Is it possible to enter into the kingdom of God without water baptism?
Yes, the thief on the cross did. Ephesians 2 tells us that we are saved by grace, through faith, and not by works. When we accept the atoning work of Christ...
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Abel Christian
How can I help someone understand that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was just a very obedient person and is not to be prayed to or elevated in mind or spirit above any other human?
I would agree that most denominations, especially Orthodox, Catholic, and some Protestant Churches, had vehemently agree and made clear that Mary should NOT...
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Elizabeth Adeleke
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
Glory be to our God, my answer is no one know when Jesus is coming back, people have been predicting about coming back of Jesus for long even since I was...
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Elizabeth Adeleke
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
Glory be to our God, my answer is no one know when Jesus is coming back, people have been predicting about coming back of Jesus for long even since I was...
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Vincent Mercado
, Skeptic turned believer, Catholic, father of 3
Why is the Church so divided?
The Church is divided because of sin. Men refused to dialogue and listen to authority, took matters into his own hands, left and started another church. I...
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Vincent Mercado
, Skeptic turned believer, Catholic, father of 3
Is it possible to enter into the kingdom of God without water baptism?
YES. A person can go into heaven without baptism. The requirement to get into heaven is RIGHTEOUSNESS. When a person dies, he is judged by Jesus. He might...
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Vincent Mercado
, Skeptic turned believer, Catholic, father of 3
How can I help someone understand that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was just a very obedient person and is not to be prayed to or elevated in mind or spirit above any other human?
Hi Pam. Whenever you say "Mary is just an obedient person", it raises red flags for the Catholics. If you say, "Mary IS an obedient person", there will not...
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Lana Gomes
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
Just love The Lord God with all your heart .... Mind ..... Soul ..... Spirit and love your neighour then the rest will move (without any anxiety) for the...
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James Bellamy
How does one know one has the Holy Spirit? What are the signs?
All believers on here who have not spoken in a tongue post salvation need to take heart; and don't be discouraged. The Holy Spirit entered you the moment you...
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Sarah Winn
, Christian believer, college graduate + Walmart employee.
How can I help someone understand that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was just a very obedient person and is not to be prayed to or elevated in mind or spirit above any other human?
I agree with you. Mary was just a human that God chose to birth His son through. She died just like millions of people have. She was nothing special but God...
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Myrtle Maness
How do I obtain genuine love for those who seek to destroy me?
When we are hurt....it is hard to let go of the pain. Our flesh will hold onto the hurt and pain....then a bitter root grows from the unforgiveness and then...
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Elli Mceldowney
How do I obtain genuine love for those who seek to destroy me?
It is hard to forgive, especially if you honestly believe that this person does not merit forgiveness from you for whatever. But what has helped me is...
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Kelli Trujillo
, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician
How do I obtain genuine love for those who seek to destroy me?
I've also struggled with this issue at various times (I'm sure we all have at one time or another), and I've found that the advice given in Matthew 5:43-48...
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Anonymous
How do I obtain genuine love for those who seek to destroy me?
I am struggling with loving my enemies. Can someone suggest ways I can go about obtaining genuine love for those who seek to destroy me?
Matthew 5:43 - 48
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Rodney Brown
How do I obtain genuine love for those who seek to destroy me?
If you have enemies of the spiteful malicious type, then this confronting assault can be overwhelming at times. "Know how you feel" What I do is try to think...
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Rodney Brown
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
As long as he's not predicting the day and the exact hour, then what's your problem?? Jesus himself said we should be able to know his nearness by signs of...
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Wayne Newcomb
Why is Jesus God?
1 John 3:16 also says that God layed down his life for us do definitely Jesus is God in flesh and came to this earth to be made of no reputation so that we...
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Pam Johnson
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Isaiah kayode Ajisafe
, Public Servant, Elder in The Apostolic Church, Nigeria
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
The Bible made us to understand that as regards the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ nobody knows the day or the time of His coming brethen the issue...
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Susan Mateo
Why will judgment begin in the house of God?
Just as Israel was to be the light to the nations of the holiness, justice and love of God, so now the Church is in this age to be the same. Our lives are to...
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Anonymous
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
I do not even refute the position. If they feel they know, fine. What I consider to be more important is that we be vigilant in our efforts to spread the...
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Anonymous
Why are we taught that we would go to heaven when the Bible says that a new earth will be created?
Revelation 14:3 says that 144,000 will be redeemed from the earth. When people say that they want to go to heaven, is it safe to assume that they are hoping...
Isaiah 65:17
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Anonymous
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
The responses above are great and exact. What questions I ask those who claim or have an opinion on the future is 1) who's making the claim 2) where are they...
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Sandy Koepsell
, Child of God
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
When someone ask me the question or think he may know when The Lord is coming, I simply say, the bible says no one knows the time or place. We are here each...
