We need the type of wisdom that Solomon provides in the book of Proverbs, a book that provides general wisdom based on the understanding stated in Proverbs...
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I didn't notice any confirmation of them doing the things they claim to have done. Anyone can claim to do things. People claim to tithe, and have never given...
As I read the passage cited in the question, the blood is to be applied not TO one of the members of the priesthood, but is to be applied BY a priest to an...
6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7 The Lord’s anger burned aga...
2 Samuel 6:5 - 15
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Ephesians 4:30. Second Timothy 2:13. John 3:16-18. Once we believe the gospel we are saved for ever. We can be chastened by the Lord, and even lose our life,...
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I don't know what you mean by calling Baalam a believer. He was a prophet. I think you said it right that he was greedy for gain. But what does calling him...
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Amen, James, and thanks for the encouragement!
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What do you make of 2 Timothy 2:12 "If we deny Him, He also will deny us"? (Reject and abnegate are translations for "deny" as well, according to Strongs)
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We know that God's wrath comes on unbelievers as well, such as Sodom and Gomorrah. 1 Corinthians is referring to someone who built on the foundation of...
A winnowing fork is a device with a wooden handle and curved metal blades (similar to a pitchfork) that is used when harvesting a mixture of grain and chaff...
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The apostle John stated in 1 John 2:19 “They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us;...
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This chapter in Hosea discusses Israel's prophecy about restoration. It s about God's gracious forgiveness. God's love never was withdrawn from the apple of...
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of the pretribulational view of the rapture (pretribulationism)?
11 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ...
Matthew 3:1 - 12
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Luke 1:57-66 - Perhaps the practice of infant baptism originated from the presentation of John the Baptist for circumcision on the eighth day at the temple....
The ‘dead in Christ’ is mentioned in I Thessalonians 4:15-17 concerning the coming of the Lord for His saints which is called the rapture. The phrase ‘dead...
Lk 12:49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" This is ONE PUZZLING SAYING OF JESUS!
Luke 12:46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign ...
Genesis 6:1 - 22
Noah believed God, and it was accounted unto him as righteousness. Romans 4:6. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth righteousness apart from works....
There is someone at my workplace that keeps saying to me, "You are a HARD WORKER!" I am just doing my best, and I know he's just trying to flatter me because...
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Continuing, Therein sits the problem: It's not easy to teach people that sin separates them from God, and in the same breath, teach that Jesus' death and...
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All teachers teach at least one principle of holy living in error. Teachers don't get everything right. Teachers understand something pertaining to christian...
Luke 2:48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiou...
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In John 1:12-13 you state it is not a human decision KJV But as man as RECIEVED Him, to them gave He power to become the children of God, even to them that...
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Unbelievers are in hell forever. Where their worm dieth not. When the rich man went to hell he was in torment. Not burned up. He called to Abraham to send...
The word apostasy means departure. To depart from something means you once had something to depart from. Second Timothy 2:13. If we believe not, (after we...
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We are saved by faith alone apart from works or action. Romans 4:5. The GIFT of God is eternal life. That can not be earned or worked for. It can only be...
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We are saved by faith alone apart from works or action. Romans 4:5. The GIFT of God is eternal life. That can not be earned or worked for. It can only be...
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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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If men are honest, we all struggle with that sin till the day we die. It is part of our old nature that did not get saved. Colossians 2:13. We have been...
In PSALM 61 Harold Wilmington outlines the opening verses for us. David prays for protection and long life and praises God for hearing his prayer. I. LEAD...
I Chronicles 29:29 may indicate all the authors of the books of Samuel. It may be that Samuel wrote until his death, then Gad, and then finally Nathan. All...
The captivity lasted 70 years to correspond to the years the Sabbath years were not observed. Jeremiah 25:11, 12 and Jeremiah 29:10, as well as II Chronicles...
I would agree that a believer should have faith that God will hear and respond to any request in His own manner and time, and that it is therefore not...
As indicated in the passage cited in the question, "putting out a fleece" is asking God for a sign that something will or will not happen. In the case of...
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Hebrews 10:26. God will chasten His children. The wrath of God comes on the SONS of disobedience. Not unbelievers. First Corinthians 5:5. Turn such a one...
The 1,335 days of Daniel 12:12 come after the ‘time of trouble,’ Daniel 12:1, which Jeremiah 30:7 calls ‘the time of Jacob’s trouble. It will be a future...
What is “putting out a fleece”? (Judges 6:36-40)-- 36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised— 37 look, I will place a ...
Judges 6:36 - 40
1 Thessalonians 5:17
We all have free will to turn away even after being born again. I don't believe "once saved, always saved" is biblical. Hebrews 10:26 "For if we sin...
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I disagree. See David's answer.
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I totally agree with your biblical response. Jesus was human too but in total submission and obedience to God. He went about doing God's will.
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I find it difficult to understand that there are people who can construct a coherent sentence, who can't distinguish right actions and thoughts from wrong...
Finding God's guidance is something I wanted and thought this might be a good idea. But it seemed to me that I wouldn't be trusting God that much, and that...
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The stories in the Bible are to be understood; the verses aren't declarations of truth. That's how we read a rule book. Whatever is stated is cut and dry....
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I'm glad I don't see music as evil. I think that's some kind of phobia!! I hope that kind of "awakening" never happens to me. It reminds me of when I was a...
It is not known if Abraham ever lived in a house, but it is very likely that while sojourning in Canaan, he lived only in tents. In the passages about...
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