permsec:
How can Youth Empowerment be a sin?

have u bin empowered tru it before?

permsec:
How can Youth Empowerment be a sin?

permsec:
How can Youth Empowerment be a sin?

. Oshhhh! Gambling Aπϑ Betting is a Youth Empowerment Programme ? OMG

simple2004:
thou shall not bet. Exodus? chapter........ verse.........
if anybody can fill the bible passage then sport betting is a sin.

u said it all

In Islam, yes.

Actually, the Bible does not specifically condemn gambling, betting, or the lottery. The Bible does warn us, however, to stay away from the love of money (1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5). Scripture also encourages us to stay away from attempts to “get rich quick” ( Proverbs 13:11; 23:5; Ecclesiastes 5:10). Gambling most definitely is focused on the love of money and undeniably tempts people with the promise of quick and easy riches.

point in the bible or quran where sport betting is a sin.

colormebad:
Is sport betting a sin?

Can one pay tithe from betting proceeds?

even if its not a sin. its wrong

anigbajumo:
Sin or no sin,ah go stil play it 2dae......


Baba God understand nah

baba I feel u jare. If guys no get money,na dem go sti dey tok say some guys broke, if guys ask dem for money,dem no go help, if guys dey yahoo,dem go tok say e no good, if guys dey rob,dem go tok say e bad, guys finish skul,no work... Lol

ElPhenomenal:
na wolfburg spoil my acca yestaday.... damn!!!!

Why didn't you give them Wolfsburg to win either halves? I gave them and they won in first half, but last lost in second half which made it a draw!!

I don't know if its sinful or not but what I do know is that gambling do contribute to the development of any economy,I'm certain of that

Vondata:
THis question is inapt.
hw is luck a sin?
y is betting legal in almost evry country?
with ur common sense is tryn ur luck nd nt a sin

who told you betting is illegal??

Yemiseun:
Actually, the Bible does not specifically condemn gambling, betting, or the lottery. The Bible does warn us, however, to stay away from the love of money (1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5). Scripture also encourages us to stay away from attempts to “get rich quick” ( Proverbs 13:11; 23:5; Ecclesiastes 5:10). Gambling most definitely is focused on the love of money and undeniably tempts people with the promise of quick and easy riches.

even that same bible said 'cast your bets'

Is a gambling game and gambling games is a Sin finish.....

Sports betting just as old as man breathing

ThePeacemaker:
....... I don't think sport betting is a sin but too much addiction becomes a sin........... If sport bettinq was available then, am sure Judas wouldn't sell jesus. Perhaps , he would have opted for sport bettinq ......Na joke oooooo........I'm Ftc

sunnyt1:


To some people, smoking, alchohol, fornicating, partying are not sinful acts, so also some people might not see betting as a sin.

However, if sin does not rule your life, your instinct will tell you whats sinful and whats not

Listen, even some pastors can be addicted to tithe and offering. Looking at a woman lustfully is a sin just like taking her to bed when you are not married. Having to marry your job to the detriment of your family is a sin.

Anything you become addicted to, is a sin. When you are addicted to S3x even to your legally married wife, it becomes a sin.When you addicted to watching TV or video, it becomes a sin.

What of Churches that practice selling in the church- bazar whereby they can sell 1 goat of N10,000 to the highest bidder

Dude, If you can bet and make money... good for you, but if you bet and loose too much money bad for you... quit caring about what is sin and what is not sin... if you are not hurting another person, I say go for it.

Betting is a capital sin. the time wey una no dey read una bible .ma the side wey go favour u , u go dey read. Bad children.sinful children.

