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It literally says it in the Bible. When Onan had sex with Tamar, he withdrew before his orgasm [4] and "spilled his seed [or semen] on the ground" since any...
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How would you reconcile the harsh prison conditions in the book of Philippians with the lenient prison situation at the end of Acts?
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What a wonderful outlook on differing views. Often, we lose sight of what really matters concerning divergent views of certain aspects of the Christian...
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AMEN! The Holy Trinity, of which God is the Head!
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Daniel 2:21, "And He changes the Times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings;He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have...
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Great verses Jack! There are so many! In the New Testament also, there are great verses on this topic. I love Isaiah 43. I received great comfort from it...
I believe Paul gives us the answer to this dilemma in Romans 8:12-13: "Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to...
I humbly submit a few of the many for your consideration. Isaiah 66:8; Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day?...
No, salvation is through faith alone. See Ephesians 2:8-9 See also Romans 3:27-28; Romans 4:1-8; Psalm 32:1-2; Romans 9:30-32; Galatians 3:10-14. The reason...
I like the hymn titled "The Resurrection Morn" (Hymn) "In the resurrection morning We shall hear the trumpet sound;-- (This wonderful truth is explained in...
The cited passage is not speaking of being saved through works. (I would say that one could also gather the same mistaken impression indicated in the...
I would say that, although baptism as such was not practiced in the Old Testament, it was prefigured there in a sense by the various prescribed rituals and...
John 5:28-29 28"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29and come out-those who have done wh...
John 5:28 - 29
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And watch out for making wrong choices due to prayerlessness: If we should pray in all situations, we should certainly pray in times of decision-making. As...
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Shirley, I like your last verse you listed about change. I list it, too, among the 5 main verses about change amid hard times: Psalm 32:8 Ecclesiastes 3:1...
According to Brown-Driver-Briggs, a Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, more commonly known as Brown–Driver–Briggs or BDB (from the name of its...
Romans 7 is puzzling for Bible commentators because it appears to contradict Romans 6 and Romans 8 (Rom 6:7, 14, 18, 22; Rom 8:2, 15). Some have explained...
Even after being saved through faith in Christ, as long as Christians are in this life and world, they still retain their old inborn sin nature, which they...
In any relationship, people bless each other by doing what pleases the other person. A state of blessedness is a state of happiness. When we love God and put...
God expressed this love in a wonderful way. He could not make man a partaker of the divine nature until His only begotten Son, One equal with Himself, should...
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Consider the governmental response to the HIV pandemic. As of 2016, approximately 36.7 million people worldwide have HIV. As of 2018, about 700,000 people...
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. For God said "Let there be light" and there was light. The words "God said"...
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Anyone who hears the gospel truth of the scriptures you have quoted James, and puts their faith in Jesus like you did, will receive the gift of eternal life....
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I would suggest that God said, "Let us make man in our image." Gen. 1:26 The words "God said" indicate that God spoke, and speaking is the act of the word....
My favorite promise right now is that God Protects-- Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the...
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James, I was saved by being brought under the conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit, hearing John 3:18, "He that believeth on Him [Jesus] is not condemned,...
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Thanks Jack. I enjoy all the different perspectives of everyone who participates.
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That is the same conclusion I came to. Context is key when stuck on a puzzling verse. If there is no resurrection, why be baptized at all?!
The greatest promise of God is John 3:18. Believers can no longer be condemned to hell. Our sin debt is paid by the one blood sacrifice of Jesus for the...
The bible has time and again, over the ages, shown itself to be completely true. For example: 1. hundreds of prophetic utterances over centuries have been...
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Paul said in Romans 12:3 NLT “Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you...
In my opinion it is not specifically clear, but I think the heavens and the earth were created before the angels. It seems heaven would have been created for...
1 Corinthians 15:29, "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?" KJV...
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Joe, you are so right. The New Matthew Bible (NMB) has, "For COVETOUSNESS is the root of all evil, which, when some followed after, they erred from the...
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I enjoy reading your answers, Grant!
Change is not a monster to be dreaded. Renewing our minds and laying off the old self involve change—a change that will make us more like Christ! Change has...
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No one loves money. We give it away just as quick as we get it. That verse would be better understood as "the love of the things money can buy is the root of...
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If God produces the faith in us, then He has to produce the faith in every one or He would not be just. First Timothy 2:4 It is Gods will is that everyone...
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I would say that the thought being expressed in the translation of the verse cited in the question (as well as similar uses elsewhere in Scripture) is not...
I have read in a book that the Suez Canal is the location of Sodom and Gomorrah but I can't find any supporting evidence.
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