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God does not "dictate everything that comes to pass." "Because they have forsaken Me and...have burned sacrifices in it to other gods...and because they have...
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Adam and Eve did not "lose free will." Rather, they gained the knowledge of Good and Evil, and with that knowledge came temptation. It's like Paul explains:...
Samson, who was definitely a flawed man, but who was still included in the list of the heroes of faith mentioned in the epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews...
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Is it wrong to want to die?
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Is it wrong to want to die?
Gibeah and Ramah were cities in the land allotment of the Israelite tribe of Benjamin, in the southern region of the land of Israel (the portion that became...
Hosea 5:8 New International Version (NIV) 8 “Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, the horn in Ramah. Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[a]; lead on, Benja...
Hosea 5:8
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Excellent point about our free will being lost because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve.
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Thank you Lena for your thorough response. Much appreciated! I should have specified what I classified as being inappropriate. My issue with this friend is...
One way of understanding the lukewarm - not hot or cold - message of Laodicea is to understand the geographical context of the letter. John, when writing...
In my opinion, the primary task and focus of the preaching ministry is (or should be) spreading the gospel message, and bringing people to faith in Christ,...
God cannot accommodate the abiding existence of sin or evil in His presence. I am reminded of the expulsion of Satan from heaven (Luke 10:18), as well as of...
I believe that this was a fulfillment of the prophetic word spoken in Zechariah 13:7: "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my...
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Knowing the Good Shepherd as I do, He is concerned about all of His sheep, and I am certain that He made provision for the protection of the ninety nine. I...
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Emo, I am resubmitting my earlier comment to you. "I like your order and your application. But what did you mean by your statement, "(Luke 8, 44 Mark...
5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them. 6 When they go wit...
Hosea 5:6
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Kevin, you say “We today do not have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit” which is contrary to what the New Testament teaches. A born again Christian is a one...
Daniel 8:9 "And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant...
I have been on The Sea of G which isn't really a sea. It is a freshwater lake no deeper than between 80 to 160 feet. But it's beautiful! The huge variety and...
Having just been chastened to wander the wilderness for 40 years after their faithless refusal to attack and conquer the promised land (Numbers 14), the...
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So what becomes of God's sovereignty? This puts man in charge with God simply responding to man. If when we are unsaved, we are "dead in trespasses and sins"...
I would say that Paul was referring to the doctrine (or teaching) with regard to both the content of the Old Testament that Timothy would have received...
I have never been a shepherd, but I would say that the priorities of the shepherd in the parable would have been based on the relative safety to each sheep...
3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country an...
Luke 15:3 - 7
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You couldn't be clearer in you answer. Thank you.
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What if a husband refuses to have a counseling session?
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Jack: Not sure of your comment, but what I was trying to do with the word limits involved was establish the unknown woman's (Luke 8:43) twelve year timeline...
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Also Mr Tucker, Jesus could have said to the thief upon hearing the thief's request to be "remembered" by Jesus when Jesus ascended to His kingdom, 'your...
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Mr Tucker, You just gave the best testimony that baptism is just a ritual. If the thief was baptized BEFORE he confessed his sin on the cross, then it was...
No, I believe the Bible teaches that you can only go to Heaven if you trust Jesus as your only Savior. You have to be saved by grace through faith based on...
In my humble opinion that would depend on your personal relationship, if any to the afore mentioned god. And whether there is any meaning to that...
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I am interested in this study. I start by asking, "did Jesus Christ collect tithe to fund his ministry?" No biblical record that he collected. But he had a...
16Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. New International Version
1 Timothy 4:16
Ezekiel 16:49 says " Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister, Sodom,...neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy" (KJV). Sodom’s great...
When we consider man's free will and God's sovereignty, we must first remember that man's free will died in the garden of Eden. Adam and Eve, before they...
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How can I recognize the guidance of the Holy Spirit?
I am certain no one will understand "all" doctrines correctly. However, there are doctrines that are essential and there are doctrines that are unessential....
Ideally, public figures (even more than private citizens) would serve as models of commendable or moral individual behavior, especially with respect to...
I believe it used to be the case that the consequences of the fathers' sins were visited on the children. But in the New Covenant, according to Jeremiah...
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Daniel, Mr Houdmann did more than "made some good points." He explained the way it works out in the life of a man. The harder one tries to "stop cussin"...
I like Brother Maas's cross-reference at the end of his answer. (A later verse in Proverbs (Proverbs 26:15) employs the same type of hyperbole by describing...
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What does the Bible say about Christian liberty?
Bible describe sin as breaking of the Ten Commandments: “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.” (1 John 3:4). I’m not aware of any...
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What is the significance of Elisha retrieving the iron axhead from the waters?
The healing of a woman with a flow of blood is found in three of the gospels (Matt 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48), a miracle sandwiched between two...
I would say that (as indicated by Peter in Acts 10:34 and also Paul in Romans 2:11) it means that God is not influenced by any of the external or surface...
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In my opinion, God is speaking in Jeremiah 2:9 from the standpoint of His omniscience of future events, and of what He will do in response to those events,...
Because the Bible deals with the most important subject imaginable (the attainment of eternal life), it is essential both that its teachings be correctly...
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