Betting in whatever guide is a sin in Islam and Christianity

POPULAR films and television shows have often portrayed gambling—especially at casinos—as the pastime of the beautiful, wealthy, and sophisticated. Of course, viewers generally realize that these portrayals are mere fiction or fantasy.
In the real world, though, lottery tickets, sports betting, and online gambling compete with casinos for the gambler’s attention. Gambling is “almost a universal vice whose appeal has spread like a brushfire,” says the book Internet Gambling. Poker, for example, is now featured as a mainstream sport on television and the Internet. According to one newspaper, experts estimate that in the United States, the number of poker players doubled during a recent 18-month period. Gambling has been described as wagering money on an uncertain outcome. Many people reason that as long as the money belongs to the gambler and he does not become addicted, there is nothing wrong with gambling. In fact, the New Catholic Encyclopedia says that gambling “is not considered sinful except when the indulgence in it is inconsistent with duty.” However, no Scriptural passages are cited to support that conclusion. How, then, should a Christian view this matter? Does the Bible condone or condemn gambling? It must be noted that the Holy Scriptures do not directly mention gambling. This does not mean, however, that we are left with no direction on the matter. Instead of issuing rules governing every activity or situation, the Bible urges us to “go on perceiving what the will of Jehovah is.” (Ephesians 5:17) The Greek word translated “perceiving,” according to Bible scholar E. W. Bullinger, denotes bringing together the features of a subject by means of “mental activity, knowledge acquired by reflection and consideration.” A Christian can thus perceive God’s will in this matter by bringing together and reflecting on Bible principles that relate to gambling. As you read the scriptures cited in the following discussion, you might ask yourself: ‘Does gambling harmonize with this scripture? What does God’s Word indicate as to his will in this matter?’

Since gambling involves betting on uncertainties, belief in luck—a mysterious force that supposedly controls random events—plays a large role, especially when money is wagered. For example, auspicious numbers are chosen for lottery tickets; the uttering of certain words is forbidden among superstitious mah-jongg players; and a puff of air is blown over dice before they are thrown. Why? Gamblers often believe that luck will, or at least might, influence the outcome. Is it merely a harmless game to put one’s trust in luck? Some people in ancient Israel felt that way. They believed that luck could bring them prosperity. How did Jehovah God feel about the matter? Through his prophet Isaiah, God told them: “You men are those leaving Jehovah, those forgetting my holy mountain, those setting in order a table for the god of Good Luck and those filling up mixed wine for the god of Destiny.” ( Isaiah 65:11) In God’s eyes, belief in luck is a form of idolatry and is not compatible with true worship. It reflects trust in an imaginary force rather than in the true God. There is no reason to believe that God has changed his view.

If betting is a sin then trading shares and Forex na sin. Then buying and selling is a sin. The problem is how we approach it

Whether wagering online, purchasing a lottery ticket, placing a sports bet, or gaming in a casino, gamblers often overlook the source of the prize they are vying to win. Gambling differs from a legitimate transaction or purchase in that the player wants to win money that other players lose. * “For every millionaire that is created from lottery winnings,” states Canada’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, “there are millions of others who have lost their money!” What Bible principles can help a Christian to understand God’s feelings about this? The last of the Ten Commandments given to Israel stated: “You must not desire your fellowman’s wife, nor his slave man nor his slave girl nor his bull nor his ass nor anything that belongs to your fellowman.” ( Exodus 20:17) Desiring a fellow man’s things—his material possessions, wealth, and money—was a serious sin, listed along with desiring his wife. Centuries later, the apostle Paul repeated this command for Christians: “You must not covet.” ( Romans 7:7) Might a Christian who seeks to win what another person loses be guilty of covetousness? “Whether they [most gamblers] admit it or not,” writes columnist J. Phillip Vogel, “before the action gets going they secretly dream of turning whatever stake they have —even if it’s only a few dollars—into a windfall.” Such gamblers dream of making it big or striking it rich in one easy stroke. This obviously is contrary to the Bible’s counsel that a Christian should “do hard work, doing with his hands what is good work, that he may have something to distribute to someone in need.” ( Ephesians 4:28) And the apostle Paul specifically stated: “If anyone does not want to work, neither let him eat.” He added: “They should eat food they themselves earn.” ( 2 Thessalonians 3:10, 12) But might gambling be considered legitimate work? Although gambling can be an intense game, any money awarded has been won, not earned or obtained as a return for work done or services rendered. In gambling, money is wagered against the odds, with the outcome highly dependent on chance, and it is based on the hope that sooner or later things will turn out well. In short, a gambler seeks to get something for nothing. True Christians, on the other hand, are admonished to earn money by honest work. “With a man there is nothing better than that he should eat and indeed drink and cause his soul to see good because of his hard work,” wrote wise King Solomon. Then he added: “This is from the hand of the true God.” ( Ecclesiastes 2:24) Yes, servants of God do not build their hope on fantasy or search for shortcuts but look to God for happiness and blessings.

