Why would God call himself "jealous"? (Exodus 34:14)
Why would God call himself "jealous"? (Exodus 34:14) -- Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Exodus 34:14
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What does it mean that the church is the bride of Christ?
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Will a Temple be built during the Millennial Kingdom?
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What made some animals clean and others unclean?
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Why did God offer a new covenant?
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What is the curse of the law?
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What is the age of the earth? How old is the earth?
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Why did God give the Ten Commandments to his people, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to live up to them perfectly?
When God created human beings he intended we would live with him in a state of perfection for all eternity in the paradise he had created. But our first...
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Grant Abbott
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How can we get God on our side? (Deuteronomy 20:4)
In the context of this passage God is giving his law (perfect will) to the nation of Israel to guide them when they go to war against their enemies. Can we...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the Bible say about syncretism?
As I understand it, syncretism is based on the assumption that no one religion or belief system possesses ultimate truth. Syncretism is therefore an effort...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why is the Babylonian exile mentioned in Matthew 1:17?
Aside from the fact that the exile was a major event in the history of Judah, I would say that Matthew also made specific note of it with respect to Jesus'...
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Aurel Gheorghe
Why did Jesus say Satan will fall from heaven like lightning when research shows that lightning starts at the ground and goes to the sky?
Jesus' analogy is quite accurate (Luke 10:18). Lightning can travel several ways - it can travel from cloud to cloud, within the same cloud, or between the...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why would the Apostle Paul insist that married couples have regular sex "except [for one reason only] by mutual consent and for a time (of prayer)" when there may be other factors such as sickness, busyness, or fatigue? 1 Corinthians 7:5
To me, Paul is saying that, whatever the cause of the couple's sexual inactivity may be, as long as they have a shared understanding and are both agreeable...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did Jesus say Satan will fall from heaven like lightning when research shows that lightning starts at the ground and goes to the sky?
I would say that the main points that Jesus was wanting to emphasize by comparing Satan's prior (not future) fall from heaven to lightning were its speed and...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why were the people afraid when Jesus was performing miracles in Luke?
The people of that region were evidently not Jews (as indicated by the fact that they kept herds of swine (Luke 8:32-33)), so they may have had no...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did Jezebel put on eye makeup just before she died?
In my opinion, it was possibly a vain (in the sense of both futile and prideful) effort on her part to exert the same seductiveness and control over Jehu...
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Why was Moses the greatest prophet ever? (Deuteronomy 34:10)
Although there were many prophets who acted as God's spokesperson to Israel, I would say that, in terms of the Old Testament context in which that statement...
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Why did Jesus choose the wedding at Cana for His first miracle?
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What is the steward saying in this verse: "For my master has taken the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg"?
I would say that, as Jesus indicated in Luke 16:8, both the steward in the parable, as well as his master, were thinking along the lines of "the sons of this...
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Why was Moses the greatest prophet ever? (Deuteronomy 34:10)
Why was Moses the greatest prophet ever? (Deuteronomy 34:10) "Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face."
Deuteronomy 34:10
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Why would the Apostle Paul insist that married couples have regular sex "except [for one reason only] by mutual consent and for a time (of prayer)" when there may be other factors such as sickness, busyness, or fatigue? 1 Corinthians 7:5
Why would the Apostle Paul insist that married couples have regular sex "except [for one reason only] by mutual consent and for a time (of prayer)" when ther...
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Is loving God an emotion, a feeling, or a decision?
Jesus said the greatest commandment is to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your...
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Gregory Jones
What is the steward saying in this verse: "For my master has taken the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg"?
Is this a form of pride? Or something else?
Luke 16:3
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Did Jesus really exist? Is there any historical evidence of Jesus Christ?
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Why is 'You shall not covet' in the Ten Commandments?
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What is the Christian view of psychics?
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Why did God give the Ten Commandments to his people, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to live up to them perfectly?
Before I go any further, must make clear the fact that there is no saving power in the Ten Commandments (TC). There is no justifying or cleansing grace in...
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Is Harold Camping and Family Radio a cult?
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Who will stand before God and give account of his life?
The Bible say that everyone will be judged - both righteous and wicked: "I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time...
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Who will stand before God and give account of his life?
The Scriptures explain there are two final judgements. One for the Christian or Saved or Born Again persons called the Judgement Seat of Christ or the Bema...
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Who will stand before God and give account of his life?
There is only one God, who is therefore the God of every person on earth, regardless of ethnicity or earthly religion. As such, all people will be...
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Tim Maas
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In what way was Israel the apple of God's eye? (Deuteronomy 32:10)
"The apple of God's eye" is a figure of speech referring (as it also does with humans) to the pupil of the eye, which is the most critical part of the eye...
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Jack Gutknecht
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In what way was Israel the apple of God's eye? (Deuteronomy 32:10)
In what way was Israel the apple of his eye? (Deuteronomy 32:10) 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, ...
Deuteronomy 32:10
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Why did God give the Ten Commandments to his people, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to live up to them perfectly?
As I see it, it prepares the path to Jesus and the cross so we understand that we can not save ourselves by our works but by his grace and love. There is no...
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Jack Croach
Why did God give the Ten Commandments to his people, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to live up to them perfectly?
God's divine word is the instruction manual for all of us. It helps to build us up, gives us information on how we should live our lives. The Ten...
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Who will stand before God and give account of his life?
Does this apply to everyone, or just non-Christians, just Christians, or just people who have never heard of Christ?
Romans 14:12
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What does the Bible say about deliverance?
Luke 4:18; The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to...
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What if someone has sex before marriage but now is celibate? Is it biblically ok for that person to get married?
As one who lived as you did I can say that once forgiven God remembers your sins no longer. You are a sinner and will always fight that sin nature within...
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What if someone has sex before marriage but now is celibate? Is it biblically ok for that person to get married?
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, why do we give the enemy of our soul so much power and leeway in our lives? Either God's Word is the Truth and all men...
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Tim Maas
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What if someone has sex before marriage but now is celibate? Is it biblically ok for that person to get married?
I would say that, regardless of a person's past behavior, if that person has now recognized those actions as wrong and repented of them, and has resolved...
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Tim Maas
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Why did God give the Ten Commandments to his people, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to live up to them perfectly?
The laws that God gave to Israel in the Ten Commandments were not foreign to the nature of man in general. As Paul noted in Romans 2:14-15, "When Gentiles...
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What happened at Mars Hill in the Bible?
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