Peace be with you all,

I shouldn't forget to first say that if we have being reading the Bible so much as our words connote, then it will be shameful and appear that the impact of the Scriptures on us currently seem to be in vain in the area of humility, for some here speak harshly and that's inconsiderate. Let's pursue gentility as we're taught of the Lord.


Wage war in the name defense or attack, the outcome is never pleasant. Wars of the Old Testament were done under the Old covenant which allowed such. In the New covenant: Christianity, Jesus asked His disciples to bring along swords, only in the end to show and tell them that they must never use it.

May God bless us all and help us understand these things. In Jesus name. Amen

Hey you all. I think this topic is worth it. But I hope to read the whole comments of each  person later on. But shortly, I want to recognize the coherence of TV01, u seem to me to be a person on the line of truth. Be encouraged, brother, even if the grain go against you. They went against Paul,e.t.c. too. Again, I dont know details, but in one word, tithing isn't only not meant to be mandatory in Christianity, Tithing isn't a Christian doctrine. And anyone who leans on this law(the law of tithing which is of the Old Covenant) or any other Law of Moses as a way to be in terms with God is under a curse (Read Galatians 3 or 5, thereabout). For u thus are saying the Blood of Christ which was shed isnt enough-thus u have to take from the Old Covenant to be righteous. Our people, watch it. Regardless of their "big" names, not all who call themselves "men of God" are men of God. By their fruits, know them. Test what is said and done by these folks based on the Scriptures (New Covenant). In the first place, anyone who owns or founded by themselves a church in the name of Christianity is a deciever. Note that Peter, nor Paul, nor any other faithful believer founded or owned a church, they only helped Christ in establishing His church(not their own churches) all around the world where they propagated His gospel too. They never named or coined name for  any churches. Test the spirits of these people u acclaim so much.

For the end is near.
May God the Father and the Lord Jesus give us all more and more grace, mercy and peace. Amen
Our Lord, come, We pray. Do not delay

Dear brothers and sisters,
Greetings!
May God the Father and our Lord Jesus give us all more and more grace, mercy and peace. In Jesus name.
I will, Godwilling, post a detailed message to attend to the comments of thesilent1 and frosbel.
But shortly meanwhile, I want our brothers and sisters digest this 2 passages of the New Testament which is the Christian testament:

2 Corinthians 1:13-141

1. 13 Our letters have been straightforward, and there is nothing written between the lines and nothing you can't understand. I hope someday you will fully understand us,14 even if you don't understand us now. [/b] Then on the day when the Lord Jesus* returns, you will be proud of us in the same way we are proud of you.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13

2. 12 It isn't my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning.13 God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, "You must remove the evil person from among you."*

I guess the 2nd passage may amaze many cos how KJV poorly (from the view of modern-day english scholarship) rendered this passage. I quoted from NLT, but you can also compare the rendering of the same passage as in NIV:

12What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you." (NIV). If you check other acclaimed texts such as Good News, you'd likely find it the same.
So for now, need I say more, Frosbel?

Well, I hope that with these aforementioned Bible passages y'all will prepare your minds for my detailed posting.

With love, Dammey

May God bless you all. In Jesus name.

If you understand what Jesus meant when He said "NO more of this" (one of the last chapters of Luke) to His disciples when Peter attacked one of the guards that came for Him; and if you understand Christ's teaching of turning the other cheek after attack; or if you understand the voices (and advert placements) of the numerous dying innocent women and children especially begging for your mercy while you wage war at them; and if you understand the word "If you kill by the sword you'll die by the sword(note that this isn't a physical sword or human sword or this lifetime sword that Jesus is talking about, for there surely would be unrepentant murderers who have died peaceful deaths in human history. So since the Lord isn't a liar, this can't be a during-this-life "sword" that He spoke of)" said by our Lord; and most shamefully to us Christians, if you understand the premise behind Muhammad Ali (a convert to Islam from Christianity) rejecting to fight in the Viewtnam war (an act that landed him in prison); I guess you should agree with me that the military, or attack or extermination of human life for whatever reason is unchristian.

Remember that the presidents or people sending us to wars mostly always do it for selfish and malignant purposes(watch Fahrenheit 9/11; a documentary criticizing Bush's wars in the Middle East).

The apostles from their acts have shown us that there are points where we may reject the orders of our earthly leaders, namely: when their orders contradict God's will. (Check the story of Peter and John before the leaders of Israel; early part of the Acts of the Apostles)

May God's grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus. In Jesus name. Amen

The Religiosity of Nigerians is a Ruse. Mere lip service and tradition.

Greetings folks.
May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give us all more and more grace, mercy and peace.
I expect this to be a lengthy subject, so I wanna be succinct as much as possible on here so as not to hold you on much, but I'm certain many have noticed that the prevalent religious trend that's flourishing in Nigeria and its likes that profess a large population of Christianity is only tricks and dogmatic traditionalism.
(Please note that I'm talking only about Christianity; Islamists as a case study amongst people of other religions is consistent to its doctrines-fallacy and inconsistency. For one, why would a religion whose rather major tenet is war yet proclaim that it's a religion of peace? Can peace and war go hand in hand? It’s baseless. If Islam was a religion of peace, show me the peace in the Middle East which is its center. Before Christ annulled war for followers of the Truth (“No more of this" Luke 22:51), David or Moses would be liars to say Judaism was a religion of peace, for it wasn't. So since these religions by their fallacious and apparent inconsistently fabricated book doctrines already condemn themselves, their case is with God.)

