As revealed by the Word of God, 'death' is being cut off from a relationship with one's father. Col 2:13; 2 Tim 1:10; Eph 2:1; Ro 6: …9For we know that since...
As I understand the customs of the time, when a married man died without having had children, his unmarried brother was obligated to marry his widow and have...
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What is the meaning of life?
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Why does the devil want people to sin? What does he "gain" from this?
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Hi Ken, 'Faith' is not the gift of God in Eph 2:8-9. That actually is an impossible interpretation to get from the Greek, despite its popularity in certain...
In the 2,000 years since Christ’s ministry of healing, there have always been times when God has healed people with great frequency. We commonly refer to...
8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.” 9 But On...
Genesis 38:8 - 10
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I've read this verse many times. I believe the root of it is what is consistent with all of scripture. God wants to be first in our lives. In fact, His...
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John, My point was that Jesus did not come to sacrifice Himself for us to eliminate hate. He came to save us from that emotion. But as long as we live in a...
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Jennifer you wrote "Under Covenant theology, the Holy Spirit is also given to the elect to make them 'willing and able' to believe. However, this is directly...
I'm glad you asked. In answer to you question, we don't know, but we do know he was born in Bethlehem, lying in a manger, and came into the world, to save...
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I have no real biblical answer for that, but it sounds to me like a) you saw one set of repetitive numbers, which primed you to see others, and b) you enjoy...
I would find it difficult to respond in any detail without knowing more about the context in which the numbers are seen. If the numbers can be selected or...
My understanding is that this period of time (called "Shiva" from the Hebrew word for "seven") is the second stage (of five) associated with the mourning of...
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All of your references to "hate" are Old Testament. Jesus never said to "hate" - only love. He got angry, but He didn't hate.
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By saying God loves, so, conversely, God hates, is really limiting Jesus Christ (God) and we cannot second guess God. God is love. Where does the Bible say...
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Cindy, never is the word hate used when associated with Jesus. He got angry in the temple and He told it as it was. Never did He hate, and that was...
Why did Joseph stop at the threshing floor of Atad to burn sacrifice for seven days?
Genesis 50:10
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By calling for his response based on faith. Otherwise God does not listen to you so the Bible says. You ask and God will answer to your surprise. That is the...
The worship God our Father desires happens 24/7 and engages all our mind, will, emotions and body. Everything we think, say and do should bring honour and...
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As far as Lot offering up his virgin daughters... First I believe Lot knew these two visiting men were different somehow, and possibly from all he knew of...
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Also, remember Matthew is believed to be written primarily to a Jewish audience. In Matthew 8:5-12 we can relate the parable to Our Lords Words in Matthew...
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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Great Banquet?
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No, that's not why Jesus died. He died to save us, all who would believe, from our sin, which includes hating. But we live in a fallen world and the hating,...
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John, God is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
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Gary, the gift of God is salvation (Romans 6:23) saying "yes" to that is not a work, but a belief/acceptance or faith that that is true.God achieved access...
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John 5:24 also tells us that after having heard the word and believing it, you pass from being dead to life. Hearing the word can be a conviction from the...
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What does God mean by a broken and contrite heart?
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What is Pascal's Wager?
We don't have to get into numerology to understand this repeated statement in Amos. Amos is delivering an indictment from God against the (now divided)...
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Do Christians have the authority to command angels?
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Could it be that 1 Cor. 14 is about liturgy. Paul seems to understand the activities of the assembly and to condone them. He charges them to do everything in...
Often we ask - why people are not being healed today like back then during Christ and Apostles’ time. I have wondered that myself a few times and was tempted...
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Thank you! I appreciate that, and I've corrected it. (The Bible that I was reading from had Judges at the top of the page, since the page that had those...
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I get your gist, but your references, Judges 1:6 and Judges 1:8-9, I think would be Ruth 1:6 and Ruth 1:8-9, would they not?
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Well put and correct
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If we did what the bible says, there would be no divorce. It says, wives respect and obey your husbands, and husbands love your wives as Christ loves the...
Although we will not know for sure on this side of eternity...I believe that the Epistle to the Hebrews was written by an associate of Paul (but not Paul...
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I would say that, even though Naomi followed the God of Israel (as indicated by Ruth 1:6), she wanted (out of genuine love and concern for her...
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I do find it interesting that the Hebrew literally reads ‘Sea of Reeds’, yet we can interpret that away into something different. The text is either inspired...
Jesus was true God, but He was also true man, and it was to His human side that Satan was appealing. Symbolically, Satan was tempting Jesus to use His power...
Jesus himself confirmed that Old Testament miracles are to be taken literally. One of these miracles is very hard for many people to believe and take...
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Please note that “Jesus Christ” is not a lexical definition of logos
15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”
Ruth 1:15
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