Ethiopia’s ex-prime minister Tamrat Layne repents at a church in Addis Ababa.
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To Anonymous 147:
Why do you have to twist the word of God. You are saying that Zacheaus’s pledge to give back whatever he had stolen from the poor didn’t count. That is a complete nonesense and typical of Pente style preaching. And also i was amazed on why you left the verse that says :
“Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” Luke 19:8-10
You are saying Zaccaeus was saved only because he jump on the tree to see Jesus Christ as he was short. But the fact of the matter is Zacchaeus was touched by the Teaching of Jesus and had already decided his old way of collecting money from the poor was cruel. Jesus had noticed the heart of Zacchaeus was ready for repentance and approached him so that he can have dinner with him eventually giving salivation to that poor soul.
The scripture is full of texts that says a lot of people flocked to see Jesus and to hear his teachings. And Zacaeus was picked out of many not because he made an effort to see Jesus, but his soul was ready to give back whatever he had stolen from people.
I advise my Pente brother/sister to understand the scripture clearly than use your own interpration and confuse other people. I am not here to interfare in God’s way of giving salivation to Tamrat. I am saying here that Tamrat is not the person to be trusted. And the bible way of repentance is different from what we see in this video or what many Pente people want to tell us. What we saw is a person moving from a blief in communism to Pente (Mulu Wongel/ full Gospel).
In addition to that it is an open fact that there is a wide dissagreement in protestant believers. to mention some Mulu Wongel, Meserete Kiristos, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Adventist etc…the numbers go on and on in which all this believers do not agree with each other on the interpretation of the scripture. I appreciate your invitation to me to your belief but i say thank you because i value the belief that i was thought from my father and mother and generations before to have a clear teaching unbiased of emotions and theaters. When i go to my church, i don’t go to collect food, job, sexual partner, or to relief from boredom. In fact i invite you to come out of your cult reliegion that makes you shout like an animal in the pretext of toungue and follow the right teaching that is left to us by Jesus and his deciples
Oh God, the creator of heaven and earth, Alpha and Omega, please help those who couldn’t see and understand your plan for them. Give them your grace to understand that Jesus is the only way to life and salvation. May you help them soften their heart so that they will know who you are. No one can condemn those who are saved through your son Jesus as your word say. I thank you that you helped Tamerat know the true way – Jesus. No one can be against Tamerat as you made him winner of this world. God you are Love and may you please help those who didn’t receive Jesus!! Amen
IF YOU ALL START JUDGING PEOPLE YOU WILL BE HAVING NO TIME TO LOVE THEM.
The following is a short story relating to my past & it goes as follows;
Approximately 15 years ago when I was in elementary school, it was the last period of the day & we were all waiting for our teacher patiently to arrive & commence our studies. He still had not arrived after 5 minutes & we were chatting away innocently as you would expect from teenagers, still no word or sight of the teacher after 10 minutes & we were even more excited & getting slightly louder. However after approx ¼ hour the door opened & in walked the school director, which was highly unusual, we instantly quietened as we didn’t want to get into any trouble. The director then announced ‘You will not have geography class today as unfortunately your teacher has been involved in a serious car accident’.
All the class stood & shouted with happiness & joy, not one of us realized what the director said at the end of the sentence which was ‘Your teacher has been involved in a serious car accident’ because the only thing was we wanted to hear was ‘You will not have geography class today’ the rest of the phrase did not concern us.
And now as some of you said ‘Tamrat was lier, sinner, murderer, shameless, Thief and so on, But the mercy God forgive Him & saved His life.
At least we were in elementary school, but I saw here most of us still in Elementary school, Looking only first sentence. Please read unto end and Needs to praise to Jesus name that peace and happiness that comes to Heaven when one’s life include no matter who he was.
Forget about the past lets us give the opportunity to the judge to make the final judgments.
Thank you for responding to my comment at # 147. What you have seen in the video is not repentance. Please, note that Tamirat did his repentance to turn to God from his sinful life 7 years ago. What you see in the video is part of the testimony of the already converted Tamirat. Whether you trust him or not, it doesn’t matter. What is important is that Tamirat is accepted by God.
I didn’t invite you to my religion my invitation is for you to receive Jesus who already has paid the necessary compensation for all the wrongs you have done, since birth. The blood of Jesus is the ransom for the sins of the entire world. Simply believing in the salvation already completed for us by Jesus is what is required to be saved.
Do you think you can remember each and every thing you have done in your life? Do you think it is possible for you to pay compensation for all the people you have hurt? No! Nobody can do that. That is why we need Jesus as the only Saviour. I did not invite you to my religion, but to Jesus. We can not be saved as Orthodox, Catholic, Mulu Wongel, Islam, etc, but we can only be saved individually, by receiving Jesus as our personal Saviour. So, I again encourage you to be honest before God and receive Jesus as your Saviour.
You may inherit religion from your ancestors, but you can not inherit faith. “…faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). I have been where you are now. I used to insult the ‘pentes’, I used to hate them. That was my inheritance from the camp of my parents and grand parents. However, I escaped the prison of inherited ignorance, suspicion, confusion, and hate by reading the bible. So, again I would like to encourage you to read the bible well and try to understand the truth about Jesus.
He already spend 12 yrs for what he have done and now he is been save and blesed so we all have go be happy for him and open our heart and listen what he is saying cause it is not to like hearing bad things I mean lets face it if he wre talking about bad staff about EPRDF we all be happy and hear what he says but guys good thing is from God so let open our heart jesus said I will knok on the door who ever opens the door I will get in and dne with him so pls lets open our heart and be blessed let us not judge we have our own dark sides so pls let’s think and hear what he is saying and may jesus open our heart.
I think all these comments goes through WOYANES control/check groups before reaches someone else, that’s why the comment starting from negative which is the psychological target of Woyane turns most of you peoples to complain negative, Let me ask you Do some one see when Tamirat stole money or you heard from Woyane’s propaganda or media? ok as weyana said Tamirat stole money from Poor Ethiopian , what about Still Woyana staling money is that from Rich Ethiopian people? please be wise!!!!
Regarding to He joined to Pentecostal believers Please accept this! This is His right and Choice , it doesn’t concern anyone of us, even I can say he is lucky & Blessed.
And What will we say if he converted to Muslim? May be the comment starting with ‘The second woyane ( Alamudin )in charge of it’
You have said that i have to accept Jesus as my personal savior. If i am not mistakens, this is a slogan for your religion since i and many of my Orthodox compatriots believe that Jesus is “Saviour of the world” as we call him “Medehane Alem” which means saviour for the children of Adam. he saves you, me and everyone else from eternal sin and whoever believes in him will be saved. The bible didn’t say to as Pente is the only way and your slogan that says accept “Jesus as your personal saviour” means nothing to me as i have accepted him not only mine but everyones
The mantra that says “You have to accept Jesus as your personal Saviour” comes in 1908 by a British (Walsh) protestant to create his congregation which eventually spread like a wild fire in the Americas and Scandinavian countries through hypnotism and make believe theaters such as tongues, pitched vocal preaching and so many advanced speech techniques. Not only that, the use of musical instruments and the entire approach taken by the new protestants during speeches find its source in human behavioral studies in which group voices that have randomly chosen high and low pitched voices designed to immerse the listener into an ecstatic euphoria to make him think miracle is happening in his soul so that the individual become member of the congregation.
If you are interested on how protestant and charismatic churches deceived so many and enlisted many members, you have to give time and study it. They have used a pure science and human behavioral study to make you believe that they are the only way. Please go to the site i listed below and other similar pages to study your Pentecostalism and its effect in society and it’s advanced scientific techniques to enlist members.
or else google “ex-Pentecostals” and everything you need to know about your religion is there for you. I believe one day you will see the light and regret your fanaticism which will give you the chance to understand the bible and Jesus the way you do not know him yet
Sobbing like a child and yet trying to justify his very usual silly act. “Ay Tame”, you lack something very important thing in your mind that I can not tell. Something something really.I am quite sure you will escape from the Pente community shortly “forfe neger aleaidel”. Enjoy sobbing till then big old boy.
Thank you again for responding to my comment at # 155.
I do not think that what is written by researchers is the right source of information to find the truth about Jesus. I believe the bible is enough to get what we need to know about Jesus. I will drop what ever view I have, if you are able to show me that it contradicts with the bible.
As you said bible does not tell us this or that religious group is the way. What the bible says is that Jesus is the only way. Thus, I clearly said that we can not be saved as pentie, orthodox, catholic, e.t.c. I never said pentie is the way. What I said was that Jesus is the only way. I hope you agree on this.
If you have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour:
Are you sure that you are delivered from sin once for all, and that you are committed to serve Jesus Christ?
Are you sure that the Sprit of Christ dwells in you?
If you answer these questions in the affirmative you are really saved. Otherwise, you have not yet received Jesus as your personal Saviour.
I know how the power of hate blocks ones mind from understanding the truth about the love of God and the freedom and peace through Jesus Christ. Please, ask God to set you free from hate; and depend only on the truth written in the bible. Do not feed your mind with junk of researchers and ‘alubalta’.
This bullshit guy is still trying to fool us & planning to scape justice for those extremly brutal crimes & genocide he cairried& responsibile for under TPLF task in abolishing,destroing,murdering Ethiopia & its people. WE tale Pastrer Tamrat Layne to shut up his bloody mouth. One beutifull day Tamrat,Meles,Sebhat,Bereket,Seyum,Samora& all other Woyanne criminals gonna stand before justice for genocide & other several serious offences. That day is not far, Cooooooommmmmmmmming ssssssssssoooooooooooonnnnnnnnn !!!!!!!!
Where do Woyanne officials hide, when that day comes?????????
Samson
It dose n´t help much preaching like this after commiting endless brutal & genocide crimes on Ethiopia & its people. No TPLF/woyanne/EPDRF bloodsucker officials is gonna escape the soon coming JUSTICES !!! Be seferut kuna yeseferalu !!!
Be koferur gurguad yekeberalu !!! Ethiopia ena hizbua netsa yewetalu bekrbu !!!
Thank you again for responding to my comment at # 155.
I do not think that what is written by researchers is the right source of information to find the truth about Jesus. I believe the bible is enough to get what we need to know about Jesus. I will drop what ever view I have, if you are able to show me that it contradicts with the bible.
As you said bible does not tell us this or that religious group is the way. What the bible says is that Jesus is the only way. Thus, I clearly said that we can not be saved as pentie, orthodox, catholic, e.t.c. I never said pentie is the way. What I said was that Jesus is the only way. I hope you agree on this.
If you have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour:
Are you sure that you are delivered from sin once for all, and that you are committed to serve Jesus Christ?
Are you sure that the Sprit of Christ dwells in you?
If you answer these questions in the affirmative you are really saved. Otherwise, you have not yet received Jesus as your personal Saviour.
I know how the power of hate blocks ones mind from understanding the truth about the love of God and the freedom and peace through Jesus Christ. Please, ask God to set you free from hate; and depend only on the truth written in the bible. Do not feed your mind with junk of researchers and ‘alubalta’.
