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If it wasn't the regularly scheduled census, but a special event called for some other reason, it isn't like God could be caught off guard and not know it...
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I believe it was the regularly scheduled time to count the people. If they counted the people every 5 years, then I think it was time to count the people....
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Good word, Em T! Keep believing God Nanette! You're working out your salvation (status). That means you're practicing your "rights" as a believer. You have a...
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"Love your enemies" is the bedrock of our creed. We need to fully embrace this idea, as it is the groundwork of our theology. When we were enemies of God we...
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So your interpretation is that we are told to love SOME of our enemies? I didn't see the word "some" or "certain" of our enemies. I'm not sure He meant it...
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Also, Jose, in your last paragraph about asceticism, did you mean "abstain" instead of "obtain from sexual intercourse"?
The Greek has, “It is good for a man not to touch a woman,” a euphemism for sexual relations. This idiom occurs ten times in Greek literature, and all of the...
Good question, Lisa! What does scripture teach about how a husband should respect his wife? Paul writing to the church at Colossae (Colossians 3:19 ESV...
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How can I find comfort when an unsaved loved one has died?
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Great comment Michael. The only addition I would add is that to love God with heart,soul and mind and our neighbours as ourselves. To me this is the prime...
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Am I correct in saying that Ben and James are saying the same thing?
In my opinion, I believe that we are being encouraged to use the gifts of the Spirit to edify the members of the body of Christ. Specifically, in this...
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Colossians 2:13 He has forgiven us all trespasses. First Corinthians 15:1-4 The gospel. That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, that He...
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Very uplifting and helpful. Love the story you included. Helped with my issue a little also. Reminds me I just got to have faith and believe and KEEP...
The identity of those taken in Matthew 24:40-41 is debatable. The context, Matthew 24-25, is the sermon Jesus gave, which is called “The Olivet Discourse.”...
Paul made the comment cited in the question in the context of the granting of gifts by the Holy Spirit, with particular reference to the gift of speaking in...
This is a very pertinent question! The easy answer is to "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved." You don't have to go through The...
The ark contained (among other things) the stone tablets on which God Himself had written the Ten Commandments. Because of its sacred nature, and by God's...
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Second Timothy 2:13. If we believe not, (after we have once believed,) He abideth faithful, He can not deny Himself. Ephesians 1:13-14. John 3:18. Romans...
By one count and exposition, there were thirteen separate men named Obadiah (a name meaning "servant of the LORD") mentioned in the Old Testament. The...
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I love that: concubines. I love that imitation, makes sense, A guy asked me to be his girlfriend. He just wanted me to be there and give him sex, but when it...
Blood is mentioned in the Bible not less than 400 times. Vampire legends may have originated with the nephilum. Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33. Genesis 9:4...
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Great question, Riza! I was fascinated by this when I first read it. God is on our side! With Him on our side like this, how can we fail? With God on our...
10 The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God. ... 13 He did not ta...
1 Chronicles 13:1 - 14
16 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathit...
1 Chronicles 9:1 - 44
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Romans 3:23 For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Not some, but ALL. Jesus died to pay our sin debt to God so we would not have to go to...
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John 3:16-18. First Timothy 2:4. It is Gods will that everyone be saved. First Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish,...
The common sight of one sowing the seed in a field is the basis for Jesus’ parable of the sower, Matthew 13:3-9. It is most helpful that Jesus further...
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If Jesus died for the sins of the whole world according to your interpretation of 1 John 2:2 then everyone in the whole world is saved and everyone goes to...
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Jesus was just proving we are all sinners. Romans 3:23. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. ALL, not some, but all. Jesus was telling...
As recounted in Matthew 14, Herod Antipas (the tetrarch of Galilee) put John the Baptist in prison for saying that the marriage of Herod and Herod's wife...
What did Jesus mean when He instructed us to love our enemies? Matthew 5:44 There’s NO WAY! In my flesh, that is, in my own strength, can I love my enemies....
John 16:23–28 contains a promise made by Jesus for us to believe. The central theme of this paragraph is prayer: “Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy...
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You're so right, Ben! I never thought of it that way. Good way to put it.
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First Corinthians 1:18 KJV. But unto us who are saved. Not being saved. We are saved and have eternal life now. First John 5:13. John 3:18. Romans 6:23 The...
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Thank you Mr. Runge for your response. I have been working hard to understand many of the books of the bible, not just Revelation. I see in Rev. 19:20, 21...
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When Jesus comes for the church, the body of Christ, He comes in the clouds and we go to meet Him in the air. At the end of the 7 year tribulation period, He...
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Colossians 2:14. Jesus nailed the law to His cross and took it out of the way. Where there is no law, sin can not be imputed. Law/works and grace cannot...
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Faith is what we believe. Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. First John 2:2. But only those who believe it of their own free will are saved. Romans...
When the first three Gospels-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-are compared, it is unmistakable that the accounts are very similar to one another in content and...
The “synoptic (see together) problem” supposes that since Matthew, Mark, and Luke are more alike than the “autoptic (see by itself)” gospel of John, that one...
2 Samuel 7:56: "Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the Lord, would you build a house for me to dwell in? For I have not dwelt in a house since the time...
To say that a born again Christian can lose his or her salvation means that Satan is more powerful than is Jesus Christ! You are saying Satan can un-save a...
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First John 3:23 And this is His commandment, that we should believe on the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as He gave us commandment....
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