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Yes, according to a pseudepigraphical book, Ascension of Isaiah 11: Wiki: Hebrews 11:

Is it a sin to be rich? No, not all believers were poor financially. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, etc., were wealthy. In fact, God prospered them. Proverbs 3: Jesus says in Luke 12: Rich Christians can use their wealth to bless the poor. If all Christians were poor, how could they...

There are 1,050 in the NT and 613 commandments in the old.

Judges 16: Samson did not lie. He told the truth. He believed: Being a Nazirite did not automatically give anyone super-strength. God might have told him this bonus condition. Did Samson believe that his super strength lies in his hair? Yes, it was a belief from his very heart. It was the...

2 Samuel 11: If Joab was simply following David's order with a clear conscience, then he was just carrying out an execution order from his king. I don't think he sinned. But if Joab was doing it against his conscience, then he was partly guilty of Uriah's death. A similar incident happened...

Paul was being fatherly, apostolic, and authoritative in (NIV) Ephesians 5: Focus on the Paraclete of peace dwelling in you. Check your conscience against these things. Can married couples joke about sex or does this fall under “coarse jesting” too? That's up to the husband and the wife...

Nicodemus struggled with the concept of being born again in John 3: Later, Nicodemus defended Jesus in John 7: Nicodemus and Joseph showed up at the cross, John 19: It took Nicodemus courage to challenge the Sanhedrin and prove himself indispensable by burying Jesus's body. Given the gravity...

Exodus 20: Call it a generational curse or consequence. It makes no difference in terms of breaking it. 1 John 1: After the generational curse, there is also the generational blessing, Exodus 20: Love God. That's how you fight the generational curse or consequence. Focus on love, not on the...

Hosea 8: They sow a bad thing; they reap a worse result. Proverbs 22:

Genesis 2: This is a physical and spiritual reality. In Matthew 19, the Pharisees asked Jesus about divorce. Jesus replied: Jesus affirmed the seriousness of this one flesh reality. God is involved in the process of joining. What if you had sex before you were married? Then, one needs to...

The TV series The Chosen is not biblically accurate. Its stories are dramatized based on the Bible. I would not use it to support any theological arguments. Wiki: They confessed their artistic license in the opening credits of the first episode: Is it worth watching? I watched it. It is good...

Reading the word of God is one way to know God better. I follow this schedule every day. It is, more or less, in chronological order. I do the reading routinely nonstop just to familiarize myself with the Bible. At the end of the daily reading, I think of just one question and raise it on some...

Addictions and compulsive behaviors: Alcohol, drugs, pornography, masturbation, lust, fornication, gambling, gluttony, lying, procrastination, evil video games, homosexuality, bisexual, lesbian, etc. Do these weaknesses prevent you from being born of the Spirit? No. The LORD looks at the...

Luke 11: Jesus taught us to address the prayer directly to the Father. Is it wrong to pray to Archangel Michael? Right. In the Bible, there are no examples of praying to anyone except to God. Is it wrong to pray to the Holy Spirit? I think so. It's better to stick to the pattern/model in...

Matthew 13: Why not separate the weeds from the wheat? When young, They are not easy to distinguish. Their roots are intertwined. Pulling one affects the roots of the other. The process is disruptive to the soil condition. How does uprooting the weeds, which are the unbelievers, also uproot...

I was like that in my first few years after I prayed the sinner's prayer. I don't think it is healthy to experience frequent doubts. It has to do with spiritual growth and maturity. I haven't felt any doubts in the last three decades. I can sense the Paraclete in me at any time, all the time...

King James Bible, Isaiah 45: Strong's Hebrew: 2233. זָ֫רַע (zera) — 230 Occurrences Brown-Driver-Briggs: New King James Version:

Romans 11: Cambridge Bible: The word "all" does not always mean everyone universally without exception. A few verses later: Another example of such a usage is in 2 Chronicles 12: In the NT, another example is Matthew 2: It is used to exaggerate the point. See also The Deliverer from Zion...

Proverbs 1: Fools would not listen to wisdom. The author painted a picture of Wisdom laughing at stubborn fools. On the other hand, Proverbs 17: As human beings, we should not mock the poor. It wasn't their fault. Prob 1 targeted the stubborn fools. Prob 17 was about the poor. They were two...

Ecclesiastes 1: What is the meaning of life? What is life? Life is animation or animated action. It is what we do. In terms of length, life, as we know it, consists of two parts: the present part and the eternal part. The purpose of present life is to get a pass to eternal life. The present...