I'm sick of people messing around and yet wearing crucifix replicas on their necks. How many "men of God" have not failed the Truth by being greedy and accumulating wealth for themselves and their immediate family by extorting even impoverished churchgoers in the name of obsolete Old Testament rites such as Tithes, First fruits and vows? (E.g. “You have also heard that our ancestors were told, 'You must not break your vows; you must carry out the vows you make to the LORD.' But I say, do not make vows, Just say a simple, 'Yes, I will,' or 'No I won't.' Anything beyond this is from the evil one." Matt. 5:33-37 How many of them do their children not make superfluous trips jetting in and out of the country irrelevantly while millions (even in these "pastors" own churches) are groping in abject penury.

Mark you, the Bible categorically tells us that "Our letters have been straightforward, and there is nothing written between the lines and nothing you can't understand." 2 Corinthians 1:13 In-fact, if the Bible (New Testament; which is the Christian order) were not straightforward, then no one will be able to say whether or not another Christian acts accordingly based on Christian principles. But our Lord says by "their fruits you shall know them." If the New Testament were flexible, then no one would be able to discern another by "their fruits", all it would require for the other person whose action is questionable is to defend his/herself by saying there's something you don't see in the Scriptures that he/she sees. All they will have to say with smiles is "You don't understand; you need the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to what's between the lines"(but remember this sort of statement straight contradicts 2 Cor. 1:13 which I quoted earlier) even though you show them facts from the New Testament pages. Also, by what basis would
1 Corinthians 5:12-12 which says: "It isn't my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning. God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, 'You must remove the evil person from among you.'" be relevant if the Bible had "things which are unseen by all".
If it is then agreed that the entire Church order found in the New Testament should be complied with, then where have these "churches" thrown the doctrine of "Don't let anyone call you 'Rabbi (Father, Teacher; which is tantamount today to "Pastor" or "bishop",' for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters. And don't address anyone here on earth as 'Father,' for only God in Heaven is your Spiritual Father.
And don't let anyone call you 'Teacher', for you have only one teacher, the Messiah. The greatest among you must be a servant. But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." Matt. 23:8-10. This "exalting themselves" has well been seen around lately by these "men of God", giving themselves titles such as Reverend (meaning "respected"; a name which occurs only once in the entire Bible and there as a reference to God. Psalm 111:9); His Eminence; Archbishop (which we can't even find in the Bible at all); Pastor; and very common in Nigeria is "Baba" which means Father; of which even their followers are offended if you call them otherwise from this vainglorious self-fabricated titles.
Where have these "churches" thrown the women not teaching men or having authority over them in meetings. (1 Corinthians 14:34-35; 1 Timothy
11-15). Why is "Pastor" Bimbo Odukoya (PBO) so hailed, instead of being a shame to the Truth. Who told these distorters who put it in the mouth of modernists that there's no inequality of gender in Christianity? ("The Head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies {tantamount to Bible reading in our era of compiled New Testament Scriptures} without a covering on her head {any serious person would also know that its only a fallacy to say a woman's long hair is the covering God is referring to in this order, for in some verses further, He says if a woman "refuses to wear a head covering, she should cut off all her hair!" Would our all-intelligent God tell someone to cut what they've already refused to have? That's assuming head covering meant long hair. If these facts are cogent, then where are these religions that call themselves Christianity from?}.) You even see their so-called Christian leaders encouraging the fighting of wars; both economic and religious, when Jesus, the Founder and Owner of Christianity had taught "Turn the other cheek" and said "No more of this" (wars; Luke 22:51) to his disciples.

I'm convinced some way though, that if not for the dubious embrace that some politically empowered wolves gave to Christianity years after Christ's ascension, thus back then making Christianity a stand of economic benefit, the world wouldn't have so much people professing themselves to be Christian. The large number we have in Christianity of today's world is due to the then either perceived economic benefit or violent conversion (which had been carried out by some heretics).

So, you may decide from these facts. Since most "Christians" of Nigeria (and the world at-large) find themselves in these shoes which they tag as "denominations of Christianity" (I wonder if Paul or Peter belonged to a "denomination of Christianity", are they truly Christians? As for me, the answer is "Not at all”.

So for me, here's my verdict: Nigerians are not religious; they mostly willingly follow the path they know is wrong. They don't go to "church' to meet or hear from God, it's another social day to showoff their new or beautiful cars, clothes, spouses and children.

I beg you to try no to after suffering in this world (in the name of Christianity), go and suffer eternal punishment again in Heaven.
I advise you to choose one: enjoy here, free from Christianity-be greedy, promiscuous, a murderer, e.t.c and suffer in heaven; or suffer persecution and rejection here on earth and then go forward to receive everlasting life with the King when u get to Heaven.

With love.
Dammy (freshbrook54@yahoo.co.uk)

God bless