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I don't know if there's a law more misunderstood than the Sabbath law. God gave Israel (yes you read that correctly), He gave the chosen people He delivered...
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I think that is probably why Uzzah did not think about touching the Ark. I had read that also. You know when you see something regularly, it is just common....
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Tim, Only a person who considers themselves still under the law of Moses would ask this. So that's the criteria for answering. So the question is whether or...
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Jennifer, this is an excellent answer . It offers a scriptural response to deterministic soteriology that disputes the sinner's exercise of free will. God...
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Danny, thanks for your reply. My view is that nothing in Scripture affirms your assertion that God does not enlighten everyone. That would be contradictory...
Matthew 16:24 - 26
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Well-written, Jeremiah! I love your citation of Paul in 1 Timothy 2:5. Martin Luther, Reformer, theologian and hymn writer wrote this hymn: Help us, Lord...
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"Move mountains" is a figure of speech. Who would want to move a mountain? The guy with the son possessed by a demon (Matt 17) cares nothing about moving...
There are a number of suggestions as to the identity of ‘gopher wood’ used for building the ark. The proposal of cypress and other woods is not strong enough...
In Hebrew the phrase “my messenger” is מַלְאָכִי (mal’akhi)—[always you have to read Hebrew from right to left, unlike English and other languages which are...
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So, according to Calvinism, you can read John 3:16, but you cannot believe it unless God gives you the faith to believe it. That makes no sense to me. Maybe...
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"He has given us the responsibility to obey Him or to not obey Him." To be clear: NO ONE except Jesus has obeyed God! No one does good!! (Psalm 14:1) Obeying...
The only ones allowed to touch the Ark of the Covenant were priests who were ritually clean. SMM The family of Kehath [Kohath], of the tribe of Levi, would...
To say it is impossible to understand God’s sovereignty and mans free will is not impossible. God gave man a free will. John 3:16-18. John 12:32. First John...
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Sorry, Jack. I meant to say only the Levites were permitted to touch them. Thanks...good save!
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Ezekiel I understand some of that; some of it is above my "plain ole' southern boy" pay grade. But I'll try to reply as intelligently as I can. I believe the...
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First John 2:2. If God did not make the way of salvation to everyone, then John 3:16 should read. For God so hated the world that He only saved a few. But...
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Man can have free will enough to fill the Grand Canyon and won't be able to free will himself to be born into the world. Someone else has to give birth to...
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JD I agree totally with you for one reason: you are right! It blows me away that the truth is missed by so many. What can the reason for this major...
By His perfect fulfillment of the Mosaic Law (of which no one else would or could ever have been capable), followed by His atoning death and subsequent...
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Regardless of what number of scriptures you list, we're unable to make ourselves ALIVE in Christ. Unless we're quickened by God (the Holy Spirit) we won't be...
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Danny, allow me to clarify that I don't always agree with Houdmann and that this isn't the first time on this forum when I subscribed to a conflicting...
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We play no part in being chosen for anything in life. To be chosen is to be picked by someone else. I was chosen to be my mom and dad's youngest son of...
This is a creative question, Candice! Of course, men would prefer a charming and beautiful woman, but beauty can be only skin deep at times! I don't see a...
This is an intriguing inquiry, Luanne! Two different commentators offer 2 similar and yet unique answers to your question. Warren Wiersbe wonders thusly: "No...
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I've never known that Mr. Houdmann got it the way he so exquisitely said it here!! He put it out there in grand fashion!! I've been wanting him to say this...
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“Apostates are those who once believed in Jesus for the free gift of eternal life, but departed from the faith.” According to 1 John 2:19 apostates are not...
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The simplicity of the gospel. First Corinthians 15:3-4. John 3:16-18. John 6:40 and John 6:29. Romans 11:6 All grace apart from any works. Romans 1:18,...
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"Dear Mr and Brother dear," doesn't make a wrong understanding of the scriptures sound any better. It's really quite condescending, in my opinion. It can be...
Is it considered "labor" or "work" on the Sabbath to spend time in your flower or vegetable garden if it's for enjoyment? Specifically, doing things such as ...
Exodus 35:1 - 35
I am saddened by the fact that even after many pastors die from covid while still saying covid is a hoax and not getting vaccinated, 30-40% of evangelical...
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Apostates are those who once believed in Jesus for the free gift of eternal life, but departed from the faith. Second Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, He...
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This "new earth," is it to be inhabited by flesh and blood people? Is it to be inhabited by spirits or souls, or what? Archaeologists found the remains of a...
I believe that the answer is found in chapter 18, which reveals the destruction of Babylon. The sea is mentioned and the corruption of the city. In the...
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Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the POWER of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVETH, to the Jew first, and also to...
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Tim Scott, If Christ isn't in His kingdom, where is He? Please explain this scripture: "Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the...
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The sea was pronounced as "good" along with everything else the Lord created. There is nothing bad about the sea. The earth was changed with the fall of...
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Shirley, your statement, "Not even the Levites could not touch them."--Did you mean "Not even the Levites could touch them" (the holy objects of the...
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This is an interesting question, Arnaldo Oliveira Phd LAc! I like to take the Apostle Paul's advice on this subject from a few different Bible translations....
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Andrew, A child is not "An ongoing reminder of sin!" To think of a kid that way, and to surmise that the best way to deal with this, for everybody, is to let...
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Frances, It's easy to preach forgiveness to other people. It's a little different when it is your spouse that has a baby with another person. There is no...
Most of the musical terms are uncertain, but the Psalm headings are not correctly observed. James W. Thirtle, author of ‘The Titles of the Psalms, Their...
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Today, 2022, it is not hard to imagine that the dead bodies of the two witnesses could be seen the world over almost instantly. I think the technology that...
Isaiah 2:12, "For the Day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought...
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Lead us not "into" temptation; but, deliver us from evil. It seems to me that temptation itself is neither good or evil. We all are tempted daily in many...
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