Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God? (This is a very good question, Carolyn!) Total depravity means that no one is able in and of...
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Pierre Dippenaar
Who will not go to heaven?
It is sometimes confusing why people have different views, thus, concerning the applicability of the law of Moses, and the ten commandments, I thought that t...
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Mehboob Ellahi
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John Hull
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
By my understanding, as indicated by verses such as Ephesians 2:8-9, even the faith that saves us does not come from ourselves, but is a gift from God...
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Carolyn Hostetter
, Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
I've come across many verses that indicate that we are to "seek" God; however, it seems that the total depravity doctrine says that mankind is so depraved th...
Acts 17:27
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How long did Adam live before Eve was created?
In my opinion, this question can only be answered or inferred in terms of events, rather than specific time frames given in the Bible. I'd say that it would...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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”?
Although Hagar bore Ishmael to Abraham, she was a slave. She stands for Mount Sinai in a figurative sense because, under the Old Testament, the Jewish people...
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How long did Adam live before Eve was created?
How long was Adam alone before God created Eve?
Genesis 2:7
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did David kill two thirds of the Moabites?
Why would David be so brutal? But we very well could ask why David was so lenient in allowing 1/3 to live! Yes, his leniency could be, as Mr. Maas said,...
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Thaddeus Irvine
Is universalism / universal salvation Biblical?
I believe that Michael is biblically correct. In 1 Corinthians, the whole book is written to the Church; check 1 Corinthians 1:2. The Bible makes clear that...
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leslie coutinho
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who do the lioness and cubs represent? (Ezekiel 19:2–9)
In my opinion, the lioness represents the "mother" nation of Israel, which is succeeded (following the captivity of the ten northern tribes) by the...
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Donna Williams
Was Jeremiah possibly paraphrasing Psalm 1 here? (Jeremiah 17:7–8)
I believe that Jeremiah was definitely paraphrasing Psalm 1. He, like the psalmist, was contrasting the godly and the ungodly. The psalmist was sharing the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does "compel them to come in" mean in Luke 14:23?
Luke 14:23 "And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.'" Traditionally...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Was Jeremiah possibly paraphrasing Psalm 1 here? (Jeremiah 17:7–8)
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD: In contrast, the one who trusts in the LORD will be like a tree planted by the waters, whose leaf will be green....
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Why did David kill two thirds of the Moabites?
This takes us back to Genesis 49:9,10. Look at Jacob's last words to Judah. The Lion of Judah will carry the scepter. The scepter will not depart from Judah...
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Billy P Eldred
How do I know the Bible is not just mythology?
One of my (many) favorite verses is Luke 19:40. “”Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Some of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does "compel them to come in" mean in Luke 14:23?
In my opinion, when Jesus spoke of "compelling" those in the second group to come in, He was not speaking of the use of brute force, but of overcoming...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does "compel them to come in" mean in Luke 14:23?
When I first read of this, Jesus' command to His disciples [implied], I worried that it sounded like Jesus was saying to force people to receive the gospel. ...
Luke 14:12 - 24
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Who do the lioness and cubs represent? (Ezekiel 19:2–9)
Begin with Ezekiel 19: 2: And say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
Ezekiel 19:1 - 7
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What should we learn from the tribe of Judah?
Since God appointed Judah to be the royal tribe, it was logical to associate the tribe with the lion, the king of the beasts. (See also Num. 24:9; Ezek....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What or where is Zoan? Psalm 78:12 KJV
"Zoan was a city in Egypt (Numbers 13:22) -- Numbers 13:22 (ESV) says, '”They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Jesus ask the crowd to sit down in groups of fifty?
My opinion is that of Paul's injunction to the Corinthians, "Let all things be done decently and in order." God is a God of order. More things can be...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Was Jeremiah possibly paraphrasing Psalm 1 here? (Jeremiah 17:7–8)
I believe that Jeremiah 17:7, parallels Isaiah 30:18. "Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Jesus ask the name of the demon in Mark 5:9?
Good question, Adewale Ademola! To the evildoer, anonymity is always preferable to identification. --Robert L. (Bob) Deffinbaugh, a graduate of Dallas...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (16:7–12)
Asa was a man who made a good beginning and lived a life of faith, but when it came to his final years, rebelled against the Lord. —Wiersbe Tim was right:...
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leslie coutinho
Is it true that 'where God guides, He provides'?
It’s true that “where God guides, He provides,” for no one can come unto Him unless you are led by His Spirit to His Son and to the Father. (John 6:44 /...
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What does the Bible say about doing drugs?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (16:7–12)
The passage cited in the question presents negative aspects of Asa's reign that are not discussed in the other primary account of his rule found in 1 Kings...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What or where is Zoan? Psalm 78:12 KJV
By my understanding, Zoan (the name of which comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "stronghold") was a city on one of the branches of the Nile. (The Greeks...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the phrase mean, "with a strong hand and an outstretched arm"?
The expression ''with a strong hand and an outstretched arm'' is usually understood as being an expression of the power of God. It is used in this psalm,...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How do I convert to Christianity?
Romans 4:5: But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him who justifieth the ungdodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Blessed is the man to whom...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean when God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil"?
You have asked a very interesting question, Robert! I often used to wonder about this myself. May I suggest an entirely different answer? I think it could be...
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Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (16:7–12)
Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (2 Chronicles 16:7-12)
2 Chronicles 16:1 - 14
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What or where is Zoan? Psalm 78:12 KJV
Psalms 78:12 “Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.”
Psalms 78:1 - 72
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What does it mean when God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil"?
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Jack Gutknecht
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How did Joseph know that to sleep with Potiphar's wife was a sin?
Joseph refused her advances because he knew it was dishonorable to sleep with the wife of his master (who deeply trusted him) and because it was sin—breaking...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What are the keys to resisting temptation?
To resist temptation, follow Joseph’s example in Genesis 39:7-10 where Joseph resists the temptation to commit adultery, better, Genesis 39:7-12. Also,...
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I am a Catholic. Why should I consider becoming a Christian?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why do some people refuse to believe in God, in spite of the evidence?
I can't address the specific case of the questioner's cousin, but I would say in general that the reason many people refuse to believe in God (no matter how...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did the people in Genesis live such long lives?
I think that "God granted those long lives so that we, looking back, could see from which we have fallen. In other words, those long lives testify that death...
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Anonymous
Why do some people refuse to believe in God, in spite of the evidence?
I have a cousin who's like this. I think he's a person who denies that God exists.
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How do I receive forgiveness from God?
Our sin debt was paid in full at the cross. Romans 4:7-8. Blessed is the man whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the Bible mean when it says 'The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God''?
Our English word fool comes from a Latin word that means “bellows,” suggesting that the fool is a person “full of hot air.” “There is no God.” Believing...