Paul referred to himself as 'father' because the old covenant order was still in operation but was 'passing away.' Heb 8:13. There were spiritual authorities...
Habakkuk 2:4, "Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in Him; but the just shall live by faith." God looks for our faith and trust. This yields our good...
My view is that the doctrine of Irresistible Grace is not consistent with the teaching of Scripture regarding God's calling of sinners through the gospel....
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Are Christians 'little gods'?
As I understand it, ultra-dispensationalism has the following flaws: 1) Ultra-dispensationalists do not believe that the Church started with the coming of...
By my count, there are ten references appearing throughout Psalm 119's 176 verses that speak of the psalmist's delight in connection with some aspect or...
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Why did Jesus discourage some people from following him? (Matthew 8:20)
Even though John the Baptist first appeared in what we today refer to as the New Testament, his mission as a precursor and proclaimer of Christ's coming...
God has made more promises in His word (the Bible) of things that will (or will not) come to pass than can be fully detailed in response to this question....
Just one example of delighting in God's Word is Psalm 119:16 I find delight 1 in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. 2 NET © Notes 1 ...
Psalms 119:14 - 99
As I understand it from the website https://etabetapi.com/cmp/KJV/tl1905/Luke/15, it appears to be a 1905 translation of the King James Version into Tagalog....
My answer to your question is this: Since we know there are no tears or suffering or disease of any kind in heaven, they could not possibly look in on us....
Is this Filipino translation of the Prodigal Son based on the ESV?
Luke 15:11 - 32
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First, I would say that the very existence of mental illness is attributable to the fallen condition of the world into which Satan led humanity. To the...
I would say that it is because the verse summarizes in such a succinct manner the following principles or ideas: 1. There is a God who created the world and...
The horns of the altar mentioned in the cited verse were a feature commanded by God in the instructions that He gave to Moses for the building of the...
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him, will not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
John 3:16
Jeremiah 29:11 2 Peter 1:4 Etc., etc.
Philippians 4:19
Simply by giving his royal command, God created everything (Ps 33:6, 9; 148:5; Heb 11:3). "The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed...
A Christian is the word for a person who acts like Christ would - as an actor studies the role and then performs that part. Like an actor pretends, and it is...
Adonijah seized the horn’s of the alter.
1 Kings 1:51
Also, immediately prior to the words from 1 Corinthians 6 cited by Grant Abbott, Paul asks in verse 15, "Do you not know that your bodies are members of...
God created the universe: God created the universe from things that we do not see per scripture (See Hebrews 11:3). That means the universe was not created...
Jesus made this comment to a man who ostensibly wanted to follow Him as His disciple, but who wanted to wait to do so until after his father had died and...
I would say that Christians are people who: 1) acknowledge their own sinful imperfection, as well as the estrangement between themselves and a holy God that...
See also Luke 9:60 New International Version Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.
Matthew 8:22
2Co8:9 “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes, He became poor, that ye through his poverty might be...
Both Tim and Grant mentioned this first: David abandoned his purpose by staying home from war (2 Samuel 11:1). Looking lustfully at Bathsheba was a focus on...
Great question, Vijaya! A Christian is a person who is saved ("Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but...
Acts 11:19 - 30
As indicated in the passage cited in the question, Judah was the fourth of Jacob's twelve sons, and the progenitor of the Israelite tribe that bears his...
David, I'm sure had prophetic abilities and could foresee many things, but he's a king and under CHRIST he will always be a prince. Ezekiel 37:24-25 shows us...
The BIBLE says CHRIST is from the seed of David. Matthew and Luke are physical lineages. CHRIST never sinned which means ne never transgressed the law....
I would say that David was, first and foremost, a king. He was not a "full-time" prophet (meaning literally one who speaks on behalf of God) in the same way...
When you adopt a child that child is legally YOURS. Joseph not only adopted the child, he had named the child before the child was born. Joseph was told, “...
Every person chosen by God, the Israelites in the Old Testament and the Christians in the New Testament) is protected from all spiritual forces of evil....
Every event in scripture is recorded to teach us one of two things: 1) a faithful & obedient example of a God-pleasing life, or 2) a warning to avoid the...
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What does the Bible say about the end of the world?
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Why in the, "Glory Be" prayer (AKA "Gloria Patri") does it say, "World without end"?
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God is sovereign over all spiritual beings, including evil ones (even Satan). He is capable of using them for his purposes, and they can also do no more than...
A clear progression: 1) Neglecting his duty as king by remaining in Jerusalem, rather than leading his army in the field 2) Spending his time in Jerusalem in...
See also 2 Samuel 12:9, 10-14, 11, 14, 15.
2 Samuel 11:1 - 27
When Christians die our souls are instantly transported to heaven to be united with Christ. We know that our souls are in heaven from the descriptions in...
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