Well Zenash I do not think you will get my posting because me and Elias are in a batttle he does not allow me to post anyway if you get this posting, I assure you, you have my respect and I would like to invite you nice Doro wot or nice Kitifo oh! do not make me hungry you know I can not eat with unless you come, you see Zenash how much I care for you, anyway Zenash you are great and very smart I am sure you might have 12 Pente’s brain, thank you anyway for teaching me too I hope they will listen you I know their confusion is beyond cure or recovery anyway try to help them you look like you have a lot of tricks in your bag. These foolish people with no use. I know many of them might have went to the protestant church in search of a male or a female companion you know what I am trying to say I am not kidding I have heard so many people go to protestant when they feel an opossit sex companion. Do you remember Zenash in 2004 election time the pastor in colorado who was opposing the homosexual marriage and who was found having a homosexual relation or act with a open homosexual person. Anyway I do not hate them I just wonder what is in their brain, you know when people get a brain sickness the people who are sick do not know they are sick rather they think everybody is sick except them for instance The Woyanes or TPLF people think all Ethiopians are sick and they think they are normal so everything goes as it is
I like your conclusion God Bless you , I want include some ideas
Weyana announced
‘Tedi Afro crashed one of the poor Ethiopian guy, and we sent him to jail.’
The Poor/real Ethiopian said
‘Those F**ken Woyane jailed Tedi Afro, Because He described the truth on his clear song justify one’s motives or conductloves of his country by giving a govt details.’
I wonder to see when tedi afro realizes those above -ve peoples what they will say. Am Look at it in two ways:
1. If he realizes as He was before.
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2. If he realizes after He convert to Pentecostal.
Hopefully If he realizes after converts to pente ,those –ve people & woyane followers will say ya Tedi was guilty.
Zinash I know you did not get my main posting because of Elias so let me try one more time then I will deal with Elias I do not know what to do with Elias I think I need let him to fight with all Woyanes by himself with all of them with bare hand then help him if he is going to lose the fight. I am confused why he is not posting my things.
First of all go to this link and learn about this undiluted religion you will see an eye opening facts, here is the link:
as you know the protestant religion is not yet 6 centuries old mor over when it was started by Luther it was a single Lutheran church today because of peoples’ nterpritation the bible there are over 1700 different protestantisms. I wonder why also the protestant followers do not respect the saints and angels however the protestant followers believe that pastors can cure by praying on them at the same time they do not think the angels and saints have nothing to do. Remember those the angel Gabriel was the one who broke the news to mary she will have Christ or she will give birth to Jesus. In addition when Satan rebelled against god it was the angels who fought Satan siding with god god did not fight the devil rather it was the angels that fought the devil. Also when the esraelites left from Egypt Moses led them on the ground and the angel was with them on the sky. more over when Mary gave birth the angel broke the happy news for the shepherds so why you protestants are hypocrites when respect your pastors you do not respect the angels and the saints. You do not believe in the holy water also however it was Jesus who used to cure the blind man after jesus touched the blind mans eyes with his mud holding hand he told the blind man to go and wash with Solon water. So if Christ did use holy water when he was on earth why you people do not use it if you are a true followers of him. The main thing with you people is your belief of one single German monk whose name is Luther the creater of Lutheran church can summarize the bible and make you a follower of him. By the way the time when the protestantism started is also called Religious reformation because it was not new thing that Luther brought rather he changed according to his thinking the bible. However according to the god’s word nothing should be changed it is wrong and sin to ad or change god’s word. anyway go and listen the link I gave then you will learn so many things.
perhapes we have made the worst sin than he made so far,therfore i think its better if we turn our eyes to our selves, and stop criticize him.
JESUS IS LOVE. AND HAVE AN COUNTABEL MERCY.
First I would like to appreciate ER and its editor Elias for allowing many Ethiopians to be informed through his dynamic website and God bless him for his hard work and his unique way of fighting for the truth and Justice.
Mr/Ms Anonymous. How can you sit on the back of your computer living far away from where I live and question whether I am saved or not. From your writing and many of my encounters I had with believers of the Pente sect, you guys are sure that the only way to Jesus is by being member of the pente congregation.
In the mind frame you have, the only way a human soul can be saved from his sin is by acting, talking, walking, crying and singing like a pente member does. If a good Christian doesn’t act like you, you automatically conclude that, this person haven’t accept Jesus as his personal savior which is a nice and fancy word you use for the person who is not Pente or Pentecostal believer.
Now do I have to act and talk, like you to be saved? Hell, no. I am well above that standard and clearly know how to be a good Christian. Not only that I do not put my self in place of Jesus and say Catholics, Lutherans etc will eventually go to hell. What saves you is what good you do in your life. It is not your membership to certain sect of Christianity. Saying that, I strongly denounce the fact that I hear and witness in Pentecostal churchs that insults God’s saints, his angels and our lady, the holy virgin mother Mary, the mother of my lord Jesus Christ. A good Christian would’t insult and belittle God’s servants. God raised them and that is why we venerate them.
For those false Christian teachers who made their business insulting the Angels and God’s saints, saint peter said this:
“Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; 11yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.” 2 Peter 2:11
Not only saint Peter, saint Jude also wrote against those same people who took the interest of scolding and belittling the Angels as follows.
“But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” Jude 1:9
The above biblical verses tells as a good Christian would not turn himself against the angels. The angels we sing for are the same angels who are always in dispute with the dark force for our well being.
So, my dear brother/sister anonymous, I know what the bible says and my religion very well. And I don’t buy your teaching that forces people to be insultive towards Angels, and saints upon which God’s grace and greatness is reflected. Surely, the pente sect is the same group of people, saint peter was referring to on 2 Peter 2:11.
Therefore I advice you to pray and search for the truth so that you can see the light and investigate the slanderous pente teaching in a way you never saw it before.
Thank you for responding for my comment posted at #164.
I never said this or that religious sect is the right way. I reiterate that the only way to the Kingdom of God is through Jesus, because the Lord Jesus Christ says:
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6). The
And, the only way to Jesus is through hearing, and believing the word of the Good news about Jesus, which is in the bible. It is written:
“Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31).
The truth of the bible is very simple to understand. As you can see from the verse above, the only requirement to be saved is just to believe that Jesus Christ has paid the price necessary to redeem you from sin and death. Believing this requires you to acknowledge that you are a sinner and that you can not be saved by your good deeds. But, you said: “What saves you is what good you do in your life.” This is contrary to the bible. You can not think of being saved by your good deeds and at the same time claim that you have received Jesus Christ as your savior. To cite more verse:
“None is righteous…together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight…. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.” (Romans 3: 10-22)
Whoever believes the good news about Jesus Christ decides to live in Christ and allows Christ to live in him/her. This marks the turning point, and because of the Sprit of Jesus, that dwells in the heart of the believer, he/she starts living a holly life, and continuously grows in doing good things that were not in his/her old nature. This is what I meant by being committed to Jesus Christ and having the Sprit of Christ in you. This signifies absolute transformation of life, such that one can sense the difference between a person living in Jesus and the one living according to the flesh.
I’m certainly sure that you can not cite any insult by the Pentes against the Angels, Virgin Marry or the saints. Let alone an insult, you can not cite any understanding about them that is contrary to the bible. However, it seems that you are destructed from the truth of the bible, and taken by ‘alubalta’, academic wisdom, and your own imagination. Please, try to open your heart and rely only on the truth in the bible.
Tamirat was BUG (sheep) Chirashi BUG Adrgewutal or TEKULA? Tamirat is a liar, a killer, and a faker. He first betrayed his own friends, exposed his comrades to mercenaries later he made accusations of the Ethiopian people and declared on TV that Ethiopia owed Eritrea for the use of the ports for all those years. When Melese incremented him, he said many obnoxious things about himself hoping that as betraying his comrades helped him before betraying himself would then. However, his merciless friend sent him prison. Knowing that he has no place in politics, he now making a desperate move for new carrier in the church. The audience is jeering him and I wish him good luck in his new profession.
Guys,the abundance of Gods mercy is not something that we can calculate with our limitted mind.Whatever is Your past, if you truely repent and believe that Jesus has died for your sin, then you are forgiven and saved,You are then Son of God and U belong to His everlasting Kingdom. This is the ABC and Z of Gospel.The complexity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to man is its Simplicity.God has made everything simple to those who belive . Dont be surprised that Tamrat Layne repented in a public, dont be surpised that he stole money or whatever, U can count all His sins, what note .Once He truely repents and believes in Jesus, He is eternaly forgiven.
What is impossible to man is possible to God.
I appreciate the contribution made by the editor for many of us to share our feelings, ideas and deep insights about Tamirat.
It’s obvious to feel bad when we encounter things not the way we wanted them to happen. however, no one can reprove the power of love in forgiving and helping us live selfless and merciful life. Such life is beyond accepting those who have asked to be forgiven.
Let me share you two verses from the bible:
Proverbs 15:1 ‘A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger’ again Proverbs 29:5 ‘A man that flatter his neighbor spread a net for his feet’.
Please let us love each other and forgive those who are in need (‘THEY THAT ARE WHOLE NEED NOT A PHYSICIAN; BUT THEY THAT ARE SICK’), so that we will be forgiven UNCONDITIONALLY on the day of the judgement(the day we stand before the Almighty God). Tamirat has made the right choice, repenting for all his past deeds and pressing on to inherit eternal life which is beyond imagination and feelings(emotions if you like). you know, hatred for acknowledging your sins to God is far more better than receiving mercy from millions of biased individuals. While many might curse you as a sinner but God forgives those who have broken heart!
May God help us to love and forgive one another inspite of our religion, ethnicity and behavior!
This will probably be my last answer to you Mr/Ms Anonimous as i do not want to turn this forum to a religeous fight. I just want to stress to you that a lot of herrendous crimes has been commited in the name of Jesus. Even the bible teaches us not to open our hand and heart simply just because some one mentioned the Name of Jesus. It also says that we have to question and investigate spirits as there are bogus ones out there lurking to play our minds.
If you have patient, please this video and may be that will open your mind. It shows the drama being played by Pente preachers on those poor innocent souls like the one you have. You can start watching from the begining or from the 2:00 minute on wards to better understand my message for you.
Thank you ER for your wonderful service and for giving us the opportunity to express our views and to know each other.
Dear Zenash,
Thank you for responding again. Even though you feel like fighting for your religion, it was not the case with me. The reason is that my God is Mighty and a living God. He never expects me to fight for Him or defend Him. My duty in this world is just to witness His love to the world.
All I have been trying to let you understand is the greatness of the Love and Mercy of God, which is revealed to us through Jesus Christ. At the end of this world everybody will be asked about what he/she has done with the love he gave us. What matters is weather you have accepted and lived by it or you have ignored it. A book of sin is not needed at that time. So, my Lord Jesus doesn’t want me to keep a record of the sins of others, but to tell sinners about the saving Love and Mercy of God by which all records of our sins are written off.
Please, keeping records of others’ sins and going after them is a very difficult, risky and unprofitable business. Instead, being a witness for the love of God is simpler, and it is rewarded in this and the coming world.
I read many of your comments. What a freedom,I said. I believe Ato Tamrat is a free person. He has served his sentence( 12yrs). Above all, I am so amazed so many of you commented on him negatively. What a pity. You gays are free to say what you want to say but I want to remind you don’t deny him his right.
You seem to be irrational and blinded by hate. He said he is saved by Jesus Christ from the tyranny of the devil’s power( be it atheism,communism,idolatry,capitalism,or religion).
Those of you who are demonizing or criticizing him may be if you yourselves search your soul could,should or would find crime or shortcoming in your lives. Sin is sin,I believe whether small or big.It starts with hate and if you hate you are a killer if you find an opportunity,so don’t lie and tell us you are an angel. Who on earth could say except the Lord Jesus Christ,I have never sin or committed crime.
I would rather wish you to grow up and broaden your understanding toward your fellow human beings. Love is the invincible force now and forever but hate,malice and all evil forces are weak and will be defeated forever.
