Definition: The family is the smallest segment or unit of the larger society or nation made up of the husband, wife, and children. God created Adam and Eve and later their children. TYPES THE NUCLEAR FAMILY: The nuclear family consists of a father wife or wives with or without children. It is simply called […]
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CALL TO OBEDIENCE: ABRAHAM When man ‘fell’, his first relationship with God was no longer cordial. He was cast out or driven out without a divine and spiritual partner. Disobedience alienated man from God. Nonetheless, God in his infinite mercy wanted Man to come into a new relationship with Him. Hence, God saw in Abraham
JOSHUA AS A WORTHY LEADER (JOSHUA 1:20; 2:1-0; 3:1-10) JOSHUA AS GOD’S CHOOSEN LEADER Joshua was called the son of Nun. He was also a leader chosen by God after the death of Moses to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land. He was a mighty warrior. He was courageous; he led the Israelites to
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THE BIRTH OF MOSES Moses’ parents were both of the tribe of Levi. The father’s name was Amiram, his mother was Jochebed. The other chidren of Amiran and Jochebed were Aaron and Miriam. When Moses was born, his mother saw that he was a goodly handsome child. She hid him for three months and when
THE EARLY LIFE OF JOSEPH. (Gen. 37, 39) Joseph was one of the twelve sons of Jacob. Jacob loved him more than any other of his sons. He made him a robe of many colours, and this led to his brothers hating him the more. This hatred grew stronger when Joseph began to tell his
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MEANING OF SREVICE Service is the work done by somebody for an organization or somebody else as a job, duty or favour. It is also the work that somebody can do or does by virtue of their job, profession or training. In this regard, we can say a servant is someone who follows and does
PAUL’S TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN WHO WERE THE SANHEDRINS? The Sanhedrins were the supreme legal and religious council of the Jews. They deliberate and take decisions on any matter affecting the Jews. They were strong persecutors of the apostles. They were made up of the Pharisees, Sadducees and the Scribes. THE TRIAL AND DEFENSE
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CALL TO REPENTANCE (RECONCILIATION) RECONCILIATION Reconciliation: This is the way of reconciling broken relationship. In order to return to a friendly relationship after an estrangement, the Jews of old offered sacrifices to bring about reconciliation with God. The Israelites sang to God. In the Old Testament, atonement was made to God by means of sacrifices,
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The Story of Cain and Abel Adam and Eve bore two children –Cain and Abel. As they grew, they chose their vocations. Cain was a tiller of the ground (farmer) while Abel was a keeper of sheep (shepherd). In the course of time, Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the
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DISOBEDIENCE: FIRST HUMAN DISOBEDIENCE. GEN 3:1-24 ‘Sin’ means deviation from the laws of good to bad. This means that sin is deviation from right to wrong; doing the things that goes contrary to the laws of nature and laws of God. E.g. stealing, murder, breaking the laws of the land, fighting etc. Sin came into
DEFINITION OF DIVORCE AND INFERTILITY Divorce is the legal ending of a marriage. In other words it is he legal separation between a husband and his wife usually due to dispute or disagreement. Divorce is a serious problem in Christian marriage and Christian must do everything to avoid it because it interrupts the destiny of
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DEFINITION AND TYPES OF MARRIAGE Marriage is a union between a mature man and woman as husband and wife to raise a family. Such union makes them a couple. The Christians understand marriage as oneness of the man and woman that is why they say two persons join together to become one flesh. The Holy
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MAN’S POWER IN CREATION God created the first man from the dust and made a helper fit for him. Adam called her woman because she was taken from his ribs. God gave Adam powers over all creatures. He told man to rule over the fish,plants, animals and every other creature. God commanded man to be
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THE DESTINY OF MAN IN GOD’S CREATION Man was created in the image of God after His likeness. Man is thus referred to as “the pyramid of creation”. He is the crown of creation. God gave man power to subdue and have dominion over every created thing. He is equally given the power to be
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Biblical account of creation Why god created human beings? Songs about creation BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF CREATION According to the book of Genesis, in the beginning, God created the heaven and earth. The earth was void, without form and dark, and the spirit of God moved upon the waters. On the first day, God created light
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Who is God? Attributes of God Name of God in Different Nigerian Languages WHO IS GOD? God is a Spirit (John 4:24) God is Supreme Being. God is the Creator of the Universe (Isa. 45:12, Rev. 4:11) God is ‘I AM THAT I AM “ (Exod. 3:14) God is “Alpha and Omega”. The beginning and
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Answer: It is good to know that God is omnipresent (everywhere at one time)—it is one of His attributes. Coinciding with His omnipresence are the attributes of omniscience (all knowledge) and omnipotence (all power). These concepts are a bit much for us humans to comprehend, but God knows that, too (Isaiah 55:8). God fills His
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Reasons why Jesus prayed Prayer is a means of talking to our heavenly father. Jesus, while he was physically here on earth, did pray to his father. Why did Jesus pray? He prayed to receive power, strength and grace to fulfill his mission, or task, on earth. Jesus always prayed to be a role model
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A new life means a changed life. It means that a person living in sin suddenly changes and gives up his sinful ways. As a result 1 The old character gives way to a new character. 2 The old way that led to destruction now changes and leads to a new life of salvation. 3
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According to Paul in his teaching, a person that has the Holy Spirit in him manifests these qualities in his daily life activities – love, joy, peace, patience or longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control, and so on. With the above qualities, we would be able to be law-abiding towards God and men. Moral
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