Even if a player should beat the odds and win, he would do well to consider not just the momentary excitement of winning but the long-term effects of gambling. “An inheritance is being got by greed at first,” says Proverbs 20:21, “but its own future will not be blessed.” Many lottery winners and other gamblers have learned, to their regret or sorrow, that the riches they won did not bring them happiness.
How much better it is to heed the Bible’s counsel not to rest our hope on “uncertain riches, but on God, who furnishes us all things richly for our enjoyment.”— 1 Timothy 6:17.
There is a much more sinister side to gambling besides winning and losing. “Those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many senseless and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and ruin,” says God’s Word. (1 Timothy 6:9) A snare is designed to entangle a victim. Countless numbers of people, determined to wager only a small amount of money or to try their hand at gambling just a few times, have become entangled and unable to escape gambling addiction. It has destroyed careers, hurt loved ones, and ruined families.
Having considered the many scriptures related to the subject of gambling, do you perceive what God’s will is in the matter? The apostle Paul urged his fellow Christians: “Quit being fashioned after this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over, that you may prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” ( Romans 12:2) God’s will, not popular sentiment, should guide a Christian’s life. As “the happy God,” Jehovah wants us to enjoy life, free of the bitter fruitage that results from the snare that gambling is.— 1 Timothy 1:11.

lomprico:

Well for d fact u dont wait for 1960 bet to eat some other persons does. And u dont have to tag them sinners because of a legitimate way of making extra cash for themselves. D truth is that tithing is also a form of gambling!. 99.9999% of christians that tithe do so because they expect returns for God. Some have been tithing all their lives n are still poor financially, (those that loose bets and they keep paying expecting to hammer) and some claim they have been rewarded (just like a custom I knw who will give to church n take from unfortunate importers).

Whatsoever you give to God,u will b rewarded 4. Der is no loss with God. Anyways do wotsoever u want to do, ur conscience will tel u d truth and wen u don't listen to it,it stops talking.

