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Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Mcowubaba: 7:58am On Oct 06, 2015 |
passionate88:By the Blood of Jesus Christ, we overcame..he bore our inquities nd tru him we are saved...Death, Sin nd condemnation came into the world through 1 man(Adam), for before the law was given, sin was in the World..but Jesus Christ has overcome all Sin..nd we are saved through him.. If u are truly a Christian, please, please read Romans 5 nd 6... Stop misquoting the Holy Bible in your own context to suit ur desires... I think part of the difficulty comes as a bit of confusion as to what is meant by the law and its application. When the law was introduced, it was never intended to be the instrument by which man would save himself, but it was the instrument through which man was to be saved. In a very real sense, man is saved through the fulfilment (keeping) of the law. When Christ fulfilled the law, he earned the privilege of life. Those who are in Christ, likewise, share in his righteousness and are declared righteous right along side him. In that sense, the law has always stood and and will continue to stand. That being said, though, it's important to realize that we basically choose whether the law applies to us individually or not -- through grace, we can choose to be in Christ, or we can choose to stand on our own merits when we're judged. In that sense, too, the law still stands. Paul talks a good deal about this in the book of Romans, and the whole book gives a much more complete (and competent ) version of an explanation that I'm about to... I think it's important to realize the role of the law. I'm going to jump around a bit, but if we start with Romans 7:7-12, I think we can make a little more sense of this (emphasis mine): Romans 7:7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet." 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. There's a certain bit of irony when the law is introduced to human nature. Being rebellious and sinful that we are, we latch on to the specifics as a means to found outlet for our repressed frustrated rebellions. The law was never meant to save man, but rather was a contrast between the holiness of God and the depravity of man. The law offered life through its fulfilment and death through its violation. This is a subtle but significant key, I think we somehow overlook when discussing grace, as this seems to be exactly how Jesus came to be our saviour offering us hope for life...He earned that right by fulfilling the law. That being said, there's still hope for us wretched sinners: Romans 7:4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. Looking at the above, we see that the law is not bad (in fact it's good) just because we use it as a springboard for badness. The law is good, and it's been fulfilled by Christ. He was the one who fulfilled it; not us. When we look on the Romans 8, Paul clarifies a bit more (Emphasis mine): Romans 8: 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death . 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us , who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. The righteous requirement of the law has been fulfilled in us (those who are in Christ Jesus) by virtue of us being in Christ. The law has been fulfilled, there is, therefore no condemnation for those who are clothed with Christ's righteousness, but we should remember that those who live according to the spirit set their minds on spiritual things and will see to live in accordance with God's moral law. Romans 6:15 reminds us of this, but note, (Paul does suggest again that we're not under the law, per se): Romans 6:15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. With his blood, Jesus purchased us from death. Jesus was the fulfilment of the law; not us. Because of that, we are bound as slaves of righteousness. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by coolbis: 8:10am On Oct 06, 2015 |
passionate88:its good to keep laughing when innocent people die in their tens for sins they never commited. Much as you have right to your opinion, always remember that adversities are not the birthright of any tribal or ethnic group. You are alive and healthy and can afford to dance and make merry @ hearing negative news about people, just because of your premordial sentiment, forgeting that you are also a mortal. If for any reason whatsoever you support this carnage then you are far worse than the insurgents themselves. Remember nobody is insulated from the effect of violent extremism and othe forms of criminalities either its taking place in the north or south. Victims of extremism cuts across tribal and religious divides. Bombs dont discriminate,so be mindful of what you wish people because what goes around comes around. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by DiiVictory(m): 8:22am On Oct 06, 2015 |
