I would express it as follows: Indwelling by the Holy Spirit is a one-time event that occurs to a Christian when he or she first believes (that is, places...
Revelation 19:12
After the flood something happened that is mentioned in Genesis 10:25 and I Chronicles 1:19. Peleg was born in about the 100th year or about five generations...
Colossians 2:13 Let no man, therefore, judge you in food, or in Drink, or in a feast day, or of in a new moon, or a SABBATH DAY. Galatians 2:21 I do not void...
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What should I look for in a Christian boyfriend?
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Is baptism is symbolic or an outward sign of an inward faith, or is it required?
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Is baptism is symbolic or an outward sign of an inward faith, or is it required?
If you want to identify the blessings believers miss when they fail to fear the Lord, read and ponder these verses: Deuteronomy 6:24; Psalms 25:12; 31:19;...
The ‘elect lady’ John addressed might be an individual who some propose is named Kyria (from the Greek for ‘lady’), but she is more likely a church. There...
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Is accepting Jesus the only way for people to get to heaven? (John 14:6)
I do not think that Korah was burned along with the 250 other rebels. I can't find any verses that would support that view. In fact, I would rather think...
Numbers 5:11 - 31
Surely David desired God to destroy those who were hiding and waiting for the right moment to make an attack against him, laying in wait for him night after...
By my reading of Numbers 16, Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (along with their households) died when the earth opened up and swallowed them, as noted in Numbers...
In Numbers 16:31-32, it says the earth opened and swallowed Korah and his 250 rebellious associates. Yet Num. 16:35 asserts that fire came from God and consu...
Numbers 16:1 - 50
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I John 5:16-17 mentions the ‘sin leading to death.’ Some think it means loss of eternal life. And still others believe it is the unpardonable sin of Matthew...
Christians are opposed to pre-marital sex because most pre-marital sex does not lead to marriage (a legal term, not a biblical term.) There was no such thing...
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Romans 14 talks about "food" and "days." What food and what days are being talked about?
Our sins are all paid for, but the consequences of sin lasts our life time. King David lost the baby he had with Bathsheba. But David wrote Romans 4:6-8....
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the POWER of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to...
Jesus is the only way of salvation. There is no other way to be saved than what He did plus nothing. The broad road that leads to destruction is trusting in...
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Is cyber sex / phone sex a sin?
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Is cyber sex / phone sex a sin?
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Were any of the disciples married?
A Christian is one who has faith in Jesus Christ being their savior (Eph 1:12-13). Faith is to possess belief that Christ died on the cross for the...
Great question, Fiona Anne! Satan roars like a lion to frighten his prey (1 Peter 5:8 -- AMPC): "Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and...
Hebrews 9:4 seems to raise a problem. According to the set-up of the tabernacle in Exodus 30:6, the gold altar of incense is in the Holy Place where the gold...
In Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, and Luke 18:25, Jesus spoke of the extreme difficulty for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. In fact, it is...
In my opinion, the cited verse is not teaching that the faith of the head of a household will also "automatically" save all those who are in that household....
In his excellent book Mere Christianity (which is fully viewable online), C. S. Lewis addressed this question in the chapter that he devoted to the subject...
Acts 16:31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house.
For example, if you say, “I’m so proud of my child’s success?”
Isaiah 2:12
Hi, that is a good question, and even though I have been a believer for many years now, I still don't have a great answer to where the best place to start...
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What is the meaning of "the second Sabbath after the first" in Luke 6:1?
To me, the psalmist is employing the metaphor of battle by saying that, in the midst of the adversity which God had inflicted upon Israel (symbolized by a...
The most striking prophecy can be found in Daniel 2:37-45 where God showed Nebuchadnezzar the political future of the world. The head of gold was Babylon,...
Psalm 60:3-4 (NIV) 3 You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger. 4 But for those who fear you, you hav...
Psalms 60:1 - 12
Perhaps the two cited verses are referring to varying modes of divine retribution. David doesn't want his enemies immediately destroyed (and thus possibly...
The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are often seen as the same, but there are differences that show they are not interchangeable. Matthew is the...
The "bloody men" within the verse are Saul and his men, chasing him down to remove him as a potential heir to the throne. However, the "mighty" that are...
Saul had been trying to kill David. David would not kill the annointed King of Israel. At the end of 1 Samuel, Saul and his sons are dead. The men of Israel,...
The sense in which a person is “sinful at birth” (Ps. 51:5, NIV) is by way of inclination, not by way of moral action. All persons are “by nature children of...
To get started reading the Bible, choose a helpful English translation if that is your native language. I like the New Living Translation. If this is your...
Psalm 59:11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down. 12 For the sins of th...
Psalms 59:1 - 17
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