I came about an astonishing approach of Jesus today in my devotion and I decided to let the world know.
You would remember when Nicodemus came to meet Jesus… infact let me read it to you…
John 3 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Normally, Jesus should have replied in affirmation to what he had said but He did not. He sought for ways to catch him and the best way to catch a man is to ask him a question he cannot answer. Jesus used this same approach for Pilate… when the TRUTH question came up…ok..ok..ok, let me read it to you…
John 18
33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 34 Jesus answered him, "Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? " 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? 36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. " 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, "Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. " 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
He was perplexed and confused about what the truth is. Lets go back to General Nico. Jesus’ response to his praise and oratory statements was;
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. "
Just like Pilate, he was confused and he replied thus;
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
The essence of this note is to challenge us to search and act like Jesus. We will save ourselves from loads of problems through the way we talk and answer questions. Have a great day.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
THINK ABOUT THIS...
THINK ABOUT THIS…
Having read and researched about culture and its development (particularly our languages) for over five years now, I have come to the conclusion that people have no idea of the abyss we are staring into or the nature of the world we are leaving for our children to endure and most people don’t seem to care. They would much rather ignore the obvious and go into denial of a truth that’s splatting them between the eyes. “Tèmi ò ṣòro”, tí kì í jẹ kọ́mọ alágbẹ̀dẹ ní idà (“Mine is not urgent.” which prevents the son of the blacksmith from owning a sword) because Africans would rather develop others and his own undeveloped. But if Africans lifted its eyes from the latest soap opera (say…second chance) or game show for long enough to engage its brain, it would see that African languages extinction are not just going to happen - they are happening. The momentum for the centralized control of a global language is gathering pace by the hour.
It is believed that most Africans would rather do what he thinks is right for himself in the moment than consider the wider consequences of its behaviour for human existence. Imagine parents discouraging their children not to speak in their mother tongue. The question is which language is our father tongue? Wọ́n ní, “Afọ́jú, o ò tanná alẹ́.” Ó ní àtọ̀sán àtòru, èwo lòún rí níbẹ? People said, “Blind man, you did not light a lamp.” He asked, night or day, which one would his eyes register? How can an average African youth develop something new when he is being eroded of his God giving language of reasoning and he cannot fully comprehend his adopted language? Ignorance is bliss, we say, and that’s true - but only for a while.
To be continued…
Having read and researched about culture and its development (particularly our languages) for over five years now, I have come to the conclusion that people have no idea of the abyss we are staring into or the nature of the world we are leaving for our children to endure and most people don’t seem to care. They would much rather ignore the obvious and go into denial of a truth that’s splatting them between the eyes. “Tèmi ò ṣòro”, tí kì í jẹ kọ́mọ alágbẹ̀dẹ ní idà (“Mine is not urgent.” which prevents the son of the blacksmith from owning a sword) because Africans would rather develop others and his own undeveloped. But if Africans lifted its eyes from the latest soap opera (say…second chance) or game show for long enough to engage its brain, it would see that African languages extinction are not just going to happen - they are happening. The momentum for the centralized control of a global language is gathering pace by the hour.
It is believed that most Africans would rather do what he thinks is right for himself in the moment than consider the wider consequences of its behaviour for human existence. Imagine parents discouraging their children not to speak in their mother tongue. The question is which language is our father tongue? Wọ́n ní, “Afọ́jú, o ò tanná alẹ́.” Ó ní àtọ̀sán àtòru, èwo lòún rí níbẹ? People said, “Blind man, you did not light a lamp.” He asked, night or day, which one would his eyes register? How can an average African youth develop something new when he is being eroded of his God giving language of reasoning and he cannot fully comprehend his adopted language? Ignorance is bliss, we say, and that’s true - but only for a while.
To be continued…
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