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What does it mean to be a born again Christian?

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How can I know if I am one of the elect?

May 06 2020

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Who are the "other sheep"?

The “fold” is Judaism (John 10:1), but there is another fold, the Gentiles who are outside the covenants of Israel (Ephesians 2:11-13 KJV). This is what...

May 06 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What was the meaning of Jesus walking on water?

I think it was to teach us that: 1) Sometimes we feel battered by the storms. Mt 14:24 2) Sometimes we feel the darkness has won. Mt 14:25 3) Sometimes we...

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Why does God allow evil men like Hitler and Saddam to come into power?

May 06 2020

Answer by Tom R

What did Jesus mean in Luke 22:36 about buying a sword?

I understand the pacifist's stand in this life. We don't have to look any further back in man's history than WWII and France to see how that principle worked...

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Does the Bible prophesy a one-world government and a one-world currency in the end times?

May 05 2020

Answer by Charles Crabtree

Does the Bible say anything about making a second marriage a success?

Yes. Jeremiah 3:8 NASBS says: And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a writ of divorce, yet her...

May 05 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jeffrey Smith

What should a person do if he or she has found an item not belonging to him/her?

I once went to a Salvation Army second hand store in Perth (Australia) and bought an as-new pair of shorts for $5. At home though I discovered $5 in one of...

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What do I need to do to hear, 'Well done, good and faithful servant' when I arrive in heaven?

May 05 2020

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Why did God accept Abel's offering but reject Cain's offering? Why did Cain then kill Abel?

May 05 2020

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May 04 2020

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

How can we avoid the "wages of sin" and escape the spiritual death Romans 6:23 mentions?

In a word, by faith. Temporal death and eternal separation from God -- who is holy (without sin) -- were imposed upon all humans as the just penalty for the...

May 04 2020 1 Comments Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How can we avoid the "wages of sin" and escape the spiritual death Romans 6:23 mentions?

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our LORD." (New International Version )

Romans 6:23

May 04 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How did sprinkling an unclean person with the ashes of an "heifer" provide sanctifying and purifying of the flesh?

The ritual being referred to in the passage from Hebrews cited in the question was commanded by God in Numbers 19:1-10. As I see it, all such rituals in the...

May 04 2020 2 Comments Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Moyo , Christian youth teacher

Is it possible to go to heaven now and come back to tell the experience?

The simple answer to the question is "Yes," there are several accounts of people who were declared clinically dead by doctors, resuscitated back to life, and...

May 04 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How did sprinkling an unclean person with the ashes of an "heifer" provide sanctifying and purifying of the flesh?

13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (KJV)

Hebrews 9:13

May 04 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Daniel Pech

Did God literally create the Earth in six 24-hour days?

The universal self evidence of Divine design in Creation (Romans 1:20; Psalm 19:1-4a) is a powerful evidential 'fulcrum' upon which to leverage a...

May 04 2020 29 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How can God’s grace be in vain? (2 Corinthians 6:1)

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace ye are saved, through Faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. You can...

May 03 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why is John chapter 3 verse 16 popular?

I would say that John 3:16 is so frequently cited because of the concise manner in which it summarizes in one verse the gospel message. It affirms that there...

May 03 2020 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why is John chapter 3 verse 16 popular?

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." New Inter...

John 3:16

May 03 2020 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What should we learn from the life of Jeremiah?

1. Jeremiah shows us the fullness of God's character. We live in a world that has an impoverished view of God. Jeremiah challenges us by putting on display...

May 03 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Scott Mateer

How can God’s grace be in vain? (2 Corinthians 6:1)

This verse is in reference to Isaiah 49 where he speaks for God saying that God's chosen people will be brought back from exile, that even though they were...

May 03 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What was the significance of the ephod?

May 03 2020

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

How can God’s grace be in vain? (2 Corinthians 6:1)

As sinners we deserve death - God offers life. We are sinners, separated from God - He offers reconciliation. Those who believe in Jesus are saved, and those...

May 02 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Who is Elijah in the Bible?

I would like to focus on just the best known event of Elijah's life, his contest on Carmel with the false prophets of Baal. The one verse I memorized in my...

May 02 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jay Saunders

What kinds of fruit (besides those mentioned in Galatians 5) does the Holy Spirit produce in the life of the Christian, if any?

You know it is really an endless process of change when you come to Christ Jesus our Lord. The fruit of the spirit developing in us takes time but change is...

May 02 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Kathe Ballentine

How do I respond to the problem of a mother-in-law who is overbearing, controlling, and meddling?

A mother is challenged to raise up her children to become independent. When they take on a spouse she is to not feel threatened that she is being replaced....

May 02 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

How would the Son be like "the snake in the wilderness"? John 3:14

Jesus chose a snake as a figure of Himself for a reason. The children of Israel while wandering in the wilderness sin against God and they were bitten by...

May 01 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How would the Son be like "the snake in the wilderness"? John 3:14

When the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt, the people continually grumbled and rebelled against Moses (and, by...

May 01 2020 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What were these "hidden treasures"? (Isaiah 45:3)

In the passage cited in the question, God is speaking to Cyrus, the king of Persia. Although he was not an Israelite, Cyrus was the ruler whom God chose as...

May 01 2020 Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How would the Son be like "the snake in the wilderness"? John 3:14

John 3:14 New International Version (NIV) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[a] Footnotes: Joh...

John 3:14

May 01 2020 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How can God’s grace be in vain? (2 Corinthians 6:1)

6:1 "Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain." (NET BIBLE)

2 Corinthians 6:1

May 01 2020 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What were these "hidden treasures"? (Isaiah 45:3)

Isaiah 45:3 "I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by...

Isaiah 45:3

May 01 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Marstaller , Pastor of Cornerstone Gospel Church

Wasn’t killing too severe a punishment for the prophets of Baal? 1 Kings 18:40

No, the killing of the false prophets was not too severe. What God did through Elijah was express His jealousy over His people. He protected them. This...

May 01 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What does it mean to love Jesus?

May 01 2020

Answer by Dean Fugett

What should we learn from the life of Jeremiah?

From the Book of Jeremiah and Jeremiah’s life, the lesson taught is clearly that of focus, commitment, perseverance, and faithfulness under all conditions.

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What does the Bible say about confession of sin to a priest?

April 30 2020

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

How do we number our days?

The context of this verse is a plea by Moses for God to remind us how short life is and how much we need God to teach us to spend our time wisely. God exists...

April 30 2020 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How could there be sufficient pasture for the herds of 2 million people in a desert?

First, I would say that, despite the description of the wilderness in the passage cited in the question as "a barren and howling waste", it also states in...

April 30 2020 Follow Vote Up

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

Why did people worship man-made idols (Psalm 115:4-7)?

I would say that it is because, despite the witness of Himself that God has given in nature and in the conscience (as noted by Paul in Romans 1:20 and Romans...

April 30 2020 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Is caffeine addiction a sin?

All addictions are sin unless you are addicted to God. See 2 Peter 2:19 AMP They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity—for...

April 30 2020 6 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Who are the Jesuits, and what do they believe?

April 30 2020

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Is caffeine addiction a sin?

April 30 2020

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What is ultra-dispensationalism?

April 30 2020

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Is it allowable for a Christian to have a life partner without a civil marriage?

April 30 2020

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How could there be sufficient pasture for the herds of 2 million people in a desert?

Context: Deuteronomy 32:10 10 In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him...

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why did people worship man-made idols (Psalm 115:4-7)?

Psalm 115:4-7 New International Version (NIV) 4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. 5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,...

Psalms 115:4 - 7

April 30 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up