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  1. What causes God to be joyful (Jeremiah 9:24)?
  2. What does the burned plow have to do with Elisha?
  3. Why does Jeremiah 12:1 say the wicked prosper when other verses say they do not?
  4. If Jesus knew His 7th day Sabbath, God's 4th Commandment, would be nailed to the cross and no longer be in effect after His resurrection, why did He instruct His followers to pray they would not have to flee on the Sabbath after his resurrection?
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  7. To whom is God talking in Psalm 82?
  8. What enduring assurance does God give His people despite potential upheaval in the world? Isaiah 54:1–17
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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What does it mean to "trust in Him at all times"? Psalm 62:8

The verse is telling the reader to have a trust in God that is constant and continuous -- existing not just when times are good or events are favorable, but...

March 24 2025 Follow Vote Up

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

Who was Joshua in the Bible?

Joshua (whose original name was Hoshea) is first mentioned in Numbers 13:8, where he was selected by Moses as one of twelve spies sent to scout out the land...

March 24 2025 Follow Vote Up

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March 23 2025

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Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?

March 23 2025

Comment by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

Why is 'You shall not covet' in the Ten Commandments?

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I believe that coveting can lead us on a path to break any one of the commandments, because God is not then considered in His rightful place.

March 23 2025

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Why is 'You shall not covet' in the Ten Commandments?

March 23 2025

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What should we learn from the "Song of Moses," found in Deuteronomy 31:16-22, 28-30 and 32:1-47?

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"The phrase 'In highly anthropomorphic terms God is transcendent' might seem contradictory at first. Anthropomorphism refers to describing God in human-like...

March 23 2025

Answer by Leslie Coutinho

What does it mean, “Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children”?

Galatians 4:25: For this A’-gar is mount Si’-nai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. Paul the Apostle of...

March 23 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Why did God bless Rahab when she told a lie? (Joshua 2:4–5)

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The Quest Study Bible says this, but I think they made a typographical error on the 3rd reference. Here are all 3 and my "correction": Exodus 20:16 (ESV) –...

March 23 2025

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What should we learn from the "Song of Moses," found in Deuteronomy 31:16-22, 28-30 and 32:1-47?

THE SONG (Deut. 31:16-22, 28-30; 32:1-47) A. The crisis (Deut. 31:16-22, 28-30) 1. The Lord tells Moses (Deut. 31:16-22): The Lord reveals that his people...

March 23 2025 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does it mean to "trust in Him at all times"? Psalm 62:8

8 i Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

March 23 2025 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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Answer by Leslie Coutinho

Why does the angel, and not God, make the promise to Hagai, "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for their multitude"?

Genesis 16:10: And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. Hagar after she...

March 23 2025 Follow Vote Up

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

What "curse" comes to an end in Revelation 22:3?

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Thank you Jack! I'm with you, and most ready to see the end of the curse! ...very thankful for the hope that we do have and can remember that we have...

March 22 2025

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What "curse" comes to an end in Revelation 22:3?

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Good answer, Mark. Life, not death, reigns. Romans 5:21 (NET) "So that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to...

March 22 2025

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What should we learn from the "Song of Moses," found in Deuteronomy 31:16-22, 28-30 and 32:1-47?

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Loved your reference to Dt 32:4 (2nd paragraph). When I was coaching high school freshman girls basketball in the fall of 2005, I was surprised at how many...

March 22 2025

Answer by Donna Williams

What should we learn from the "Song of Moses," found in Deuteronomy 31:16-22, 28-30 and 32:1-47?

As noted in the Scriptures these songs were given to Moses the servant of the LORD to teach the children of Israel as a witness against their disobedience...

March 22 2025 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

What should we learn from the "Song of Moses," found in Deuteronomy 31:16-22, 28-30 and 32:1-47?

Think about today's world. Know this, God is God. This is His world. All scripture is for our learning. This song is documented by a "conversation" God had...

March 22 2025 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Will Catholics go to heaven?

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I agree totally with what you wrote here, Kevin. What I don't understand, is why they don't take it a step further and deify Sarah, the wife of Abraham,...

March 22 2025

Answer by Donna Williams

What does it mean that we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling?

To work out our salvation with "fear and trembling" means to live out our lives in faith, humility, and a reverence for the authority and power in obedience...

March 22 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Philip Davies

What does the Bible say about the concept of a common law marriage?

The only form of marriage in the Bible was what is colloquially known as "common law marriage". There were no marriage licenses in Bible times. There was no...

March 22 2025 2 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Philip Davies

What should we learn from the "Song of Moses," found in Deuteronomy 31:16-22, 28-30 and 32:1-47?

