Nigerian rapper Jesse Jagz grew up in a church which his father headed, the rapper has said that he has not been in a church in over eight years.
He argued that what really mattered was a person’s relationship with God and not the period of time spent in a religious institution.
Speaking with Punch, he said “I think every human is spiritual. Prayer is communication with God and there is no definite way of communicating with God. My dad was a pastor so we grew up in church. However, I have not gone to church in eight years. I believe education does not only exist within the four walls of a school the same way God does not only exist in a religious institution. He exists on his own. Growing up in church has made me realise the most important thing is to have a relationship with God. Human beings take religion too seriously.”
The rapper who left his record label for over two years told Saturday Beats why he left. He also expressed his feeling about his brother, MI, being his new boss.
“Coming back to Chocolate City has been wonderful and I am glad about the expansion of the record label. There are more employees and better creative control for the artistes. I left because after I finished recording my album, ‘Thy Nation Come,’ I played it for the record label but for business reasons, they did not want to release it. Actually, if you have listened to the album you would know that it is somehow controversial and you would understand why the label did not want to release it. So I went ahead to release it myself.
I am happy for MI and Ice Prince as they have become the CEO and MD of Chocolate City respectively. I would also want people to understand that MI has always been our president, I have always been the think tank of the trio and Ice prince has always been on the administrative end right from when we were in Jos. I would say those are just titles but everybody has been playing that role. I am a shareholder in Chocolate City and it was so even when I left two years ago,” he said.
I have always wondered if despite the supposed bad name that some pastors are giving the Church if it okay to just say going to church doesnt really matter.Does it say anywhere in the Bible that we must go to church?
Is Jesse right?Is what matters our relationship with God?I dont go to church every Sunday and i argue like Jesse but on some Sundays i pick up myself and say'heck i need to go praise God in an atmosphere of praise!'.
Please step forward and preach on this if you can quote a bible passage to back up THE MUST GO TO CHURCH STAND.
As the debate goes on,please forward this post link to Jesse if you know him..lol
Nigerians, most religious, yet one of the worst places on earth. Watch them crucify the young man. Mugus that go and contribute their hard earned cash to a supposed man of God every Sunday while majority continue to wallow in poverty.
ReplyDeleteLol.. Anon may Jesus fix ur life
DeleteIt's not by going to church always abeg,most times the things that happen in the churches alone is enuf to make u not to come back.some of these pastors and their croonies are fast turning the church to their bizness centres thereby forcing pple to forsake the gathering of the house of God.
DeleteFor me,i go to church to obey God's first instruction(forsake not d gathering of saints),but religion is in my heart!cos one's conscience is ones god also!
Who cares?
DeleteI wonder o
DeleteDevil is a liar..........I don't judge pple....
DeleteWhatever floats your boat inugo?
DeleteForsake not the assembly of the brethren
ReplyDeleteGo and look it up in the book of Hebrews ma
Let's stop deceiving ourselves. ..iron sharpeners iron. FellowshipING with the brethren is very important...even as we strive to personally know God
Bye
God bless you for this!!! I love you already @mma cee
DeleteI love being in church. Praying,singing in my off-key voice and above all,I love watching the altar boys at work.
DeleteI love it when my Priest starts this song: Kabiyesi ooooo,You are the king above other kings,kabiyosi etc. That song gives me joy,puts tears in my ocular metiti and melts my heart.
ohhhh k oooo, God i need a real pastor for a husband, hear my cries and my pains oh Lord!
ReplyDeleteJust shut up already! With the way you're miserable, no pastor would wanna marry you sef. Get a grip woman!
Deleteyou lieeee magarita!!!!
Deleteask and it shall be given unto you!!!
Bia, enough already. U are beginning to annoy me with this ur search for husband and notice me on this blog. Can u shush already
DeleteLong id,think of it this way,why not become a pastor yourself. Go to Bible school.
DeleteWho am I to judge him? Its a beautiful weekend abeg
ReplyDeleteBla!!! Bla!!! Bla!!!
ReplyDeleteHeb 10:25. Do not forgave the fellowship of the brethren. I don't go to church all the time, but once once try nd visit church.
ReplyDeleteNa him sbai
ReplyDeleteHeb 10:25. Do not forgave the fellowship of the brethren. I don't go to church all the time, but once once try nd visit church.
ReplyDeleteDo not forgave bawo! Its forsake nne!