So ,I encourage all of you to open your blind eyes and see beyond your horizon and be the agent of forgiveness,tolerance not revenge and retribution.Because like begot likes.Thus, in order to appreciate the beauty of love and goodness or the other side where you have never been you need to try it or taste it.
What ever everyone says Jesus is not gonna reject Teamrat infact he is gonna welcome him with open arms. You are talking about stolen money he is talking about stolen souls but unless the revalation comes from the above no one can have the wisdome to understand the diference.
At the end of the day every one of us are going to leave this world you are not going to take your nationalism with you nor can you take your ethiopianism with you. Ethiopianism is not going to save you therefore it is time for you guys to invest in your eternal life rather than filling yourself with national pride that does not even last a century.
tebareku
Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you
Mark 11:25
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
Repentance
What does repentance mean? The Greek in the the New Testament has a distinction between various levels of repentance that we should definitely care and be concerned about. There is the repentance where you realize what you did was wrong, but you don’t seem to care that much about it. Then, there is the repentance where you see what you’ve done is wrong, change your heart, and do not do it again. The first falls into the category of “nice, but not good enough;” it’s the second that is required.
Given that we have sinned against God, no matter whether it’s also against someone else or not, we must repent to God, possibly in addition to the person we wronged as well. By the act of Jesus’s dying on the cross, we have a way to do this– we can pray and talk to God directly.
There is also the person(s) we have sinned against. We have hurt them, even if they don’t realize it, and so we should repent to them as well. Going to them and admitting your sin is a good first step. John the Baptist tells us in Matthew 3:8 to produce fruit in keeping with repentance; if we sincerely repent, we will behave differently. Who we are or how important we think we are makes no difference; we have to produce this fruit, as John commands in Luke 3:8. Repentance is a change of attitude and action, not just muttering, “Oh, I screwed up. God forgive me,” and not restoring your harmed brother.
What is restoration? Something that depends on the sin committed, and what God convicts you to do. If you have stolen, giving it back would be a good start. Concerning sin that results in physical damage or loss, the Old Testament demands full restitution plus 20%, something which is a good model to start with. Yes, paying back all that extra hurts, but remember that you hurt the other first, and that the 20% is an added incentive not to sin in the first place.
Repentance, obviously, should be sincere and should be accompanied by actions that reflect a change of heart. It is not a trivial matter. The Bible does give a few examples of repenting to other people. The parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:21) is one example. David repenting to Nathan (II Samuel 12:13-15) is another example. Notice that since David sinned publicly, he paid for it publicly. As stated above, you must repent to God and whomever you have sinned against; sin publicly, you must repent publicly.
Once we have repented, we have the promise of forgiveness. 1 John states it quite well: 9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
Thus, by properly and in a timely manner dealing with our sins, we have the promise of total and permanent repentance. What a great thing.
Miskir says says
“Tamrat will teach Dictator Meles this kind of method to escape from facing Ethiopian people not for the sake of salvation from everlasting penalty of God”
Neko respond. Regarding Tamrat salivation and Meles regime.
let me start by saying hello dear Ethiopians, and this particular resopnd may apply to Miskir and some of you who share Miskir’s ideology.I don’t think no one has confusion about God’s judgment. He ,GOD, only judges and forgives people,by they way not you Miskir. you can’t talk on behalf of God becouse he,God, who is the only one knows his judgment and he doesn’t share with people. He forgives and punishes. only God do what ever he think is right, but not us.So lets not interfere on someting that doesn’t cocern us at all. Rgarding our poletical leaders agin you are worgn. didn’t you see it, it is not the person who are needing for change but rather the law that treat and govern every single person equally.There are very bad people and even worst than meles yet they mange to prosper and florish their country becouse they have a good system. what we should do is to confront meles and his deciples about justice and fairness.changing parties doesn’t change Ethiopian development rather it is devastating. Didn’t you learn from past. Haleselase crumbled by Mengistu and so on. so i ask you agin did you see change? Well i leav it up to you to strighten your thinking.you see people like you making meles regime so cruel to the point where it is gross. Now i ask you not to be devisve. If you you and others like you continue talk aout hatrate ,meles and his deciples or other parties will contunually supress our poor people for no good reasons, so please educate your self. Be vigilant every word you write or say. I hope you know what is right unless you are Meles. I don’t care who is on power rather i care the person on power weather he/she implemets good system like America so that our people will exercise teir voting power or any thing in that regard as others developed nation do. Let God open up our mind and eyes to see and speak up the truth.
I am a person with open mind and always interested to know what makes people tic specially about religion. Through the years I have met and have conversation with people from different backgrounds and religion—Christians—Orthodox, Catholics, Evangelical Christians—Baptists, Pentecostals, Seventh-Day Adventists, Johva witness, Muslims, Hindus, Sikh, Jews, Baha’i Faith, and some non believers. And I found out that no matter how religious they might be they are all the same. Just because one person run from one religion to another very seldom it changes their heart. If you meet a used car sales man from different background they are all the same…just looking out for themselves. There are bad and good people in every religion and non believers. In fact, in Rwanda one of the human slaughters was an Evangelical Christian pastor and his son. Instead of creating peace, these father and son team went on in killing spree.
It is obvious this man is a broken and angry man, but a change man…don’t let him fool you. I don’t hear him confessing his sins, giving back all the money he has taken and ask for forgiveness for the crimes he has committed on innocent people.
hey all, reading all your comments, i was thinking that God has never been and will never be as we, human beings thought of Him, He is Elshadai , he can forgive and forget all our sins the minute we confessed!! am glad tamirat is saved and joined God’s family. GOD IS ABLE!!
but, i was also wondering why are you so angry with him? whatever he did, he is just an individual, we all have our portions as sinners, and as a word of God says, there is no distinction among sin!! theft is a sin and murder is too. as ordinary citizens and human beings we all do all bad stuffs and caused so much pain on others, knowingly or otherwise.
God knows what we would have done if we were given a chance to be where he was! we never knew how were would have reacted. let us not be so judgemental.
it is his choice to follow what ever he wanted to! let alone Jesus christ, who is above all! God bless you tamirat! God bless our forsaken country!!
Tazabioo,
I think it is not necessary to go to Rewanda to search example. Why do you forget,what was happened non-Amahara Ethiopian during Hailesilase regime.As you know all haile silase Cabinet was the leaders (priests) of Orthodox church, but they destroyed the property,culture ,language and made many horrific things,they raped women,children infront of their husbands and parents.
But even those opperessed people never preach hate on the Orthodox church, they have tolerance,…god bless them, that is the only way to live together with peace and prosperty.
If you want to see peace and development in Ethiopia forgive eachother, and pray for goverment leaders intead of hate.
God bless Ethiopia and its leaders.!
Anonymous 187 you are unbelievable liar person you do not fear even god when you claim Orthodox priests raped Ethiopians to me you are another Meles he and you are the best liars in our history I think do you remember when he said my name is Abebe on voice of america just to make your protestant religion true should you talk this kind of unbelievable thing I do not believe you are a god fearing person because you have said being sure priests have raped or assisted to rape people. it shocks me how you people are liars just for the sake of convincing your late commer religion should you lie to god and smart people like me and others as well as maybe to your minutest subconscious if you have some left over conscious. Remember what Tamirat did he did the same thing when he was on power by accusing many Amharas’ to be killed now you mister Protestant have done the same thing so you a pente and Tamirat when was a communist TPLF member are the same liars no god fearing conscious in your poor soul. What constitutes lying or do Pentes consider sin to lie, in short the type of your lie is considered as sin I thought you are perfect and the god fearing people according to your deceptive appearance what a wolf in a sheep’s skin. I do not think for Pente sleeping your mother and lying is consider as sin. I am really affraid most of the Ginbot 7 radio program people are Pentes or protestants for that look even they did not say Melekam Timket for the majority Ethiopian Christian followers. I think you people are sick people I know Zenash tried to be a reasonable person even with her deep knoledge she could not help you from your sickness. read the next link he looks like you a sick protestant person taking peoples life in vain. I do not think my view will be posted most of the time he does not do it so if you get it read it and go to hell or the nether world you liar sick pente.
Folks: Some of you seemingly knowing this guy I think that you may be right with regard to your comments to a bigger or lesser degrees.
But I am personally impressed and more than pleased to read the short but out of the box view point fowarded by Adabay who in my humble opinion correctly claimed that the issue may neither be about politics nor about religion alone but can also be the story of a mortal human transformation and struggle for survival.
Thanks a lot Adabay for taking the issue out of the box and indicating the world of all possibilities.
I am not a religious person myself too, but I respect all religions and faith groups in as much as they refrain from causing harm to others but keep to the spiritual welfare and physical well being of their respective followers.
What is the big deal FOLKS if spiritually, physically and psychologically embattled, cornerd weak individuals and groups take to their religion and associate with the all mighty, the omnipotent, omnipresent empowering great GOD, whatever that means and wherever that might be or not be?
Folks, this guy might have experienced exceptional and extreme tragedies which none of us may not be able to imagine even in our life time and beyond. I have never seen him live nor even his picture before this video presentation but this is heart breaking as far as I am concerned.
What kind of government and what kind of brutality is able to completely crush basic human pride and elementary human degnity in such a shocking manner or is it basic and routine method of interactions in the form of exorcism, etc.(driving Satan out of the troubled soul and replacing it with a caring devine?)among some religious communities? Hmm…
Adabay says:
This has nothing to do with poltics guys. It is about human transformation. I am not a member of any any church or or religious institution, but this has led me to think “what could have he exprienced to be so changed tremndously?”. We are so obsessed with poltics and filled with so much hatred tha we can not see life beyond politics.
Correction sorry the current poster 187 because my posting was directed for that mentally sick and liar Haylesilase’s feudal era old Pente pimp Anonymous 188, when I read his posting was 187 then I saw yours so forgive me it was an onest mistake sorry again. By the way this person or poster 188 at least he might be in his 60s age wise nevertheless he talks unbelievable lie what a lose of generation has fallen on our hand I understand now why we are lagging behind everyone and if we take an insult from the rest of the world society we should put the blame on people like him and Meles as well as the new confused Pente Tamirat etc.. They are the one who are holding us behind from progress. They have neither fairness nor truth on their frozen mind. How a self claiming true christian lies this kind of small and unbelievable chip thing. Does he or she believe all of us are idiots like him.
I forgot something I heard from my friend that his Tigrean girl friend told him, according to her Pastor Daniel has even tried Birtukan not to be confrontational with the government it can be against god to be unforgiving and to be extreme I am not sure if she is a Pente cult member or not however I have heard some people saying she is a Pente. I know this person who is a local pastor saying he became a Pente during the red and white terror time in jell after 2 years jelling he said he found Jesus and now he is one our local pastors where I live we have five pente churches however each church does not have more than 15 to 20 members they do not like each other for instance the only Jesus members do not like the other cults nor the others like the only Jesus members. In addition one of the church members attend the church service in one of the pastor’s house and he collects money for church service nevertheless since they are using his house they do not know why the pastor collects and they do not know where the collected money goes.
