User talk:Segun Oyeniran

“Giving does not only precede receiving; it is the reason for it. It is in giving that we receive. Israelmore Ayivor Nowadays I wonder where the care of the needy has gone, the sense of kindness is gradually eroding from the continent of the African. I wonder at times if our fathers had lived like this; the world would have been a terrible place to live in. Civilisation should open our eyes to the needs of our neighbours; we always look forward to getting something from them instead of giving them a helping hand. Everyone has something tangible to contribute, something significant to give; if we really mean business. We must have a sense of necessity and compulsion to put a smile on the faces of others. We call ourselves the most religious continent but our religious activities lack every substance of a true religion. Instead of giving to the poor and the downtrodden, we take their blankets away from them in the cold, we rob the less-privileged of their rights to a worthwhile existence. No one does anything for free, nothing could be done without expecting immediate reward. The churches in the continent of Africa have lost their focus and objectives, we preach salvation deprived of love of Christ; forgetting that it was Jesus that fed the five thousand in the wilderness, on another occasion, He fed another four thousand. Here comes the question, "Why didn't Christ preach to them or bless them with the word and send them away. The reason is not farfetched, He ministers to the whole need of the entire human race not living a good work behind; He was always seen doing good, and that's He's work but today civilisation and insensitivity and lack of empathy has caused us to neglect the weightier matter, clinging to the less important ones. Before we meet in the next edition, I want you to look at this and ponder on it. Matthew 25:31-46 AMP “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory and majesty and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him [for judgment]; and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right [the place of honor], and the goats on His left [the place of rejection]. “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God, appointed to eternal salvation], inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me [with help and ministering care]; I was in prison, and you came to Me [ignoring personal danger].’ Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ The King will answer and say to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.’ “Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Leave Me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (demons); for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me [with help and ministering care].’ Then they also [in their turn] will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or as a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will reply to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these [my followers], you did not do it for Me.’ Then these [unbelieving people] will go away into eternal (unending) punishment, but those who are righteous and in right standing with God [will go, by His remarkable grace] into eternal (unending) life.”

AMP: Amplified Bible