Why should we "remember lot’s wife"? (Luke 17:32)
Jesus was referring to the account of the actions of Lot's wife recorded in Genesis 19. When Abraham and his nephew Lot had separated in Genesis 13 due to...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does it mean to truly follow Christ?
To truly follow Christ means different things: You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why should we "remember lot’s wife"? (Luke 17:32)
32 Remember Lot’s wife!
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean that Christ "is made unto us wisdom"?
Paul had said in 1 Corinthians 1:17-23 that the preaching that God was granting salvation to humanity through a Man who had endured the normally shameful...
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THEODORE FREITAS
What happens to our soul at death?
Luke 16:22 says the good angels of God escort our souls to Heaven immediately after our body gives up the ghost. Jesus said in Luke 23:43 "Today you will be...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does it mean that Christ "is made unto us wisdom"?
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
1 Corinthians 1:10
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why should I memorize Scripture according to Psalm 119?
For Wisdom Psalm 119:99 For Purity Psalm 119:9 How can I, Lord, keep my way pure? To Your Word I must be true. So I seek You with my whole heart; Do not let...
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Who was the young man who fled naked in Mark 14:51-52?
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What does the Old Testament say about change?
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What does the Bible say about baptism?
Baptism is the public declaration of faith in Jesus Christ and of allegiance to his local church as the body of Christ. Baptism is an outward physical sign...
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Aurel Gheorghe
Is Jesus commending salvation by works in John 5:28-29?
In John 5:28-29, Jesus talks of two resurrections: "the resurrection of life," and " resurrection of damnation." The two events are separated by the 1000...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why should I memorize Scripture according to Psalm 119?
In multiple places in Psalm 119's 176 verses (starting from the very first verse), the psalmist speaks of the blessed condition of those who walk according...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the sign of the prophet Jonah?
Jesus referred to the sign of the prophet Jonah, as well as explaining what He was referring to, in Matthew 12:40 (the verse immediately prior to the verse...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What does the Bible say about closed borders?
All people of every nation love their homeland and no one wants to leave unless they are in a desperate situation - facing starvation, imprisonment,...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Is Jesus commending salvation by works in John 5:28-29?
The apostle James tells us that faith without works is dead, it is no faith at all. James said he would show us that his faith is authentic and genuine by...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What does Jesus mean when he says, “An hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment"?
All human beings are destined to die once and after that to face judgment (Hebrews 9:27). Jesus commanded us to preach to all the people and to testify that...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What does the Old Testament say about change?
Did God change the way he related to human beings in the Old Testament? Did people change - did good people become evil and evil people become good? As I...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What does it mean, "Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it"?
I believe Paul gives us the answer to this dilemma in Romans 8:12-13: "Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to...
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Emo Tenorio
, Shomer
What passages of the Bible point to the modern formation of an Israel state?
I humbly submit a few of the many for your consideration. Isaiah 66:8; Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day?...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Is Jesus commending salvation by works in John 5:28-29?
No, salvation is through faith alone. See Ephesians 2:8-9 See also Romans 3:27-28; Romans 4:1-8; Psalm 32:1-2; Romans 9:30-32; Galatians 3:10-14. The reason...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does Jesus mean when he says, “An hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment"?
I like the hymn titled "The Resurrection Morn" (Hymn) "In the resurrection morning We shall hear the trumpet sound;-- (This wonderful truth is explained in...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is Jesus commending salvation by works in John 5:28-29?
The cited passage is not speaking of being saved through works. (I would say that one could also gather the same mistaken impression indicated in the...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the Bible say about baptism?
I would say that, although baptism as such was not practiced in the Old Testament, it was prefigured there in a sense by the various prescribed rituals and...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Is Jesus commending salvation by works in John 5:28-29?
John 5:28-29 28"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29and come out-those who have done wh...
John 5:28 - 29
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What does the Bible say about closed borders?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does the Bible say about a man committing adultery?
According to Brown-Driver-Briggs, a Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, more commonly known as Brown–Driver–Briggs or BDB (from the name of its...
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Aurel Gheorghe
What does it mean, "Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it"?
Romans 7 is puzzling for Bible commentators because it appears to contradict Romans 6 and Romans 8 (Rom 6:7, 14, 18, 22; Rom 8:2, 15). Some have explained...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean, "Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it"?
Even after being saved through faith in Christ, as long as Christians are in this life and world, they still retain their old inborn sin nature, which they...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Can a person bless God as Psalms 34:1 seems to indicate?
In any relationship, people bless each other by doing what pleases the other person. A state of blessedness is a state of happiness. When we love God and put...
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D. M.
, Writer, Entrepreneur, IT Specialist
What are some of the precious promises of God to the believer?
God expressed this love in a wonderful way. He could not make man a partaker of the divine nature until His only begotten Son, One equal with Himself, should...
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Joseph Trujillo
Did God use the Big Bang to create the universe?
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. For God said "Let there be light" and there was light. The words "God said"...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What are some of the precious promises of God to the believer?
My favorite promise right now is that God Protects-- Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What are some of the precious promises of God to the believer?
The greatest promise of God is John 3:18. Believers can no longer be condemned to hell. Our sin debt is paid by the one blood sacrifice of Jesus for the...
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ainsley chalmers
, Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.
What is the basis to claim the Bible is the only word of God?
The bible has time and again, over the ages, shown itself to be completely true. For example: 1. hundreds of prophetic utterances over centuries have been...
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Joseph Trujillo
When did Jesus create the angels? Before heaven and earth or after?
In my opinion it is not specifically clear, but I think the heavens and the earth were created before the angels. It seems heaven would have been created for...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What does it mean in 1 Corinthians 15:29 that people are baptised on behalf of the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:29, "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?" KJV...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does the Old Testament say about change?
Change is not a monster to be dreaded. Renewing our minds and laying off the old self involve change—a change that will make us more like Christ! Change has...
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What are the different spiritual gifts the Bible mentions?
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What is gentleness (from fruits of the spirit)?
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What does the Bible say about caring for our old parents?
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Why does God require faith?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Can a person bless God as Psalms 34:1 seems to indicate?
I would say that the thought being expressed in the translation of the verse cited in the question (as well as similar uses elsewhere in Scripture) is not...