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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by Emo Tenorio
, Shomer
How should a Christian view vaccinations/vaccines?
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Why demand people with higher natural immunity get vaccinated? And insist on vaccinating children when their risk of serious virus effects is minuscule? It...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Where (if at all) in the word of God does it say a man can continually be disobedient and still have the favor of God?
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First Corinthians 5:5 Turn such a one over to Satan to kill the flesh so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. This was a born again believer,...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What are the promises of God?
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For more on God’s promises from Psalm 119; see Ps 119:41, 50, 58, 76, 82, 116, 123, 140, 148, 154, 162, 170.) It is not our promises to Him (Ps 119:57) but...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What does it mean to be one flesh in a marriage?
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Lots of unbelievers have great marriages and stay together for life. That is what God intended for us to do. But whether people stay together for life or not...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What does the Bible mean that we are not to judge others?
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The truth is we can not tell a believer from an unbeliever except by what they say. And many times not even that. Second Timothy 2:13. If we believe not,...
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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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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is the New World Order?
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The anti Christ will set up one world government, one world currency, and one world religion. He will demand that everyone take his mark and worship him....
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Is it true that everything happens for a reason?
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Is, “If the scripture makes plain sense, seek no other sense” a good Bible hermeneutic to use in study?
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John 3:16-18 makes total sense. Believers can no longer be condemned to hell. Romans 1:16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the POWER...
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by Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
How does bad company corrupt good character?
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Excellent answer! My mom-in-law used to say, “A bought lesson Is better than one given to you!" My mom used to say, "You can't put an old head on young...
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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
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
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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by Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How do you help a person who is dealing with recovering from pornographic sin?
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And now 3 years.
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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
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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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by Albert DeBenedictis
, Retired computer programmer
Why is "doing good" necessary to gain eternal life? (Romans 2:7)
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Hi James. I agree with everything you wrote. There is nothing anyone can do to earn eternal life. God has provided a way for us to obtain eternal life. God...
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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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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why is "doing good" necessary to gain eternal life? (Romans 2:7)
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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, and we all sin, First John 1:8, and we all die. Physical death. But the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why is "doing good" necessary to gain eternal life? (Romans 2:7)
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The same is also true for those that live highly moral lives and do good works, but have never accepted Jesus as the only way of salvation by grace. Living...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why is "doing good" necessary to gain eternal life? (Romans 2:7)
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You have to get to Romans 3 to understand romans 2. Romans 2 is showing that pagan moralizers are just as guilty as we all are. Romans 3:23 For all have...
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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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by Albert DeBenedictis
, Retired computer programmer
Why is "doing good" necessary to gain eternal life? (Romans 2:7)
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Hi Jack, You pose a very interesting question. We need to figure out what the Apostle Paul was trying to convey when he wrote Romans 2:7. Assuming the...
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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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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is Fundamentalism?
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The fundamentals of the faith. The gospel. First Corinthians 15:1-4. John 6:40. John 6:47. John 3:15-18. Salvation is so simple but people want to make it...
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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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by Greg T
What is the sin unto death?
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All comes down to the focus on me and my behavior or Jesus and His behavior. God does not deal in death, he is about life and supply. You guys are focusing...
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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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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Why did Jesus direct this man in Luke 10:26 to the law as means of gaining eternal life?
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I don't think we'll ever all agree about this. Jesus didn't direct the man to the law to give an answer to the requirements for eternal life. He asked an...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is eternal death?
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We all live in sin and disobedience. First John 1:8. If we say we have no sin, we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us. We make Christ of no effect....
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