The Bible says that God loves the world (Joh 3:16). He's our example (1 Peter 2:21). So why shouldn't we love the world? 15 Do not love the world or a...
1 John 2:15 - 17
We are not responsible for thoughts that enter our mind. But, we are accountable for how we entertain them. This is one of the reasons Paul instructs us to...
John MacArthur Study Bible says: Water and blood Constitute external, objective witness to who Jesus is. They refer to Jesus' baptism (water), and death...
A question arises. Did Jesus' death on the cross result in the forgiveness of all sins, past, present and future? What religion teaches is Christ's failure...
The Bible talks about Christians being handed over to Satan. 1 Cor. 5:5. Hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may...
The pope isn't mentioned in it, nor is the Jesuit order from where the black pope comes from. That is a Catholic thing. It isn't biblical.
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In no case in the Roman Catholic Church are saints to be worshipped on any level. Many Catholics pray through saints as an intercessor, especially to...
If you look in a concordance or bible search engine you will find free will in the bible but it is only ever used in conjunction with offerings. When the...
Think of an airport. You have a lot of action going on in a relatively small area. So, some planes need to wait on other plains as they land and take off....
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@Don Whitley Gift of the Holy Spirit are still active to this day because God still hasn't finished building his Church. Also, when you say that Paul could...
Our time is not the same as it was for David. So, as he said "he would go to be with his lost child" that child would have been temporarily atoned for by the...
I believe that 1 John 5:18 talks about God's protection against the devil's abuses in those situations when we resist his temptations. When Satan tempted...
We should “Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.” Does this justify illegal attempts to “rescue” babies ...
Proverbs 24:11
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As the son of 2 alcoholic parents, I now point to a lovely song that can help us all avoid this vice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_FDC9fon18
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In my opinion, what you are experiencing is not necessarily a sin. Remembering past sin could come from two sources: 1. The Holy Spirit is bringing this to...
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Very interesting! Thanks!
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Amen Brother Tim ...self-control...
Angels: Saw Jesus as God prior to His incarnation, since it was through Him that the angels were created (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16) Announced the coming of...
I would say that, despite the very real presence of Satan and his demonic forces in this fallen world, nothing can happen to Christians outside of the...
Some suggestions (taken from the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 2020 worship service readings for the four Sundays in Advent): Old Testament:: Jeremiah...
What is the test of loving one another (John 13:34-35)? The answer to this is if we really crave Obedience to God! 1 John 5:2 Weymouth New Testament "The...
God’s giving of Saul’s wives to David meant that David actually took care of and protected those who normally would have been disposed of. There is never any...
I would say that God did not intend or command polygamy, but allowed it (as He did with divorce) as a concession to the hardness of the human heart (Matthew...
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Can the deceased leave signs to let you know they are okay?
NATHAN REBUKES DAVID 7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and ...
2 Samuel 12:8
See too Matthew 2:13, 19-20 for additional passages but I am sure there must be more.
Matthew 1:19 - 20
I once heard a sermon decades ago, I think, at Scottsdale Bible Church (AZ), about Elijah’s gibe directed at the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18:27. 1 Kings...
Indeed, even Jesus admitted to Peter, "Satan has requested you, that he may filter you as wheat" (Luke 22:31). Notwithstanding, John demands here that "he wh...
1 John 5:18
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Good answers Arun Kumar. You are correct.
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Tim, thank you for the link to the LCMS website. I have gone to that sight and can report that my original assumption concerning the LCMS was correct. Only...
When the thoughts flash, they greatly weigh me down spiritually and physically, making me doubt if I'm truly saved.
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Believing is repentance. We go from trusting in what we do to save us, to what He did to save us. Metanoia, a change of mind. Law/works to grace. John 5:24
Mordecai was the one in particular who wouldn't bow down to Haman. Why? The vast majority accept circumstances for what they are. They would prefer not to...
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In the interest of wanting to avoid saying anything that would not be in complete conformance with current LCMS teaching or doctrine, I would refer you to...
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Republican Maryland governor: "You have no constitutional right to walk around without a mask." Such declarative statements are a line of defense by those...
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Tim, is it a fact that the LCMS forbids non LCMS persons to partake of Holy Communion? I remember going to a wedding where communion was served and only...
According to scripture, John 14:6 - No one comes to the Father except through me. That's pretty plain. An elderly person has had the chance to believe in the...
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In my opinion, any seeming contradiction between the verses cited in the question can be addressed by considering the type of "load" of which each is...
Gal 6:5 for each one should carry their own load.(H) Galatians 6:5 : ver 2; Jer 31:30 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill th...
Galatians 6:5
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An excellent image and text that goes along with your reference to riches, Michael, in Mt 13 is https://dailyverses.net/2020/11/27/kjv
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A good witness, Tim.
The gift of the Holy Spirit to which Peter was referring would not be the "gifts" of the Holy Spirit enumerated by Paul in 1 Corinthians 12 (that is, the...
In my opinion, John is speaking of spiritual or eternal death, and the sin to which he is referring is thus an individual's final and unalterable rejection...
God will never tire of forgiving our sins if we continue to seek forgiveness of them for Jesus' sake (just as Jesus instructed us to forgive each other an...
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