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Continuing, I'm not calling Paul's instructions to the church merely advice. His instructions are directives, edicts, doctrinal commands. Paul's orders are...
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Todd, thanks for your response. I have an opinion about the directives given to the church on what a pastor, deacon, elder, etc should look like. I don't...
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Continuing, Samson's mother and father tried to warn him about marrying a woman not in covenant with Jehovah God. When his dad went to meet the woman, the...
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"In God's eyes." Lena's point, and a good one. I don't think God recognizes marriage licenses and civil contracts the way he recognizes what Lena pointed...
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Acts 16:14,15: "Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed...
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2 Samuel 20:9-10 says, 9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 Amasa was no...
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Kathy Akers, I appreciate your graciousness and empathy. Your comment however leaves too much room for interpretation on something that’s black and white. It...
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Do you mean to ask, if David Solomon and other prophets can HAVE more than one wife at a time, why not Christians? Was this your question? Also, could you...
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“Now the loophole. With forgiveness comes the expectation that we will not continue in the same path of rebelliousness." “There are no strings attached to...
I have e seen several of you mention here that women are XX chromosomes and men are XY chromosomes, but no one has mentioned the fraction of a percent of the...
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Danny, great thoughts. It is somewhat of a confusing way to approach it, but I was thinking about it more, and having multiple wives began to die out in the...
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I can be described as a "leftist," whatever that means. I say that to hurriedly get to my point. I don't stand alongside right wing politicians and...
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Continuing, Then the cut-off time! Cultural norms and attitudes grind slowly; God is very methodical; he's painstakingly systematic, orderly and deliberate....
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Faith is not a gift from God. Eternal life is a gift from God. Romans 6:23. And faith is not a work. Romans 4:5. It is faith apart from works. John 3:18:...
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Why am I the only one here who reads this as not a question about having multiple wives, as in polygamy, but having, as the question reads, more than one...
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Good for you, Tim! And thank you.
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Salvation is a free gift from God so no man can boast and say I saved myself. Romans 3:26-28: For He is the just and the justifier of them that believe in...
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Thanks for the comment. I changed the reference.
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HALLELUJAH, J.D. AMEN.
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So, God made a beautiful world for us. The question is: Why don't we accept it? It would seem that people think that they can improve on God's perfect...
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Amen. Freely justified by grace apart from any works, by faith alone. Romans 3:26-28. For He is the just and the justifier of them that BELIEVE in Jesus....
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Thank you, Robert! (1 Corinthians 6:9 KJV) Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor...
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Dear Anonymous: I have had the same experience with having evil thoughts against the Holy Spirit, and I was tormented by the fear of committing the...
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Waiting on God is really hard for me to do! I like to move, and that sometimes gets me in trouble, more often than I would like to admit. Just ask my wife,...
We are all sinners to a degree, because we cannot be made perfect in the flesh. Only our soul/spirit is saved. Colossians 2:13. We have been forgiven all...
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Commentaries on Matthew 12:22-32, Mark 3:22-30, and Luke 12:10 that I have read (and that have been very comforting to me) have indicated that the blasphemy...
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God, in the Garden of Eden, had one man and one woman. This was God's original design. The first mention of more than one wife is in Genesis 4:19 "And Lamech...
As revealed to the prophet Amos, the whole chapter 8 refers to the coming of the end times. The Lord said, “I will not pass by them anymore, for the buying...
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Second Timothy 2:13. If we believe not, He abideth faithful, He cannot deny Himself. Ephesians 4:30. So yes, a believer who is sealed by the Holy Spirit,...
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God cannot lie. John 6:47: Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that BELIEVETH on me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE. Trusting in anything else cannot save. Idols...
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Deuteronomy 14:26. God says to take the money for what we have sold and buy what ever you want, including wine or STRONG DRINK. Gods word, not mine....
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The problem is, it is too easy to be saved. Sinners believe you have to do something to be saved. The bible says just believe it and you are saved. Romans...
If you thought horrible things you want to repent of thinking against the Holy Spirit because you were tempted or angry, can you be forgiven? I just feel emp...
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I don't know about where anyone else lives, but the penalty for polygamy in Texas is more than one mother-in-law (ha ha!). I can see the benefits of more...
While the Bible does not specifically address polygamy, it has to be taken in the context of the times. For ancient Israel and the region, life was hard, and...
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So if a person thought something evil about the Holy Spirit (on purpose) they cannot be forgiven of that even if they want to genuinely repent? I have been...
Unbelievers. John 3:18. Believers are no longer condemned, but unbelievers are condemned already because they have not believed on the name of the Son of...
They had more than one wife but this is not according to God's command in Genesis 2:24. Jesus re-stated this command: 4 He answered, “Have you not read that...
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Aside from my "serious" answer to the question, I also recall that when Mark Twain was asked to cite a Bible verse that prohibited bigamy, he replied, "No...
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