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Márkus Máté
Why did Jesus say, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
I'm convinced that this question is one of the most important questions of the Bible. We have the right to ask, why Jesus asked it on the cross. (1) Jesus is...
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Andrea Spirit
, www.firstlove4jesus.org
Is it possible to enter into the kingdom of God without water baptism?
I do believe in water baptism. I myself was baptized when Jesus saved me. But what about those who got saved but died before receiving their baptism? Did...
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Peter Tettehzy
, Servant
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Ezra King
, Ezra King
Was Sunday ever established as the official day of worship for New Testament Christians?
Sunday was never established as the day of worship anywhere in the bible. Lets take a look at this verse and see what it really says. There are a couple...
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Miller Harp
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Daniel Rinker
Was Sunday ever established as the official day of worship for New Testament Christians?
I believe it was, since it was on the first day of the week one week earlier that Mary Magdalene and several other women saw the empty tomb (the event that...
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Pam Johnson
What ever became of the Ark of the Covenant?
Matthew 11:11 Jesus is speaking and he says that no one born of woman was greater than John the Baptist, yet even those who are least in the Kingdom of...
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Pam Johnson
Why do some people in the church say not to take the Bible literally?
Because they don't want to obey it and have little faith in believing all God has said. I would pray for the people who have difficulty taking God at his...
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Tara Rollins
Does a believer ever become perfect?
Our perfection is in Christ, total sinlessness will not be perfected until we are gone from this world! 1 John 3:1-3 "See how great a love the Father has...
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Pam Johnson
What does the Bible say about remarriage?
God is the author of life and death. God is also the author of marriage and that covenant between two people. While I agree based on God's word there are...
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Kelli Trujillo
, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
In Matthew 24:36, Jesus tells us that no one knows when that day will actually be--not even Himself or the angels in heaven--but the Father alone knows. If...
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Nancy McKay
How can I help someone who argues that he knows when the world will end?
I cannot find anything that gives an exact date. A friend is consumed by false claims that others are making about the end of the world (2017) and other clai...
Daniel 1:1 - 21
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Victoria Mitchell
How does one know one has the Holy Spirit? What are the signs?
You do not need to speak in tongues to know you have the Holy Spirit of wisdom within you. I am living proof of that. The Most High has worked miracles in...
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Joann Schlachter
What ever became of the Ark of the Covenant?
If one understands the theology of the ark and it's significance, then one will see that ark was replaced by Mary. She contained the literal presence of God...
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Joann Schlachter
Would remarriage after a divorce still be considered adultery if abuse is involved?
No. You may get the divorce, but you may not remarry. A true marriage is indissoluble; therefore remarriage would be adultery. Abuse has no effect on The...
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Vincent Mercado
, Skeptic turned believer, Catholic, father of 3
What ever became of the Ark of the Covenant?
The Ark of the Covenant is NOW in God's Temple in Heaven, as seen by John. c.f. Revelations 11
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Vincent Mercado
, Skeptic turned believer, Catholic, father of 3
Can you be a murderer and a Christian?
A person becomes a Christian when he is baptized. After baptism, this identity cannot be taken away from him. No one and nothing can take that identity, his...
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Anonymous
What does the Bible say about remarriage?
Divorce and remarriage are sins but Jesus died for these and other less spectacular sins. Many of these "other" sins are repeated by us sinners as well....
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Bob Johnson
, Layperson. Self Educated Theologically - see full bio
Why do some people in the church say not to take the Bible literally?
It depends on how you define the word "literal"... What does the sentence I just wrote, above, mean? Does "literal" mean that we should read the Bible in the...
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Kelli Hamann
, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician
Why is the Church so divided?
I think that the church is divided because it is human nature to disagree about certain issues and to band together with those that agree with our point of...
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Chris Eleam
, Chris Eleam
Does a believer ever become perfect?
Excellent comments also keep in mind perfection is in a relative sense and not perfect like our first parents Adam and Eve had perfection, under this ungodly...
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Chris Eleam
, Chris Eleam
When David wrote this psalm, I often wondered if he was really prophesying about the Messiah or did the Gospel writers just use this to back up their writing?
Davids prophecy was unerringly accurate and was fulfilled to the letter. Consider, Aspects of the Messiah’s impalement were foretold. “The assembly of...
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Leonard (ZQMA*9) Eugene Adavidsson-Swanston, Jr.
, Hagios Phos |9|
When were/are our souls created?
I Greet Thee with a Christian kiss, humble to the Saints who are with us and gathered together with Christ Jesus {where two or more are gathered there He is...
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Cheryl Cole
When were/are our souls created?
I don't think we can know for certain when our souls were/are created. We know that our bodies are created at conception and have 9 months to become fully...
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Abel Christian
What is the significant of the scribes?
Fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah, God intends to show us the true genuinity of compassion and of our love for Him with all our hearts,not just by lips, as...