In my opinion, when Jesus spoke of the young man becoming "perfect", He was not meaning it in the sense of "sinless" (since no one, including Christ's...
I think that the answer is in the question. The name Christianity contains the element Christ. The word Christianity only came into being around 1300AD. The...
How would selling all his possessions and giving them to the poor make him "perfect"?
Matthew 19:21
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit happens as soon as you believe and stays with you forever. You can quench or grieve Him (Eph 4:30, 1 Thes 5:19) by turning...
This is a great question! As someone who speaks in tongues daily, I have some ideas, but I'll start with what Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 14: 14 For if I...
I would say that, since the ability to speak in tongues is a specific gift of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:10), the bestowing of it on an individual is...
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What is the Jubilee?
Does the Holy Spirit take over a persons tongue until speaking in tongues is over, or does the person speaking in tongues actually have some control over it?
Acts 2:1 - 47
Joseph, because he did the right thing, and did not commit adultery with Potiphar's wife, ended up in prison. But God promoted him to head over all Egypt as...
To rebuke literally means to reprimand sharply. How did Jesus rebuke satan in Matt:4 when tempted? He spoke the word of God saying, "It is written." We as...
The book of Lamentations in the Old Testament tells us. Lamentations 2:19, "Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart...
When I started preaching many years ago, I remember my mentor told me, "People remember two things, what the laugh at and what shocks them." If we look at...
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What does Isaiah 58:7 mean by "not to hide yourself from your own flesh?"
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What is "the letter" in 2 Corinthians 3:6 and what does it kill?
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What is the law of Christ?
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What does it mean to resist the devil, and why will resistance cause the devil to flee?
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What is spiritual blindness?
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If you have a lot of debt, can you temporarily stop tithing while paying off the debt?
Water was a relatively scarce and precious commodity in the Middle East. Thus, to draw water, only to then pour it out in a religious context, was symbolic...
Here we go, this is my understanding. Second part first. How can people know God but not know the Bible? By word of mouth. By being fed God's word by others...
In order to know that scripture is the Word of God we can check to see if the principles taught in it match up with or confirm the truths taught in the...
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Are we as born again believers mandated by God to tithe?
God does speak in dreams and visions today just as Peter said in Acts 2:16 - 17: 'No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “‘In the last days, God...
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What is the purpose of the church?
Gideon, whom God had appointed judge over Israel in Judges 6 in order to free Israel from its subjugation to the Midianites (which God had allowed to happen...
What does this fire … from Abimelek refer to? (Judges 9:20) King James Version Judges 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the ...
Judges 9:4 - 5
I think the answer is pretty obvious. If we read Matthew 6:7-14 (also in Luke) we find the Twelve asking Jesus for advice on how to pray, and Jesus instructs...
The leper's response has always been a bit curious to me, as well. Maybe the leper was acknowledging that he was in the presence of the Lord who does...
If I am interpreting the question correctly, I would say that swimming in a public pool (or any similar setting, such as a beach) would not be a sin in and...
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I am a parent; how can I let go of my adult children?
I would say that, although God would certainly be capable of speaking to people through dreams or visions today, there might not be as much need for Him to...
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I would say that, in the context of the events described in the vision given to John in Revelation, the "army" mentioned in Revelation 19:19 represents...
Michael answers this very well, and and I would only augment it with: God gave Moses the Genesis account of creation, I believe to set the record straight,...
I do believe the case can be made for eternal punishment, and hell being a place of torment. Luke 16: 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in...
Why do dreams seem to help us know God’s will today? (Judges 7, esp. verse 15) -- 13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a...
Judges 7:15
What makes us a peculiar people is that we know we have eternal life because we have believed the gospel of our salvation. Peter is writing to the Hebrew...
Perhaps the names of these three kings were omitted from Matthew's genealogy as a reflection of a negative judgment on that portion of David's line because...
In my opinion, the leper's statement was indicative of 1) his faith in the ability or power of Jesus to heal him of his disease; 2) the respect that was due...
As indicated in the passage from Ezekiel cited in the question, a watchman was an individual who was responsible for monitoring an assigned area...
A man covering a woman with his garment or cloak (or a woman covering herself with a man's garment or cloak (Ruth 3:7-9)) was an action in biblical times...
In Judges 6:11, Gideon was visited by a being identified as "the angel of the Lord" (considered by many Bible commentators to have been God Himself in the...
What did it mean to cover with the corner of a garment? (Ezekiel 16:8) -- 8 “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough...
14 The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord on me. 15 I came t...
What is “putting out a fleece”? (Judges 6:36–40)-- 36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised— 37 look, I will place a ...
Judges 6:22 - 23
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