jesusjnr:
Not at all for what else are such gems meant for, but to be disseminated to men, that they would be converted or even grow and develop spiritually for those are already so. However we speak of the importance of the doing part of Jesus words, and Jesus instructed me not to gives such gems to those who would see it as thrash, otherwise they would trample it under their feet, and then come to tear me apart. Hence this is only done in obedience to his words for i wouldn't want to be one of the foolish ones, would i? So i don't have any problem giving such to those that are able or willing to discern its value but when i'm certain that it's just a joker, i desist

This is the WWW, where many are on here who are like good soil on whom pearls fall and grow and produce abundant fruit. Many hardly say much, but they exist, diligently working away like the poor woman who secretly presents her offering at the temple. Then there are the legends, the dead soil, on whom pearls don't grow. To be obedient is to not waste time with the dead except to be mindful that also on those who are the good soil would one's pearls fall and grow.

It is therefore my own opinion that one must cast ones pearls even before swines. It afterall is not the case that one can run out of pearls nor can pearls be eaten by swines so one can always pick them up and clean them even after they have been trampled on. It is those who are poor in pearls who need to be misers and fearful of swines. Misers store up what they think are pearls only for them to be eaten by moths!

Be not like those who hide their talent for fear they would lose it, jesus jnr. Jesus himself cast forth even his life so how much less one's mere pearls? Be like the birds and the bees and worry not about swines for it is not true that they can tear you apart, not even a single hair can they touch. Those who are rich in pearls must be more generous to the point of giving away all their richest pearls knowing they fall on the good and the bad.

Remember that those who give are recompensed, even a thousand fold plus some. That which is abundant in the heart never runs out.

budaatum:
It is therefore my own opinion that one must cast ones pearls even before swines...

"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast, ye your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them, under their feet, and turn again and rend you." Mt 7:6(KJV). It's a good thing you said it's your own opinion but the opinion above isn't mine but that of Jesus the master himself. And Jesus himself kept this, for he's not one to give an instruction and do otherwise, as this can be seen when he spake in parables to the crowd but later on would expound it to his disciples. Except you're also saying that he was a miser and dint have much gems. The woman you talked about was spoted by Jesus, right? You once told me many here won't believe what i said about you, so you can tell how i was able to spot you from the crowd that you're not also a swine? If i was able to spot you then why not others? It's by obedience i got the ability to be likewise.

jesusjnr:
And Jesus himself kept this, for he's not one to give an instruction and do otherwise, as this can be seen when he spake in parables to the crowd but later on would expound it to his disciples.

And yet, there he was, constantly confronting swines by casting his more valuable possession (his Word), and his most valuable possession (his Life), before swines who know not what they do.

I guess different instructions to different folks. Even God is not said to have sent Gabriel to do the works best suited to Michael.

Luke 7:1-10

"Move, Your Toes!"
Two years ago whilst buda was in Nigeria working on buda's farm, buda fell ill and went to a doctor who sent buda for an xray to buda's spine. "buda", doctor said after reviewing the results of the below average xray image, "from what I see here, in order to diagnose your illness, I am going to have to send you for a Magnetic resonance imaging (Mri) scan in Lagos or Abuja which costs at least 80k, and there is no guarantee you would not have to do up to three. I therefore advise you to return home where you can get better care". So buda did a Buhari and came back home and was admitted to hospital.

In the first few days buda had four Mri scans and was seen by eight specialists while buda's condition deteriorated such that buda lost all movement waist down, walking sticks to frame to a wheelchair and had shed a whole 30kg. It was at this point that buda was first told to move buda's toes as part of tests of mobility and sensation.

"Move your toes", the doctor would say, so buda would say to buda toes, "move", but toes just ignored buda. buda would be up in bed all night going, "toes move!" but toes would just stare at buda like, "talk to the hand", until buda was exhausted or till toes told buda to go fuq budaself.

buda was eventually informed that buda may have Guillain-Barré syndrome, a serious autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks healthy nerve cells in the peripheral nervous system which leads to weakness, numbness, and tingling and eventually paralysis. buda was given five doses of Intravenous immunoglobulin which cost over £500 a go to arrest the damage, but after three doses it was determined buda did not have GBS but would have to complete the treatment all the same. All along, toes wouldn't move.