without Book Haram APC wouldn't have smelt power at the central, but of course there was bokoharam and APC used it judiciously to get to power and they APC are trying to stop bokoharam for their own Glory by telling the citizenry that this fight is for everyone, that only the government can win the war against bokoharam. I agree that everyone has a role to play in aiding this evil against humanity to stop and I also pray it stops sooner rather than later. But I won't fail to point out that had all in APC now taken this approach towards this evil without trying to frustrate the PDP govt back then by mocking it anytime bomb went off we would have achieved a resounding success by now but what do we get? multiple bomb explosions in the capital city. I pray God is as merciful as am thinking now to help us stop this evil in our Land no matter who stands to take the praise. 1 Like |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by passionate88: 8:23am On Oct 06, 2015 |
coolbis:Whats negative to you might be positive to me. Jonathan losing his bid to be reelected was a negative news to me and I'm sure you danced and you were happy too?. I will say it again. I passionate88 am happy that the bomb has returned to Abuja , let the president acknowledged the fact that there is no straight and simple way to tackle the insurgencies as he made us to believe. I remember when he was asked to give the administration of Jonathan ideas on how to stop the insurgents but he didn't . You ended with what goes around comes around. well I'll have to agree with you on that, apc used the insurgencies to their advantage now that they have what they wanted, they can't deal with it. I'll use the bombings and senseless killings to my advantage too. KARMA IS REALLY A BITCH. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Jaideyone(m): 8:24am On Oct 06, 2015 |
RapLawd:I'm as far away from the north as possible. infact I have a view of the ocean from my house here. a sleeping Buhari is way better than a Jonathan that is wide awake. I have no doubt the insurgency will be a thing of the past. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by passionate88: 8:26am On Oct 06, 2015 |
passionate88 : Not everyone is a practicing Christian, But if you want to go all biblically on me, even the prophet Moses said an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. And Jesus said he's not here to change the laws of the prophetsWhere did I misquoted the Bible?
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Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Jaideyone(m): 8:29am On Oct 06, 2015 |
CuckoldMaster:lol you didn't have the intellectual capacity to counter the points I made about GEJ's incompetency so you decided to call me a slave. it's ok at least I'm still light years ahead of you in intelligence if being proud of to be part of the movement that sent Mr "stealing is not corruption" back to the creek is what makes me a slave then I will gladly accept to be one. we are seeing the positive results already. you are free to wail till 2023 |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by francizy(m): 8:32am On Oct 06, 2015 |
Jaideyone: Let's also look at things from a different perspective. Where were you when Buhari said that "a fight against boko haram was injustice to the north"? Were you on exile when boko haram nominated him as a mediator? Were you in prison when Buhari threatened to soak the blood of baboons and dogs in blood? Were you in asylum when his childishness and careless statements (which made him never to accept defeat) caused over a thousand lives after 2011 election? In a saner climate, such person will never smell the seat of power, even though Jonathan was kicked out. Let me also state here that apart from him, many other northern elites and youths were solidly behind boko haram back then when they were bombing churches, hence frustrating the efforts of the Nigerian army. Many of them criticized Ihejirika and ganged against him when he was facing the sect head on. Some were vocal supporters just like the one on the seat of power, some other ones shielded them and helped integrate them into the economy so that the army gets frustrated, while others wore T-shirts with inscriptions "we rep boko haram". It even got to a point where those Bornu elders asked Jonathan to withdraw military from Bornu state amidst the insurgency going on there, while Jonathan asked them to sign agreement that there will not be any more killing first before he does that. Boko haram was nurtured and protected by the north so they should also share the blames. When we're ready to face the truth, then maybe boko haram will be defeated.. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by ndcide(m): 8:36am On Oct 06, 2015 |
I want to see articles on how the bombing is equal to failure of leadership of this present government and not this "let us come together and fight together" bull crap. This was not the gospel before now. 1 Like |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by coolbis: 8:40am On Oct 06, 2015 |