Folks I do not think we understand the depth of Tamirat’s humiliation and what they did to Tamirat even though many of the Pentes are happy he joined one of their cults nevertheless his situation is beyond him it has to concern all of us because it shows how these evil Tigrean Mafia robbed from his dignity they just cut his manhood what a sad story. To me Tamirat displays a syndrome of abused woman’s symptom by her husband or by another cruel man when someone is abused by another person instead of blaming the abuser they blame themself as Tamirat does in his video repent according to Tamirat his jelling was not another cruel mans action against his birth right rather it was god’s desire in this way to bring him to the truth and to his protestant flock. The Tigrean Mafia brought him back to his childhood time they just raped him after they castrated him in order to subdue people like him. I do not think he knows what he is saying he is still in Qaliti Jell he has no idea what he is doing. This Pente cult members are using him even before he sees the day light. Put yourself for a minute ih his place if you were in his shoe and if some pastor comes and tells you you have been freed after now which is after 12 years long and harsh jell time I am sure you would say anything. There is also a rumor that pastor Daniel who is one of the elders or Shimagiles is trying to free other political prisoners after he converted them to Protestantism and convinced Meles and few other high power Tigreans the new converts will not be a threat to the Tigrean Mafia group after they left jell. I have a friend who is not Tigrean but dates a Tigrean girl whose father is a Protestant Tigrean and works with high powered other Tigrean this Tigrean man whose daughter dates my friend told to my friend her father told her this girl pastor Daniel and some other protestant members have a personal relationship with especially Meles, Bereket and Arikebe Ekubay as well as Siyum Mesifin there is another name also I do not remember his name now it is a Tigrean name my friend told me. Pastor Daniel actually have even tried some Derg members also by the way this girl told to my friend there is a pastor who went to Tedy Afro few times she is not sure what happen. I think that will be the 2009 new version of Meles’s video game.
Tamrat always liked to cry and cheat. Remember when he cried infront of a national TV camera for the lost compatriots in Guna, Gondar. It is all the same game. We all know he is not stupid and won’t wonder, him picking religon as his next easy victim that has a straight entance after a bunkrupted political carrier and low-life criminal background.
Yes,millions of dollars at bank in his daughters name in swizerland that stolen from poor destitute people, he has a reason to cry in ‘joy’ not in greif. Beyond that denying the power of the struggle that carried him to the post of Prime minster is a comical, confused and non-amortaizing empity game.
Religious fanatism serves for those who lost confidence in themselves and primarly in the society. We know Tamrat is ready to kill and steal in the name of Jesus as he did in the name of Prolitariants. Then he denied God and now he denied reason, science and all the values he stood for once.Typical of hipocrat-sociopats. Let him tell that to his religion-crazy funs not to the peole of Ethiopia.
Once a sociopat always sociopat. I don’t mean to shoot the jackal that has already died. This is science not politics. If you dont trust me ask your nearest shrink.I’m dead right.
Prime minster is a comical, confused and non-amortaizing empity game.
Religious fanatism serves for those who lost confidence in themselves and primarly in the society. We know Tamrat is ready to kill and steal in the name of Jesus as he did in the name of Prolitariants. Then he denied God and now he denied reason, science and all the values he stood for once.Typical of hipocrat-sociopats. Let him tell that to his religion-crazy funs not to the peole of Ethiopia.
Once a sociopat always sociopat. I don’t mean to shoot the jackal that has already died. This is science not politics. If you dont trust me ask your nearest shrink.I’m dead right.
For sure, what you have done is not for the sake of your soul!!! Being part of the TPLF thugs, you have choosen this stratagy:
(1) to hide your past wrongdeeds;
(2) and anticipating a cheap popularity among the Protestant community.
What I strongly feel that you have contributed so much for the current pitfall of our country. You have to be accountable for that and still look for the return of robbed huge money to the Ethiopian people. Your move doesn’t give you an amnesty from this clam!!!
I am, however, appreciating your wishi-washi talent in forcasting your rejection by the majority(normally, you are NEBSE BELA!) As you well aware, you are unimportant and a rank-and-file person in the current Ethiopia.
You have also said that you came to know Christ just in recent time. Yes, based on what you did in EPDRF, you were pagan. But if your attempt is to demonize Orthodox reliegion, I think, no protestant claims Orthodox doesn’t know Christ as this religion existed before Martin Luther (Germany).
At last, our Protestant brothers and sisters could not applause your move as your enterrance to their communal doesn’t garantee the truthness of their religion. Rather it paints them with black ink.
Please shut up your mouth and be away from the media!! we are sickening by your attempt to come back to public domain!!
Elias you better post my thing if not I will sue in Meles’ court I am not playing, I know for sure he does not like even your eye color.
Anyway I forgot something I heard from my friend that his Tigrean girl friend told him, according to her Pastor Daniel has even tried Birtukan not to be confrontational with the government it can be against god to be unforgiving and to be extreme I am not sure if she is a Pente cult member or not however I have heard some people saying she is a Pente. I know this person who is a local pastor saying he became a Pente during the red and white terror time in jell after 2 years jelling he said he found Jesus and now he is one our local pastors where I live we have five pente churches however each church does not have more than 15 to 20 members they do not like each other for instance the only Jesus members do not like the other cults nor the others like the only Jesus members. In addition one of the church members attend the church service in one of the pastor’s house and he collects money for church service nevertheless since they are using his house they do not know why the pastor collects and they do not know where the collected money goes.
Folks I do not think we understand the depth of Tamirat’s humiliation and what they did to Tamirat even though many of the Pentes are happy he joined one of their cults nevertheless his situation is beyond him it has to concern all of us because it shows how these evil Tigrean Mafia robbed from his dignity they just cut his manhood what a sad story. To me Tamirat displays a syndrome of abused woman’s symptom by her husband or by another cruel man when someone is abused by another person instead of blaming the abuser they blame themself as Tamirat does in his video repent according to Tamirat his jelling was not another cruel mans action against his birth right rather it was god’s desire in this way to bring him to the truth and to his protestant flock. The Tigrean Mafia brought him back to his childhood time they just raped him after they castrated him in order to subdue people like him. I do not think he knows what he is saying he is still in Qaliti Jell he has no idea what he is doing. This Pente cult members are using him even before he sees the day light. Put yourself for a minute ih his place if you were in his shoe and if some pastor comes and tells you you have been freed after now which is after 12 years long and harsh jell time I am sure you would say anything. There is also a rumor that pastor Daniel who is one of the elders or Shimagiles is trying to free other political prisoners after he converted them to Protestantism and convinced Meles and few other high power Tigreans the new converts will not be a threat to the Tigrean Mafia group after they left jell. I have a friend who is not Tigrean but dates a Tigrean girl whose father is a Protestant Tigrean and works with high powered other Tigrean this Tigrean man whose daughter dates my friend told to my friend her father told her this girl pastor Daniel and some other protestant members have a personal relationship with especially Meles, Bereket and Arikebe Ekubay as well as Siyum Mesifin there is another name also I do not remember his name now it is a Tigrean name my friend told me. Pastor Daniel actually have even tried some Derg members also by the way this girl told to my friend there is a pastor who went to Tedy Afro few times she is not sure what happen. I think that will be the 2009 new version of Meles’s video game.
196.,Tazabioo,
you are absolutely out of mind.
please accept your Orthodox church ugily past history.don’t be hectic by spearding hate and false propoganda.
In my previous comment nothing is wrong,I tried to put your church’s true history.
please read again…
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I think it is not necessary to go to Rewanda to search example. Why do you forget,what was happened non-Amahara Ethiopian during Hailesilase regime.As you know all haile silase Cabinet was the leaders (priests) of Orthodox church, but they destroyed the property,culture ,language and made many horrific things,they raped women,children infront of their husbands and parents.
But even those opperessed people never preach hate on the Orthodox church, they have tolerance,…god bless them, that is the only way to live together with peace and prosperty.
If you want to see peace and development in Ethiopia forgive eachother, and pray for goverment leaders intead of hate.
God bless Ethiopia and its leaders.!”
#197,
Please go back and read my comment; I never said I am an Orthodox Christian nor I said I am an Amhara Ethiopian. Your assumption is totally wrong. Try to take your head out of tribalism. I repeat—as far as I am concerned in my experience, people behave the same regardless what religion they belong to. It is true that some might not drink or eat certain things and some might recite the bible verse from Genesis to Revelation better than others, but when it comes to material things and money in everyday life–people act the same way—me, me, me. God Bless You!!
It is wonderful to hear Tamirat Layine’s accepting Christ as his personal savior. That is really wonderful and deserves glorious happness up there in heaven. But he needs justice for the uncountable sins he committed against innocent Oromo with the TPLF. He was responsible for the injailed 30,000 Oromo. He never escapes for the mass mascure of thousands of Oromo within the last decade. Forgiveness does not mean there is no penalty. He has to publicly ask the oromo people and even his Amhara ancestors for the sin he commited against them. While he was on power the Amhara people were suffering and dying. He sold his Amhara ethnic group into the minority TPLF. He is responsible for the death of the late Professor Asrat and many more Amhara elites.
It is wonderful to hear Tamirat Layine’s accepting Christ as his personal savior. That is really wonderful and deserves glorious happness up there in heaven. But he needs justice foe the uncountable sins he committed against innocent Oromo with the TPLF. He was responsible for the injailed 30,000 Oromo. He never escapes for the mass mascure of thousands of Oromo within the last decade. Forgiveness does not mean there is no penalty. He has to publicly ask the oromo people and even his Amhara ancestors for the sin he commited against them. While he was on power the Amhara people were suffering and dying. He sold his Amhara ethnic group into the minority TPLF. He is responsible for the death of the late Professor Asrat and many more Amhara elites.
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To Anonymous 147:
Why do you have to twist the word of God. You are saying that Zacheaus’s pledge to give back whatever he had stolen from the poor didn’t count. That is a complete nonesense and typical of Pente style preaching. And also i was amazed on why you left the verse that says :
“Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” Luke 19:8-10
You are saying Zaccaeus was saved only because he jump on the tree to see Jesus Christ as he was short. But the fact of the matter is Zacchaeus was touched by the Teaching of Jesus and had already decided his old way of collecting money from the poor was cruel. Jesus had noticed the heart of Zacchaeus was ready for repentance and approached him so that he can have dinner with him eventually giving salivation to that poor soul.
The scripture is full of texts that says a lot of people flocked to see Jesus and to hear his teachings. And Zacaeus was picked out of many not because he made an effort to see Jesus, but his soul was ready to give back whatever he had stolen from people.
I advise my Pente brother/sister to understand the scripture clearly than use your own interpration and confuse other people. I am not here to interfare in God’s way of giving salivation to Tamrat. I am saying here that Tamrat is not the person to be trusted. And the bible way of repentance is different from what we see in this video or what many Pente people want to tell us. What we saw is a person moving from a blief in communism to Pente (Mulu Wongel/ full Gospel).
In addition to that it is an open fact that there is a wide dissagreement in protestant believers. to mention some Mulu Wongel, Meserete Kiristos, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Adventist etc…the numbers go on and on in which all this believers do not agree with each other on the interpretation of the scripture. I appreciate your invitation to me to your belief but i say thank you because i value the belief that i was thought from my father and mother and generations before to have a clear teaching unbiased of emotions and theaters. When i go to my church, i don’t go to collect food, job, sexual partner, or to relief from boredom. In fact i invite you to come out of your cult reliegion that makes you shout like an animal in the pretext of toungue and follow the right teaching that is left to us by Jesus and his deciples
Oh God, the creator of heaven and earth, Alpha and Omega, please help those who couldn’t see and understand your plan for them. Give them your grace to understand that Jesus is the only way to life and salvation. May you help them soften their heart so that they will know who you are. No one can condemn those who are saved through your son Jesus as your word say. I thank you that you helped Tamerat know the true way – Jesus. No one can be against Tamerat as you made him winner of this world. God you are Love and may you please help those who didn’t receive Jesus!! Amen
WAW…WAW…Lets we wake up and read..
IF YOU ALL START JUDGING PEOPLE YOU WILL BE HAVING NO TIME TO LOVE THEM.
