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. Heaven? Not Interested! It's an alien world with which I am totally unfamiliar; and when I leave here, I will be leaving behind everything near and dear to me, e.g. photos, mementos, souvenirs, collections, sights and sounds, mountains, creeks, rivers and forests, clothing and equipment...

. When the Word of John 1:1-3 came into the world as the flesh of John 1:14, he didn't come as divine flesh, rather, as Jewish flesh. "God sent His own son in the likeness of sinful flesh." (Rom 8:3) As such; the Word's flesh was subject to all the liabilities and limitations imposed on all...

. According to Rom 5:12-21, when Adam tasted the forbidden fruit, his entire posterity was instantly doomed to die regardless of age, race, gender, or religious preference. In other words: the sentence of death took place in Adam's time rather than individually each in his own time, i.e. this...

. 152) Gal 5:1 . . Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. The yoke of bondage about which Paul wrote pertains to the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and...

. FAQ: When was Jesus "in the spirit" per 1Pet 3:18-20? REPLY: In the days of Noah. "He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark." FAQ: How so? REPLY: By...

. 151) Gal 1:8 . . Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. The Greek word for "accursed" in that passage basically has to do with banishment, shunning and/or disassociation. An application of this...

. I pretty much know for my own self alone what Christ expects of husbands in marriage, but it's up to each women alone to know for her own self what he expects of wives. BTW: Prior to my wife's conversion, she was a feminist. But you'd never guess because Christianity has been remarkably...

. Many of the Christians I encounter online typically discuss retribution in a seminary manner and sometimes forget we're talking about real people. ● Rev 21:3-4 . . Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and...

. 150) 2Cor 13:5 . . Examine yourselves, whether you're in the faith; test your own selves. Don't you know of your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you're all reprobates? * The Greek word translated "reprobates" basically means unapproved. Apparently Paul was suggesting the...

. The OP doesn't pertain to guys dating and/or engaged to difficult girlfriends, rather, it pertains to guys married to difficult wives. It isn't unusual to hear a wife complain that her husband is no longer the guy she married. Well; the same complaint is often voiced by husbands that their...

. 149) 2Cor 10:7 . . If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reconsider that we belong to Christ just as much as he. It's amazing that any Christian's ego would be so inflated as to think themselves holier than an apostle, However, there are some people out there infected...

. 148) 2Cor 9:7 . . Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver. Towards what end is the giving spoken of in the New Testament? To finance ambitious building programs? Well; Christians back then met in homes...

. My favorite husband in the Bible has to be Jacob ben Isaac. When it came time to break off his association with uncle Laban, Jacob called his two wives Leah and Rachel out to a private place to discuss with them his reasons for wanting to pack up and move back home. You know; Jacob didn't...

. 147) 2Cor 8:11-15 . . If the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have. Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. . . . At the present time your plenty will...

. The way I understand it; Hell isn't only about penalty. It's also a confinement utilized for quarantine. In other words: God doesn't want folks around Him that are capable of theft any more than folks capable of dishonesty. The books to be opened at the great white throne event depicted at Rev...

. 146) 2Cor 7:1 . . Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of deference to God's will. Webster's defines "deference" as affected and/or ingratiating regard for another's wishes. Deference is...

. ● 1Pet 3:7a . . Give honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, NOTE: Although husbands are superior in a Christian marriage, their position doesn't grant them carte blanch to mistreat their wives any more than Jesus has carte blanch to mistreat his church. (cf. Eph 5:28-30) The Greek...

. ● Eph 5:28-33a . . Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-- for we are members of his body. . . . For this reason a man will leave his...

. ● Eph 5:25-27 . . Husbands love your wives The Greek verb translated "love" in that passage is from agapao (ag-ap-ah'-o) which is an easy kind of love to practice because it's more about benevolence than affection. Agapao-- unlike phileo (fil-eh'-o) --doesn't require that we like people or be...

. 145) 2Cor 6:14-18 . . Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement...