead. It was as a child that I made the decision never to allow myself to be hoodwinked by the many doctrines and deceitful traditions of men which men seem to change whenever they feel like it. God's Truth should never change - I knew that even as a child. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 10:38pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:How do you know your parents? Is it not by your experience through your interactions with them? Phil 3:10: "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death;" The above is still my quest to know Christ more than this |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 10:47pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Being as children is a figure of speech to indicate TRUST in God. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 10:50pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:I honestly don't understand you as the Scriptures is meant to be applied in all areas of our lives. I'm sure Jesus didn't speak about watching pornography! |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 10:57pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
shadeyinka:Just as Jesus Christ was not found preaching the Gospel to everyone He met, so also you are called to use WISDOM in applying His teachings, only WISDOM in this case is the Spirit of God. The Gospel teachings are not meant to be thrown at all things until you find, by crook or cunning which teaching you can get to stick. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 10:58pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
shadeyinka:It is that and more. When you trust God, you don't trust in your own understanding and certainly not in the doctrines and commandments of men. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 11:01pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
shadeyinka:Experience is not even the bulk of it. Stephen, an example in the book of Acts, had less experience than most of the disciples but we read of how he was able to fully accept(trust) and obey the teaching/commandment of Jesus Christ, even where he knew his life might be at its end. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by eomajeh: 11:02pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
fine discussion.... But i as i go through it, the only conclusion in sight is that "religion divides". I see persons who call themselves true christians vilifying a fine christian woman who has been a model wife in a happy marriage for 7 years. To these persons, her crime is marrying an atheist. Some of these persons quote verses in the christian holy book to justify the concealed enmity they have towards others not aligning with them in faith, especially atheists. Is this not the same as Muslims calling others not aligning with them in faith as infidels? Know that they also quote verses in their holy book for justification. If we look at one another as individuals, and really respect one another, we really can live together irrespective of our religious differences. And for those concerned about the children of the union, know that atheist (at least my kind) don't go proselytizing. I teach our kids to have an open mind. I remember my girl once asking me whether I or mummy was right about the god subject; and my answer was why she thought either of us was right. Trust me, the little girl has been taught more christian stuff than kids in many all-christian home. But importantly, she's learned to avoid some fallacies, such as the fallacy of false dilemma. daddy may like rice, and mummy may like beans, but she can like either or neither. That's up to her. We don't teach her what to think; we teach her how to think. So please, stop all the enmity (whether overt or concealed). Respect one another's (especially your partners') taste/ preferences. Don't see your taste as superior. Don't force your taste on others. And you'll find that just as a rice-person and a beans-person can be successfully married, so a christain and an atheist can be successfully married. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by budaatum: 11:48pm On Mar 19, 2021 |
eomajeh: You empower your daughter to use her mind. And just by seeing how well you use your mind, I trust you and can't wait to read your testimony in 10 and 20 years time. www.nairaland.com/attachments/13284837_screenshot20210319224531_jpeg0f37e22a527ea352766a86a2a8d39bef https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZp-LLfDSc4 |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 6:07am On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:It is while trusting and obeying that one get to know Christ better. Stephen got another revelation of Christ in the process of being stoned which he might never have as a mortal man |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 6:09am On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Doctrines and commandments of men are poisons. Doctrines and commandment of God through His Word and Spirit. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 6:49am On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:I think we can converge here. 1. The gospel (good news of the mystery of salvation) should be preached to all the world. 2. The message of the gospel is not to be forced on others. Take your leave if they reject it. 3. A Christian must place his love and obedience to Christ above all things, thus he would get to know Him better On the matter at hand 1. A Christian who has been married to an atheist should not divorce except the Atheist decided not to continue with her. 2. A Christian should not discriminate in associating with both believers and unbelievers in the spirit of love and purity. 3. A Christian must not hate Atheists but should leave them if they would not accept the gospel. Leaving them include not permanently joining themselves to Atheists in marriage. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 1:30pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:Philip got a "revelation" too while he was still in his mortal body and not in danger. I think it is not necessary to maje extreme conclusions where there is no real evidence for such. Jesus Christ reveals through His Spirit that which He chooses to and when He chooses too. We don't know that that was Steohen's first time of ever receiving such a vision from Christ. All we are told is that while he was beinf stoned, he saw one of those. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 1:33pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:your number 3 still doesnt echo Jesus Christ's teaching. