Top Questions See All
  1. What is "pure spiritual milk"? (1 Peter 2:2)
  2. Why should I want to live in the holy city, Jerusalem (Revelation 21:10)?
  3. How do we know if we are chasing "fantasies" (Proverbs 28:19)?
  4. Is/Was Jesus "holy"? Does the Bible ever say this?


Explore Topics
  1. This Weeks Hot Topics
Comment by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

What statutes and ordinances did God give His people that were not good?

Comment:
No human being can ever fulfill God's laws. The law was given to show us how full of wrongdoing we are. The law proves how much we need God. It proves how...

October 29 2021

Answer by Laszlo Tiberius , A sinner saved by grace

Is Psalm 17:15 talking about resurrection or some divine visitation/mystical encounter?

In my opinion, David says that the reward for those who look to God is not only in this life but an eternal one. He is looking forward to the future blessing...

October 29 2021 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Are “wickedness” and “disobedience” the same or are they different?

They are the same thing. Romans 5:19 For as by one mans disobedience, Adam, many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one Jesus, many shall be made...

October 29 2021 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Why did God have the cherubim guard just the east side of Eden?

Comment:
C McConnell, the reason is told in the narrative of the story. Here it is: God said, "Behold the man has become like one of Us, knowing God and evil; and...

October 29 2021

Award for Sam Shupe

Feed Silver Teacher award!

Criterion: Write an answer that receives 5 votes.

See Answer:
What does it mean that God will rejoice over us with singing?

October 29 2021

Answer by Janet Austin , Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author

Is Psalm 17:15 talking about resurrection or some divine visitation/mystical encounter?

I believe that the writer of Psalm 17:15 is simply saying that God is his strength and his peace, the One he trusts and feels safe with. If you read chapter...

October 29 2021 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Janet Austin , Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author

If David regretted cutting Saul's robe, why flaunt it (1 Samuel 24:11)?

Stating that one did good does not indicate flaunting. (It could at times, but I don’t believe it does in this case.) In verse 8, David addresses Saul, “My...

October 29 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Are “wickedness” and “disobedience” the same or are they different?

In his epistle, James indicated that a person who keeps God's Law perfectly, but stumbles (which I would equate with "disobeys") in just one point, is as...

October 28 2021 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

If David regretted cutting Saul's robe, why flaunt it (1 Samuel 24:11)?

I would not characterize David's showing to Saul the piece of Saul's robe that David had cut off as flaunting, but rather as an act of confession and...

October 28 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

How were people saved before the giving of the law?

Comment:
Many people can't settle their minds on having a day-to-day relationship with the Lord, in the here and now, for worrying about their life after death. They...

October 28 2021

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

How were people saved before the giving of the law?

Comment:
Questions like this are asked because there is a belief that the wages of sin is a torture chamber for eternity. So the concerned person wonders about all...

October 28 2021

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

What statutes and ordinances did God give His people that were not good?

God’s laws are perfect and holy. (Psalms 19:7) “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the...

October 28 2021 2 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What should I be looking for in a wife?

Comment:
Since my wife and I just celebrated our 62nd wedding anniversary I have experience. We dated all through high school and were married as soon as she...

October 28 2021

Comment by Sandra LaBelle

When will true Christians be taken to heaven after they die, at once, or not until the second coming?

Comment:
I'm curious as to why the Bible states that "The dead in Christ will rise first and then the living will meet Jesus in the sky. To me it's VERY CLEAR that...

October 28 2021

Comment by David Thomson

Does a Christian rest until the rapture or is he in heaven at the time of his death?

Comment:
It wasn't a point of view just another way of looking at it. Either way we will all find out one day.

October 28 2021

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What statutes and ordinances did God give His people that were not good?

Comment:
Galatians 2:21 I do not void the grace of God, for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. To keep the law is to make Christ of no...

October 28 2021

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How were people saved before the giving of the law?

Comment:
Amen. Romans 4:2 If Abraham were justified by works, He would have something to glory in, but not before God. Abraham was justified by faith before God, and...

October 28 2021

Award for Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Feed Silver Teacher award!

Criterion: Write an answer that receives 5 votes.

See Answer:
Why was Moses punished so harshly? (Numbers 20:12)

October 28 2021

Award for Aurel Gheorghe

Feed Silver Teacher award!

Criterion: Write an answer that receives 5 votes.

See Answer:
Why was Moses punished so harshly? (Numbers 20:12)

October 28 2021

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

Is Psalm 17:15 talking about resurrection or some divine visitation/mystical encounter?

15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I d awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

Psalms 17:1 - 15

October 28 2021 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

Award for S. Michael Houdmann , Got Questions Ministries
Supporter

Feed Silver Apostle award!

Criterion: Write an answer that receives 5 favorites.

See Answer:
What are the Ten Commandments?

October 27 2021

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Why does Jesus pray for the saved and not the world when God loves everyone?

Comment:
Mr Jacob, the bible says God HARDENS the hearts of whom He wills? Andrea Spirit quoted it exactly as the bible states it. So no, the hard hearted don't...

October 27 2021

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

If David regretted cutting Saul's robe, why flaunt it (1 Samuel 24:11)?

1 Samuel 24:11 11See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothin...

October 27 2021 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Why does Jesus pray for the saved and not the world when God loves everyone?