passionate88:we are talking about innocent lives being lost everyday, and your own concern is apc-pdp,buhari-jonathan problem. Lives that are being lost are not that of hausa and northenerns alone, people from southern extraction have also been affected, lives lost, property destroyed. And the best condolens to these victims is to spit on their graves and dance @ hearing the news of their death, your reason being Jonathan lost. This is the worst man's inhumanity to human race. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by passionate88: 8:51am On Oct 06, 2015 |
coolbis:I didn't dance cos people died, I'm happy cos the bombs are still ongoing. he promised to stop the bombings within 3 months without saying how he'll do it and you guys voted him in. It's been more than 3 months and something that Jonathan succeed in doing (chasing boko haram to the edge of Sambisa forest) has been dismantled by a whole military general. Now the insurgents had free and unrestricted access to enter Abuja all re way from yobe state to detonate three bombs and you guys aren't even questioning the competency of the general himself. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by passionate88: 8:53am On Oct 06, 2015 |
ndcide:Thank you. They made us believed that previous bombings were as a result of the inefficiency of Jonathan's administration, now they want us to join our hands with their leprous hands. Amadioha forbid bad things. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by anangboy(m): 9:09am On Oct 06, 2015 |
Unless one is willing to address the flimsy nature of human perception, they will never be able to see, let alone believe that what they are experiencing or expressing is a self imposed illusion of bare faced hypocrisy. Suddenly everybody has a short memory or feigned incomprehension considering the new kid on the block they now worship who promised blood, fire and medieval barbarism for 12 good years. Suddenly with ostentatious humility or a kind of perverted logic, most of you shudder to imagine that the same circumstances your new kid promised could be channelled to him. You all just wish he can whoosh away, by the wave of the magic wand, the memories of those his inciting statements consumed, isn't it? Well, waste no time with your snide commentaries, sterile litanies and nauseating mimicry, for there would have been widespread violence and blood shed, as promised by your beacon of hope for 12 years had he lost again and Nigerians would have been sacrificed on the altar of unrealised ambitions. Rid yourselves of subjective illusions. Nigeria will learn a lesson through repeated history at the right time. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by RapLawd(m): 9:12am On Oct 06, 2015 |
Jaideyone: Do you know what?... I am an Igbo dude but i resides in the north... Being in the north doesn't get me killed either but denying the fact that death is around the corner when i perceive it... So here are my point...Buhari and his disciples of change used the boko haram menace to their own detriment and now...it paid off but its also gonna destroy them the same way they used it to destroy the previous administration.... |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by falan: 10:03am On Oct 06, 2015 |
everybody become CHRISTIAN. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Nobody: 10:13am On Oct 06, 2015 |
tollytexy:coward u can be behind ur keyboard and spew rubbish. U call the army mumu forgetting how many soldiers have died and how many of their children are orphans on account of Boko haram. May be if the army allows BH to spread to where u are then u wil realize how much effort they are putting. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Nobody: 10:19am On Oct 06, 2015 |
If ur point is right then the last govt was incompetent. RapLawd: |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Jaideyone(m): 10:24am On Oct 06, 2015 |
RapLawd:lmao you sound more ignorant. APC was in the opposition. Jonathan didn't take the insurgency seriously right from the beginning. it's only normal for an opposition party to point put the short comings of the incumbent. how is that bad? the dum*b thing is to expect a government that came into power four months ago to put an end to an insurgency that has been growing for 5yrs in less than 6months!!! |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by truelovecom: 10:35am On Oct 06, 2015 |
disloman: MUMU |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Jaideyone(m): 10:36am On Oct 06, 2015 |
francizy:lies and more lies. first you are going to show me a video or audio of where Buhari threatened not to accept defeat and make make Nigeria ungovernable in 2011. lawal kaita made the statement and he's still in PDP till date. if these northern elites are responsible for boko haram like you desperately want us to believe why didn't Jonathan arrest them? that goes a long way to show he's a monumental failure. Buhari said the dog and the baboon will be soaked in blood if 2015 election is rigged. that statement is irrelevant in this argument. we all know how orubebe tried to set the country on fire with the support of airheads like you. orubebe's action justified Buhari's statement. boko haram was nurtured by the same north that has been at the receiving end of 90% of the violence? what a daft assumption. the same boko haram has launched attacks in cameroun, chad and Niger. I guess Northern elites have political motives there too. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by truelovecom: 10:50am On Oct 06, 2015 |
