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The one true God is the creator of all things, visible and invisible (Colossians 1:16). Do not make an image to represent the true God to bow down to it (Exodus 20:4-5). 2 Chronicles 35: Josiah was a good king of Judah. He repaired the temple. Neco was a gentile. By God, he tried to dissuade...

There is only one true God, 1 Corinthians 8: Other so-called "gods" are demons, 1 Corinthians 10: Demons are angelic beings who rebel against the one true God.

The Almighty God allowed Eve to be tempted by the serpent. As a result, Adam and Eve fell. This World Is a Testing Ground for Everyone. In the ultimate, first-cause sense, God caused suffering. True. Many years later, God sent a flood to kill everyone on earth except Noah's family, causing many...

Lovingly tell them about Jesus. Pray. Trust in God that he will do what is just concerning them. When I have done the above, I feel peaceful. You can't enjoy heaven if you don't trust God to do the right things. I trust God will do the right things for non-believers. I know that I will enjoy...

The following is not some theory. I actually did it and it worked for me. Study hard. Work hard. Save money. Don't indulge yourself except on special occasions. Seek God's kingdom first. Find a home church. Participate in the programs that you enjoy. Keep fit. Exercise regularly. Run a...

Euthanasia in Canada: I am neither for nor against the above law. For myself, I don't think I would ask for MAID. Hopefully, when the time comes for me, God will take me away without prolonged and hopeless suffering :) Should a Christian choose euthanasia? I wouldn't. Should a non-Christian...

Let's say A1 made God. Who made A1? A2. Who made A2? A3. And so on. There is no end to this line of questioning. The Bible declares God is existence, Psalm 90: God is the uncreated one.

Unlike English, in Biblical Hebrew, there was not an unambiguous word that means to rape. There were some descriptions of rapes in the OT. Genesis 34: Note the verbs. But then: The Bible does not describe how Dinah felt about it from her point of view. As punishment, What did Moses Law say...

Jonah 1: The Hebrew "three days and three nights" does not mean 3 24-hour days. It was a figure of speech. Gill: Similarly, Pulpit: Keil and Delitzsch: Benson: Jesus cited Jonah in Matthew 12: That was the only place in the NT where Jesus mentioned three days and three nights and it was...

According to Apostles' Creed: Oxford Dictionaries: I don't think Jesus descended into hell in Oxford's sense. See Where was Jesus between his death and resurrection?. Some churches decided to change the phraseology: Jesus descended to the heart of the earth. Also, I would replace "one holy...

Ox is clean (Deu 14:4). The donkey is unclean because it does not chew the cud (Leviticus 11:26) NIV Deuteronomy 22: Don't marry someone who does not believe in the LORD, Deuteronomy 7: Note the sexual as well as the religious connotations, Numbers 25: The yoke is an image of two animals...

Should I use someone’s preferred pronouns if it is not their gender? Sure, I don't mind using their preferred pronouns. Firstly, from the point of view of an axiomatic approach to argumentation, the debaters need to have agreed definitions. When I talk to them, I don't mind assuming their...

New International Version, Genesis 7: Strong's Hebrew: 776. אָ֫רֶץ (erets) — 2503 Occurrences Brown-Driver-Briggs: a. earth, whole earth (opposed to a part) land a. country, territory, b. district, region c. tribal territory d. piece of ground a. ground, surface of ground a. people of the...

Genesis 2:7 Strong's Hebrew: 5397. נְשָׁמָה (neshamah) — 23 Occurrences Brown-Driver-Briggs: breath of God as hot wind kindling a flame Isaiah 30:33; as destroying wind 2 Samuel 22:16 = Psalm 18:16; Job 4:9; as cold wind producing ice Job 32:8; Job 33:4. breath of man 1 Kings 17:17; Isaiah...

In the 2nd account of creation, Genesis 2: Let proposition P1 = God made birds from the earth on the ground. In the 1st account, Genesis 1: There is nothing in the 1st account that contradicts P1. I think P1 is true. I read both accounts according to first-order logic literally. There is no...

In the beginning, Adam and Eve were both naked and it was okay. After the Fall, Genesis 3: Their patchwork wasn't good enough, Concerning the Israelite priests, Exodus 28: Concerning the general Israelite population, Deuteronomy 22: Fast-forward to the NT, 1 Timothy 2: Note that it is not...

Luke supplied a genealogy bottom-up, Luke 3: Jesus was not a biological son of Joseph but a biological son of Mary. According to this genealogy, Jesus was a biological descendant of David through Nathan and Mary. How was Jesus of the line of David if Mary was a virgin? Now, Matthew provided a...

Hebrews 6: The author contrasts elementary doctrine vs maturity. The elementary doctrine includes: But we need to go on to maturity. Now comes a warning: The above describes experienced Christians but I don't think they have the Paraclete dwelling in them. That's bad, very bad. They did not...

Should we keep the weekly Sabbaths? I don't think anyone, including Abraham, was commanded to keep the Sabbath until Exodus 31: Sabbath was a special sign of the covenant between God and the Israelites after exiting Egypt. In the NT, Jesus healed on a Sabbath in John 5: According to the...

Ezekiel 16: But it should be done esthetically, not too big and not too many.