Comment:
Mr Johnson has explained this better than I ever could, and believe me, I've tried. Revelation 17 talks about the people whose names were not written in the...

October 27 2021

Answer by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

What statutes and ordinances did God give His people that were not good?

In this chapter God defends His righteousness. Remember we are made in His image and we have choices to make. Psalm 7:9: "For the righteous of God tests the...

October 27 2021 2 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Pamela Wells

What is the meaning behind the story of the floating axe head?

These men were working together to build a new house for their ministry. I believe the fact that the tool this one young prophet was using was borrowed from...

October 27 2021 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What does it mean that love never fails?

Love never fails because Jesus never fails. John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, that WHOSOEVER, believeth in...

October 27 2021 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Billy P Eldred

Why does Jesus say to pray in secret?

In my opinion, Jesus was addressing those who pray more to others who might be listening than to God. He was saying that those prayers would not be answered,...

October 27 2021 Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What statutes and ordinances did God give His people that were not good?

Galatians 4;21 Tell me that ye desire to be under the Law, Do ye not hear the law? The law put us in bondage. Grace is freedom from the old law of sin and...

October 27 2021 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How does "the blessing of the Lord make rich"? (Proverbs 10:22)

"The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it." (Proverbs 10:22, NIV).

Proverbs 10:1 - 32

October 26 2021 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Award for Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Feed Silver Evangelist award!

Criterion: 5 person read an answer or article shared from eBible.

See Question:
If God is against homosexuality, why are some people born gay?

October 26 2021

Question by Melissa Warren

What statutes and ordinances did God give His people that were not good?

I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; Ezekiel 20:25 NASB1995

2 Votes October 26 2021 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why were infants dashed to pieces?

Comment:
All children are saved until they come to the age of accountability. Jesus said, let the little children come unto me for such is the kingdom of heaven. John...

October 26 2021

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

When will the peace of Nahum 1:15 come?

Comment:
The good news is that we are delivered from the penalty of sin which is death. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal...

October 26 2021

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

What did Jesus mean in Matthew 6:1 when He said, “Take need that ye do not your aims before men, to be seen of them; other wise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.”?

I would first note that Jesus was saying, "Take heed...", rather than, "Take need...". (As the ESV expresses it in the question, "Beware of...".) Also, the...

October 25 2021 Follow Vote Up

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

What did Zacchaeus do to show that he was sorry for the way he had cheated people?

“…if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!” This is a first-class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses...

October 25 2021 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Peggy Johnson , Local Busness Owner-Retired

Why does Jesus say to pray in secret?

6 When you pray enter the closet, & when you have shut the door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; & thy Father which was in secret shall reward...

1 Vote October 25 2021 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Peggy Johnson , Local Busness Owner-Retired

What did Jesus mean in Matthew 6:1 when He said, “Take need that ye do not your aims before men, to be seen of them; other wise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.”?

1Take need that ye do not your aims before men, to be seen of them; other wise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 6:1

October 25 2021 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Is it ever not a sin to masturbate?

Comment:
You would think if it was a sin to masturbate it would be named as such in the bible. It is not. Does masturbation lead to death? No. Romans 6:23 For the...

October 25 2021

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

Who is God?

God is completely trustworthy. God has unlimited abilities, so He can do anything. He is all-powerful, ever-present, all-knowing and sovereign. Nothing is...

October 25 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Derry Tseng

Why are so many young people falling away from the faith?

Comment:
I think Michael Houdmann is spot on. In fact, that is what I see playing out as a leader in campus ministry at university campuses in the Pacific Northwest....

October 25 2021

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

How many children did Adam have?

Genesis 4:17 says that Cain married a woman after slaying his brother Abel. And so we know he probably married [one of] his sister[s]. Now we know that Adam...

October 25 2021 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

Why doesn't the Book of Enoch appear in the Old Testament?

The Book of Enoch (actually there are 2 books) is part of the Apocrypha. The Apocrypha consists of 14 books in the Septuagint. Eleven of the books are in the...

October 25 2021 Follow Vote Up

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

Why is Adam always blamed for the sin when Eve ate first? (1 Corinthians 15:21–22)

Eve ate [the fruit] first. This has led many people throughout history and even in our modern times to believe that she was the person responsible for...

October 25 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What can we learn from the prayer of Abraham’s servant in Genesis 24:11-21?

Comment:
Yes, Shirley, I was a bit confusing, I must admit. My question has to do with at least one important thing, Genesis 24:15, 45. Before he was done praying,...

October 25 2021

Award for S. Michael Houdmann , Got Questions Ministries
Supporter

Feed Gold Teacher award!

Criterion: Write an answer that receives 25 votes.

See Answer:
Do angels have free will?

October 24 2021

Answer by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

What can we learn from the prayer of Abraham’s servant in Genesis 24:11-21?

Jack, I am a little confused about your verse, and your question. But, here goes: This chapter in Genesis is all about the providence of God. Abraham's...

October 24 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Award for S. Michael Houdmann , Got Questions Ministries
Supporter

Feed Silver Teacher award!

Criterion: Write an answer that receives 5 votes.

See Answer:
When will the peace of Nahum 1:15 come?

October 24 2021