The greatest mistake anyone can ever make in life is to provoke the Almighty God. 1 John 4:8 tells us that God is love. He is not just a loving God, He is love personified, but Hebrews 12:29 also says He is a consuming fire. Every coin has two sides. On one side of God, you have love – love so great that He gave His only begotten Son for our sake. On the other side, however, He is a consuming fire. Thus when you hear of people who talk about God as love only, about grace 100% of the time and nothing more, stay away from them. God is indeed kind, merciful, and loving, but don’t mess with Him because He is a consuming fire. If He loves you specially and you fool around with Him, He will deal with you. The word of God made it clear in Hebrews 12:6:
“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.”

You would think the Bible would say that whosoever the Father loves, He kisses, but that is not what it says. If you know that what you are doing is wrong and have been corrected severally yet you refuse to yield, then you are very likely provoking Him to anger already. You had better stop doing that thing you know He does not like. Proverbs 29:1 says:
“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”

Nobody can tell me that because God loves you, you can go ahead and do whatever you like. If you can do whatever you like, it is likely that He has forsaken you, because the Bible made it clear in Hebrews 12:8:
“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”

For those who say, "Pastor Adeboye is legalistic, he is always talking law", I didn’t write the Bible. It is stated there clearly in both the Old and New Testaments that if you are doing wrong and God is not punishing you for it, then you are a bastard, and bastards will not be admitted into the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 7:21-23).
Written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye.

kpakpandoN:
The greatest mistake anyone can ever make in life is to provoke the Almighty God. 1 John 4:8 tells us that God is love. He is not just a loving God, He is love personified, but Hebrews 12:29 also says He is a consuming fire. Every coin has two sides. On one side of God, you have love – love so great that He gave His only begotten Son for our sake. On the other side, however, He is a consuming fire. Thus when you hear of people who talk about God as love only, about grace 100% of the time and nothing more, stay away from them. God is indeed kind, merciful, and loving, but don’t mess with Him because He is a consuming fire. If He loves you specially and you fool around with Him, He will deal with you. The word of God made it clear in Hebrews 12:6:
“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.”

You would think the Bible would say that whosoever the Father loves, He kisses, but that is not what it says. If you know that what you are doing is wrong and have been corrected severally yet you refuse to yield, then you are very likely provoking Him to anger already. You had better stop doing that thing you know He does not like. Proverbs 29:1 says:
“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”

Nobody can tell me that because God loves you, you can go ahead and do whatever you like. If you can do whatever you like, it is likely that He has forsaken you, because the Bible made it clear in Hebrews 12:8:
“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”

For those who say, "Pastor Adeboye is legalistic, he is always talking law", I didn’t write the Bible. It is stated there clearly in both the Old and New Testaments that if you are doing wrong and God is not punishing you for it, then you are a bastard, and bastards will not be admitted into the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 7:21-23).
Written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye.

So why is god punishing Nigeria(people who worship him) and ignoring Czech Republic, Croatia who have more atheists

Coherence please.

jaephoenix:

So why is god punishing Nigeria(people who worship him) and ignoring Czech Republic, Croatia who have more atheists

What has God ---- God of Israel ---- to do with your Nigeria?

jaephoenix:

So why is god punishing Nigeria(people who worship him) and ignoring Czech Republic, Croatia who have more atheists

Now you have moved from your beloved China seeing that calamities are hitting them time after time. These are other countries are too small to make the news but they have their own plagues. So you are talking your usual out of sense.

kpakpandoN:
1. The greatest mistake anyone can ever make in life is to provoke the Almighty God. 1 John 4:8 tells us that God is love. He is not just a loving God, He is love personified, but Hebrews 12:29 also says He is a consuming fire. Every coin has two sides. On one side of God, you have love – love so great that He gave His only begotten Son for our sake. On the other side, however, He is a consuming fire. Thus when you hear of people who talk about God as love only, about grace 100% of the time and nothing more, stay away from them. God is indeed kind, merciful, and loving, but don’t mess with Him because He is a consuming fire. If He loves you specially and you fool around with Him, He will deal with you. The word of God made it clear in Hebrews 12:6:

You would think the Bible would say that whosoever the Father loves, He kisses, but that is not what it says. If you know that what you are doing is wrong and have been corrected severally yet you refuse to yield, then you are very likely provoking Him to anger already. You had better stop doing that thing you know He does not like. Proverbs 29:1 says:
“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”

Nobody can tell me that because God loves you, you can go ahead and do whatever you like. If you can do whatever you like, it is likely that He has forsaken you, because the Bible made it clear in Hebrews 12:8:
“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”

For those who say, "Pastor Adeboye is legalistic, he is always talking law", I didn’t write the Bible. It is stated there clearly in both the Old and New Testaments that if you are doing wrong and God is not punishing you for it, then you are a bastard, and bastards will not be admitted into the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 7:21-23).
Written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye.