The following is a short story relating to my past & it goes as follows;
Approximately 15 years ago when I was in elementary school, it was the last period of the day & we were all waiting for our teacher patiently to arrive & commence our studies. He still had not arrived after 5 minutes & we were chatting away innocently as you would expect from teenagers, still no word or sight of the teacher after 10 minutes & we were even more excited & getting slightly louder. However after approx ¼ hour the door opened & in walked the school director, which was highly unusual, we instantly quietened as we didn’t want to get into any trouble. The director then announced ‘You will not have geography class today as unfortunately your teacher has been involved in a serious car accident’.
All the class stood & shouted with happiness & joy, not one of us realized what the director said at the end of the sentence which was ‘Your teacher has been involved in a serious car accident’ because the only thing was we wanted to hear was ‘You will not have geography class today’ the rest of the phrase did not concern us.
And now as some of you said ‘Tamrat was lier, sinner, murderer, shameless, Thief and so on, But the mercy God forgive Him & saved His life.
At least we were in elementary school, but I saw here most of us still in Elementary school, Looking only first sentence. Please read unto end and Needs to praise to Jesus name that peace and happiness that comes to Heaven when one’s life include no matter who he was.
Forget about the past lets us give the opportunity to the judge to make the final judgments.
Hope you woke up.
Aynne new
Tamrat Layne…….gud eko new
Dear Zenash,
Thank you for responding to my comment at # 147. What you have seen in the video is not repentance. Please, note that Tamirat did his repentance to turn to God from his sinful life 7 years ago. What you see in the video is part of the testimony of the already converted Tamirat. Whether you trust him or not, it doesn’t matter. What is important is that Tamirat is accepted by God.
I didn’t invite you to my religion my invitation is for you to receive Jesus who already has paid the necessary compensation for all the wrongs you have done, since birth. The blood of Jesus is the ransom for the sins of the entire world. Simply believing in the salvation already completed for us by Jesus is what is required to be saved.
Do you think you can remember each and every thing you have done in your life? Do you think it is possible for you to pay compensation for all the people you have hurt? No! Nobody can do that. That is why we need Jesus as the only Saviour. I did not invite you to my religion, but to Jesus. We can not be saved as Orthodox, Catholic, Mulu Wongel, Islam, etc, but we can only be saved individually, by receiving Jesus as our personal Saviour. So, I again encourage you to be honest before God and receive Jesus as your Saviour.
You may inherit religion from your ancestors, but you can not inherit faith. “…faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). I have been where you are now. I used to insult the ‘pentes’, I used to hate them. That was my inheritance from the camp of my parents and grand parents. However, I escaped the prison of inherited ignorance, suspicion, confusion, and hate by reading the bible. So, again I would like to encourage you to read the bible well and try to understand the truth about Jesus.
God Bless You!
He already spend 12 yrs for what he have done and now he is been save and blesed so we all have go be happy for him and open our heart and listen what he is saying cause it is not to like hearing bad things I mean lets face it if he wre talking about bad staff about EPRDF we all be happy and hear what he says but guys good thing is from God so let open our heart jesus said I will knok on the door who ever opens the door I will get in and dne with him so pls lets open our heart and be blessed let us not judge we have our own dark sides so pls let’s think and hear what he is saying and may jesus open our heart.
ato tamerat god beles you
I think all these comments goes through WOYANES control/check groups before reaches someone else, that’s why the comment starting from negative which is the psychological target of Woyane turns most of you peoples to complain negative, Let me ask you Do some one see when Tamirat stole money or you heard from Woyane’s propaganda or media? ok as weyana said Tamirat stole money from Poor Ethiopian , what about Still Woyana staling money is that from Rich Ethiopian people? please be wise!!!!
Regarding to He joined to Pentecostal believers Please accept this! This is His right and Choice , it doesn’t concern anyone of us, even I can say he is lucky & Blessed.
And What will we say if he converted to Muslim? May be the comment starting with ‘The second woyane ( Alamudin )in charge of it’
Thanks God For Tamirat – still He is Christian.
God Bless all of you.
Tzeab
Dear Anonymous 155:
You have said that i have to accept Jesus as my personal savior. If i am not mistakens, this is a slogan for your religion since i and many of my Orthodox compatriots believe that Jesus is “Saviour of the world” as we call him “Medehane Alem” which means saviour for the children of Adam. he saves you, me and everyone else from eternal sin and whoever believes in him will be saved. The bible didn’t say to as Pente is the only way and your slogan that says accept “Jesus as your personal saviour” means nothing to me as i have accepted him not only mine but everyones
The mantra that says “You have to accept Jesus as your personal Saviour” comes in 1908 by a British (Walsh) protestant to create his congregation which eventually spread like a wild fire in the Americas and Scandinavian countries through hypnotism and make believe theaters such as tongues, pitched vocal preaching and so many advanced speech techniques. Not only that, the use of musical instruments and the entire approach taken by the new protestants during speeches find its source in human behavioral studies in which group voices that have randomly chosen high and low pitched voices designed to immerse the listener into an ecstatic euphoria to make him think miracle is happening in his soul so that the individual become member of the congregation.
If you are interested on how protestant and charismatic churches deceived so many and enlisted many members, you have to give time and study it. They have used a pure science and human behavioral study to make you believe that they are the only way. Please go to the site i listed below and other similar pages to study your Pentecostalism and its effect in society and it’s advanced scientific techniques to enlist members.
http://ex-pentecostal.blogspot.com/2008/09/pentecostalism-and-insanity.html
or else google “ex-Pentecostals” and everything you need to know about your religion is there for you. I believe one day you will see the light and regret your fanaticism which will give you the chance to understand the bible and Jesus the way you do not know him yet
Sobbing like a child and yet trying to justify his very usual silly act. “Ay Tame”, you lack something very important thing in your mind that I can not tell. Something something really.I am quite sure you will escape from the Pente community shortly “forfe neger aleaidel”. Enjoy sobbing till then big old boy.
Dear Zenash,
Thank you again for responding to my comment at # 155.
I do not think that what is written by researchers is the right source of information to find the truth about Jesus. I believe the bible is enough to get what we need to know about Jesus. I will drop what ever view I have, if you are able to show me that it contradicts with the bible.
As you said bible does not tell us this or that religious group is the way. What the bible says is that Jesus is the only way. Thus, I clearly said that we can not be saved as pentie, orthodox, catholic, e.t.c. I never said pentie is the way. What I said was that Jesus is the only way. I hope you agree on this.
If you have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour:
Are you sure that you are delivered from sin once for all, and that you are committed to serve Jesus Christ?
Are you sure that the Sprit of Christ dwells in you?
If you answer these questions in the affirmative you are really saved. Otherwise, you have not yet received Jesus as your personal Saviour.
I know how the power of hate blocks ones mind from understanding the truth about the love of God and the freedom and peace through Jesus Christ. Please, ask God to set you free from hate; and depend only on the truth written in the bible. Do not feed your mind with junk of researchers and ‘alubalta’.
God Bless You!
This bullshit guy is still trying to fool us & planning to scape justice for those extremly brutal crimes & genocide he cairried& responsibile for under TPLF task in abolishing,destroing,murdering Ethiopia & its people. WE tale Pastrer Tamrat Layne to shut up his bloody mouth. One beutifull day Tamrat,Meles,Sebhat,Bereket,Seyum,Samora& all other Woyanne criminals gonna stand before justice for genocide & other several serious offences. That day is not far, Cooooooommmmmmmmming ssssssssssoooooooooooonnnnnnnnn !!!!!!!!
Where do Woyanne officials hide, when that day comes?????????
Samson
It dose n´t help much preaching like this after commiting endless brutal & genocide crimes on Ethiopia & its people. No TPLF/woyanne/EPDRF bloodsucker officials is gonna escape the soon coming JUSTICES !!! Be seferut kuna yeseferalu !!!
Be koferur gurguad yekeberalu !!! Ethiopia ena hizbua netsa yewetalu bekrbu !!!
Dear Zenash,
Thank you again for responding to my comment at # 155.
I do not think that what is written by researchers is the right source of information to find the truth about Jesus. I believe the bible is enough to get what we need to know about Jesus. I will drop what ever view I have, if you are able to show me that it contradicts with the bible.
As you said bible does not tell us this or that religious group is the way. What the bible says is that Jesus is the only way. Thus, I clearly said that we can not be saved as pentie, orthodox, catholic, e.t.c. I never said pentie is the way. What I said was that Jesus is the only way. I hope you agree on this.
If you have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour:
Are you sure that you are delivered from sin once for all, and that you are committed to serve Jesus Christ?
Are you sure that the Sprit of Christ dwells in you?
If you answer these questions in the affirmative you are really saved. Otherwise, you have not yet received Jesus as your personal Saviour.
I know how the power of hate blocks ones mind from understanding the truth about the love of God and the freedom and peace through Jesus Christ. Please, ask God to set you free from hate; and depend only on the truth written in the bible. Do not feed your mind with junk of researchers and ‘alubalta’.
God Bless You!
Well Zenash I do not think you will get my posting because me and Elias are in a batttle he does not allow me to post anyway if you get this posting, I assure you, you have my respect and I would like to invite you nice Doro wot or nice Kitifo oh! do not make me hungry you know I can not eat with unless you come, you see Zenash how much I care for you, anyway Zenash you are great and very smart I am sure you might have 12 Pente’s brain, thank you anyway for teaching me too I hope they will listen you I know their confusion is beyond cure or recovery anyway try to help them you look like you have a lot of tricks in your bag. These foolish people with no use. I know many of them might have went to the protestant church in search of a male or a female companion you know what I am trying to say I am not kidding I have heard so many people go to protestant when they feel an opossit sex companion. Do you remember Zenash in 2004 election time the pastor in colorado who was opposing the homosexual marriage and who was found having a homosexual relation or act with a open homosexual person. Anyway I do not hate them I just wonder what is in their brain, you know when people get a brain sickness the people who are sick do not know they are sick rather they think everybody is sick except them for instance The Woyanes or TPLF people think all Ethiopians are sick and they think they are normal so everything goes as it is
Dear #153
I like your conclusion God Bless you , I want include some ideas
Weyana announced
‘Tedi Afro crashed one of the poor Ethiopian guy, and we sent him to jail.’
The Poor/real Ethiopian said
‘Those F**ken Woyane jailed Tedi Afro, Because He described the truth on his clear song justify one’s motives or conductloves of his country by giving a govt details.’
I wonder to see when tedi afro realizes those above -ve peoples what they will say. Am Look at it in two ways:
1. If he realizes as He was before.
&
2. If he realizes after He convert to Pentecostal.
Hopefully If he realizes after converts to pente ,those –ve people & woyane followers will say ya Tedi was guilty.
Zinash I know you did not get my main posting because of Elias so let me try one more time then I will deal with Elias I do not know what to do with Elias I think I need let him to fight with all Woyanes by himself with all of them with bare hand then help him if he is going to lose the fight. I am confused why he is not posting my things.
