Why did Jesus use the 5 sparrows to explain to the disciples their value to God?
In Luke 12:6, and Matthew 10:29 as Matthew makes the same point, God's consideration for how He values mankind and especially for His children is said to be...
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What was the Old Testament way of salvation?
"I know my Redeemer lives and in the end He will stand upon the Earth, and though my skin be destroyed, I myself will see Him with my own eyes. I and not...
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Why did Jesus use the 5 sparrows to explain to the disciples their value to God?
What is the significance of the sparrows?
Luke 1:1 - 80
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Does Luke 17:3-4 suggest that if a person does not repent we do not have to forigive them?
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What can I do when I am under spiritual attack?
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What did Jesus mean when he said, "I come not to bring peace, but to bring a sword"?
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How should a Christian respond to beggars?
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What does it mean that believers are to be salt and light?
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What does it mean that believers are to be salt and light?
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What does the Bible say about overcoming grief?
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What evidence exists that God created us?
In my opinion, the original question needs to be rephrased into “Is there any evidence regarding how God created us?" To answer this question, I will limit...
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What does the Bible say about earning a living by farming and killing animals for sale?
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What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of Man?
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Why did Jesus say "if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you"?
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How can the church achieve a true, biblical unity?
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What did Jesus mean by telling the Pharisees, "You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them and are not aware of it."?
Jesus used very powerful language and searching metaphors in his speech. By Likening the Pharisees to tombs that contain dead men's bones; all rotten and...
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What is the problem of good?
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Why did Jesus heal only one person at the pool of Bethesda?
I tend to agree that there was already a means of healing in place but I also think we just don't know. The Scripture doesn't say anything about Jesus...
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, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What happened to the Virgin Mary after Christ went to heaven?
As far as I am aware, the last explicit mention of Mary in the Bible is in Acts 1:14, where she was noted as being present with Jesus' apostles and other...
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Can a person be born gay?
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What is the significance of Jesus trying to bring the disciples' attention to the fact that only 7 loaves are left over after feeding the crowd in Mark 8?
Just before the verse cited in the question, Jesus had told the apostles to beware of the "leaven" of the Pharisees and the Herodians. (Leaven, or yeast, is...
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Why do we have to be resurrected to have eternal life?
I had the same question at one time. I thought, "If (as I have always believed) my disembodied soul will possess all the essential characteristics of...
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Why do we have to be resurrected to have eternal life?
John 3:16 - 21
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Who were the Ammonites?
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How can I become more Christlike?
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What is meant by, "Those who receive instruction in the word should share all good things with the instructor"?
To me, the thought that Paul is expressing here (as he did elsewhere in his epistles (such as in 1 Corinthians 9:3-14), and as Jesus also said in Matthew...
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Is faith in God a crutch?
These three men Ventura, Larry Flynt and Ted Turner are wealthy men whose crutch in life is status and wealth. In Matthew 19:16-21 when Jesus was speaking to...
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Is cleanliness next to godliness?
Everything good comes from God so you should be a good steward of all that God blesses you with. Why would you think that God would bless you with more if...
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Do the ends justify the means?
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What does the Bible say about lying? Is lying a sin?
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What evidence exists that God created us?
To me, scenarios such as the one described require more faith than believing in the creation account in Genesis. Why would an omnipotent God need to work...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does Luke 17:3-4 suggest that if a person does not repent we do not have to forigive them?
In the passage from Luke cited in the question, I think that Jesus' emphasis was on the forgiveness (which we can control), rather than the offender's...
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What are Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism?
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Is monergism or synergism correct?
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How does speaking in tongues edify a person?
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How does the Holy Spirit work with me?
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What evidence exists that God created us?
In the book of Genesis it is said that when Cain is cast out into the world he was fearful of the others of killing him so God put a mark on him so that no o...
Genesis 4:8 - 16
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Was the American Revolution a violation of Romans 13:1-7?
Actually the Revolution was not a violation of the Scripture, it one must have an accurate understanding of history and law in the British empire at that...
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What happened to the Virgin Mary after Christ went to heaven?
How can I find out what happened to the Virgin Mary?
Matthew 28:1 - 20
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, Bible study discussion leader
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Is the "New Perspective on Paul" biblical?
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Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?
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What does it mean to be poor in spirit?
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What is the Great White Throne Judgment?
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