If you are going through this choose your son. He needs you more than a grown man who doesn't respect him. Anywhere you will find a man, but you won't find...
There are few things we can be reminded of here. God blessed many people in scripture with wealth and material things. His desire is to bless us and it’s not...
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Hi Agnes, if we're not forgiven for our future sins, wouldn't we still be under the law? And wouldn't we still be in bondage to sin? I think, as Danny said,...
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Dear Karen, Heaven doesn't come to earth during the 1000 year reign, not until after final judgement and the devil, the beast, the false prophet, death,...
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It was so wonderful the way Joseph behaved with his brothers. More than any one Joseph himself was happy to them and hear about his family. Looks like harsh...
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Thanks Jack and Tim for your clear answers. Basically then I can see that conscience can be contaminated by sin unless it is subservient to the Holy Spirit...
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I think you're right. He didn't ask Jesus for anything. He didn't seem to need anything like many of the others in scripture who came to Jesus for healing....
Both of my parents and my older brother and my older sister all died without ever acknowledging Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior as far as I know. I...
Good question, Hairy Animals. I have hobbies such as Scripture Memorization, ebible.com asking and answering questions, biking, guitar and piano playing and...
Jephthah, a judge in Israel, made a vow to God, Judges 11:30-31. It seems clear that Jephthah had to honor a rash vow and that he had his daughter burnt on...
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Did David use his sinfulness from birth as an excuse for his later sins? (Psalm 51:5)
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What does the Bible say about stress?
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Why is the sinlessness of Jesus so important?
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Why does God allow birth defects?
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Why does God refer to Himself in the plural in Genesis 1:26 and 3:22?
Good question, Ainsley! The problem of putting too much importance on the conscience is this: It must be purged (Heb. 9:14, cleansed) because it can be evil...
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Is the movie "The Passion of the Christ" Biblically accurate?
This will be the shortest answer I have ever given. Two reasons: One, Satan demands that we prove ourselves holy by keeping the Old Testament law. God gave...
As described by Paul in Romans 2, conscience is an attribute given by God to all humans (even to those without knowledge of His word as found in the Bible)...
The account of the walls of Jericho falling down tells a lot about God’s working. Jericho was the first target for destruction when Israel entered into their...
The Catholic Church seems to put great importance on the matter of conscience.
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In OT stories we see the Holy Spirit "come upon" such characters a s David and Samuel. But the common factor in those days was that the HS would also leave...
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Thank you, Rev. Warde, for not sidestepping this verse as so many do. It certainly requires some isogogical analysis that is conspicuously absent in the vast...
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I'm very glad that i came across this comment. I thought maybe I was the only person who saw this as a warning to the church age. So many facets to this...
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The four living creatures were probably vehicles or robots. The beings described in Ezekiel 1 and 10 have wheels. Probably the people of the Amazonian tribes...
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Amen. Romans 6:23 For the penalty of sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. We all commit adultery according to...
God is a spiritual Being, but the cited verse is applying anthropomorphic (human-like) attributes to Him (since, as the Bible notes, He created humans in His...
Psalm 136:12 "with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever;"
Psalms 136:1 - 26
When asked this question, I usually refer this person to the last half of Hebrews 13:4, "4 Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy...
Good question, Kyle Gillette! The “prince” (Ezekiel 34:24) will not be King David, resurrected and enthroned, but the Lord Jesus Christ whom Israel will...
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What does it mean that Jesus is God's only begotten son?
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James, I am not advocating an intercessor for prayers. I am merely pointing out that some people ask others to pray for them, which is totally acceptable. I...
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It is the pattern that is significant. In Matthew "called my son out of Egypt" was the pattern that was fulfilled. That is, the Hosea passage was about...
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An apostate is one who has departed from the faith. That means that at one time they had the faith or they could not have departed from it. Second Timothy...
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From Wikipedia, we find that Righteous indignation is typically a reactive emotion of anger over perceived mistreatment, insult, or malice of another. It is...
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I would invite examination of the translations and discussion of 2 Samuel 12:31 at https://biblehub.com/2_samuel/12-31.htm with regard to the...
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Oh, OK, Tim, now I see what you meant by your statement. But I don't think David sawed the Ammonites in two, or drove over them with chariots, or made them...
In the OT lots were cast to discover God's will (see Lev. 16:6-8; Joshua 18:8). Because God taught Moses to use this method, He would control the outcome....
In some of the Bibles, John 3:16, says God “gave His only begotten Son.” Others have “one and only Son,” “only Son,” and “unique Son.” The Greek clarifies...
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We are in a dispensation of grace. Romans 11:6. Romans 4:5-8. Romans 3:26-28. Romans 6:23 For the penalty for sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal...
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For John Matthews. There is only one mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ the righteous. The saints in heaven have no power to offer. They cannot...
I would much rather encourage the saints than declare war on the apostates. But when the enemy is in the field, the watchmen dare not go to sleep. The...
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Many of the translations of 2 Samuel 12:31 describe David's treatment of the Ammonites as consigning them to forced labor with implements such as saws, axes,...
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Comprehensive, Tim, but could you explain a little bit more about "Also, in multiple passages in the prophecy of Amos, God condemned other nations for...
Yep, 40 years later, i.e. in A.D. 66, the Jews revolted vs. Rome. After 3 years the uprising was squelched by Titus, the son of the Roman emperor. QSB In AD...
I would say that it could have been because the outcome of the casting of lots for such a sacred purpose was not viewed as an event of pure chance, but as...
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