First of all go to this link and learn about this undiluted religion you will see an eye opening facts, here is the link:
http://www.tewahedo.org/daniel.html
if the previous link does not work try the nex one.
http://www.tewahedo.org
as you know the protestant religion is not yet 6 centuries old mor over when it was started by Luther it was a single Lutheran church today because of peoples’ nterpritation the bible there are over 1700 different protestantisms. I wonder why also the protestant followers do not respect the saints and angels however the protestant followers believe that pastors can cure by praying on them at the same time they do not think the angels and saints have nothing to do. Remember those the angel Gabriel was the one who broke the news to mary she will have Christ or she will give birth to Jesus. In addition when Satan rebelled against god it was the angels who fought Satan siding with god god did not fight the devil rather it was the angels that fought the devil. Also when the esraelites left from Egypt Moses led them on the ground and the angel was with them on the sky. more over when Mary gave birth the angel broke the happy news for the shepherds so why you protestants are hypocrites when respect your pastors you do not respect the angels and the saints. You do not believe in the holy water also however it was Jesus who used to cure the blind man after jesus touched the blind mans eyes with his mud holding hand he told the blind man to go and wash with Solon water. So if Christ did use holy water when he was on earth why you people do not use it if you are a true followers of him. The main thing with you people is your belief of one single German monk whose name is Luther the creater of Lutheran church can summarize the bible and make you a follower of him. By the way the time when the protestantism started is also called Religious reformation because it was not new thing that Luther brought rather he changed according to his thinking the bible. However according to the god’s word nothing should be changed it is wrong and sin to ad or change god’s word. anyway go and listen the link I gave then you will learn so many things.
ይህ ሰው ታምራት ላይኔ በኢትዮጲያውያን ላይ ወንጀል የሰራ ከወያኔ ጋራ ተባብሮ የገደለ ያሰገደለ አገር ያሰገነጠለ ኢትዮጲያን ያለወደብ ያስቀረ ትልቅ ወንጀለኛ ነው የህዝብ ምስክር አቶ ታምራት ማን ነበረ በሳይበር ላይ በቅርብ እንደሚለቀቅ እረግጠኛ ነኝ ካዛ ብፌት አቶ ታምራት ምስክር ይስጡ አይፍሩ
ሚንሊክ ነኝ
perhapes we have made the worst sin than he made so far,therfore i think its better if we turn our eyes to our selves, and stop criticize him.
JESUS IS LOVE. AND HAVE AN COUNTABEL MERCY.
To Anonymous 164
First I would like to appreciate ER and its editor Elias for allowing many Ethiopians to be informed through his dynamic website and God bless him for his hard work and his unique way of fighting for the truth and Justice.
Mr/Ms Anonymous. How can you sit on the back of your computer living far away from where I live and question whether I am saved or not. From your writing and many of my encounters I had with believers of the Pente sect, you guys are sure that the only way to Jesus is by being member of the pente congregation.
In the mind frame you have, the only way a human soul can be saved from his sin is by acting, talking, walking, crying and singing like a pente member does. If a good Christian doesn’t act like you, you automatically conclude that, this person haven’t accept Jesus as his personal savior which is a nice and fancy word you use for the person who is not Pente or Pentecostal believer.
Now do I have to act and talk, like you to be saved? Hell, no. I am well above that standard and clearly know how to be a good Christian. Not only that I do not put my self in place of Jesus and say Catholics, Lutherans etc will eventually go to hell. What saves you is what good you do in your life. It is not your membership to certain sect of Christianity. Saying that, I strongly denounce the fact that I hear and witness in Pentecostal churchs that insults God’s saints, his angels and our lady, the holy virgin mother Mary, the mother of my lord Jesus Christ. A good Christian would’t insult and belittle God’s servants. God raised them and that is why we venerate them.
For those false Christian teachers who made their business insulting the Angels and God’s saints, saint peter said this:
“Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; 11yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.” 2 Peter 2:11
Not only saint Peter, saint Jude also wrote against those same people who took the interest of scolding and belittling the Angels as follows.
“But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” Jude 1:9
The above biblical verses tells as a good Christian would not turn himself against the angels. The angels we sing for are the same angels who are always in dispute with the dark force for our well being.
So, my dear brother/sister anonymous, I know what the bible says and my religion very well. And I don’t buy your teaching that forces people to be insultive towards Angels, and saints upon which God’s grace and greatness is reflected. Surely, the pente sect is the same group of people, saint peter was referring to on 2 Peter 2:11.
Therefore I advice you to pray and search for the truth so that you can see the light and investigate the slanderous pente teaching in a way you never saw it before.
God bless you
Dear Zenash,
Thank you for responding for my comment posted at #164.
I never said this or that religious sect is the right way. I reiterate that the only way to the Kingdom of God is through Jesus, because the Lord Jesus Christ says:
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6). The
And, the only way to Jesus is through hearing, and believing the word of the Good news about Jesus, which is in the bible. It is written:
“Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31).
The truth of the bible is very simple to understand. As you can see from the verse above, the only requirement to be saved is just to believe that Jesus Christ has paid the price necessary to redeem you from sin and death. Believing this requires you to acknowledge that you are a sinner and that you can not be saved by your good deeds. But, you said: “What saves you is what good you do in your life.” This is contrary to the bible. You can not think of being saved by your good deeds and at the same time claim that you have received Jesus Christ as your savior. To cite more verse:
“None is righteous…together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight…. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.” (Romans 3: 10-22)
Whoever believes the good news about Jesus Christ decides to live in Christ and allows Christ to live in him/her. This marks the turning point, and because of the Sprit of Jesus, that dwells in the heart of the believer, he/she starts living a holly life, and continuously grows in doing good things that were not in his/her old nature. This is what I meant by being committed to Jesus Christ and having the Sprit of Christ in you. This signifies absolute transformation of life, such that one can sense the difference between a person living in Jesus and the one living according to the flesh.
I’m certainly sure that you can not cite any insult by the Pentes against the Angels, Virgin Marry or the saints. Let alone an insult, you can not cite any understanding about them that is contrary to the bible. However, it seems that you are destructed from the truth of the bible, and taken by ‘alubalta’, academic wisdom, and your own imagination. Please, try to open your heart and rely only on the truth in the bible.
God Bless You!
Tamirat was BUG (sheep) Chirashi BUG Adrgewutal or TEKULA? Tamirat is a liar, a killer, and a faker. He first betrayed his own friends, exposed his comrades to mercenaries later he made accusations of the Ethiopian people and declared on TV that Ethiopia owed Eritrea for the use of the ports for all those years. When Melese incremented him, he said many obnoxious things about himself hoping that as betraying his comrades helped him before betraying himself would then. However, his merciless friend sent him prison. Knowing that he has no place in politics, he now making a desperate move for new carrier in the church. The audience is jeering him and I wish him good luck in his new profession.
Guys,the abundance of Gods mercy is not something that we can calculate with our limitted mind.Whatever is Your past, if you truely repent and believe that Jesus has died for your sin, then you are forgiven and saved,You are then Son of God and U belong to His everlasting Kingdom. This is the ABC and Z of Gospel.The complexity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to man is its Simplicity.God has made everything simple to those who belive . Dont be surprised that Tamrat Layne repented in a public, dont be surpised that he stole money or whatever, U can count all His sins, what note .Once He truely repents and believes in Jesus, He is eternaly forgiven.
What is impossible to man is possible to God.
What a Mercyful God!
I appreciate the contribution made by the editor for many of us to share our feelings, ideas and deep insights about Tamirat.
It’s obvious to feel bad when we encounter things not the way we wanted them to happen. however, no one can reprove the power of love in forgiving and helping us live selfless and merciful life. Such life is beyond accepting those who have asked to be forgiven.
Let me share you two verses from the bible:
Proverbs 15:1 ‘A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger’ again Proverbs 29:5 ‘A man that flatter his neighbor spread a net for his feet’.
Please let us love each other and forgive those who are in need (‘THEY THAT ARE WHOLE NEED NOT A PHYSICIAN; BUT THEY THAT ARE SICK’), so that we will be forgiven UNCONDITIONALLY on the day of the judgement(the day we stand before the Almighty God). Tamirat has made the right choice, repenting for all his past deeds and pressing on to inherit eternal life which is beyond imagination and feelings(emotions if you like). you know, hatred for acknowledging your sins to God is far more better than receiving mercy from millions of biased individuals. While many might curse you as a sinner but God forgives those who have broken heart!
May God help us to love and forgive one another inspite of our religion, ethnicity and behavior!
God Bless you Oslo #174, I appriciat you are Really Truly described! You touched our feeling.
Thanks, you Blessed.
This will probably be my last answer to you Mr/Ms Anonimous as i do not want to turn this forum to a religeous fight. I just want to stress to you that a lot of herrendous crimes has been commited in the name of Jesus. Even the bible teaches us not to open our hand and heart simply just because some one mentioned the Name of Jesus. It also says that we have to question and investigate spirits as there are bogus ones out there lurking to play our minds.
If you have patient, please this video and may be that will open your mind. It shows the drama being played by Pente preachers on those poor innocent souls like the one you have. You can start watching from the begining or from the 2:00 minute on wards to better understand my message for you.
http://www.ethiotube.net/video/2207/THE-ETHIO-PENTE-ART-OF-MANIPULATION-The-Battle-for-Your-Mind
God bless
Thank you ER for your wonderful service and for giving us the opportunity to express our views and to know each other.
Dear Zenash,
Thank you for responding again. Even though you feel like fighting for your religion, it was not the case with me. The reason is that my God is Mighty and a living God. He never expects me to fight for Him or defend Him. My duty in this world is just to witness His love to the world.
All I have been trying to let you understand is the greatness of the Love and Mercy of God, which is revealed to us through Jesus Christ. At the end of this world everybody will be asked about what he/she has done with the love he gave us. What matters is weather you have accepted and lived by it or you have ignored it. A book of sin is not needed at that time. So, my Lord Jesus doesn’t want me to keep a record of the sins of others, but to tell sinners about the saving Love and Mercy of God by which all records of our sins are written off.
Please, keeping records of others’ sins and going after them is a very difficult, risky and unprofitable business. Instead, being a witness for the love of God is simpler, and it is rewarded in this and the coming world.
God Bless You!
I read many of your comments. What a freedom,I said. I believe Ato Tamrat is a free person. He has served his sentence( 12yrs). Above all, I am so amazed so many of you commented on him negatively. What a pity. You gays are free to say what you want to say but I want to remind you don’t deny him his right.
You seem to be irrational and blinded by hate. He said he is saved by Jesus Christ from the tyranny of the devil’s power( be it atheism,communism,idolatry,capitalism,or religion).
Those of you who are demonizing or criticizing him may be if you yourselves search your soul could,should or would find crime or shortcoming in your lives. Sin is sin,I believe whether small or big.It starts with hate and if you hate you are a killer if you find an opportunity,so don’t lie and tell us you are an angel. Who on earth could say except the Lord Jesus Christ,I have never sin or committed crime.
I would rather wish you to grow up and broaden your understanding toward your fellow human beings. Love is the invincible force now and forever but hate,malice and all evil forces are weak and will be defeated forever.
So ,I encourage all of you to open your blind eyes and see beyond your horizon and be the agent of forgiveness,tolerance not revenge and retribution.Because like begot likes.Thus, in order to appreciate the beauty of love and goodness or the other side where you have never been you need to try it or taste it.
May Love reign in Ethiopia and the whole world.
Zecharias Andemariam from Seattle.
What ever everyone says Jesus is not gonna reject Teamrat infact he is gonna welcome him with open arms. You are talking about stolen money he is talking about stolen souls but unless the revalation comes from the above no one can have the wisdome to understand the diference.
At the end of the day every one of us are going to leave this world you are not going to take your nationalism with you nor can you take your ethiopianism with you. Ethiopianism is not going to save you therefore it is time for you guys to invest in your eternal life rather than filling yourself with national pride that does not even last a century.
tebareku
I am impressed the way #174 put it. Quote:
“…Hatred for acknowledging your
sins to God is far more better
than receiving mercy from millions
of biased individuals…”.
