Bruce Benson

What did Jesus mean by, “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?”?

Matthew 20:22

²² But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able.

Comment • 3 Answers • Asked August 05 2020

What does in mean in Acts 9 that the early church lived in the fear of The Lord?

Acts 9:31

³¹ So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

Comment • 2 Votes • Asked September 20 2014

Why did Jesus have such a humble birth?

Comment • 1 Answer • 1 Vote • Asked June 26 2014

What does it mean the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable?

50 Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom...

1 Corinthians 15:50 - 54

⁵⁰ I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹ Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.

Comment • 1 Answer • 1 Vote • Asked May 23 2014

Why is it meaningless for God to take away a sinners wealth and to hand that wealth over to one that pleases Him?

Ecclesiastes 2:26

²⁶ For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Comment • 1 Answer • 1 Vote • Asked January 30 2014

Is Satan omnipresent, if he is not then how does he affect so many lives?

1 Comments • 1 Answer • 3 Votes • Asked December 16 2013

Why did the Centurion feel he was unworthy of Jesus coming to his home to cure his servant and why did Jesus believe the Centurion had great faith?

Matthew 8:5 - 13

⁵ When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him. ⁶ "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."

Comment • 3 Answers • 3 Votes • Asked October 31 2013

What is the significance of the woman seeking wool and flax in Proverbs 31?

Proverbs 31:1 - 31

¹ The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: ² What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows?

Comment • 2 Answers • 1 Vote • Asked September 21 2013