Moses is now at the end of his life and he is about to see Israel cross the Jordan into the promised land and he must remain behind. It is at this point that...

March 22 2025 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Leslie Coutinho

How can the delay in Daniel getting answers to prayer be explained?

Daniel 10:12: Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy...

March 22 2025 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

What does it mean to work out salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12)?

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AMEN. FAITH is the ONLY way. It is/was finished on Calvary! There is nothing we can do but surrender, and serve.

March 22 2025

Comment by Silas Cheung

Are the teachings of Witness Lee and the Local Church biblical?

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According to Jesus, His sheep recognize His Voice (not the words). His words could be repeated but not His voice. Watchman Nee is a very good bible teacher,...

March 22 2025

Question by Daniel Moodley

Why does the angel, and not God, make the promise to Hagai, "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for their multitude"?

Genesis 16:10 NKJV [10] Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitu...

Genesis 16:10

March 22 2025 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Daniel Moodley

Why are there so many books on how to pray if Jesus only gave his disciples one prayer model to pray?

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One must notice, Jesus' model prayer starts with heaven and then earth. It's a positional approach that the Lord uses. We access heaven for His Kingdom to be...

March 22 2025

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

What should we learn from the "Song of Moses," found in Deuteronomy 31:16-22, 28-30 and 32:1-47?

The cited passages contain multiple applications for believers even down to the present day, garnered from Moses' long and eventful life as God's servant....

March 21 2025 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Will Muslims go to heaven?

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Pastor Jeremiah 's testimony of his conversion is, in my opinion, the kind that causes eruptions of praise in the kingdom of God! It's one thing to grow up...

March 21 2025

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

Will Muslims go to heaven?

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"The gentle stroke of Jesus." Mr Farfetch, I hope by now (11 years later) that you have been united in prayerful fellowship with the Lord for quite some...

March 21 2025

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

What does it mean that we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling?

This chapter is about a believers service with their salvation. A believer must "work" the salvation from within themselves "out" towards unbelievers with...

March 21 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean that we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling?

A proper relationship with God begins with an appreciation of the reverential awe and respect that are due to a Being of His omnipotent power and omniscient...

March 21 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Billy P Eldred

Do Proverbs 26:4 and 26:5 contradict? How can both verses be true?

The other answers her make sense and offer good advice. I will give an opinion about "Do these two verses contradict each other?". To answer that we need to...

March 21 2025 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What's wrong with charging interest (Exodus 22:25)?

Jesus said in Luke 6:34-35 (ESV) – “And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to...

March 21 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Silas Cheung

What does it mean to have a personal relationship with God?

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In short, having personal relationship is to learn of God through the primary source, ie the Bible and not from secondary sources, ie academic or theological...

March 21 2025

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is God like?

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Grant, how did you figure out all those verses about the Nature and Character of God?

March 21 2025

Question by John Adamson

What does it mean that we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling?

Work out your own salvation with FEAR AND TREMBLING? Yes, we need to live a Godly life, but in fear and trembling?

Philippians 2:1 - 30

March 21 2025 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Donna Williams

How should Christians today apply Old Testament commands about idolatry in a world filled with non-Christian symbols, artifacts, and cultures?

As New Testament believers we have been commanded to flee and to keep ourselves from idols. See 1 Corinthians 10:14 and 1 John 5:21. There are many other New...

March 21 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Donna Williams

What's wrong with charging interest (Exodus 22:25)?

In this verse what stands out to me is the poor. I believe that we see the heart of God as it pertains to those who are poor. The need to borrow is a sign of...

March 21 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How should Christians today apply Old Testament commands about idolatry in a world filled with non-Christian symbols, artifacts, and cultures?

I would say that anything that a person of any era (including the present day) has placed more importance on, or valued more, than God, has been or is an...

March 20 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What's wrong with charging interest (Exodus 22:25)?

It seems to me that the focus of the cited passage is not on the charging of interest itself, but on the context in which it is done (that is, on the...

March 20 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Philip Davies

Will you go to hell for asking someone to kill you, so you don't have to do it?

This is a worrying question for many reasons. First it is built on the assumption that anyone who kills themselves will go to hell. (Which is not necessarily...

March 20 2025 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Max Bravo

Why wasn't Moses punished or even reprimanded by God for killing a man in Exodus 2:12?

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Moses was punished because he was never allowed to enter the promised land, Canaan land. He died out in the wilderness with everybody else except for three...

March 20 2025

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

Will you go to hell for asking someone to kill you, so you don't have to do it?

In viewing the question as a hypothetical (hopefully)...but even otherwise, no. It is lack of faith that sends one to hell (Eph 2:8-9), as our sins were...

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