If Tamirat is okay for God,
Who can be against him?
Yagere sewoch! Ebakachihu afachinin balastewalinew neger lay enizga. Simetachinin megletachinin bicha animelket. Ye Ato Tamrat Layne neger ketera politika yalefe new. Menfesawi neger alebet. Biyans beEgziabiher yeminamin sewoch “And ken siletenagerinew hulu beEgziabiher fit mels yeminisetibet ken alena” andebetachinin enokotib.Be’ewinet Ato Tamrat nisha gebtew kehone yihunilachew. Anifred! Fird yegna ayidelem yeEgziabiher enji.
Forgiveness
Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you
Mark 11:25
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
Repentance
What does repentance mean? The Greek in the the New Testament has a distinction between various levels of repentance that we should definitely care and be concerned about. There is the repentance where you realize what you did was wrong, but you don’t seem to care that much about it. Then, there is the repentance where you see what you’ve done is wrong, change your heart, and do not do it again. The first falls into the category of “nice, but not good enough;” it’s the second that is required.
Given that we have sinned against God, no matter whether it’s also against someone else or not, we must repent to God, possibly in addition to the person we wronged as well. By the act of Jesus’s dying on the cross, we have a way to do this– we can pray and talk to God directly.
There is also the person(s) we have sinned against. We have hurt them, even if they don’t realize it, and so we should repent to them as well. Going to them and admitting your sin is a good first step. John the Baptist tells us in Matthew 3:8 to produce fruit in keeping with repentance; if we sincerely repent, we will behave differently. Who we are or how important we think we are makes no difference; we have to produce this fruit, as John commands in Luke 3:8. Repentance is a change of attitude and action, not just muttering, “Oh, I screwed up. God forgive me,” and not restoring your harmed brother.
What is restoration? Something that depends on the sin committed, and what God convicts you to do. If you have stolen, giving it back would be a good start. Concerning sin that results in physical damage or loss, the Old Testament demands full restitution plus 20%, something which is a good model to start with. Yes, paying back all that extra hurts, but remember that you hurt the other first, and that the 20% is an added incentive not to sin in the first place.
Repentance, obviously, should be sincere and should be accompanied by actions that reflect a change of heart. It is not a trivial matter. The Bible does give a few examples of repenting to other people. The parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:21) is one example. David repenting to Nathan (II Samuel 12:13-15) is another example. Notice that since David sinned publicly, he paid for it publicly. As stated above, you must repent to God and whomever you have sinned against; sin publicly, you must repent publicly.
Once we have repented, we have the promise of forgiveness. 1 John states it quite well: 9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
Thus, by properly and in a timely manner dealing with our sins, we have the promise of total and permanent repentance. What a great thing.
Now we are going to have protestant cud.
የፖለቲከኞችን የየግል ውስጣቸውን በውን ባናውቀዉም እንኳን ከሌላው ኢትዮጵያዊ የበለጠ አስተሳሰብ፣ ቀጥተኝነትና የህዝብ ፍቅር አላቸው። ማንም ሊረዳቸው አልቻለም እንጅ የታምራተ ላይኔ፣ የመንግሰቱ ሀ/ማሪያምና የ ልደቱ አያለው የመሳሰሉት ሰዎች ለህዝቡ ሲሉ በህዝብ የተገፉ ናቸው። በኋላም የገፋቸውን ህዝብ ማገልገል ልባቸው የሳነውና ተስፋ ሲቆረጡ አገልግሎታቸው ይጠፋባቸዋል። ለዚህም ነው ታምራት ገለልተኛነኝ የሚለው ምክንያቱም እርሱ ለህዝብ ቆሞ እያለ መለስ በተጠቀመው የሚዲያ ሃይልና የአፈሙዝ ሃይል በህዝብ እንዲጠላ ያደረገው፡፤ የመለስ ሳይኮሎጂ ጽኑ የህዝብ አገልጋዮችን ከሚያገለግሉት ህዝብ ጋር በቀላሉ ማናከስና ማለያየት። መንግስቱ ሃይለማሪያምን ኤርትራን አላስወስድም፣ ሃገሬን የባህር በር አላሳጣትም፣ የሃገሬ መኪኖች የርካሽ ነዳጅ ተጠቃሚ ከመሆን የሚያግዳትን ነገር አላሰተናግድም፣ ከዘራፊና እጅ አዙር ቅኝ አገዛዝን ከሚፈልጉ አገሮች ጋር አልተባበርም በማለቱና ህዝቡ ለራሱ መብትና ነጻነት እንዲታገል በማድረጉ በህዝብ ተጠላ። ይህም የመለስ አላማ እውን ይሆን ዘንድ የራሱ የመንግስቱ ሰዎች ራሳቸውን ሸጠው ህዝቡንም ሸጡት መንግስቱ ግን ይዞት የነበረው አቋም ተወስዷልና የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ በሽህ አመት ምልሶ የማያገኘው የባህር በር፣ የነዳጅ ማጣሪያ፣ የኤርትራ ህዝብ ይገኙበታል።
Miskir says says
“Tamrat will teach Dictator Meles this kind of method to escape from facing Ethiopian people not for the sake of salvation from everlasting penalty of God”
Neko respond. Regarding Tamrat salivation and Meles regime.
let me start by saying hello dear Ethiopians, and this particular resopnd may apply to Miskir and some of you who share Miskir’s ideology.I don’t think no one has confusion about God’s judgment. He ,GOD, only judges and forgives people,by they way not you Miskir. you can’t talk on behalf of God becouse he,God, who is the only one knows his judgment and he doesn’t share with people. He forgives and punishes. only God do what ever he think is right, but not us.So lets not interfere on someting that doesn’t cocern us at all. Rgarding our poletical leaders agin you are worgn. didn’t you see it, it is not the person who are needing for change but rather the law that treat and govern every single person equally.There are very bad people and even worst than meles yet they mange to prosper and florish their country becouse they have a good system. what we should do is to confront meles and his deciples about justice and fairness.changing parties doesn’t change Ethiopian development rather it is devastating. Didn’t you learn from past. Haleselase crumbled by Mengistu and so on. so i ask you agin did you see change? Well i leav it up to you to strighten your thinking.you see people like you making meles regime so cruel to the point where it is gross. Now i ask you not to be devisve. If you you and others like you continue talk aout hatrate ,meles and his deciples or other parties will contunually supress our poor people for no good reasons, so please educate your self. Be vigilant every word you write or say. I hope you know what is right unless you are Meles. I don’t care who is on power rather i care the person on power weather he/she implemets good system like America so that our people will exercise teir voting power or any thing in that regard as others developed nation do. Let God open up our mind and eyes to see and speak up the truth.
I am a person with open mind and always interested to know what makes people tic specially about religion. Through the years I have met and have conversation with people from different backgrounds and religion—Christians—Orthodox, Catholics, Evangelical Christians—Baptists, Pentecostals, Seventh-Day Adventists, Johva witness, Muslims, Hindus, Sikh, Jews, Baha’i Faith, and some non believers. And I found out that no matter how religious they might be they are all the same. Just because one person run from one religion to another very seldom it changes their heart. If you meet a used car sales man from different background they are all the same…just looking out for themselves. There are bad and good people in every religion and non believers. In fact, in Rwanda one of the human slaughters was an Evangelical Christian pastor and his son. Instead of creating peace, these father and son team went on in killing spree.
It is obvious this man is a broken and angry man, but a change man…don’t let him fool you. I don’t hear him confessing his sins, giving back all the money he has taken and ask for forgiveness for the crimes he has committed on innocent people.
hey all, reading all your comments, i was thinking that God has never been and will never be as we, human beings thought of Him, He is Elshadai , he can forgive and forget all our sins the minute we confessed!! am glad tamirat is saved and joined God’s family. GOD IS ABLE!!
but, i was also wondering why are you so angry with him? whatever he did, he is just an individual, we all have our portions as sinners, and as a word of God says, there is no distinction among sin!! theft is a sin and murder is too. as ordinary citizens and human beings we all do all bad stuffs and caused so much pain on others, knowingly or otherwise.
God knows what we would have done if we were given a chance to be where he was! we never knew how were would have reacted. let us not be so judgemental.
it is his choice to follow what ever he wanted to! let alone Jesus christ, who is above all! God bless you tamirat! God bless our forsaken country!!
Tazabioo,
I think it is not necessary to go to Rewanda to search example. Why do you forget,what was happened non-Amahara Ethiopian during Hailesilase regime.As you know all haile silase Cabinet was the leaders (priests) of Orthodox church, but they destroyed the property,culture ,language and made many horrific things,they raped women,children infront of their husbands and parents.
But even those opperessed people never preach hate on the Orthodox church, they have tolerance,…god bless them, that is the only way to live together with peace and prosperty.
If you want to see peace and development in Ethiopia forgive eachother, and pray for goverment leaders intead of hate.
God bless Ethiopia and its leaders.!
Anonymous 187 you are unbelievable liar person you do not fear even god when you claim Orthodox priests raped Ethiopians to me you are another Meles he and you are the best liars in our history I think do you remember when he said my name is Abebe on voice of america just to make your protestant religion true should you talk this kind of unbelievable thing I do not believe you are a god fearing person because you have said being sure priests have raped or assisted to rape people. it shocks me how you people are liars just for the sake of convincing your late commer religion should you lie to god and smart people like me and others as well as maybe to your minutest subconscious if you have some left over conscious. Remember what Tamirat did he did the same thing when he was on power by accusing many Amharas’ to be killed now you mister Protestant have done the same thing so you a pente and Tamirat when was a communist TPLF member are the same liars no god fearing conscious in your poor soul. What constitutes lying or do Pentes consider sin to lie, in short the type of your lie is considered as sin I thought you are perfect and the god fearing people according to your deceptive appearance what a wolf in a sheep’s skin. I do not think for Pente sleeping your mother and lying is consider as sin. I am really affraid most of the Ginbot 7 radio program people are Pentes or protestants for that look even they did not say Melekam Timket for the majority Ethiopian Christian followers. I think you people are sick people I know Zenash tried to be a reasonable person even with her deep knoledge she could not help you from your sickness. read the next link he looks like you a sick protestant person taking peoples life in vain. I do not think my view will be posted most of the time he does not do it so if you get it read it and go to hell or the nether world you liar sick pente.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/18/newsid_2540000/2540209.stm
Folks: Some of you seemingly knowing this guy I think that you may be right with regard to your comments to a bigger or lesser degrees.
But I am personally impressed and more than pleased to read the short but out of the box view point fowarded by Adabay who in my humble opinion correctly claimed that the issue may neither be about politics nor about religion alone but can also be the story of a mortal human transformation and struggle for survival.
Thanks a lot Adabay for taking the issue out of the box and indicating the world of all possibilities.
I am not a religious person myself too, but I respect all religions and faith groups in as much as they refrain from causing harm to others but keep to the spiritual welfare and physical well being of their respective followers.
What is the big deal FOLKS if spiritually, physically and psychologically embattled, cornerd weak individuals and groups take to their religion and associate with the all mighty, the omnipotent, omnipresent empowering great GOD, whatever that means and wherever that might be or not be?
Folks, this guy might have experienced exceptional and extreme tragedies which none of us may not be able to imagine even in our life time and beyond. I have never seen him live nor even his picture before this video presentation but this is heart breaking as far as I am concerned.
