This authority is called a 'commission.' This is actually a legal arrangement granted by a very real divine government operating in heaven right now. We even...
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Why did Jesus tell the leper not to say anything about being healed, but to go to the priest and show himself?
In my opinion: This authority was specifically given to the disciples. It is important to note that Jesus also taught that all believers have access to the...
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Yes, Tim, an admirable answer! I love the dramatized version presented in the Chosen movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGcUWNCkXAQ
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Seven years has passed since I wrote this; I now know I was just a chauvinist pig; women can serve honorably in any endeavor in which a man can serve. I was...
I think Jesus cares about our being embarrassed. I really do. This was a big day for Jesus. He was going to give us the first of 7 signs, I believe there is,...
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Have you ever watched the Pilgrims Progress? Beautifully depicts this. I would like to add that we have no way of falling out of God’s hands once sealed by...
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I beg to differ on your answer. Matthew 17:21 is missing and it includes prayer and fasting. The importance of prayer and fasting is a strong tool against...
In 2 Samuel, chapter 16, verses 1 and 2, we read about King David and meeting with Ziba (servant to Mephiboseth) who had a couple of saddled donkeys with...
Good question, Child of the Almighty King. I too often wondered about that every time I read thrugh the Bible. It is even listed as a Bible "error" on my...
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Thank you, Tim. I agree with your answer. You're much more concise than I am and I appreciate that.
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Why do you think Jesus decided to become involved when the people ran out of wine at the wedding in Cana?
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What is the biblical way to lead a child to Christ?
This is one of those prescient moments when Jesus was obviously looking forward to us and speaking to a generation more like ours when thousands of people...
The typical arrangement for travel was for the back of the 'adult' donkey to be the place where the rider would sit with the foal tied off to the adult and...
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Confess your sin, and God is faithful and just to forgive your sin and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Of what sin does a five year old confess and...
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God revealed to me: The broom tree is a place of suffering. It also becomes an anguished cry for help. Also most are single mothers who are weary of watching...
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This is one of Mr Houdmann's best answers. He didn't come right out and say it, so I'll say what he skillfully danced around: no one can lead anyone to...
First off, I want to appreciate you for admitting that Jesus is God. Let me give you a small demonstration that you can always use. If we have a bottle and...
If I'm understanding the question correctly, the drift of it is whether there was something efficiently particular about the virgin Mary that prompted God to...
For this question, Jesus himself answered it in Matthew 9:1-13: When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax...
I would say that God will allow humans to act with any intent they conceive (which, in the case of Christians, should be influenced by the Holy Spirit), but...
As Jesus Himself said in Luke 5:32, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came to call not the righteous, but sinners,...
GOD only establishes or removes something called 'supreme authorities,' (Biblical Greek: 'hyperechō exousia,' Romans 13:1). Jesus describes them when He...
This gets into the mystery of God's sovereignty and man's choice. Since I believe in God's ultimate sovereignty over all things, I have to say that the...
We are made in God’s own image, the apple of Gods eye and satan hates that and us and he uses 100 % of his power and authority to destroy us. If he had the...
I am convinced that GOD asked this question, (or one very much like it), in order to 'test' His holy angels and one third of them fell while trying to answer...
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Who created God? Where did God come from?
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What does the bible mean in Colossians 3:1-2 by "looking for the things that are above"?
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Francisca, my understanding is that GOD describes Himself as 'light' containing no darkness at all, (1 John 1:5). Not 'physical' light, otherwise we would be...
The word of God was the light. God's Spirit was in the darkness until he spoke it into existence with the words, "Let there be light!" Let him see, open his...
I would like to point out that God didn't create, nor did he have a book written for us not to understand what he would not want us to understand. There is...
The book of Esther is a record of an event when Persia was in power after the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. A Jewish young woman ends up being the wife...
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Mr Al Mari, I believe you and pastor Kimosop are almost saying the same thing. I think pastor Kimosop got the notion that you were saying that Jesus divested...
This question was posed to me recently during a disagreement concerning other things. Why this popped up, I don't know. I said let me think about that and pr...
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"No one knows the day or hour, not the angels in heaven, nor the Son..." That's really plain. Jesus didn't know when he was to return. Jesus is just as much...
Phenomenal question, Francisca! No, I don't believe John the Baptist was conceived via an immaculate conception. That would mean that he was preserved free...
The Holy Spirit is referring to a very specific 'letter' here, (Biblical Greek: 'gramma'), which is a legal document detailing our debts to the Torah each...
This is a very relevant question. One of the Christian evangelistic organizations that I was in, whether it was Campus Crusade for Christ, now CRU, or...
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Thank you Benito Diaz Snr. However there is a year "0" for all calculation purposes. It is simply that we call it "The first century BC." If you use the...
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AMEN, each must choose to warrior on! Or not!
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Does God exist? Is there evidence for the existence of God?
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Who are 'the wise' in Proverbs?
I tried going to every different denomination church there was, it seems, and also to the Catholic Church once for a wedding, and the Mormon church for quite...
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