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God instituted circumcision for His chosen people. I think it must be okay or He wouldn't have given it to Abraham and all who are in the Abrahamic covenant....
EL ROI ĕl rō’ ī (אֵל רֳאִי; MT is defectively pointed ’ēl ro'ī). The name used for God in Genesis 16:13 by Hagar whose protection she experienced when...
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Emo, I like your answer. I especially liked your reference to the brevity of life, as I pass the "threescore years and ten." Psalm 90:10 King James Version:...
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Quote: “The ‘once saved, always saved’ doctrine is a false doctrine and very deceiving." John 6:37: "However, those whom the Father has given me will come to...
The paralytic was hopeless because each time someone else got in before him. (John 5:7) He just couldn't get to the water fast enough when the water was...
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Good point, John, especially about the reliability of the Scriptures!
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How many god(s) does a Biblical Christian believe to exist?
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What should we learn from the golden calf incident in Exodus 32?
Great question, Alaina Cormier! Why should we be surprised that God would give His people victory by the use of such unlikely weapons? After all, God has...
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In a survey conducted by the Barna Research Group in 1992, nearly 1/3 of all born-again Christians stated that all good people will go to heaven, whether...
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It isn't said anywhere in the narrative that Jesus only healed that one person. That's an assumption based on the idea that if it isn't written that He...
The passage about the healing at the pool of Bethesda, John 5:1-17 provides a couple of many lessons. One is that John 5:1 mentions a feast, but it is not...
Apostasy infers untruthful beliefs. When I first came to Christ 44 years ago I was green in some of my early beliefs such as salvation through works, beliefs...
I Samuel 28:7-25 describes Saul visiting the witch of Endor. Because God was no longer speaking to Saul by “dreams or by Urim or by the prophets,” 28:6, Saul...
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"God does not chose people to be saved. He chooses those who have believed on Him for the free gift of eternal life." So if I understand you correctly, what...
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We will all be held responsible for our actions. I believe that we are to try to see each person as God's child and to try not to grieve the Holy Spirit. Our...
I humbly submit: Why willingly choose to be without JOY for even a moment? A powerful mass formation psychosis of late has imposed the fears of this world,...
Great question, Wanda Jenkins! It is symbolic, in my view. Eating and drinking are metaphors for faith (see John 6:35). Wiersbe says that "drinking...
“Free” (adj.): not under the control or in the power of another. Everyone on earth is under the control of, or in the power of another, either Satan or God....
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Both the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit are one in the same. Ephesians 1:13-14 In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your...
Jesus said, “If you have seen me you have seen the Father. I and the Father are one.”
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First John 2:2 For He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is...
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If you think language can be intimidating, then you must realize how intimidating it is for a young man to be a victim of a "hate crime" for jogging on a...
1 Samuel 2:22-24 - Eli was very old. He knew about his sons' behavior. They were wicked. Eli said to them that many people were talking. Eli scolded them,...
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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Since the gift of God is eternal life, and you...
Hagar is desperate. God heard her! In verse 16:11, God reveals to her that she shall have a son, he will be a wild boy. (verse 16:12) Sarai's scheme will...
Great question! ECCLESIASTES 5:1 says in the AMPC, “Keep your foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob to sacred Bethel] to the...
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Long ago, when we were twinkles in God's eyes, He knew how we would be. So the council pre-designed a way for each of us to ultimately be with Him for...
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What does it mean to "give the sacrifice of fools"?
1. The Bible imparts faith because, if we believe it, we will do what it says (Romans 10:17). "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of...
Luke 1:5 - 25
John 8:51: Jesus declared "Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death." AMEN, even so, come quickly Lord Jesus!
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Will more people go to heaven or to hell?
John 15:16
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Christian perfection is His imputed righteousness to our account. Romans 4:6 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth righteousness apart from works....
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Why discipleship cannot save. We have to be born again to go to heaven. Ephesians 1:13-14 In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the...
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Salvation is a free gift from God that cannot be earned. Discipleship is for rewards in heaven. Act 16:31. The thief on the cross. Faith alone apart from...
Regarding 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Dr. James A. Borror, former founding pastor of Scottsdale Bible Church, which I attended when I lived in Arizona for 18...
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Salvation is a free GIFT from God by faith alone apart from any works or actions. Romans 4:5 Faith alone. Romans 3:26-28. Faith alone. John 6:47 Faith alone....
Genesis 16:13 13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “1You are 2a God who sees”; for she said, “aHave I even 3remained alive here afte...
Genesis 16:1 - 16
This text informs us that Eli’s sons “made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.” However, in the previous chapter, Eli rebuked his sons for their e...
1 Samuel 3:1 - 21
Jesus declared to the Jews, “You have neither heard His [God’s] voice at any time, nor seen His form.” Yet the voice of God was heard many times in the OT (c...
John 5:30 - 47
Many writers have been proposed as authors of Hebrews, but without success, and Paul has not been eliminated from being the author as considered in the first...
Genesis 6:4 speaks of ‘giants’ or ‘Nephilim.’ A common understanding is that they are the offspring of the ‘sons of God’ and the ‘daughters of men,’ Genesis...
The phrase ‘the sons of God’ (Hebrew ‘bene ha Elohim’) in Genesis 6:2 has three basic interpretations: DESCENDANTS OF SETH. The Sethite view according to...
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