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  1. What happened to the gentiles before Jesus came?
  2. How can believers be poor and rich at the same time? Revelation 2:9
  3. What is the meaning of the flying scroll in Zechariah 5, and how is it connected to God's judgment on thieves and liars?
  4. What did Paul mean by "dogs" in Philippians 3:2?
  5. How are believers supposed to 'learn Christ,' according to Ephesians 4:20?
  6. Why did the Lord favor Abel’s offering more than Cain’s?
  7. What can we learn from Paul's shipwreck on Melita (KJV) or Malta? Acts 27-28
  8. Why was God tired of sacrifices? Isaiah 1:11-14
  9. How much did soldiers get paid? 2 Chronicles 25:6
  10. Who is speaking in Malachi 3?


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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What does it mean, "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." (Revelation 20:14 KJV)

I interpret the Bible as portraying a temporary abode (Hades) where the spirits of the unrighteous or unredeemed dead will continue to exist after temporal...

January 25 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Gary Wainwright , Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Father, Civil Engineer

How does God's sovereignty work together with free will?

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James, you say “God does not give us the faith to believe” yet the Bible says “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ” (Romans...

January 25 2020

Comment by Dorothy Mathieson

Is silent prayer biblical?

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Yes, God answers silent prayer. When my son was only 3 years of age, we were walking along a road, where cars were parked. I decided we needed to cross this...

January 25 2020

Comment by Sarah Bruns

Is it bad for Christians to watch the Dragon Ball Z series?

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Please read the Dao of Dragon Ball Z and watch the upcoming "3rd Adam" video on a missionary named Spencer Smith's YouTube channel. Dragon Ball Z is not...

January 25 2020

Answer by THEODORE FREITAS

Who are the "least of these" in the Bible?

The "least of these" also refers to those that are your enemies or those that hate you. Matthew 5:44-46, 44" But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for...

January 25 2020 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why are Christians so strongly against premarital sex?

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Your sin has long been forgotten and paid for. He remembers our sin no more. Since your husband committed adultery you are free to marry. But, like my...

January 25 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why are Christians so strongly against premarital sex?

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The reference is to Deuteronomy 22:28-29. I left out paying the fifty shekels of silver to the father of the damsel. I also reference Matthew 7 Unjust...

January 25 2020

Comment by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

How can I know that Scripture is of itself sufficient for faith and for life?

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That would still be my opinion, since it seemed to me that the answer to the question could be found in the guidance or content of the verses that were cited...

January 25 2020

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Is there more than one heaven?

January 25 2020

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Does it matter when and where we pray?

Although Jesus spoke of praying privately in passages such as Matthew 6:5-6, it was not because of God being any more or less accessible to Christians based...

January 25 2020 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Is pork not good to eat for Christians?

As indicated in passages such as Matthew 15:1-20, Mark 7:1-23, and Acts 10:9-16, former distinctions made in the Old Testament Law between ceremonially...

January 25 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Donna Williams

Why weren't Adam and Eve created at the same time?

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I agree, and would like to say that everything that was created was already in the heart and mind of God. I also believe that God was also showing us as...

January 25 2020

Answer by Chris Eleam , Chris Eleam

What did Jude mean when he said to "keep yourselves in the love of God?" (Jude 21)

We find the answer to that question in Jesus’ own words, spoken on the final night of his life here on earth. He said: “If you observe my commandments, you...

January 25 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What should we learn from the life of Samson?

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This is one of the places in the old testament that shows that the Holy Spirit could leave a man. In the new testament under grace the Holy Spirit never...

January 25 2020

Question by Pilar Lugtu

Is pork not good to eat for Christians?

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Does it matter when and where we pray?

1 Kings 8:29-30 King James Version (KJV) 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My n...

1 Kings 8:29 - 30

January 25 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

How can I know that Scripture is of itself sufficient for faith and for life?

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Tim, do you remember that similar question I asked that you said the references cited were self-explanatory?

January 25 2020

Comment by Shawn Galloway

Can a person be saved and not inherit the kingdom of God?

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Excellent explaination!!!

January 24 2020

Comment by don SAGE

Should a Christian woman wear a bikini?

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Depends whether it's out of ignorance to be wearing one or to tempt a man to lust I suppose. In the end of things it would be up to Him. My girls were told...

January 24 2020

Answer by Donna Williams

Why wasn't Cain's punishment death?

In my opinion the story of Cain is a depiction of the grace and mercy of God. We all as sinners deserved the death penalty, but God did not reward us...

January 24 2020 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by michelle perry , am a lowly servant and believer of Jesus Christ

What is a believer expected to do after s/he realises that s/he has grieved the Holy Spirit?