Before the advent of Islam, like other many-sided evils, gambling was also on the increase. The Arabian society, plagued by ignorance and illiteracy as it was, had also fallen prey to this evil. Gambling fairs were held, and the rich and poor took part in them according to their means.
Drinking bouts were also held. People tried their fortunes for many days. Many times these gatherings, which began with drinking and gambling ended in fights and riots. Besides Arabia, many other countries had also come within this vicious circle.
In the Roman, Egyptian and Greek culture, gambling was not only approved, but it was regarded as a mark of one's opulence. Even cultures permeated by religion did not realize the great evils hidden in gambling.
The Jewish and Christian civilizations flourished. But history shows that they were not successful in rooting out this evil. They even failed to arouse public opinion against it. In proof of this, we can cite the example of Monte Carlo, the greatest gambling House in Monaco.
When Islam came, it described the evils of gambling in the most effective language and prohibited it for Muslims. In the Noble Quran, Allaah Almighty Says (what means): " O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allaah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.” [Quran 5:90]
Gambling is mentioned in the Quran, alongside drinking alcohol as an abomination, a sin, and a grave harm to mankind. It was made clear that prosperity does not come through gambling. Gambling, among many other things, causes families to break, societies to suffer, and the economy to deteriorate, damaging the ethical foundation of any decent society.
Since the Arabs had been habituated to gambling for a long period of time, as was the case with alcohol, Allaah revealed His Commandments regarding its prohibition only gradually. In the Quran, the first verse regarding gambling is found in Soorah (chapter) Al-Baqarah (The Cow).
The meaning of that verse is: "They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond needs]." Thus Allaah makes clear to you the verses [of revelation] that you might give thought.” [Quran 2:219]
This verse did not clearly condemn and prohibit gambling. It was only said that sometimes the gambler gains money without any effort, but its moral evil is so great that a few material advantages are of no account. In the Hadeeth (narrations of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam), it is recorded that when this verse was revealed, many Muslims totally gave up wine and gambling without waiting for the command of their prohibition to come later on in the gradual process. They quickly realized that something, which is predominantly disadvantageous cannot meet with the approval of Islam.
The position of Islam on gambling was made clearer through another verse, which means:
"O who you believe! Intoxicants (e.g. alcohol) and gambling and idols and (lottery by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s work, so avoid them so that you may get salvation. Satan's only desire is to create among you enmity and hatred by means of intoxicants and gambling and stop you from praying and remembering Allah. Will you not then desist?" [Quran 5:90-91]
It is a basic principle of Islam that man must not take that which he has not earned or worked for, as well as fairness and justice. Indeed, the word "gambling" in the Quran's Arabic language is derived from a root word that literally means "easy," and "something attained with no effort." And Proverbs 13:11 - Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:9-10 - But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. (Read More...)
Hebrews 13:5 - [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Matthew 6:24 - No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.
1 Timothy 6:9 - But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Ephesians 4:28 - Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Luke 12:15 - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (Read More...)
Proverbs 28:22 - He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
1 Corinthians 6:12 - All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Acts 20:35 - I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Luke 16:13 - No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Proverbs 16:33 - The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.
The Noble Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said:
“Whosoever says to his companion: 'Come let us play a game of chance', should give charity (as atonement).” [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
It connotes that a mere invitation to gambling is such a serious sin as to warrant atonement thereof by charity. Then just imagine the position of a man who indulges in gambling. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, further said:
“Whosoever plays backgammon is as if he dyes his hands with the flesh of swine and its blood.” [Muslim]
Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya has reported Yahya Ibn Katheer, may Allaah have mercy upon them, as saying: “Allaah’s Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, passed by some people playing backgammon and said, “Their hearts are preoccupied in sport, their hands are ill and (their) tongues make absurd utterances. Every game which involves gambling or mischief is a game of chance (Maisir).” Source: www.islamweb.net/en/article/176683 and www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Gambling

If betting na sin naim be say America lottery and other forms of lottery from GSM providers like d one wen somebody take win aeroplane for mtn na sin. Abeg make we leave matter

yinkus204:
Oga abeg park ur self for one side joor, so because u get job, did u knw hw many youth dat dnt hav job and dey hav family to feed dey shud go and steal abi, tell me where in bible dat God said we shud nt play sport bet, u people ar d one dat is turning bible up side down just because of ur self interest

What self intrest are u talking about. I went trru hell b4 I got to wer i am. I sold purewater,did cleaning jobs,some we wernot payd. Still I don't play 1960, I hustle for my money dude in an honest way.


Besides those playing it, dey hide der tickects frm der girlfriend or parents Y?. Wot if der was no 1960? Dey wil resort into rolling dice,or betting on card or ludo?....u do wot ever u want with ur life, d conscience is der sha! Av a nice day

dominique:
It's same as gambling and gambling is a sin.

when the money comes u go follow chop inside ba

Vondata:
THis question is inapt.
hw is luck a sin?
y is betting legal in almost evry country?
with ur common sense is tryn ur luck nd nt a sin

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