By the end of buda's first week in hospital, buda was unable to move buda's lower body and buda's family and friends were in panic and for some odd reason thought buda would die. People would come to see buda in hospital with such long faces so buda decided to take on the short face and cheer them up, and since they were mostly religious people, buda got to tell them to have faith, all the while unable to move buda toes.

By the end of buda's second week in hospital by which buda was seen by 18 specialists, been referred to Tropical Diseases at Queens Hospital and Neurology at Kings, had twelve Mri scans, plus various other scans and lots of blood taken, and failed the "move your toes" test three times a day, plus so many "toes move!" administered by buda self, it was determined that buda had contracted a particular type of Schistosomiasis that had attacked buda's spinal cord and was working it's way up to buda's brain to kill buda. Twelve tablets of Praziquantel at 40 pence a tablet killed the parasite but buda was left with no movement from the waist down, wheelchair bound, and was transferred to King's Hospital where "move your toes" got intensive!

Now, 200 metres outside the window of the private room buda was moved to, there was a very tall crane which was being used to build a new wing to the hospital. One night it came through the window and attempted to move buda's toes, but failed! buda did not have the upper body strength to wheel buda about in a wheelchair for long, so buda would go about the hospital in it, building up strength, after all, "this might be buda's lot, buda better practise", buda thought. Meanwhile, buda's relationship with buda's toe got acrimonious, and gone from "toe, move", to "please toe, move", to "fuqing toe, bloody move!" While toe had gone to "buda, fuqing fuq off!" But buda wouldn't give up!

One day, in the fourth week in hospital, buda was staring at a picture of flowers on the wall across from the hospital bed where buda lay when a petal in the corner said, "buda toe, follow me", and buda's toe seemed to move a tenth of a millimeter after the petal.

"Na", said buda, "that didn't happen". You after all can imagine how one could possibly notice a movement of a tenth of a millimetre, like a single letter on this page! Besides, petals of flowers in pictures on walls do not exactly move now do they? All the same, buda heard what buda heard and buda seen what buda seen so buda stared at that picture waiting to see if it moved buda toe, it's not as if buda had anything better to do.

Nine hours, buda stared at the picture of flowers on the wall, when suddenly a petal in the middle said, "buda toe, follow me", and about ten minutes later, petal moved. buda said to toe, "follow that petal, toe", and toe, which had taken to being lord over buda, obediently followed the petal like a servant to buda, or the petal.

buda spent the next two days waiting for instructions from the picture hoping to not miss a single twitch of a single one of the thousands of petals in the picture, but the picture said nothing and toe didn't move till the third day when petal and toe commenced a full toe petal dance! buda slept that night, and the crane came in and lifted buda's legs that hadn't moved for weeks and when buda woke up, like a miracle, buda could walk again and a couple of days later was dancing through the ward, amazing everyone.

On the day buda was discharged, buda met a nurse by the lift who was there when buda was wheeled in. "buda", he said, "when you arrived, we all thought you would die, but you were full of cheer. We would look at your notes with concern and think you just didn't know how serious your condition was, but you just remained cheerful like there was nothing wrong. We thought you were on some self medicating drug perhaps and when you went off in your wheelchair in the middle of the night was when you was using so we tested your bloods for illicit drugs but found nothing! What the heck are you on?" He asked.

"Faith", buda told him. Ever since buda doctor in Nigeria advised buda to return home, buda knew buda was in good hands. The doctor could have milked buda for every penny buda had and left buda to die, but he didn't. And in every ward and hospital buda had been in since buda did a Buhari, buda had met the most wonderful caring people which instilled buda with faith that toes will move. And toes moved.

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[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7%3A11-17&version=NIV]Luke 7:11-17[/url]

wisdom people

A great prophet has appeared among us........

budaatum:
[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7%3A11-17&version=NIV]Luke 7:11-17[/url]

wisdom people

A great prophet has appeared among us........

They were all filled with awe and praised God.
“A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said.
“God has come to help his people.”

budaatum:
[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7%3A11-17&version=NIV]Luke 7:11-17[/url]

wisdom people

A great prophet has appeared among us........

Hi buda, what up? Been quite a while, so just thought I should pop in to say hi. I hope you're good?

jesusjnr:
Hi buda, what up? Been quite a while, so just thought I should pop in to say hi. I hope you're good?