1. What in the world is all of this? Seek wisdom in Jesus Christ abeg and stop portraying God as if some wrath-filled monster out to get people. The people God loved — gave His Covenant/agreement to— are the Israelites whom He chastened for their violation of the contract they signed with Him. Yes, God in fact did curse and scatter the children of Israel as He said He would in His contract with them back before they even made it into the land of Canaan - Deuteronomy 30 vs 1 - 6.

In Jesus Christ, God's New contract/agreement was offered, again, only to Israel whom God cursed and scattered by God from His Old Law, those who choose to enter into an agreement with God, then refuse to obey God's will this time, not have themselves to blame at the end when judgment will be served — it is until Jesus Christ returns and judges His enemies that Judgement will be served. not before.

Kobojunkie:
What has God ---- God of Israel ---- to do with your Nigeria?

Because they worship him, or weren't they?

jaephoenix:
Because they worship him, or weren't they?

How can they worship a God whose name literally indicates that He is not for them? God of Israel, not God of Nigerians — His agreement is exclusively for Israelites, descendants of Jacob.

Dtruthspeaker:


Now you have moved from your beloved China seeing that calamities are hitting them time after time. These are other countries are too small to make the news but they have their own plagues. So you are talking your usual out of sense.

Actually, China is fine. They are having their own health epidemic too. Remember when Nigeria had Lassa, Ebola etc. I didn't hear you talk your usual rubbish. Even as ravaged by China is, they're far better than Nigeria. I'm sure if I give you Chinese visa, you'll jump at it. So park one side

Kobojunkie:
1. What in the world is all of this? Seek wisdom in Jesus Christ abeg and stop portraying God as if some wrath-filled monster out to get people. The people God loved — gave His Covenant/agreement to— are the Israelites whom He chastened for their violation of the contract they signed with Him. Yes, God in fact did curse and scatter the children of Israel as He said He would in His contract with them back before they even made it into the land of Canaan - Deuteronomy 30 vs 1 - 6.

In Jesus Christ, God's New contract/agreement was offered, again, only to Israel whom God cursed and scattered by God from His Old Law, those who choose to enter into an agreement with God, then refuse to obey God's will this time, not have themselves to blame at the end when judgment will be served — it is until Jesus Christ returns and judges His enemies that Judgement will be served. not before.

Youre as confused as they come. If I engage you, you will change

jaephoenix:

Youre as confused as they come. If I engage you, you will change

It is quite clear I am not the confused one here.

Kobojunkie:
It is quite clear I am not the confused one here.

Wasnt it in your Bible that God ordered people , including newborns killed

jaephoenix:

Wasnt it in your Bible that God ordered people , including newborns killed

Again...How can they worship a God whose name literally indicates that He is not for them? God of Israel, not God of Nigerians — His agreement is exclusively for Israelites, descendants of Jacob.

Kobojunkie:
Again...How can they worship a God whose name literally indicates that He is not for them? God of Israel, not God of Nigerians — His agreement is exclusively for Israelites, descendants of Jacob.

1. Which Israel are you referring to? The one that has Judaism as main religion? Or the one that has gays as ministers?
2. And why can't yhwh answer their prayers? Didn't he say he answers anyone who calls on him?

jaephoenix:
1. Which Israel are you referring to? The one that has Judaism as main religion? Or the one that has gays as ministers?
2. And why can't yhwh answer their prayers? Didn't he say he answers anyone who calls on him?

Again...How can they worship a God whose name literally indicates that He is not for them? God of Israel, not God of Nigerians — His agreement is exclusively for Israelites, descendants of Jacob.

Kobojunkie:
Again...How can they worship a God whose name literally indicates that He is not for them? God of Israel, not God of Nigerians — His agreement is exclusively for Israelites, descendants of Jacob.

