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    Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

    Why schedule so many fasts? (Zechariah 8:19)

    My understanding is that these fasts were not occasions that God had commanded, but that had been instituted by the Jews themselves as a sign of sorrow over...

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    Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

    Why didn’t the disciples have enough faith? (Matthew 17:20)

    20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from he...

    Matthew 17:20

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    Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

    When Esther was standing in the presence of her enemy, how can we apply this section to our life applications today?

    From her character we learn to seek divine guidance in times of difficulty (Esther 4:15-17).

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    Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

    Why schedule so many fasts? (Zechariah 8:19)

    19 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals f...

    Zechariah 8:19

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    Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

    What did JESUS mean in Matthew when he told his disciples to avoid Gentiles?

    It was to and through the nation of Israel (as descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) that God sent the Messiah. Even though Jesus came to redeem all...

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    Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

    Were the 9 lepers who did not return to give thanks to God no longer healed? Luke 17:19

    In my opinion, the healing of the nine lepers who did not immediately return to give thanks to Jesus would not have been revoked. By my reading of the...

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    Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

    Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)

    St. Matthew as well as St. Mark record the veil being torn from top to bottom, an odd direction. Beginning above and descending shows it was done by God. Man...

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    What did JESUS mean in Matthew when he told his disciples to avoid Gentiles?

    Matthew 10:5

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    Question by Dr Jonathan Kwaghtsulesega

    Were the 9 lepers who did not return to give thanks to God no longer healed? Luke 17:19

    Luke 17:19

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    What is the difference between the Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit?

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    Answer by Thorium Rolling

    Why did Lamech say he should be avenged seventy-seven times to his wives?

    I have researched this further because nothing was adding up. So one day after reading the Apocryphal books I found a detail about Lamech killing someone by...

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    What is Christian reconciliation? Why do we need to be reconciled with God?

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    What does it mean to be transformed by the renewing of the mind?

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    Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

    What is the purpose and message of psalm 121?

    Although (to my knowledge) Psalm 121 was not prophetic of any specific future event, nor cited or alluded to by any of the writers of the New Testament, the...

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    What does it mean that it is by grace we have been saved, through faith, and that this is not of ourselves but is the gift of God?

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    Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

    Was it God who introduced money into the world?

    As I see it, the use of money arose from the need to have a medium of exchange that could represent the value of specific items, without requiring use of the...

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    Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

    Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)

    If the wording of the question is asking specifically about why the tear in the veil of the temple started at the top of the veil and ran vertically all the...

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    Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

    Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)

    Context: 50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from to...

    Matthew 27:51

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