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 1:34pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:Jesus Christ said 1 Like |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 5:00pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Why not? The gospel cannot be forced on others. If an evil man insist on remaining evil, should we be friends? (I'm not saying Atheists are evil) Does it make sense to be a friend to someone who despise my parent? Must I bond with someone who trivialises the thing I value most in life? Doesn't it make sense to be friend of someone who respect my parents? Doesn't it make sense to bond with someone who value what I consider important? Only a person with an inferiority complex will want friendship/marriage with a person that doesn't value his most prized possession! |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 5:02pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:My point was that Stephen wasn't idle. In his course of service to God, he encountered the persecution that led to his revelation of Christ in another dimension |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 5:10pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:And I am saying, we should not jump to such conclusions. As a follower of Jesus Christ, what does it mean to be "idle"? If God has you waiting somewhere, and you find all are required to do by God during all that time is eat, poop, and sleep, are you "idle"? Did Jesus Christ say, anywhere in His teaching, that the Spirit of God will only teach you things when you are being active and not when you are in idle mode, waiting on God's next command? |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 5:17pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:Jesus Christ never gave us any rules as far as who we can befriend and who we cannot. And since your friendships and your marriages are of this world, it is up to you, as a person to make these decisions based on your wisdom and situation. shadeyinka:Jesus Christ did not give us any rules as far as such things and so it is no one's place to make and impose rules/commandments for others to follow as far as these such are concerned. shadeyinka:Jesus Christ, by giving us no rules for these, left this up to individuals to decide on their own for their own selves. shadeyinka:Well, if you feel that way about you doing it, then don't. Others are free to arrive at their own conclusion of their own situation. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 5:27pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:It is morally wrong for a true Christian to marry a Moslem how much more an atheist. Can light walk with darkness? As a child of God, I can't have satan as my in-law! QED! |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 5:29pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:You seem to misunderstand my take on this. How can a Christian be used to heal the sick or to deliver the satanically oppressed? |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 6:02pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:I don't understand what you mean. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 6:04pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:Those who are followers of Jesus Christ subscribe to one set of rules, and one set of rules only, and that is the teachings/commandments of Jesus Christ. Any other moral codes you have there are meaningless as far as Jesus Christ and the things of God are concerned. As for having Satan as your in-law, Jesus Christ told you that even your "Saintly" wife/in-laws will be your enemy in this if you are His follower
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Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 6:16pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Atheists can be members of ones family. If God is my Father through Christ, who is the father of the Atheist? Should a Christian knowingly take satan as his father-in-law? |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 6:19pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:A Christian is used to heal only when he prays for the sick. A Christian is used to cast out demons only when he confront satan in the life of a person. A Christian can only lead a person to Christ by sharing the gospel of Christ Things only happen in the cause of obedience to do/act in faith in that which is commanded |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 6:19pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:You get to decide all that for your own self there. That is the beauty of this Contract called Jesus Christ. Where there are no "Chains/Shackles" given you by God Himself, you get to decide whether you will add Chains/Shackles of your own or live free of them completely! |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 6:22pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:You didn't answer my questions 1. If God is my Father through Christ, who is the father of the Atheist? 2. Should a Christian knowingly take satan as his father-in-law? |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 6:23pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:Nothing of Jesus Christ's teachings suggests that any of this is His Truth. Also, by your submission there, are you suggesting that a sleeping Christian(in bed) is a Christian who is not in the cause of accepting and obeying the commandment of Jesus Christ? |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by Kobojunkie: 6:25pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka:I answered your question. The same God who created you created the Atheists. So suggesting that He is yours alone is all you. And like I already said, where Jesus Christ has given us no rules, He leaves it up to the individual to decide what he/she will do in his or her situation. |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by shadeyinka(m): 6:30pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Really? I don't have the gift of healing but God has used me a lot to heal the sick. My first experience with deliverance was a dissaster! The demonized woman grabbed me by my collars... I am not gifted as an evangelist, by Jesus has used me to bring several people to His kingdom when I preach I tell you the truth, if you don't step out in faith (like a child) you will be 100 years in the Lord and will see nothing. *No one get used to it as every experience is different Kobojunkie:I have never said that. Even Jesus as a man sleeps! |
Re: How Can The Atheist Me Be Happily Married To My Christian Wife? See My REPLY by budaatum: 6:35pm On Mar 20, 2021 |
shadeyinka: Next you'd claim you did not just imply that Moslems are satan, though in fact by your own very fruits you've simply shown the satan is you walking in the darkness of your own ignorance. |
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