Who was Joab? What did he mean to King David?
Great question, Virginia! Joab was a skilled general, proven by the number of victories he gained (2 Sam. 2:12-32; 10 Here is one of them: 2 Samuel Chapter...
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How can God know me personally if He sees Jesus when He looks at me?
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Gerritt Schuitema
, Persecutor & Mocker transformed to Faithful Believer
What response can I give to my 11-year-old when he says, "I can't be a Christian because God has a standard too high to actually be a true Christian. Our sin nature is too powerful!"?
I think Orthodoxy would say they have no sin nature, but his enemies are multiple. Inwardly, he suffers from the fear of death, and thus chooses wrongly....
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
What is a concubine? Why did God allow men to have concubines in the Bible?
Why did God allow men to have concubines? First we need to settle on a good idea of what a concubine is/was. It just might be that the practice still goes on...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What is the food that we are supposed to work for that endureth?
Matthew 6:19: "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal." John 4:14: "..whoever...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does granted mean in John 6:65?
I would say that the questioner is interpreting the cited verse correctly. Faith is a gift from God, not something that we can claim credit for (although...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How long were these "watches of the night"? Psalm 119:148
The watches of the night were from sunset to 10 P.M., 10–2, and 2 until dawn. WWW
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Does the Covid vaccine have 666 written all over it?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How long were these "watches of the night"? Psalm 119:148
The Jews, Greeks, and Romans, all divided the night into military watches instead of hours, each watch representing the period for which sentinels or guards...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What response can I give to my 11-year-old when he says, "I can't be a Christian because God has a standard too high to actually be a true Christian. Our sin nature is too powerful!"?
Tell him that is why Jesus had to die. To pay our sin debt in full so we can never be condemned again. First John 2:2 And He is the propitiation for our...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How long were these "watches of the night"? Psalm 119:148
Psalm 119:148 (NIV) "My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises."
Psalms 119:1 - 176
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
What does the Bible say about the arrival of a time in which people will celebrate their sins and have no remorse over their sins?
Remorse is defined this way: Deep regret for wrongdoing. The question insinuates that there was a time when the world population had deep regret for sin, and...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why is there “no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1-2)?
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, physical death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. The GIFT of God is eternal...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What happens to newborn babies when they immediately die after birth? Do they go to heaven, or does something else happen to them?
All children are saved up to the age of accountability. Only God knows what that is for each child. When King David and Bathsheba lost their baby, David...
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Greg T
What does granted mean in John 6:65?
What does granted mean? Chosen? So us coming to salvation is even through his grace, we didnt even originate that, correct?
John 6:65
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Greg T
What is the food that we are supposed to work for that endureth?
I know that salvation is not by works, but this passage says to work for the food that endureth?
John 6:27
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Grant Brown
, Retired pastor, Hospice chaplain
What does the Bible say about the arrival of a time in which people will celebrate their sins and have no remorse over their sins?
In addition to the references cited above, Revelation 9:20 speaks of a future time during the great tribulation when the 6th trumpet judgement had reduced...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Who is Ben Hur in the movie produced in 1959? Was he the same Ben Hur mentioned in the Bible?
Great question, Wendy! I saw that good movie, and Ben Hur might have been a "son of Hur", which is what Ben-hur means). But the Hebrew construct ben hur...
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Does the Bible prophesy the coming of Muhammad?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How could Lot’s daughters justify incest with their father? (Genesis 19:31–32)
Since God had already preserved Lot and his daughters through miraculous intervention when Sodom was destroyed, it should have given Lot's daughters faith...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the belt of truth?
I would say that, in likening truth to a belt, Paul is not speaking of the truth of God's word (which he likens elsewhere in the passage to a sword), but is...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How are the unrighteous being held for punishment? (2 Peter 2:9)
I would say that the point that Peter is making is that no temporal adversities that may befall the unjust or wicked, or that God may inflict upon them, in...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is new covenant theology?
From the book of Acts to the rapture of the church is the day of Grace. Only in this dispensation of grace our sin debt is paid in full, and we can no longer...
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Why is "doing good" necessary to gain eternal life? (Romans 2:7)
Doing good isn't a prerequisite for obtaining eternal life. Romans 2:7 doesn't present a case for doing good to receive eternal life. If you get that from it...
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Is it true that everything happens for a reason?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How are the unrighteous being held for punishment? (2 Peter 2:9)
2 Peter 2:9 "if this is so, then the LORD knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment." Ne...
2 Peter 2:1 - 22
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How does bad company corrupt good character?
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Is the Covid-19 vaccine the mark of the beast?
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Is the Covid-19 vaccine the mark of the beast?
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Danny Hickman
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Does the Bible advocate arranged marriages?
No! "The Bible" doesn't advocate arranged marriages. What would be different if only "saved" people got married? Answer: Bad marriages and divorces would...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What can we learn from the life of Hezekiah?
1. Hezekiah trusted in the Lord 2 Kings 18:5: “He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What can we learn from the life of Hezekiah?
1. Hezekiah trusted in the Lord 2 Kings 18:5: “He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor...
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What does it mean in Rom 3:27 that boasting is excluded because of the law that requires faith?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How will we be "enriched in every way"? (2 Corinthians 9:11)
I would say that Paul is concentrating here not on a form or amount by which a person is enriched, nor is he preaching a so-called "prosperity gospel" --...
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Tim Maas
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How does Christ’s blood "cleanse our consciences"? (Hebrews 9:14)
I would say that the reference is to the fact of the God-given conscience existing to allow people to recognize things that they should or should not do --...
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Eldon MavBeth
Is it true that everything happens for a reason?
God does not control everything that happens. He gave us a will, and the power of choice, therefore many things that happen are the result of our choices....
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Eldon MavBeth
Is it true that everything happens for a reason?
God does not control everything that happens. He gave us a will, and the power of choice, therefore many things that happen are the result of our choices....
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How does Christ’s blood "cleanse our consciences"? (Hebrews 9:14)
Hebrews 9:14 (NIV) says Hebrews 9:14 New International Version 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered...
Hebrews 9:11 - 28
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Fran Joa
, Interested in God and hopeful
Why is leprosy talked about so much in the Bible?
Could it be that the Bible talks a lot about leprosy because it represents something important? Let me explain what I mean by sharing what I think is the...
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Albert DeBenedictis
, Retired computer programmer
Why is "doing good" necessary to gain eternal life? (Romans 2:7)
No. We do not have to do works to go to gain eternal life. One obtains eternal life by recognizing one is a sinner, repents of their sinful ways, and accepts...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How could there have been light before God created the sun and the moon? (Genesis 1:14–16)
The Bible says that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5). I would therefore say that God exists (and had existed since eternity past)...
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Brian Olson
, Disciple of Jesus Christ
What do you do to resist temptation when girls are trying to seduce you?
I think you have to look at that kind of a situation as a test. We know what Joseph did when Potiphar's wife propositioned him, he said, "So how could I do...
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Greg T
What did Jesus mean when He said, "Take up your cross and follow Me" (Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23)?
Take up the cross and deny yourself... There is only one cross that matters, the cross of Jesus is our cross; thus seeing ourselves co-crucified and...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How could there have been light before God created the sun and the moon? (Genesis 1:14–16)
The sun was not created until the fourth day, yet there was light on the first day (Genesis 1:3). What's up?
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How do I pray for the health of a non-believer?