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How can I know if I am one of the elect?

August 19 2024

Answer by Ezekiel Kimosop

How can I know if I am one of the elect?

How can I know if I am one of the elect? This question can be better rephrased - How do I know that I am guaranteed eternal life in Christ Jesus? This is a...

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Comment by Ezekiel Kimosop

How can I know if I am one of the elect?

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TULIP Calvinism may appear to appear to supply an answer to the question for those who have received Christ. Sadly it offers a worrisome conclusion to the...

August 19 2024

Question by Anonymous
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Are people only "maggots" or "worms" (Job 25:6)?

Expanded Bible -- Job 25:5 Even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes. 6 People are much less! They are like ·insects [mag...

Job 25:1 - 6

August 19 2024 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by venkatesan Iyer

Is Jesus a zombie?

The peculiarity of the question is "is". Was Jesus a zombie? A normal meaningful question. Given normal definition: Zombie: A frightening creature that is...

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Comment by John Appelt

What is the book of Esther?

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Tim has answered it well. The acrostics are not discernible in English.

August 19 2024

Comment by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What is the book of Esther?

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The 13th-century sage Rabbi Bachya ben Asher discovered the presence of God’s name in acrostics embedded in Esther. The form of this name is the four Hebrew...

August 19 2024

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What is the book of Esther?

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Good answer, John. But I don't understand what you wrote: "God’s name YHWH (Yahweh) is found hidden in acrostic form."

August 19 2024

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What is the book of Esther?

August 18 2024

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What should we learn from the life of Esther?

August 18 2024

Comment by Heath Sanders

Why do some Christians blow the shofar when nowhere in the NT we're told to do so?

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I asked a present day Jew in Israel what blowing the shofar means and he told me, “The sound of the shofar opens the heavens and this is how the prayers are...

August 18 2024

Comment by Charles Crabtree

Why do some people continue to portray Jacob (Israel) as a thief, cheat, and liar when clearly God was with him?

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John you get close on the birthright. But on the blessing I see Isaac giving Jacob the blessing God had already prophesied. I think that if Esau had come...

August 18 2024

Answer by venkatesan Iyer

How is it rational to proclaim that breaking one law is breaking all of the whole law?

We find it reasonable in our academic setup that you are given a degree when you pass all subjects. Failure in even one subject would be considered failed in...

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How do I pray?

August 18 2024

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Should the comma be placed before or after the word "today" in Luke 23:43?

August 18 2024

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Is God compassionate or ferocious (Lamentations 3:22)?

August 17 2024

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Is it possible that someone could serve God for the wrong reasons? If yes, why and how?

August 17 2024

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Who is "them" in 1 John 4:4 that the children have overcome?

August 17 2024

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Who is "them" in 1 John 4:4 that the children have overcome?

August 17 2024

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How is it rational to proclaim that breaking one law is breaking all of the whole law?

Good question, Venkatesan! I often dramatically ask people, "Do you know what James, the half-brother of Jesus said?" And then I quote James 2:10. I like...

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Answer by Leslie Coutinho

Why do I face the consequences of Adam's sin when I did not eat the fruit?

Genesis 2:17: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest therefore thou shalt surely die....

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Why would family and friends abandon one who suffers (Job 19:13-20)?

August 17 2024

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Why would family and friends abandon one who suffers (Job 19:13-20)?

August 17 2024

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What kind of fruit can we bear in old age (Psalm 92:14-15)?

Jesus said that the two greatest commandments are to love God and our neighbor (Mark 12:29-31). Even in the face of constraints placed by age on physical...

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Comment by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What is Pentecost Sunday?

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Jeremiah 23:29 says, "My message is like a fire that purges dross! 1 It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!" NET Note 1...

August 16 2024

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why would family and friends abandon one who suffers (Job 19:13-20)?

Also, besides the answer already given that Job deserves the suffering he has experienced, are 2 other possible answers: (1) Some "friends" and even family...

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What kind of fruit can we bear in old age (Psalm 92:14-15)?

14 They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, 15 to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteo...

August 16 2024 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Philip Davies

Does a Christian rest until the rapture or is he in heaven at the time of his death?

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A moment's thought will show that is not the correct interpretation in my opinion, for it turns the phrase, "I say unto you today" into a tautology. "I say...

August 16 2024

Comment by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

What is the best way for Christians to deal with the question of homosexuality if Jesus states that we are to love our neighbors as we love ourself?

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The purpose in removing the fornicator from the Corinthian church was not to discipline the sinner. It was to remove the dissimulation of the church. The...

August 15 2024

Comment by Murray Roulstone , A Watchman on the Wall

What was the book David was referring to that contained things written about him? (Psalm 40:7)

Comment:
Hebrews 10:5-10 is where the writer of Hebrews specifically references Psalm 40:7.

August 15 2024

Comment by Albert DeBenedictis , Retired computer programmer

Is homosexual orientation a sin?

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Hi Todd, I agree with your comments that the Bible says that Christians are to love others and not hate (Romans 13:8-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Galatians...

August 15 2024

Answer by Albert DeBenedictis , Retired computer programmer

What is the best way for Christians to deal with the question of homosexuality if Jesus states that we are to love our neighbors as we love ourself?

How should a church deal with a homosexual attending church services? The Bible says that Christians are to love others and not hate (Romans 13:8-10; 1...

August 14 2024 1 Comments 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Eric Umfress

What justice will Uriah the Hittite ever receive?

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Kelli, this was a beautiful thing to share. I have never looked at things this way. I try to remember what Jesus commanded in all things and it can be hard...

August 14 2024

Answer by Janet Austin , Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author

Since God withholds forgiveness, can we?

No, you are not allowed to withhold forgiveness. Perhaps the way to respond is to say to yourself, and maybe to them, we are all broken clay pots; we all...

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Comment by Silas Cheung

Should Christians try to evangelize atheists?

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The denial of creation by the atheists is based on the belief in evolution. I think the theory of evolution is the result of blindness to realization of...

August 14 2024

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Why would family and friends abandon one who suffers (Job 19:13-20)?

I would say that Job's family and friends "gave up" on him because he repeatedly refused to accept their "starting premise" that God must be evil to have...

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Comment by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

How is it rational to proclaim that breaking one law is breaking all of the whole law?

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1 Cor 1:19-25 "For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise?...

August 14 2024

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

How is it rational to proclaim that breaking one law is breaking all of the whole law?

God's attribute (and thus His "way") is holiness -- the total absence of sin. It takes only one instance of disobedience to compromise that totality. That's...

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How do I pray?

August 14 2024

Question by venkatesan Iyer

How is it rational to proclaim that breaking one law is breaking all of the whole law?

Should we accept that it seems irrational but it is God's way?

James 2:10

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Comment by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

What is dispensationalism and is it Biblical?

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The land promises are for the nation of Israel, not the Body of Christ. And other promises remain to be fulfilled, such as the Davidic kingdom and priestly...

August 14 2024

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Is God compassionate or ferocious (Lamentations 3:22)?

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Max Lucado then imagines this correspondence, straight from “The Pearly Gates Underwriting Division:” "Dear Mr. Smith, I’m writing in response to this...

August 14 2024

Comment by Philip Davies

What is dispensationalism and is it Biblical?

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Hi Lane, you've had a tough time with this answer you gave, but substantially you are correct. Don't lose heart. Best wishes Philip

August 14 2024

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Is silent prayer biblical?

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Silent prayer is praying in secret; it is to pray without being noticed. It's more than just closing your eyes when you're in the presence of others and...

August 14 2024