What kind of government and what kind of brutality is able to completely crush basic human pride and elementary human degnity in such a shocking manner or is it basic and routine method of interactions in the form of exorcism, etc.(driving Satan out of the troubled soul and replacing it with a caring devine?)among some religious communities? Hmm…
Adabay says:
This has nothing to do with poltics guys. It is about human transformation. I am not a member of any any church or or religious institution, but this has led me to think “what could have he exprienced to be so changed tremndously?”. We are so obsessed with poltics and filled with so much hatred tha we can not see life beyond politics.
Correction sorry the current poster 187 because my posting was directed for that mentally sick and liar Haylesilase’s feudal era old Pente pimp Anonymous 188, when I read his posting was 187 then I saw yours so forgive me it was an onest mistake sorry again. By the way this person or poster 188 at least he might be in his 60s age wise nevertheless he talks unbelievable lie what a lose of generation has fallen on our hand I understand now why we are lagging behind everyone and if we take an insult from the rest of the world society we should put the blame on people like him and Meles as well as the new confused Pente Tamirat etc.. They are the one who are holding us behind from progress. They have neither fairness nor truth on their frozen mind. How a self claiming true christian lies this kind of small and unbelievable chip thing. Does he or she believe all of us are idiots like him.
I forgot something I heard from my friend that his Tigrean girl friend told him, according to her Pastor Daniel has even tried Birtukan not to be confrontational with the government it can be against god to be unforgiving and to be extreme I am not sure if she is a Pente cult member or not however I have heard some people saying she is a Pente. I know this person who is a local pastor saying he became a Pente during the red and white terror time in jell after 2 years jelling he said he found Jesus and now he is one our local pastors where I live we have five pente churches however each church does not have more than 15 to 20 members they do not like each other for instance the only Jesus members do not like the other cults nor the others like the only Jesus members. In addition one of the church members attend the church service in one of the pastor’s house and he collects money for church service nevertheless since they are using his house they do not know why the pastor collects and they do not know where the collected money goes.
Folks I do not think we understand the depth of Tamirat’s humiliation and what they did to Tamirat even though many of the Pentes are happy he joined one of their cults nevertheless his situation is beyond him it has to concern all of us because it shows how these evil Tigrean Mafia robbed from his dignity they just cut his manhood what a sad story. To me Tamirat displays a syndrome of abused woman’s symptom by her husband or by another cruel man when someone is abused by another person instead of blaming the abuser they blame themself as Tamirat does in his video repent according to Tamirat his jelling was not another cruel mans action against his birth right rather it was god’s desire in this way to bring him to the truth and to his protestant flock. The Tigrean Mafia brought him back to his childhood time they just raped him after they castrated him in order to subdue people like him. I do not think he knows what he is saying he is still in Qaliti Jell he has no idea what he is doing. This Pente cult members are using him even before he sees the day light. Put yourself for a minute ih his place if you were in his shoe and if some pastor comes and tells you you have been freed after now which is after 12 years long and harsh jell time I am sure you would say anything. There is also a rumor that pastor Daniel who is one of the elders or Shimagiles is trying to free other political prisoners after he converted them to Protestantism and convinced Meles and few other high power Tigreans the new converts will not be a threat to the Tigrean Mafia group after they left jell. I have a friend who is not Tigrean but dates a Tigrean girl whose father is a Protestant Tigrean and works with high powered other Tigrean this Tigrean man whose daughter dates my friend told to my friend her father told her this girl pastor Daniel and some other protestant members have a personal relationship with especially Meles, Bereket and Arikebe Ekubay as well as Siyum Mesifin there is another name also I do not remember his name now it is a Tigrean name my friend told me. Pastor Daniel actually have even tried some Derg members also by the way this girl told to my friend there is a pastor who went to Tedy Afro few times she is not sure what happen. I think that will be the 2009 new version of Meles’s video game.
Tamrat always liked to cry and cheat. Remember when he cried infront of a national TV camera for the lost compatriots in Guna, Gondar. It is all the same game. We all know he is not stupid and won’t wonder, him picking religon as his next easy victim that has a straight entance after a bunkrupted political carrier and low-life criminal background.
Yes,millions of dollars at bank in his daughters name in swizerland that stolen from poor destitute people, he has a reason to cry in ‘joy’ not in greif. Beyond that denying the power of the struggle that carried him to the post of Prime minster is a comical, confused and non-amortaizing empity game.
Religious fanatism serves for those who lost confidence in themselves and primarly in the society. We know Tamrat is ready to kill and steal in the name of Jesus as he did in the name of Prolitariants. Then he denied God and now he denied reason, science and all the values he stood for once.Typical of hipocrat-sociopats. Let him tell that to his religion-crazy funs not to the peole of Ethiopia.
Once a sociopat always sociopat. I don’t mean to shoot the jackal that has already died. This is science not politics. If you dont trust me ask your nearest shrink.I’m dead right.
Prime minster is a comical, confused and non-amortaizing empity game.
Religious fanatism serves for those who lost confidence in themselves and primarly in the society. We know Tamrat is ready to kill and steal in the name of Jesus as he did in the name of Prolitariants. Then he denied God and now he denied reason, science and all the values he stood for once.Typical of hipocrat-sociopats. Let him tell that to his religion-crazy funs not to the peole of Ethiopia.
Once a sociopat always sociopat. I don’t mean to shoot the jackal that has already died. This is science not politics. If you dont trust me ask your nearest shrink.I’m dead right.
Hello Mr. Tamirat,
For sure, what you have done is not for the sake of your soul!!! Being part of the TPLF thugs, you have choosen this stratagy:
(1) to hide your past wrongdeeds;
(2) and anticipating a cheap popularity among the Protestant community.
What I strongly feel that you have contributed so much for the current pitfall of our country. You have to be accountable for that and still look for the return of robbed huge money to the Ethiopian people. Your move doesn’t give you an amnesty from this clam!!!
I am, however, appreciating your wishi-washi talent in forcasting your rejection by the majority(normally, you are NEBSE BELA!) As you well aware, you are unimportant and a rank-and-file person in the current Ethiopia.
You have also said that you came to know Christ just in recent time. Yes, based on what you did in EPDRF, you were pagan. But if your attempt is to demonize Orthodox reliegion, I think, no protestant claims Orthodox doesn’t know Christ as this religion existed before Martin Luther (Germany).
At last, our Protestant brothers and sisters could not applause your move as your enterrance to their communal doesn’t garantee the truthness of their religion. Rather it paints them with black ink.
Please shut up your mouth and be away from the media!! we are sickening by your attempt to come back to public domain!!
Yosef A. (Germany)
Elias you better post my thing if not I will sue in Meles’ court I am not playing, I know for sure he does not like even your eye color.
Anyway I forgot something I heard from my friend that his Tigrean girl friend told him, according to her Pastor Daniel has even tried Birtukan not to be confrontational with the government it can be against god to be unforgiving and to be extreme I am not sure if she is a Pente cult member or not however I have heard some people saying she is a Pente. I know this person who is a local pastor saying he became a Pente during the red and white terror time in jell after 2 years jelling he said he found Jesus and now he is one our local pastors where I live we have five pente churches however each church does not have more than 15 to 20 members they do not like each other for instance the only Jesus members do not like the other cults nor the others like the only Jesus members. In addition one of the church members attend the church service in one of the pastor’s house and he collects money for church service nevertheless since they are using his house they do not know why the pastor collects and they do not know where the collected money goes.
Folks I do not think we understand the depth of Tamirat’s humiliation and what they did to Tamirat even though many of the Pentes are happy he joined one of their cults nevertheless his situation is beyond him it has to concern all of us because it shows how these evil Tigrean Mafia robbed from his dignity they just cut his manhood what a sad story. To me Tamirat displays a syndrome of abused woman’s symptom by her husband or by another cruel man when someone is abused by another person instead of blaming the abuser they blame themself as Tamirat does in his video repent according to Tamirat his jelling was not another cruel mans action against his birth right rather it was god’s desire in this way to bring him to the truth and to his protestant flock. The Tigrean Mafia brought him back to his childhood time they just raped him after they castrated him in order to subdue people like him. I do not think he knows what he is saying he is still in Qaliti Jell he has no idea what he is doing. This Pente cult members are using him even before he sees the day light. Put yourself for a minute ih his place if you were in his shoe and if some pastor comes and tells you you have been freed after now which is after 12 years long and harsh jell time I am sure you would say anything. There is also a rumor that pastor Daniel who is one of the elders or Shimagiles is trying to free other political prisoners after he converted them to Protestantism and convinced Meles and few other high power Tigreans the new converts will not be a threat to the Tigrean Mafia group after they left jell. I have a friend who is not Tigrean but dates a Tigrean girl whose father is a Protestant Tigrean and works with high powered other Tigrean this Tigrean man whose daughter dates my friend told to my friend her father told her this girl pastor Daniel and some other protestant members have a personal relationship with especially Meles, Bereket and Arikebe Ekubay as well as Siyum Mesifin there is another name also I do not remember his name now it is a Tigrean name my friend told me. Pastor Daniel actually have even tried some Derg members also by the way this girl told to my friend there is a pastor who went to Tedy Afro few times she is not sure what happen. I think that will be the 2009 new version of Meles’s video game.
196.,Tazabioo,
you are absolutely out of mind.
please accept your Orthodox church ugily past history.don’t be hectic by spearding hate and false propoganda.
In my previous comment nothing is wrong,I tried to put your church’s true history.
please read again…
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I think it is not necessary to go to Rewanda to search example. Why do you forget,what was happened non-Amahara Ethiopian during Hailesilase regime.As you know all haile silase Cabinet was the leaders (priests) of Orthodox church, but they destroyed the property,culture ,language and made many horrific things,they raped women,children infront of their husbands and parents.
But even those opperessed people never preach hate on the Orthodox church, they have tolerance,…god bless them, that is the only way to live together with peace and prosperty.
If you want to see peace and development in Ethiopia forgive eachother, and pray for goverment leaders intead of hate.
God bless Ethiopia and its leaders.!”
#197,
Please go back and read my comment; I never said I am an Orthodox Christian nor I said I am an Amhara Ethiopian. Your assumption is totally wrong. Try to take your head out of tribalism. I repeat—as far as I am concerned in my experience, people behave the same regardless what religion they belong to. It is true that some might not drink or eat certain things and some might recite the bible verse from Genesis to Revelation better than others, but when it comes to material things and money in everyday life–people act the same way—me, me, me. God Bless You!!
It is wonderful to hear Tamirat Layine’s accepting Christ as his personal savior. That is really wonderful and deserves glorious happness up there in heaven. But he needs justice for the uncountable sins he committed against innocent Oromo with the TPLF. He was responsible for the injailed 30,000 Oromo. He never escapes for the mass mascure of thousands of Oromo within the last decade. Forgiveness does not mean there is no penalty. He has to publicly ask the oromo people and even his Amhara ancestors for the sin he commited against them. While he was on power the Amhara people were suffering and dying. He sold his Amhara ethnic group into the minority TPLF. He is responsible for the death of the late Professor Asrat and many more Amhara elites.
It is wonderful to hear Tamirat Layine’s accepting Christ as his personal savior. That is really wonderful and deserves glorious happness up there in heaven. But he needs justice foe the uncountable sins he committed against innocent Oromo with the TPLF. He was responsible for the injailed 30,000 Oromo. He never escapes for the mass mascure of thousands of Oromo within the last decade. Forgiveness does not mean there is no penalty. He has to publicly ask the oromo people and even his Amhara ancestors for the sin he commited against them. While he was on power the Amhara people were suffering and dying. He sold his Amhara ethnic group into the minority TPLF. He is responsible for the death of the late Professor Asrat and many more Amhara elites.