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I answered the last question regarding Israel.
----- Original Message -----
From: Abu-Hassan Koroma <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:08 pm
Subject: Re: Are We Christians (or Moslems) By Accident Of History?
> Vera,
>
> boh you nor answer di man in question...Na preach you don begin
> preach pan we....nor to dat di man day ask...answer di
> question....are we christians by.....
>
> Askia
>
> VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The answer to your question is in the Covenant that God made with
> Israel. As long as they kept the Covenant, He was able to deliver them
> from the hands of their enemies. When they did not keep the
> Covenant, He
> handed them over. To God, rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.
> This is
> still true today. When people enter into covenant with God and
> activelykeep their covenant, then He can keep them; things and
> events that
> should cause trouble and destruction and death in their lives and the
> lives of their family members are stopped, prevented and turned
> around,specifically because of the keeping of the covenant.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Devine Akabutu
> Date: Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:46 pm
> Subject: Are We Christians (or Moslems) By Accident Of History?
>
> > Hi Fellas,
> >
> > Tomorrow, Good Friday, and my people in Keta will parade a huge
> > doll, the personification of Judas Iscariot, through the principal
> > streets of the town, beating "him" with sticks and throwing stones
> > at him. "He" will eventually be dumped into the Sea or the Lagoon.
> > Then my people will repair home with the good feeling that they
> > have "beaten" Judas ("miefo Yudah"). Come Sunday, and the churches
> > will be overflowing with worshippers, with the pastors and
> > evangelists at their scheming best.
> >
> > But let's pause for a minute and ask "Are we Christians by accident
> > of history?" Would we be calling ourselves Christians (or Moslems)
> > if China, instead of Britain, had colonised us? Or for that matter
> > if Japan, India or Russia had colonised us? The British simply
> > brought their religious practices to surplant our own religious
> > belief systems, which were branded as pagan. And we all swallowed
> > it hook, line and sinker. It failed to penetrate the northern
> > portions so Islam ruled in those areas. Ivory Coast is split -
> > Muslims in the North and Christians in the South. So is Nigeria.
> >
> > More questions. Throughout the Bible God kept refering to the
> > Israelites as "My People." Does that mean the Palestines,
> > Philistines (Goliath's people), Assyrians etc were not God's
> > people? And the mentality that if Isreal won a war then it was the
> > work of God. If they lost a war then Gos was punishing them for
> > some aberation.
> >
> > Think abouit these as you celebrate the death of Christ. But if you
> > have the answers to these questions please respond.
> >
> > A Blessed Easter To You ALL.
> >
> >
> > Devine
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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