DeleteI agree with him.In as much as it's good to go to church, it's not a do or die affairs.Some of the worst sinners on earth are found in churches. Most atrocious acts are also done in churches. What matters is your personal relationship with God.You don't need validation from any Pastor whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteSure.
DeleteNa him sbai
ReplyDelete*sabi*
ReplyDeleteThe bible said seek out the congregation of the children of God. The early Christians lived a communal life of praying together in one house. Again God has a special temple called churches today he always preferred to be worshiped in the bible.
ReplyDeleteAny Christian who doesn't find it important to attend churches and fellowships should go for serious deliverance.
I don't know what is wrong with Christians these days.
Wetin concern Ashawo with Virginity? I'm an Atheist.... Everyday I'm loving my status the more.
DeleteWhen you fellowship with Christians you grow spiritually. Truth be told many of us don't open our bible except we're in church. It's like saying you won't go to school but only read at home and then sit for exams. Na road to serious failure be that. Even if you don't attend every sunday, there are mid week services. Just make yourself available as often as you can. Na so dem go talk now when sickness or poverty strikes they'll start running from pillar to post looking for man of God to perform miracle.
DeleteAll I know is that,it's the reason why he won't go higher above a certain height in life and rather than going up he wouid come down.
DeleteNa wa oo! Ndi nmadu and deir own conclusion...lemme leave some biblical references anyways!...1Cor 1:12-28, heb 10:25, Acts 2:24, Acts 20:28, Heb 13:7, 1Jh 1:3, 1Thess 5:12-13, Phil 1:1, Matt 18:20, Acts 2:42-47, 1cor11:18, Acts 20:7, .....and many more. I know that after reading these scriptures some people that the devil has hardened their hearts will still find an escape route or a contradicting scripture not to attend church 2mao... Jesse jags! Jesse jags! Jesse! How many times I call you!? Start going to church! So dat all these ur "sex and scotch" lyrics will change and christ will take glory in your life! Since we're in the era of change.... it is well.
ReplyDeleteWell i ll just leave this and hope is self explanatory. ..Hebrews 10 vs 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
ReplyDeleteCongrats sha.. it's nt by attendance, it's by ur way of life..
ReplyDeleteIf you want to follow the way some pastors keep fucking members unto deliverance ish and "Teaching you a level of grace that you don't understand", to go church sef go begin tire you.
ReplyDeleteJust that once in a while, it's also nice to be amongst the gathering of the brethren.
I noticed a serious decline in my spiritual life for about 2weeks now. I'm fighting it, so help me God. Amen!
Lol..preach
DeleteWhy won't there be a decline when you're looking for who's fucking who? Idiot.
DeleteKratos
Amen.....
DeleteIf you refuse to go to church cos ur pastor or sm oda pastors you know has being caught committing one crime or the other! Den you shud also stop going out cos there are so many kidnappers and evil pple out there in the world! God will judge all man individually! Ur judgement will not depend on the way of life of your pastor!
DeleteLMAO!! True tho @ kratos
DeleteGood for him.
ReplyDeleteMe I haven't been to in 10yrs.
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Hahaha.. your own worse
DeleteWhy?
DeleteSo is that a testimony or what? He better pray for forgiveness.
ReplyDeleteIs not going to church also a sin?
DeleteNigga be deceiving themselves since..... Having a personal relationship with God is utmost, however our spiritual growth is also important. And you cannot grow if you don't commune with other christians, you might not fully understand the word of God if you don't listen to others cos others perspective are likely to be different from yours..
ReplyDeleteIt is what it is... Going to church cannot be ruled out!!!
So we should applaud him?
ReplyDeleteHe should gerrarahia!
'Come let us go into the house of God'
'And David hungered to build a house for the Lord so he might go in and worship Him'
.....he should gerrarahia mehn shit!
Preach!
DeleteOooooooh my...!
ReplyDeleteSo dis thing claimed dat he has personal r/ship wit God without going to church for d past eight yrs abi?
Ok
Peace, you go to church and refer to God's creation as this thing? Does that show a characteristic of a church goer? For those that go to church and claim they are spiritual/ born again, let's start to encourage others that there are benefits in it by being of good character and showing God in us!
DeleteShallow thinking Nigerians don't realize that there'v been known Gods over generations, b4 ur known father of Jesus christ, what makes u think ur God/religion is the right and only one, have u ever wondered how thick and dark ur hijab or kaftan wld hv been if u were born in saudi arabia?? Indoctrination is whipping ur ass daily, I'm glad I'm free.... #mentalSlavery.