Always good. Hi.

budaatum:
Always good. Hi.

Good to know that and nice to hear from you again.

[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7%3A18-35&version=NIV]Luke 7:18-35[/url]

"Wisdom is proved right by all her children.”

We're all used to Thomas, but doubting John, the messenger and baptiser of Christ, too? Did he not hear a voice from heaven say, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased"? Did he miss the "like a dove"? You'd expect him to know, yet here he is sending others to verify for him that his own relative is the Messiah! Kind of makes one wonder about the so called, way, he was preparing.

I do like Jesus' response though. "Look at the evidence", Jesus says "The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor". Essentially, 'to each according to their need', though I see it more as, 'to each according to their ability to receive'. I guess this says something about John's abilities, or perhaps his understanding. But first, the evidence!

We get quite a lot of evidence on here of the sort listed above. "It's a miracle", many claim, yet, I put it to you that more of these sort of miracles happen in hospitals than worship houses and not many would take their ailing parent or child to their pastor before the doctor! When I go to the hospital and they remove my dodgy heart and replace it with a new one, not many would agree that the atheist surgeon who performed the miracle had anything to do with Christ, but is Wisdom not proved right by "her children”, its fruit? Is the proof of the pudding not in its eating"? Even the pastors know where to put their faith when it comes down to it.

There is a reason why it is written that, "The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work", for without wisdom, no thing can be made. In the incomprehensible language of the religious, "Without Wisdom, one is dead"! Though the religious tend to replace wisdom with Christ, and Paul further muddles things up in [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians+1&version=NKJV&interface=amp]1 Corinthians 1[/url], rather unfortunately.

[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7%3A36-50&version=NIV]Luke 7:36-50[/url]

"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance!"

Two people argued about God. One was MuttleyLaff, the other was budaatum.

Which needs God more?

[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8%3A19-21&version=NIV]Luke 8:19-21[/url]

“My sisters and brothers are those who put their word into practice.”

I wonder if Jesus was pissed off at them for not embracing his message and changing their bad ways.

MuttleyLaff:
If you want to be defined as a worshipper of God,
then your "if God were my god"
should be "if God were my God"
Please, at least, be consistent.

God is my God.

budaatum:

God is my God.

It was only a matter of time right?

Can't wait to hear your own story, buda.

Meanwhile Michelle just got to hear your good news and she was maybe like to pm you for you may need some encouragement.

And I was like don't worry about buda, buda is fine, for she's more than capable to handle anything that comes her way, for she's got spiritual quality.

p.s. Michelle made me know you were not a he.

jesusjnr:
It was only a matter of time right?

Can't wait to hear your own story, buda.

Meanwhile Michelle just got to hear your good news and she was maybe like to pm you for you may need some encouragement.

And I was like don't worry about buda, buda is fine, for she's more than capable to handle anything that comes her way, for she's got spiritual quality.

p.s. Michelle made me know you were not a he.

My story is every word I've written on here, funny enough, as they show my journey in way more detail than I can possibly attempt to rewrite it which is great for anyone with the time to read that which bears testimony to the Lord. And indeed, I am very well thank you. I wouldn't be taking anyone's word on buda gender if I were you though, as that page is yet to be written. Thank Michelle all the same.

jesusjnr:
It was only a matter of time right?

Can't wait to hear your own story, buda.

Meanwhile Michelle just got to hear your good news and she was maybe like to pm you for you may need some encouragement.

And I was like don't worry about buda, buda is fine, for she's more than capable to handle anything that comes her way, for she's got spiritual quality.

p.s. Michelle made me know you were not a he.

sorry to ask is budatuum a gospel critic or she supports the gospel am confused just started to follow her up

OLUWABIG:



sorry to ask is budatuum a gospel critic or she supports the gospel am confused just started to follow her up

Now is porting season in full swing bro.

Good thing it's now in God's favor and not the otherwise as it used to be before now.

Maybe it's now pay back time, for atheism days appears to be numbered.

