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. FAQ: Did Jesus have God's blood in his flesh or human blood? REPLY: According to Lev 17:11, the life of the flesh is in the blood. Well, had there been God's life in Jesus' flesh instead of human life, then he would've been disqualified from inheriting David's throne because Jesus would've...

. FAQ: Was the Flood global or local? REPLY: Well; the problem with the local theory is the waters breached the highest mountains by fifteen cubits (22½ feet). So then, if perchance Noah lived in a geographic basin, the waters would have overflowed the mountains surrounding him and kept on...

. Artists typically portray Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem alone with Jesus' mom riding on the back of a donkey. Well; that's very unlikely seeing as how Mary was in her third trimester and so close to delivery. It's far more likely Joseph transported her lying down in the bed of a...

. FAQ: Was Jesus one of Adam's paternal descendants? REPLY: Yes. (Gen 3:15, Gen 49:9-10, Acts 2:29-30, Rom 1:1-3, Heb 2:16-17) FAQ: If so, then wouldn't Rom 5:12 & Rom 5:19 apply to him the same as it does to all the others biologically related to Adam? REPLY: Yes. FAQ: How then can it...

. 210) Phil 3:1 . . Finally, my brethren, rejoice in The Lord! The Greek word for "brethren" is a masculine noun for a male relative. But its use is flexible, e.g. when Paul wrote to a church, he oftentimes addressed the entire congregation by that word-- sort of like how the word "Man" speaks...

. According to the Bible; Jesus is God's direct descendant, i.e. His paternal offspring. (John 1:14, John 1:18, John 3:16, John 3:18, and 1John 4:9) That being the case then it was, and it still is, impossible for Christ to sin. ● 1John 3:9 . . No one who is born of God practices sin, because...

There is a knowledge of the Bible in text, and there is a knowledge of the Bible in spirit. For example: the Bible says nothing about Noah enduring ridicule, but we know from the normal round of human experience that kooks get picked on. Here's another example: Someone in my Sunday school...

. 209) Phil 2:14 . . Do everything without grumbling or debating It used to be an unwritten rule in the US Army that GIs could complain all they wanted just so long as they did what they were told. Well; Christ isn't pleased with that. ● Col 3:23 . .Whatever you do, work at it with all your...

. * If perchance someone out there is unfamiliar with transubstantiation, it would help you considerably to look it up before continuing; especially because this method of partaking of the Lord's Supper is extremely important to something like +/- 140,000,000,000 people, i.e. 1.4 Billon...

. 208) Phil 2:12 . . As you have always obeyed-- work out your own salvation with fear and trembling FAQ: Seeing as how Christ paid with his life the penalty for every sin that his followers committed in the past, plus every sin they are committing now, and every sin they will commit in the...

. 207) Phil 2:5-8 . .Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as...

I'm pretty much restricted to women lest I be scolded for drifting off-topic. _

. 206) Phil 2:4 . . Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. The "others" in that verse are exclusive. Paul's instructions pertain only to the fraternity to whom he penned his letter; viz: "saints in Christ Jesus . . together with the...

. 205) Phil 2:2-3 . . Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. If there is at least one place on earth where believers should be on the same plane with each other it's church; but that's not always the case as human nature...

. FAQ: How could anybody in a right mind ever suspect such a thing of the supreme being? REPLY: Jesus was designated, and scheduled, for the cross prior to Adam's existence (1Pet 1:18-20 & Rev 13:8) In other words: the cross wasn't like sending emergency responders out to an unexpected train...

. ● Gen 3:6 . . She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. The phrase "who was with her" has led some folks to suggest that Adam was standing right there the whole time observing the entire incident; not saying a word. But the phrase could simply mean they were a...

. FAQ: If Eve didn't obtain the so-called fallen nature by means of heredity, nor by means of the chemistry of the forbidden fruit; then whence? REPLY: Well; obviously the Serpent did it to her, a.k.a. the Devil. (Rev 20:2) The ruler of the kingdom of the air-- i.e. the spirit world --has the...

. ● Titus 2:3-5 . . Instruct the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind...

. ● Luke 22:35-37 . . Then Jesus asked them: When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything? Nothing: they answered. He said to them: But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. I can recall neither the...

It's commonly believed that the tin-God syndrome (a.k.a. the so called fallen nature) is inherited from one's biological father. Oh? Whence did Eve obtain it? She was already fully constructed with material taken from Adam's body, and fully sentient, prior to him tasting the forbidden fruit so...