I would say that when Jesus told Mary that He had not yet ascended to the Father, He was making reference to the ascension of His body (in glorified form)...
I believe it was Perez, too, because he came out of the womb first, entirely, and I base my answer on Numbers 26:20.
Although Zerah's hand emerged from the womb first, my understanding is that Perez would have been considered the firstborn because he was the first to emerge...
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I totally concur, praise him.
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Amen Shirley! The word of God is holy food for a hungry soul, but it's regurgitated by anyone who hasn't been prepared to receive it. Human wisdom (secular...
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Amen. Galatians 2:21 Romans 11:6. The law could not save sinners. Only Jesus one blood sacrifice for all sin could save us sinners. Romans 3:23 Romans...
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We are saved by faith alone. Not by making him Lord of our lives. Lordship salvation is works salvation. That is a counterfeit gospel that man can save...
17 Jesus saith unto her, "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your ...
John 20:17
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How does one handle conflict in a marriage (or any relationship for that matter)?
27 When the time came for her to deliver, she discovered she was carrying twins. 28 While she was in labor, one of them put out a hand; and the midwife tied ...
Genesis 38:1 - 30
I like to outline what I learn about Jehovah thusly: 1. Thy presence to search us Ps. 17:2 "Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes...
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Why did God give us four Gospels?
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You're right Aurele.
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I agree with you, Aurele.
The whole context of Matthew 5:48 is love, loving our enemies (Mt 5:43-48)--In regard to love (Mt 5:43-48) 1. The basic concept (Mt 5:43): The law says,...
The story of Jesus is the greatest story ever told. How God sent His own son down from heaven who lived a perfect sinless life, went to the cross to die for...
When I was pregnant, I became extremely interested in sex. It happened in two out of my three pregnancies. It was then that I indulged in watching pornograph...
Exodus 34:7
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I think it’s important to note that in verse luke 22:52 when Jesus rebukes his diciple for striking, it was noted he struck a servant, i.e. not someone who...
John 15:13 King James says "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." I’m not familiar with any scenarios in reality...
I have to challenge the Roman Catholic Catechism’s legalistic adherence to the Ten Commandments. They were never given to anyone but the Nation of Israel,...
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Why does it seem that Jesus teaches that you have to be perfect to be saved (Matthew 5:48)?
If you are a believer, then at the moment you became a believer the the Holy Spirit took up residence in your body. Jesus told his disciples, after the...
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I should have gone into greater detail about what I meant. In many verses in Psalms, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes there are very explicit descriptions of how...
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Being perfect is not about being good enough for heaven. We can't be good enough for God or heaven. God is perfect. What does that mean? WHAT is perfect?...
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I would suggest that curiosity could lead to Faith. A questioning spirit is one that might lead to knowledge. Finding knowledge in worldly things, could...
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This "opinion" says there's another way other than Jesus to get into a relationship with God the Father. "Your deeds and works of your hands," for instance....
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Who is the Holy Spirit?
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How are predestination and election connected with foreknowledge?
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Nicely written, Chet. But one statement you made I think needs explanation: "Nonbelievers don't care about the doing good works for their works are always...
To be short: Sin is so repugnant to God that the only way we can stand before Him is to be perfect. Seems like an impossible task! So how to resolve the...
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COVID-19 is not a pestilence sent by God. This is not God's world. Jesus said it plainly. John 18:36 Any evil in this world is of man's doing and not by...
Strictly speaking, none of us (as universally sinful humans) "deserve" any good thing from a holy God. That being said, God does not allow anything to happen...
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How can we rely on the power of God?
As indicated in Matthew 25:31-46, in Jesus' description of the Last Judgment at the close of the age, He will tell the "goats" on His left hand, "Depart from...
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Tony, I hope you are not suggesting that the witnesses mentioned in Hebrews 12:1 are spirits of the dead haunting the living. I believe these witnesses are...
By my verse-by-verse reading of the cited psalm, I found the following qualities that were explicitly or implicitly ascribed to God by the psalmist: -- Just...
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Can loved ones in heaven look down on you?
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Can loved ones in heaven look down on you?
Regarding infants, following the death of Bathsheba’s child, David said “... I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me” 2 Sam 12:23. This passage...
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I have to agree with you.
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Each man must choose what action to pursue. Jesus spoke truth to his disciples and then invited them to partake of the tokens of his body-bread and wine....
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I think that since God created everything, He could destroy anything He wants to. Where does the Bible declare Satan to be immortal?
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Paul said, absent from the body, present with the Lord. Our soul/spirit goes straight to heaven. There is no such thing as soul sleep. Our soul/spirit never...
Hebrews states that we as Christians are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses who cheer us on. Therefore they are watching us and know whether we perform...
Seems to me that unbelievers don’t like God, nor His presence, and if God weren’t in Hell punishing them, they’d be doing wickedness down there, instead of w...
2 Thessalonians 1:9
People are often unable to see the wrong (or even evil) in things that they have done because of the "natural" (but sinful) incliination of humans (in their...
Although love is commonly viewed in an emotional context, it is, at its foundation, an act of the will. We should ask ourselves, "How would I behave toward...
We do have to be perfect. Jesus said, unless our righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, we can not enter the kingdom of...
The Mark of the Beast will be unavailable to people who refuse to participate in worship of the Beast. (Rev13:15). So you won’t be allowed to get the mark if...
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