DeleteI dont like arguments relating to God and church..
ReplyDeleteAll i believe is:
1)Know your God and have A very good relationship with him..
2)Have A good heart and always do things that would please God
3)Abstain from any immorality that would keep depreciating your relationship with God..
In the aspect of Going to church every sunday or not;all i can remember is the commandment which says:
REMEMBER TO KEEP THE SABBATH DAY HOLY!!
Now any definition you give yourself out of this is between you and your God alone irrespective of you going to church on sundays or not..
Alldsame,we are only humans and are made of the Flesh;and God's words,his ways and the pattern he does his things/Judgement will always remain A very big mystery to man..
#FearGOD
@MARTINS ABOY
Lol..Preach on!
Deletebless you.
DeleteHeadmaster, fear human papilloma virus abi papilo too.
DeleteKratos
But you sef bin dey find info on "Plate washing" and "trumpet blowing"
DeleteQuickie,sharrap
DeleteKlatos,gellalahia
Hebrew 10v25
ReplyDeletePeople that are still at this basic state of argument are so backward spiritually still. If going to church wasn't necessary why did the early Christians gather? Didn't Paul write letters to the church? Don't forsake the congregation of the brethren, the church helps you grow spiritually, its not for you to idolise à man or your pastor. Its for you to learn and grow, Jésus went to the temple to teach, he ministered to multitudes gathered together. This was the beginning of the church as we know it now, when people of like minds gather together, they learn and grow. If you're disobeying à basic instruction to gather with brethren, which relationship do you think you have with God? Okay if you say you don't go to church, how do you advance God's kingdom? Do you pay tithe? Do you go out to evangelise ? Don't be Psychedelic about spiritual matters, all the human logic and phonetics in this world WILL NOT atone for disobedience. There's NO COMPROMISE in thé kingdom. God is NOT man. Raabish!
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Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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I go to church every sunday so i dont knw what he is talking about abeg..... #NowPlaying>> what do yu mean: jusin bieber.....
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People that are still at this basic state of argument are so backward spiritually still. If going to church wasn't necessary why did the early Christians gather? Didn't Paul write letters to the church? Don't forsake the congregation of the brethren, the church helps you grow spiritually, its not for you to idolise à man or your pastor. Its for you to learn and grow, Jésus went to the temple to teach, he ministered to multitudes gathered together. This was the beginning of the church as we know it now, when people of like minds gather together, they learn and grow. If you're disobeying à basic instruction to gather with brethren, which relationship do you think you have with God? Okay if you say you don't go to church, how do you advance God's kingdom? Do you pay tithe? Do you go out to evangelise ? Don't be Psychedelic about spiritual matters, all the human logic and phonetics in this world WILL NOT atone for disobedience. There's NO COMPROMISE in thé kingdom. God is NOT man. Raabish!
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Well, if he has a personal relationship with God and pays his tithes, wetin be my own?
ReplyDeleteGoing to church does not make one a Christian as sleeping in a garage does not make one a car.
There are people who go for every church service, even during the week, but commit unforgivable sins.
Not like going to church isn't proper,but each to his own.
Na im sabi sha.
#WhiteDiamondOut
Nne how will one pay tithe without going to church?
DeleteLol
DeleteBy sending it in, I suppose..... *shrugs*
But then,i guess it's difficult if not next to impossible.
#WhiteDiamondOut
#white diamond's brain out# #white diamond's sense missing be missing for days#
DeleteKratos
Heb 10 vs 25 says do not forsake the gathering of one another, while Psalm 122 vs 1 says, I was glad when they say to me, let us go into the house of the Lord. You can praise and worship God anywhere, but it's better to do it in the midst of saints because 'iron sharpens iron' (proverbs 22 vs 17).
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And how exactly does he plan to have a good relationship with God by forsaking the gathering of the brethren?
ReplyDeleteEveryone has a relationship with God and it's either bad or good.
In my opinion going to church is essential and it depends on the church too.
A relationship with God is also a relationship with the Holy Spirit and I am very certain He will convict you till you dust your shoes and your bible and locate your family 'cause everyone belongs to a family(church)
Even Jesus went to the Temple.
Same with me, there is no church in d village I live in except catholic.... I go to church maybe 3 times in a year that's when I travel to other country or to a big city For a visit .. I communicate with God everyday and Night and my God has been merciful to me.....
ReplyDeleteGood you said He's been merciful to you.