akinladejo: Its a Northern problem, let them deal with it.( I only feel sorry for southerners living in north) When Goodluck wanted to crush bokoharam , Buhari said " An attack on bokoharam is an attack on the north". Buhari's kinsmen supported him. 1 Like |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Angelovic96: 11:25am On Oct 06, 2015 |
disloman: you are one of them take it or live it |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by francizy(m): 11:28am On Oct 06, 2015 |
Jaideyone: You're the one lying to yourself just to make you sound reasonable. That dogs and baboons will be soaked in blood if election was rigged, what does that signify? More so, where in my post did you read that I said Buhari said that north will make the country ungovernable for GEJ or did you find it difficult understanding my statement which were written in simple English? What I said was that Buhari said that a fight against boko haram was injustice to the north and here you turned everything on it's head and completely changed my words. Is that how to argue? Moreover, in saner climate where government is battling terrorism, if a man as much as utters such trash, the man would be investigated, arrested and charged to court but if that had happened in this our backward and God forsaken enclave, it's still people like you that will take to the street and maim innocent Nigerians. Back to 2011, if Buhari had accepted defeat just like Jonathan did this year, do you think over 1,000 lives would have been lost? Talk of rigging of election, who rigs election more than the north (that uses underaged voters)? So no matter what had happened (knowing fully well his people rigged too) a reasonable human being should never have made that barbaric statement of soaking dogs and baboons in blood. Imagine if he had lost this year, don't you think several dogs and baboons would have been soaked in blood? Don't make excuses for mediocrity and barbarism. Condemn what is wrong when you see one and stop supporting evil. By the way, those who took to twitter and Facebook to celebrate bombings of churches back then, I hope they still do so now.. Peace.. 1 Like |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by NaijaFutbol: 11:35am On Oct 06, 2015 |
Chidexter: UW, Don't mention |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Jaideyone(m): 2:10pm On Oct 06, 2015 |
francizy:lol Buhari should have accepted defeat for a 2011 election that was rigged? the almajiris went too far killing people but all right thinking Nigerians know that election was rigged in the east and south south. how do you explain the fact that all south east and south south states had over 90% turn out and 98% percent of those that came out voted for Jonathan when other parts recorded less than 50% turn out. little wonder you PDP minions opposed the card reader with all your lies. Buhari was right to to say the dog and the baboon will be soaked in blood because if Jega had responded a fight would have started and Jega would have been kidnapped causing unrest in the country. that was the plan. orubebe wasn't acting alone. yes we thank God Jonathan did the right thing and conceded defeat but it doesn't change the fact that Buhari was right!!! |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Johnsinia(m): 2:48pm On Oct 06, 2015 |
Jaideyone:Fricking slave to the almajiris 1 Like |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by francizy(m): 3:15pm On Oct 06, 2015 |
Jaideyone: Absolute bullshit, truck load of horse shyt! And the north didn't rig election too? With several million almajiri/underaged voters. You have no case bro so this will be my last reply to you because you didn't even address anything I said. You just came back with the old statement as if the north are not also good at rigging.. Go to US and threaten to soak dogs and baboons in blood, let's see if you will not cool your black ãrse off in jail. I rest my case.. |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Jaideyone(m): 5:13pm On Oct 06, 2015 |
Johnsinia:du*mb product of a baby factory |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Jaideyone(m): 5:16pm On Oct 06, 2015 |
francizy:really? millions of under aged voters? can you show us videos and pictures? thank God you finally acknowledged the rigging in 2011 with the word TOO. have a wonderful day |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by Johnsinia(m): 6:50pm On Oct 06, 2015 |
Jaideyone:Get out frm here jare, u cheap slave |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by tollytexy(m): 6:56pm On Oct 06, 2015 |
IbnIslam: Don't be rude to your ancestor with your 5MB remaining on your chinko fone. Use it wisely goat |
Re: BOKO HARAM Is Also ‘your’ Problem by passionate88: 11:44pm On Oct 06, 2015 |
Jaideyone:But he said 3 months, now he has shifted it to December, what's your own date ? |
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