What does it mean when God hardens whom he wants to harden?
Great question. Simply put, all God needs to do to harden a person is withhold his unmerited favor - that is his grace - from a person. We know from...
Great question. Simply put, all God needs to do to harden a person is withhold his unmerited favor - that is his grace - from a person. We know from...
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What Bible verse are you referencing?
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God does not save people at the cost of a child dying. To think that makes Him a monster. You lost your cousin to illness, not God. God did not take her, He...
No, God, of course, does not condone sex slavery. Unthinkable.
I don’t believe there are any unanswered prayers. I believe God simply answers your prayer in one of three ways. 1. Yes 2. No 3. Wait until a later time.
Jesus could have healed everyone in the "great multitude" that was at the pool but He only healed one man! Someone said that the healing of just one man...
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Enoch, as a 7th day Sabbath keeper, I’m familiar with all the reasons why Sunday is the new sabbath for many Christians – however, none of them (as far as I...
Three days ago I was reading Numbers 31:15-18 when God gave the command to kill all the boys and the men, but the women were to be kept alive “for yourselves...
Numbers 31:15 - 18
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Amen Mr Matthews. One of the hardest things to remember, for some of us, is that we the people, whether we are christian, atheist or anything else, we are...
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Ephesians 1:13-14 is our guarantee of eternal life. in whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, (First...
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Thank you again Aurel. I am an evangelical Christian and couldn't find any command from God nor any good reasons from Jesus for our Sunday sacredness, except...
Bible students have mentioned that the celebrations contained and mandated by the Lord in Leviticus 23 have to do with our Savior, the Lord's son. The...
The word has so many clues about many things contained in it. One of those is regarding the coming of the Messiah. Many say that the word does not give us an...
It took me some time to comprehend that all emotions are chosen by humans. And Jesus was fully God, but also fully human. Many people incorrectly say Jesus...
Why is God going to send a strong delusion in the end times? 2 Thess. 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they...
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What does the Bible say about bees/bee stings?
His life was in him only subsequent to Paul performing the miracle (Acts 20:10), not preceeding this (Acts 20:9).
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Who introduced "vengeance" into the discussion? Someone asked if christians should "get involved with political rallies against the government." This is...
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The gist of Solomon's advice in Proverbs 22:6 about raising children, is that a good foundation will support whatever you build, for the life of the...
I was talking with an atheist and he said this about the verse, "This seems to support Predestination and the violation of free will."
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Danny, well said. You understand completely that I am not advocating being complacent in one's beliefs. But the reason we, as a country, have not fallen by...
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What does James 1:4 mean when it says, "You will be perfect and complete, needing nothing"?
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Dear Enoch, thanks for the kind words. You're being too kind! In reality, no one truly believes that the Ten Commandments were done away with and the New...
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Who is to stand up for the oppressed people? Who is going to deliver the oppressed? GOD is! “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers...
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I want to understand; if christians are to "stay away from such activities," who is to stand up for the oppressed people? Should the oppressed people,...
In case you feel your question hasn't been satisfied I have found some other people who have answered it, and I will just echo their comments here: PROBLEM:...
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Mr Matthews, I think you explained it quite well. Jesus never took on the government when He was here, and He didn't commission His followers (us) to do so...
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Aurel, thank you so much for clarifying my confusion. Now I am clear about what it means to be "not under law but under grace". I’ts in the text itself, the...
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James 1:19 - 27
"Hebrew" as an adjective or adjectival noun is traditionally understood to be based on the name of Abraham's ancestor, Eber, mentioned in Genesis 10:21....
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This is great writing. I’ll remember the story about the brothers and the bee for a long while to come.
My answer will be short. The other answers tell you to be saved, all you have to do is believe. They are not wrong. But what many leave out is just how BIG...
The Bible gives us many prophecies that must take place before the time of the end, most of which have already taken place. I believe that some of those...
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How can I overcome disappointment with life?
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How can I overcome disappointment with life?
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How can I overcome disappointment with life?
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What does it mean to train up a child in the way he should go?
In my opinion, Eutycus was indeed dead, but it was the grasp of the apostle Paul (as a channel of Paul's faith) that enabled him to speak of Eutycus as alive...
Hebrews 13:5 And be content with such things as ye have, for He hath said, I will never leave you or forsake you. Part of our old nature is still...
Acts 20:9–10 especially. My problem is that verse nine says he was “taken up dead.” But in the very next verse, Paul said, “his life is in him.”
Acts 20:7 - 16
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What is 'perseverance of the saints' and is it biblical?
1. You haven’t asked for God’s blessing. “You do not have because you do not ask God” (James 4:2). All too often I am guilty of this. I just forget to pray...
There is a standard found in the merriam-webster dictionary for the term "soul" and the term "spirit". It is clear to me when I remember the phrase " Not a...
We know that our Lord is our Celestial Father. And a good father loves his sons/daughters and as such he will reward or punish his kids according to their...
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I don't understand "marrying for sex." A young "rules oriented" legalist man might marry to be able to have sex legally, but how widespread is that in '2021?...
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The souls of Revelation 5: 8, Revelation 7: 9, and Revelation 6: 9-11 are the souls of the dead raised in the Rapture. According to the Pretribulation...
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Continuing, Overspiritualizing the words of scripture is a common practice. Prov 22:6 is used by cynics to prove that we're off our nut. There is irrefutable...
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I believe all Mr Houdmann says here is true. That doesn't make his exegesis of this passage of scripture to be the context of this text. This isn't an...
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