So god is protecting the Israelis, right? He's protecting the unbelievers that love homosexuality etc, right?

jaephoenix:
So god is protecting the Israelis, right? He's protecting the unbelievers that love homosexuality etc, right?

Pay attention! Again...How can they worship a God whose name literally indicates that He is not for them? God of Israel, not God of Nigerians — His agreement is exclusively for Israelites, descendants of Jacob.

Kobojunkie:
Pay attention! Again...How can they worship a God whose name literally indicates that He is not for them? God of Israel, not God of Nigerians — His agreement is exclusively for Israelites, descendants of Jacob.

I see you are loony. Engaging you is useless

jaephoenix:
I see you are loony. Engaging you is useless

If you can't stick to the topic... then you waste your own time.

jaephoenix:

Actually, China is fine. They are having their own health epidemic too.

Now you are lying even when the news today has recorded another calamity
https://www.nairaland.com/7501497/200-cars-involved-massive-collision#119524708.

But the point is we saw you abandoned your beloved China in her calamity!

Dtruthspeaker:


Now you are lying even when the news today has recorded another calamity
https://www.nairaland.com/7501497/200-cars-involved-massive-collision#119524708.

But the point is we saw you abandoned your beloved China in her calamity!

You're fruitier than I thought. Just one person died and it was a traffic pile up, and you call it a calamity. Do you know how many people have died in Nigeria from hunger and childhood diseases like cholera etc? You dey ment

jaephoenix:

You're fruitier than I thought. Just one person died and it was a traffic pile up, and you call it a calamity.

So you need people to die well well before you can see that this is a calamity? Men you are wicked o.

Dtruthspeaker:


So you need people to die well well before you can see that this is a calamity? Men you are wicked o.

In case, you're so fruity you don't understand what calamity means. This is it
An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

How does cars piling up translate into a calamity?

Kobojunkie:
How can they worship a God whose name literally indicates that He is not for them? God of Israel, not God of Nigerians — His agreement is exclusively for Israelites, descendants of Jacob.

If God was and is strictly for Israel physically, why did He physically destroy those who didn't believe and those who murmured among them in the wilderness?

CodeTemplar:
If God was and is strictly for Israel physically, why did He physically destroy those who didn't believe and those who murmured among them in the wilderness?

Because His plan has always been to make a nation of priests out of His Israel. As He made clear to them right there in the wilderness, if the parents refuse Him, He will use the next generation, and the generation after that and so on. God continued to destroy those who did evil in the land, eventually cursing and scattering His Israel to all corners of the world, just as He said He would in Deuteronomy 30 vs 1 - 6. Jesus Christ is His plan with which to gather Israel back and rule over her as King in the end - Ezekiel 34 vs 1 - 32 & Isaiah 66 vs 18 - 21

Kobojunkie:
Because His plan has always been to make a nation of priests out of His Israel. As He made clear to them right there in the wilderness, if the parents refuse Him, He will use the next generation, and the generation after that and so on. God continued to destroy those who did evil in the land, eventually cursing and scattering His Israel to all corners of the world, just as He said He would in Deuteronomy 30 vs 1 - 6. Jesus Christ is His plan with which to gather Israel back and rule over her as King in the end - Ezekiel 34 vs 1 - 32 & Isaiah 66 vs 18 - 21

But you are not among those that was scattered, how come one Iesus chrestus is gathering you back?

jaephoenix:

In case, you're so fruity you don't understand what calamity means. This is it
An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

How does cars piling up translate into a calamity?

Did you see the 2 beautiful words you used up there to define calamity? Is 200 vehicles not damage and distressful enough to warrant being called a calamity?

Just chill. You do not have any valid thing to say!

Dtruthspeaker:


Did you see the 2 beautiful words you used up there to define calamity? Is 200 vehicles not damage and distressful enough to warrant being called a calamity?

Just chill. You do not have any valid thing to say!

Were the vehicles damaged?

jaephoenix:

Were the vehicles damaged?

See the pictures here
https://www.nairaland.com/7501497/200-cars-involved-massive-collision#119524708

Dtruthspeaker:


See the pictures here
https://www.nairaland.com/7501497/200-cars-involved-massive-collision#119524708

Good. So your point is?