How long did satan live on earth before he tempted Adam and Eve?
How long did satan live on earth before he tempted Adam and Eve?
Genesis 1:1 - 31
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Is it ok to knowingly sin, knowing that God will forgive me?
I want to do something that is a sin. If I ask forgiveness for my sin every time I do this sin, will I be forgiven?
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John Matthews
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How should a Christian view the split in the United Methodist Church?
After having been a United Methodist for 30+ years, and as an employee of Methodist churches, I feel somewhat qualified in answering this question. Here is a...
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John Appelt
What was the meaning and importance of the transfiguration?
Matthew 17:1-9, Mark 9:2-10, and Luke 9:28-36 all tell of the Mount of Transfiguration event. Jesus was miraculously changed into a glorious and shining...
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How can God know me personally if He sees Jesus when He looks at me?
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How can God know me personally if He sees Jesus when He looks at me?
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Tim Maas
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Is this the only sin David committed? (1 Kings 15:5)
One available commentary on this verse (viewable at https://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_kings/15-5.htm) justifies the omission of David's other recorded sins...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Who is Abihu?
You have asked an interesting question, Daniel Douthitt! Abihu is "the second son of Aaron, who was destroyed with his brother Nadab for offering strange, or...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why was Saul's action in killing the Gibeonites so serious for Israel?
Great question, Lorraine! Jeiel, Saul’s great-grandfather, was the progenitor of the Gibeonites (1 Chron. 8:29-33; 9:35-39), so Saul slaughtered his own...
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Anonymous
Is this the only sin David committed? (1 Kings 15:5)
According to this verse, David was without sin except on one occasion—the sin involving Bathsheba! It claims David “had not turned aside from anything that H...
1 Kings 15:1 - 8
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John Appelt
Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (16:7–12)
II Chronicles 16:7-12 sounds like Asa was a bad king but his whole record must be examined. I Kings 15:11 gives God’s assessment of Asa’s reign. All the...
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Starla McCarty
What does it mean, “Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children”?
Paul now attacks the Judaisers by using a form of argument that they themselves liked to use. He returns to the story of Abraham to show that law-keeping is...
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Mark Vestal
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If I convert to Christianity, my family will disown me, and I will be persecuted. Should I follow Jesus?
The dilemma for the writer of this question would not be that of becoming a Christian, as faith in Christ is something you don’t have to tell or prove to...
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Does Satan attack our thoughts?
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Is egg or embryo donation Biblical?
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What will we be doing in heaven?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How can I know for sure that I will go to Heaven when I die?
St. Paul said in the Bible, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did Jesus mean when He said to 'not cast your pearls before swine'?
Matthew 7:6: Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls in front of pigs. These images characterize God’s kingdom—and Jesus’ teaching about it—as...
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How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?
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How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?
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Tim Maas
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Why did Joab kill Amasa? (2 Samuel 20:10)
Joab was fiercely loyal to his uncle David, but he was also very ambitious, causing him to be suspicious of anyone (such as Amasa) who gave Joab reason to...
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How do I cast my cares, worries and anxieties on God?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Joab kill Amasa? (2 Samuel 20:10)
2 Samuel 20:9-10 says, 9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 Amasa was no...
2 Samuel 20:1 - 26
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Todd Rushing
Can a Christian man marry a woman who once was a man?
I have e seen several of you mention here that women are XX chromosomes and men are XY chromosomes, but no one has mentioned the fraction of a percent of the...
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What is the purpose of marriage?
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What does it mean to be a born again Christian?
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What does it mean to be a born again Christian?
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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Fig Tree?
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What is the difference between a born again Christian and 7th Day Adventists?
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Donna Williams
Will God forgive blasphemous thoughts toward the Holy Spirit that you want to repent of if you consider those thoughts intentional? Is it possible to be forgiven for having had such thoughts?
Dear Anonymous: I have had the same experience with having evil thoughts against the Holy Spirit, and I was tormented by the fear of committing the...
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Does Satan attack our thoughts?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean to wait on the Lord?
Waiting on God is really hard for me to do! I like to move, and that sometimes gets me in trouble, more often than I would like to admit. Just ask my wife,...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Will God forgive blasphemous thoughts toward the Holy Spirit that you want to repent of if you consider those thoughts intentional? Is it possible to be forgiven for having had such thoughts?
We are all sinners to a degree, because we cannot be made perfect in the flesh. Only our soul/spirit is saved. Colossians 2:13. We have been forgiven all...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Will God forgive blasphemous thoughts toward the Holy Spirit that you want to repent of if you consider those thoughts intentional? Is it possible to be forgiven for having had such thoughts?
Commentaries on Matthew 12:22-32, Mark 3:22-30, and Luke 12:10 that I have read (and that have been very comforting to me) have indicated that the blasphemy...
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What is concupiscence?
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Pearce Elliott
If David, Solomon and other prophets can marry more than once, why not Christians?
God, in the Garden of Eden, had one man and one woman. This was God's original design. The first mention of more than one wife is in Genesis 4:19 "And Lamech...
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leslie coutinho
What does it mean that there will be a famine of hearing the words of the Lord?
As revealed to the prophet Amos, the whole chapter 8 refers to the coming of the end times. The Lord said, “I will not pass by them anymore, for the buying...
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Will God forgive blasphemous thoughts toward the Holy Spirit that you want to repent of if you consider those thoughts intentional? Is it possible to be forgiven for having had such thoughts?
If you thought horrible things you want to repent of thinking against the Holy Spirit because you were tempted or angry, can you be forgiven? I just feel emp...
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Todd Rushing
If David, Solomon and other prophets can marry more than once, why not Christians?
While the Bible does not specifically address polygamy, it has to be taken in the context of the times. For ancient Israel and the region, life was hard, and...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Who will not go to heaven?
Unbelievers. John 3:18. Believers are no longer condemned, but unbelievers are condemned already because they have not believed on the name of the Son of...
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Truc Pham
If David, Solomon and other prophets can marry more than once, why not Christians?
They had more than one wife but this is not according to God's command in Genesis 2:24. Jesus re-stated this command: 4 He answered, “Have you not read that...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
If David, Solomon and other prophets can marry more than once, why not Christians?
I would say that the change is accounted for by the fact that, by the time of the New Testament (where references to marriage speak of a man having only one...
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Robert Hibbard
, Retired Christian High School Teacher
Who will not go to heaven?
On one level, this is easy: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will will be saved,.... (Acts16:31). This and many other verses clearly state belief in...
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Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God? (This is a very good question, Carolyn!) Total depravity means that no one is able in and of...
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Pierre Dippenaar
Who will not go to heaven?
It is sometimes confusing why people have different views, thus, concerning the applicability of the law of Moses, and the ten commandments, I thought that t...