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I am a true believer, I believe in GOD and I believe in JESUS CHRIST's resurrection, but with all respect, I do not think GOD wanted the people of Canaan to...
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As a Catholic, I practice confession with a priest. I agree that it may not be necessary but it makes me feel closer to God. I also ask God's forgiveness...
I think that Peter's denials arose out of a combination of weakness and fear. Despite Peter's prideful declaration earlier in the evening that, even if he...
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Who are the dead in Christ?
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What is the gift of speaking in tongues?
I think that God assisted Ahab against the Syrians and their king Ben-hadad as a vindication and proof of His own position and authority (irrespective of...
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Another reason for prohibiting adultery is that it makes it difficult or impossible to determine who the natural parents of a child really are, thus...
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I wish to share three verses I find to be helpful in identifying this in my life, especially the final one, where King Solomon makes it clear that "feasting...
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This is so true. There are a lot of things we miss when we read the bible, and after our eyes of our heart and mind are open we can see. Even the part about,...
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The second half of Romans 8:1 cannot be a condition placed on the first half, which bottom-lines what unconditional love is all about: no condemnation. It is...
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Hi Tony, Pro-choice is a political point of view, nothing more, nothing less. No political point of view makes one a believer in the Lord Jesus as Savior or...
Since "the World" and "the Church" are mutually exclusive, by specifying that the Holy Spirit would convict the world of sin, Jesus was also saying that the...
In Revelation 20 it tells the thousand year reign of Christ. The word here in Latin is Millennium for one thousand years. It is mentioned six times in this...
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In Ex 24:1,9-11, seventy elders went up Mount Sinai, saw God, and did eat and drink. Also, the Sanhedrin, the supreme council for Mosaic Law, (traditionally...
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Ladies and gentlemen. Gen. 2: 9 says God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden and in 2: 17 he warns them of the consequence for eating...
I'm blessed to say 'I was never under any law of God, tithing or otherwise.' I'm a gentile. The law was PUT on the progenitors of Judaism, the Jews. They...
There were twelve forefathers of Israel. Those persons who went with Joseph into Egypt were seventy (Gen 46:27). It is a direct remembrance by God that He...
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I agree with all that has been said here. I will add a caution that is very appropriate in questions of this kind. Political points of view that are...
I may be echoing many, however, any new Christian should begin with the Gospel of John, then the Acts of the Apostles, then, Romans, Chapters 1-8. The Gospel...
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I would submit that the chapter one account is introductory to the events of creation and chapter two is the more explicit detail of the process and timing...
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Who are the "other sheep"?
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Why are all Christians hypocrites? Are all Christians hypocrites?
Although the Levites were not given land by lot, as the other tribes were, they were allocated 48 cities throughout Israel to reside in with their...
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Well said Tim. They weren't left defenseless to the desires of the enemy. They had a shield: faith in what God had said to them. We have the same shield....
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Along with Rev 22:4 mentioned above, there is also Matt 5:8, which says the pure in heart will see God.
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Circumcision was the sign of the old covenant - Genesis 17:10-14. Everyone who was a partaker in the old covenant was to be circumcised. However, God also...
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Job 30:30 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. Song of Solomon 1:5-6 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the...
Begin with the premise that the Genesis creation account is literal and not allegory. Genesis tells us God created an order of things. He created Adam, then...
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What is the meaning of the Incarnation of Christ?
I'm not sure that I share the same view of the passage (Deuteronomy 21:10-14) as indicated in the question. The reference is to a female prisoner taken...
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Why is Biblical Creationism so important?
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I get your point ma'am.. But let me clarify the part I said God is not after blood and that it is not compulsory for Cain to offer an animal as a sacrifice...
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This seems the best answer, though other comments here were also very good. I thought I'd merely add a cultural context; a second paragraph if you will, to...
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Lux, I have been through a lot in my life including sexual abuse as a child and chronic pain/disability as an adult. Never once did I think I would rather...
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Hi Colin, thank you for sharing your story and I would like to preface my comment by saying that I have no intention of being antagonistic. You are not...
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My ladies' Bible study is studying the book, "Becoming a Woman of Excellence" by Cynthia Heald. In it she states pretty much exactly what Tim Mass said in...
In my opinion, Christ, in addressing the daughters of Jerusalem, wasn’t limiting his words to one generation - rather to all future generations of Jewish...
These words were spoken by Jesus in Luke 23:28-31 to women who were following Him and weeping for Him as He was being led to His crucifixion. He told them...
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What was Herod's temple / the third temple?
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Why is 'You shall not commit adultery' in the Ten Commandments?
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This answer was excellent Michael! I somehow have never even stopped to ponder what this verse meant. I always just read over it as if it were just some...
This response will be more philosophical than some but I believe it to be biblically coherent. Anger is an emotional response to a circumstance or set of...
I'm glad you asked. We see in Deuteronomy 6:5 (Joseph Benson Commentary) we must love him, (the Lord thy God) 1st, with a sincere love, not in words and in...
The word prophecy here is נָבָא - read as naba'. This is to prophesy under influence of divine spirit. Before Jesus came, the Holy Spirit did not dwell in...
The verse that always comes first to my mind with regard to excellence is Paul's concluding exhortation in his epistle to the Philippians (Philippians 4:8):...
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