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  1. What is considered a marriage abandonment according to the Bible?
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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Can we draw the conclusion from Matthew 5:28 that if a married person lusted after another in their mind, then the spouse is free to divorce them per Matthew 19:9?

God can have a higher standard for sin, because God knows individuals' thoughts. Lacking that same omniscience, human law must base crimes (or grounds for...

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Why does David write "forget not his benefits," and what exactly are they? (Psalm 103)

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Can/should a Christian who is a virgin marry someone who is not a virgin?

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What are the factors which make man special from all the other creatures?

August 23 2023

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

Why would Jesus need to return if when we die, we already go to heaven?

Death has no power over believers as they are alive spiritually 'in Christ' now and already in heaven. We just do not have the ability to physically realize...

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How should we understand the Lion and the Lamb passage?

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Answer by John Wheeler

Can/should a Christian who is a virgin marry someone who is not a virgin?

A Christian who marries another Christian under the eyes of God in a Christian wedding are both virgins. They remain virgins until death parts them. Under...

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Answer by Lee McLaurin

Should the comma be placed before or after the word "today" in Luke 23:43?

I have read so many articles and comments regarding the placement of "the comma" with reference to the word TODAY in Luke 23:43. For me though, Ben...

August 23 2023 12 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Fran Joa , Interested in God and hopeful

Can we draw the conclusion from Matthew 5:28 that if a married person lusted after another in their mind, then the spouse is free to divorce them per Matthew 19:9?

Can we draw the conclusion from Matthew 5:28 (But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart....

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

What does the Bible say about a death bed conversion?

I agree that the thief on the cross (Luke 23:39-43) is perhaps the only death bed conversion recorded in the Bible. "Jesus answered the repentant thief with...

August 23 2023 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does hell look like? How hot is hell?

Hell is a place of darkness (Matthew 8:12). I really love darkness when I'm trying to sleep (just ask my wife)! I definitely see it as God's provision for...

August 23 2023 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

According to Revelation 16:14 can demons perform miracles?

In my opinion, the cited verse does indicate the ability of demons to perform miraculous acts, which agrees with Jesus' warnings to His followers in Matthew...

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

What are good Old Testament scriptures for bereavement?

Psalm 30:5b Psalm 34:18 Psalm 147:3 Isaiah 40:9-11, 28-31 Lamentations 3:31-32

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What advice does scripture give about mental tics and OCD thoughts that loop and repeat, unbidden and unwanted?

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Who were the Samaritans?

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Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

What does it mean, "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten"?

King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, wrote the book of Ecclesiastes late in his life. The book is a reflection on his life and what he learned. And...

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Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

What does it mean in James 2:10 that anyone who breaks one law becomes guilty of breaking them all?

James here is talking about the Ten Commandments (TC) and the importance of being obedient to God's law - not only the commandments we like but all ten of...

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What does the Bible say about a death bed conversion?

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Is God fair?

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Is God fair?

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Is God fair?

August 21 2023

Answer by Ezekiel Kimosop

Is God fair?

Is God fair? Yes He is! Even in the exercise of His moral justice, Scripture teaches that God does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to...

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What is meant by "the courts of our God"?

August 20 2023

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

Who are the modern day people that the Israelites drove out of the promised land?

My understanding is that any modern-day genetic descendants of the tribes or nations that biblical Israel defeated in occupying the Promised Land would be...

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What does hell look like? How hot is hell?

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What is meant by the scripture, "for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance?"

August 20 2023

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

How does one commune with a lukewarm Christian?

Good question, Helena! My motto has always been, first, lead by example. Leading by example is a leadership style where you model the behavior you want to...

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Question by J Buckareff

Who are the modern day people that the Israelites drove out of the promised land?

When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaa...

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

What charges are formally brought against Jesus, and did he defend himself?

The Jewish Sanhedrin charged Jesus with blasphemy for having claimed to be the Son of God (Matthew 26:63-66; Mark 14:61-64; Luke 22:66-71). (Jesus truthfully...

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Answer by julie kal

Why did God call the people "Virgin Israel"? (Jeremiah 31:4)

The expression "virgin of Israel" is the another way of saying we must be born of God's will/born again, as opposed to be born of our self will. Being...

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

Why did the soldiers draw back and fall to the ground when Jesus said, "I am He," in John 18:6?

Jesus has applied to himself the divine Name of Exodus 3:14, “I AM.” Therefore this amounts to something of a theophany which causes even his enemies to...

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How old was Isaac when Abraham offered him as a sacrifice?

In my opinion, Isaac was probably 33 years old. The number one reason being the age of Jesus dying on the cross. Most Christians would agree that everything...

August 19 2023 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Did Jesus mean we should literally pluck out our eyes and cut off our hands in Matthew 5:29-30 and 18:8-9?

Did Jesus mean we should literally pluck out our eyes and cut off our hands in Matthew 5:29-30 and 18:8-9? No, obviously not, otherwise, every red-blooded...

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Answer by Carolyn Hostetter , Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator

How can believers be in the world, but not of the world?

All such good answers and better than mine. I love reading them. I look at it like this. The first time I was born, I was physically born into this world as...

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

Why was Jesus compelled to go through Samaria?

Although Jesus had told the apostles with regard to their evangelistic travels not to go to the Samaritans from a mission standpoint (Matthew 10:5), the only...

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Answer by John Appelt

Why does Psalms 82 say, "You are gods."? Are we gods?

In Psalm 82:6, the writer Asaph quotes God saying, “You are gods.” It is literally, “You are elohim.” In the majority of occurrences in the Old Testament, “...

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Why was Jesus compelled to go through Samaria?

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John 4:4

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Answer by Joseph LaClair

In Genesis 2:17, man is told that if he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that he would "die". Since physical death did not exist up to that point, what did it mean to "die"?

The idea that man was created immortal is pure conjecture. God gave them food. Genesis 1:29-30. God created EVERY tree whose fruit yields seed for food.They...

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Answer by Donna Williams

How do I follow Christ when I have no life?

Dear Anonymous: It sounds like you are in a place of despair, which will inevitably make you feel hopeless. May I say that I can relate! We may be living in...

August 19 2023 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Todd Rushing

What is the KJV Only movement? Is the King James Version the only Bible we should use?

Without being proficient in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, it is impossible to completely rely on any one translation. For instance, the word "love" in the New...

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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sheep and Goats?

August 19 2023

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How can believers be in the world, but not of the world?

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