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Hi Tim Maas, Thanks for your response. I really appreciate it. What you wrote seems to be a good explanation of Romans 2:13. Thanks.
Dear Anonymous, in context with this particular passage of scripture. Balak, who was the king of Moab wanted Balaam to curse the children of Israel. But he...
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What did Jesus mean in John 14:18 when he said, "I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you"?
God's core nature and eternal purposes are unchanging. However, His case-by-case specific actions can be responsive to temporal human choices and...
The two assurances that give me the most comfort or the greatest ability to deal with life's problems are the words of Jesus in John 16:33 and Matthew 28:20,...
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In Romans 3:28, Romans 5:1, Galatians 2:16, and Galatians 3:24, Paul made clear that salvation HAD to be made possible through faith in Christ (who fulfilled...
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Hi Tim Maas, I appreciate your response. I agree with what you wrote. My question is, is Romans 2:13 contradicting what the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans...
Justification WOULD have been possible through the Law IF it had been possible to keep the Law perfectly. But humanity's universal inherent sinfulness (which...
"God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent. Hath he said and shall he not do it? Hath he spoken and shall he not ma...
Jeremiah 9:24: "But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understand and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and...
The Apostle Paul seems to be contradicting himself in Romans 2:13, which he seems to say that one is justified by keeping the Law, because in other passages ...
Dear Anonymous, I would like to say that based on God's nature and character, it is impossible for Him to deceive anyone. As I read Jeremiah 20:7-9, I...
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Hi Bruce Lyon, You quoted John 1:3 as “"All things were made through it [the word]," not "through him." You stated “If all things were made through "the...
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Can God sin? If God cannot sin, is He truly omnipotent?
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As was pointed out by Jesus Himself when He said, "Your faith has healed you."
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If Jesus was God, why did He say 'No one is good but God alone'?
I am glad to answer this question as it may very well come up with our weekly small group Bible study this week. (We're going through Jeremiah right now!) In...
The Bible contains multiple instances (such as in Job 21, Psalm 73, and Ecclesiastes 8) of different individuals speaking from a human perspective concerning...
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From biblehub.com: "The Hebrew word for "deceived" can also mean "enticed" or "persuaded," indicating Jeremiah's feeling that God led him into a prophetic...
In Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah says, “You deceived me, O Lord, and I was deceived.” Does this mean God actually deceived him, or is there a deeper meaning that f...
Jeremiah 12:1, Job 12:6, and Psalm 73:7 observe that the wicked seem to prosper. Yet Proverbs 13:21 and Psalm 34:21 teach that evil overtakes the wicked. How...
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What is the book of Micah?
Revelation 3:16: So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Lord Jesus has revealed unto us that we need...
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In the first verse of the Bible, God tells us that He created heaven and earth. Period. In one sentence, He created matter and formed this matter into the...
Joshua 4:20: And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gil’-gal. As the Lord spoke unto Joshua, from each tribe, men were...
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Singapore, I especially liked one of your definitions of faith: "Stimulus of the Christian faith (Heb 11:32-12:2)," # 14. Also, I like where "the Bible...
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Like pliable clay in a potter’s hands, we are most useful when we remain soft and responsive to God’s touch. If we resist His shaping, we hinder His work in...
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What is faith?
God’s joy is rooted deeply in who He is and what He loves; His steadfast love, justice, and righteousness (Jeremiah 9:24). He delights in His own works;...
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Conversations with those we love is how relationships are built.
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Evelyn, Michael, I remember when I was a child back in the 1960's that a traveling evangelist would come to a small community and preach fire and damnation...
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Imagine a child learning to ride a bike for the first time. At first, the child is wobbly, uncertain, unsure where to go. But the parent walks alongside,...
Marvelous question, Melissa! When Paul talks about the “sons of God” in Romans 8:19, he’s talking about people like me who are “led by the Spirit of God”...
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Why did Jesus speak so strongly against lukewarm faith?
The first "other thing" that comes to my mind is obedience to His commands, which is what leads to righteousness.
23 Thus says the Lord: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but...
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Uduak, I appreciate your insight; yes, the Laodicean church was made up of believers who had become lukewarm, with the appearance of being only nominal...
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I concur with the view advanced by Michael. Melchizedek was merely a type of Christ. Nothing in Scripture suggests that he was the preincarnate Christ.
I'm a hymn guy myself so I am going to draw in a hymn when answering this question. When Hebrews 13:12 says Jesus sanctified the people “through His own...
Many believe the Old Testament saints are resurrected at the end of the Tribulation, citing Ezekiel 37:12-14 and Daniel 12:1-2. However, Ezekiel deals with...
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What kind of pit was David in? (Psalm 40:2)
I agree with everything that S. Michael Houdmann wrote regarding the Hebrew Roots movement. The HRM is not following the teaching of the NT. Nowhere in the...
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John, I believe you are using the world's standards, and as I said in my post, yes atheists can be good moral people by the world's standards. No one can be...
1 Corinthians 6:19: What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? As the...
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Tim is this your answer, or from an AI?
Hearing the gospel and the Bible being read allows the Holy Spirit to do the regenerative work necessary for the restoration of the severed relationship...
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Why weren't the men that were with Saul (Paul) blinded?
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2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (ESV) “...and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.” 2 Corinthians 5:5 (ESV) “He who...
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