Glory be to God in the highest, and His Gospel to men on Earth.

budaatum:

My story is every word I've written on here, funny enough, as they show my journey in way more detail than I can possibly attempt to rewrite it which is great for anyone with the time to read that which bears testimony to the Lord. And indeed, I am very well thank you. I wouldn't be taking anyone's word on buda gender if I were you though, as that page is yet to be written. Thank Michelle all the same.

I understand but people who knew you as an atheist need to hear you pronounce it at the roof tops.

I understand your point but the difference could be measured in souls.

Don't hide your testimony buda, let it be used to the glory of your God and my God, your Father and my Father.

#necessity

jesusjnr:
I understand but people who knew you as an atheist need to hear you pronounce it at the roof tops.

They should keep their eyes on the rooftop.

budaatum:

They should keep their eyes on the rooftop.

You have the right to decide what you do buda, but remember that if you hadn't come to correct me yourself that it's two not one, that the chances are that I'd yet be making the same mistake up till now?

So imagine how many people are yet making the mistake, that it's just one, not two as I did before you told me?

Hence i think it's in God interest if you get to correct them as well, remember it's no longer buda's will but God's Will be done as it was in Jesus case?

God be with you buda and bless your soul.

jesusjnr:
You have the right to decide what you do buda, but remember that if you hadn't come to correct me yourself that it's two not one, that the chances are that I'd yet be making the same mistake up till now?

So imagine how many people are yet making the mistake, that it's just one, not two as I did before you told me?

Hence i think it's in God interest if you get to correct them as well, remember it's no longer buda's will but God's Will be done as it was in Jesus case?

God be with you buda and bless your soul.

Michellekabod2 would tell you how difficult it is to conceive how it happened. We former atheists have written against all the lame arguments put forward for God so you must imagine a conversion is like a creation with a big bang which I am seriously finding difficult to put into words. But they'll come. Be patient. I trust the Lord.

budaatum:

Michellekabod2 would tell you how difficult it is to conceive how it happened. We former atheists have written against all the lame arguments put forward for God so you must imagine a conversion is like a creation with a big bang which I am seriously finding difficult to put into words. But they'll come. Be patient. I trust the Lord.

Now you're talking buda, and if it's only patience you need i have that in abundance to spare.

So take your time buda for this is not meant to put pressure on you but to encourage you.

You should forgive me for thinking that you are capable, but I know that with God you are even more than capable.

[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8%3A22-25&version=NIV]Luke 8:22-25[/url]

Inspired by ochibuogwu5


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLy8ksqGf9w

In Christ Alone
By Stuart Townend

In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! - who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8%3A40-56&version=NKJV]Luke 8: 40-56[/url]

Graceful Work

Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came (travelled, probably walked a long distance, which is work) from behind and touched (work. She could have just stood there waiting for grace to fall on her head) the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.

And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith (work, and not faith with no work which is faithless by its fruitlessness) has made you well.”

When you are saved, you will work, because you are well, and in peace!

[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9%3A1-6&version=NKJV]Luke 9:1-6[/url]

You have received power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. You are to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. When you enter a thread, write there. And if what you write is not received leave that thread and shake off the very dust from your phone, laptop, pc, brain as a testimony against them.

Okay, you might not have received the power and authority, or what you write might not be right (after all, it's not like you are the only one with a mind!), so stay in that thread and learn. And remember, even silence sometimes works amazing feats.

budaatum:
petals

Nice story Buda. Can you recall, which specific flower it was? There is an acquaintance of mine I suspect behind this.

LoJ:

Nice story Buda. Can you recall, which specific flower it was? There is an acquaintance of mine I suspect behind this.

Lavender.

budaatum:
Lavender.

This is what I thought. I am 99.9% sure to know what is behind this.

There is this... I once met. The thing left long lasting impressions on me and I could not help but seek to get to... Again. The vibes the charisma and the love were out of the ordinary. After several failed attempts at getting to... Again, I was told to gaze at the flower for increased success.

Thank You for this story.

LoJ:

This is what I thought. I am 99.9% sure to know what is behind this.

There is this... I once met. The thing left long lasting impressions on me and I could not help but seek to get to... Again. The vibes the charisma and the love were out of the ordinary. After several failed attempts at getting to... Again, I was told to gaze at the flower for increased success.

Thank You for this story.

The amount of whatever it was that made them put that picture there. In 3D!

I think that's close to what we are trying to name.
The how to.