DeleteDoesn't make your actions right.
Attend the Catholic Church Na.
Deletethe bible said we should not forsake the gathering of the saints.
ReplyDeleteGathering of the saints is the church.
so jesse jagz, dust off ur flat ass and move to
church tomoro.
Church attendance is God's will for believers.
ReplyDeleteHebs 10:25 says "not forsaking the assembly of ourselves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approaching
Church attendance, participation, and fellowship should be regular aspects of a believer's life.
Someone who belongs to Christ should have a desire to worship God, receive His Word, and fellowship with other believers.
Jesse Jagz your father is/was a pastor does not mean you have a relationship with God.
Use your time to fellowship with brethren not to smoke weed
I am of the same school of thought too
ReplyDeleteI stopped taking church seriously when all the pastors preach about was/is money money money and speak ill of other church's or religion
That does not sit well with me cuz it puts evil tot in their members and make them hate others just becz of their religion.
I pray to my God and he answers
Hmm! Well, what really matters is your personal relationship with God. Truth is, the church has been polluted with all sorts of atrocities that's why some pple don't even bother. But in the end, its between you and God.
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ReplyDeleteHe is explaning his insufficiency away
The bible clearly stated dat we sud not forsake the assembly of the brethern...
#nuff said#
*faithful BV enemuwe thelma*
THELMA ENEMUWE said...
ReplyDeleteHe is explaning his insufficiency away
The bible clearly stated dat we sud not forsake the assembly of the brethern...
#nuff said#
*faithful BV enemuwe thelma*
THELMA ENEMUWE said...
ReplyDeleteHe is explaning his insufficiency away
The bible clearly stated dat we sud not forsake the assembly of the brethern...
#nuff said#
*faithful BV enemuwe thelma*
I have not been to church for a while too simply because they are always talking about money, millions oh.
ReplyDeleteaStella when is S & M coming up now? I'm tired of waiting
Find another church
DeleteSome people go to church n their heart is filled with evil n wicked ways,while some do not go and they are as meek as a dove so its a personal coviction.
ReplyDeleteRubbish! Which relationship is he talking about.? 8years no church? Lawd have mercy.
ReplyDeleteIt quite interesting to read the commens of the so called blog visitors that claim to regularly attend church. They have been quick to quote scriptures to back up why one must atend church. Yet their Commens are abusive and extremely judgemental, while the poster just merely states his own point of view without being abusive or judgemental.
ReplyDeleteThe question now is do we actually reflect Christ in the manner in which we conduct ourselves.
Going to church is not indicative of one spiritual status. I hae come across several people that would never miss a church service and can qoute every known verse in the bible in a heart beat but by their conduct, would give the devil himself a run for his money.
I love your comment and I love you...for this comment, am going to wear my very new and very expensive shoe that I got yesterday. My God hasn't seen them yet. Thanks alot dear.
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ReplyDeleteIf Jesus went to the temple, I don't see why we shouldn't. Were the scribes not corrupt? Yet, that didn't deter Him.
ReplyDeleteOf course, Christianity is about having a relationship with God, but it also means to fellowship with the brethren; fellow Christians. What does it mean to be a Christian? To be a follower of Christ.
So do as Christ did and instructed, and stop making excuses.
But to each his own.
I tire o.
DeleteThe " church" is not a building. The church consists of Christians which are the body of christ. Christians make up the church. Paul, in his books emphasised on the gathering of the brethren. Don't get it twisted, it is essential to have a personal relationship with God but we all know that the only way of understanding God is through his word. The word of God which is the bible could be confusing at times, we can't understand everything on our own. Hence, the need for fellowship with other believers.No man is am island. Fellowship with other believers helps in growing our faith. The atrocities of some pastors and other ' believers' in church shouldn't stop you from going to fellowship with the church just as a bad musical year wouldn't stop you from singing the next year. I do pray that you have a special encounter with the holy spirit ; he's the Perfect teacher. God bless you Jesse!
ReplyDeleteRock on. And don't forget to take pishure.
ReplyDeleteJesse be talking crap.
Don't go to church and let the devil jiri GI na-agwo ji.
Son of a Pastor indeed.
You got no orientation bro. Yes, you didn't.
Oliviasilk, i love your comment. It made me laugh too. You gave me a meaning and reason for going to church. NA only me go understand.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you know, you nurture your talent for free in church and don't think going to church is relevant. Don't agree with you brother man.
ReplyDeleteNa wa o! What a life!
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