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Thank you so much Simeon and Tim for your answers to this question. I too had grieved the Holy Spirit but realized it and also realized I wasn't living in...

January 24 2020

Answer by Matthew Beerman

Who am I supposed to choose when put in a situation between my own child or my husband, who is not my son's biological father?

This is a difficult situation to be sure. As a retired police officer I had to deal with many situations like this and I feel for parents who have to walk...

January 24 2020 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is God's Word?

God’s Word is right and truth: Ps 33:4; Jn 17:17. It is perfect/pure/tamim (Hebrew): 2Sa 22:31 ppp Ps 18:30; Pr 30:5 It is failproof: 1Ki 8:56; III Kings...

January 24 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Sandra Hardin

Who is Larry D. Harper, and is his 'Voice of Elijah' newsletter Biblical?

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I am wondering the same thing

January 24 2020

Answer by osaze james

What does it mean to take the Lord's name in vain?

I will simply put it: taking the name of the Lord in vain is having a form of godliness and denying the power, boldly confessing him with lips and having a...

January 24 2020 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Is it possible to be Christian and pro-choice at the same time?

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Questions like this one do a great service for believers by exposing some of the reasons why the church is so segregated. This question actually asks the...

January 24 2020

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What does the Bible say about modern day secular music?

January 24 2020

Comment by Brandi Sanchez

What does the Bible say about modern day secular music?

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Very well said very true

January 24 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How does God's sovereignty work together with free will?

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I know most of what I wrote is not what you believe, but I can tell you that there are a lot of people in hell who believed they were chosen by God but never...

January 24 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How can I overcome the fear of death? How can I stop being scared of dying?

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There are cases where God does take us before our time. First Corinthians 5:5 Turn such a one over to Satan to kill the flesh, so that his spirit may be...

January 24 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How does God's sovereignty work together with free will?

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God made the way of salvation before the foundation of the world. And faith is not a work. It is faith without works. Free to all who believe. Romans 4:5 But...

January 23 2020

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Who are the morning stars who sang together mentioned in Job 38:7?

In my opinion, both references in the verse (that is, to the morning stars, as well as to the sons of God) pertain to spiritual or angelic beings...

January 23 2020 Follow Vote Up

Comment by Billy P Eldred

Who was the first Jew?

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I would agree since the question was who was the first Jew. That removes the question of how the and in what tie the word Jew was used in the question as...

January 23 2020

Comment by Bob Johnson , Layperson. Self Educated Theologically - see full bio

How does God's sovereignty work together with free will?

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Mr. Kraft. You said Total Depravity is not true or no one would believe and be saved. That's true, Unless God can save them. But God can do all things (luke...

January 23 2020

Comment by lynn Sander

Is it possible to be Christian and pro-choice at the same time?

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Mr. Hickman, Yes abortion has become a political issue. I don't think christians should fall into that trap on any issue; they should be in the world...

January 23 2020

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What did Jude mean when he said to "keep yourselves in the love of God?" (Jude 21)

Here we have obedience spoken of. “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love” (John 15:10). “But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the...

January 23 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Are we free from our sins by the death or resurrection of Jesus, or both?

January 23 2020

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What did Jude mean when he said to "keep yourselves in the love of God?" (Jude 21)

I would say that, in telling his readers to "keep yourselves in the love of God", Jude was referring to their doing so by carrying out the practices that he...

January 23 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What does it mean to guard the Word of God?

In my opinion, the thought that Paul was expressing here was a caution to Timothy (and, by implication, to any Christian) against allowing the word of God as...

January 23 2020 Follow Vote Up

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Is there activity of demonic spirits in the world today?

January 23 2020

Answer by Gene Deloach

How can I know what God's plan is?

God has one plan for each and every one of us. We could title His plan as the three S’s to being complete in His Son Jesus Christ. SAVED in Christ SEPARATED...

January 23 2020 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Will God forgive me of sins I commit after I become a believer?

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Acts 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord. how He said. John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized by the Holy Spirit. Ephesians...

January 23 2020

Answer by Meluleki Maphosa , Amateur Bible Student

Why should I talk about my faith in the workplace?

My opinon is that there should be less talking and more doing good in the work place. Most of us Christians try to use the work place for evangelism...

January 23 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Daniel Nicholson

What are the names of the 12 kinds of fruits on the tree of life?

I believe that the Tree of Life represents ALL Life itself, 12 fruit represent the 12 tribes of man, and the leaves represent those certain people who absorb...

January 23 2020 2 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Gary Pattillo

Did the author of Genesis ever intend the 7-day creation story to be taken literally?

I've discussed this with my pastor at length, and although this isn't one of those things that will cause you to be saved or not, it's still an interesting...

January 23 2020 15 More Answers Follow Vote Up