Wisdom is a defense as stated in Ecclesiastes, and wisdom gives life. Self control is based on wisdom. One controls himself/herself because s/he has learned...
My King James Bible says, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." 1Corinthians 1:22,23 - "For the Jews require a sign, and...
I like Mr. Maas' answer that men built this tower because they were proud and that they wanted to CONTROL their own lives. I would add that they probably...
I love teaching the story of Zacchaeus to children. Meeting Jesus changed Zacchaeus into a completely new person. And Jesus wants everyone to believe in Him...
I think this is a literal statement. The City walls are it’s defenses. I interpret this to mean that if we do not exercise self-control we are the easily...
58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms 58:3
According to 2 Samuel 2:18, Abishai was the brother of Joab. 1 Chronicles 2:16 also tells us that Abishai was the nephew of David by David's sister Zeruiah....
I like the outline of the benefits of being meek. These are divine promises! ‘The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way’ Psalm...
God required several tithes of the nation of Israel to provide for the priests running the temple and the Levites. Now that the temple has been destroyed, it...
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What is the Christian view of smoking? Is smoking a sin?
As noted in Genesis 11:6-7: "The Lord said, 'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be...
We are not worthy of God's love due to our sinful nature, but God's love is eternal. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that...
Jesus was perfect human and true God, complete human and complete God at the same time. The divinity and humanity of Jesus was distinct attributes in Him....
Proverbs 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abro...
In this passage (as elsewhere in Scripture), the heart (because of its central role in maintaining life) is used as a metaphor for the human mind or brain,...
12 Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1 Chronicles 18:12
My mother found a necklace that she did not buy but rather was found in the road near a local mall and decided to keep it for herself. What would you have do...
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I would say that it not only "helps" to be humble, but it is an absolutely essential prerequisite in order to achieve a proper relationship with God. It is...
I would say that any love that humans receive from God is a totally undeserved gift of pure grace and mercy on His part (Ephesians 2:8-9). As Isaiah said,...
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I can only speak from personal experience and perspective, not as an authority with the exception that I do have God's...
Matthew 24:,6,7 - "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not...
9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
How does everything we do flow from our HEARTS? Proverbs 4:23 NIV Proverbs 4:23 New International Version (NIV) 23 Above all else, guard your heart...
Proverbs 4:23
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The stated purpose for building this city was to prevent them from being scattered. This violated the mandate of the Lord in 9:7 to “Be fruitful and...
Sodomy (/ˈsɒdəmi/) or buggery (British English) is generally anal or oral sex between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal...
“Rest” according to Nave’s Topical Bible is recommended by Jesus, Mark 6:31, 32; 7:24, with Matt. 8:18, 24. "And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart...
First, see the big picture: What Christ Is—The True God 1 John 5:20 1 He is ‘the Truth’ John 14:6—Let us believe Him 2 He is ‘the true God’ 1 John 5:20—Let...
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Games in the NAVE’s Topical Bible has this: GAMES Foot races, 1 Cor. 9:24, 26; Gal. 2:2; Phil. 2:16; Heb. 12:1. Gladiatorial, 1 Cor. 4:9; 9:26; 15:32; 2...
Sodomy (/ˈsɒdəmi/) or buggery (British English) is generally anal or oral sex between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal...
Easter Sunday is a pagan holiday picked up by the Papacy and past on to Protestantism, and the rest of Christianity. Jesus died and Resurrected over the...
In the past, we assumed God's answer was "yes" because everything concerning the situation opened up to allow it to happen, but we now know this is not true....
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