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134) 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...

133) 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...

~ @Matthias Hello; This is to inform you that I don't have the patience to be distracted by your remarks so I've placed you on my ignore list. Others will still be able to view your posts; just not me. Sorry. _

~ There's a number of sabbaths in Scripture besides the routine week-end. There are also: » Sabbath years (Lev 25:1-7 & Ex 23:10-11) » The first and final days of Passover, a.k.a. the seven-day Feast Of Unleavened Bread (Ex 12:16, Lev 23:5-8) » Yom Kippur (Lev 16:29-31) » The Feast of...

132) 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...

~ ● 1Cor 11:23-24 . . I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said: This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. The broken bread reminds the...

~ ● Matt 5:29-30 . . If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into Hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one...

131) 2Cor 6:1-2 . . As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain; for He says: In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you. I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. Salvation is a project similar to...

~ Jesus and his men ate their Passover dinner the night of his arrest. Matt 26:17-20 Mark 14:12-17 Luke 22:7-15 The Jews ate theirs after he was dead and buried. John 13:1-2 John 18:28-29 John 19:13-14 John 19:31) FAQ: The law of the Passover per the 12th chapter of Exodus is very explicit...

~ FAQ: How was Jesus' human sacrifice not illegal seeing as Rom 1:3, Gal 4:4, and Heb 7:14 attest that he was a Jew born under the jurisdiction of the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy? Wasn't he limited to the atonements specified...

~ FAQ: Was it really necessary to restore Jesus' crucified dead body to life? REPLY: Jesus' crucifixion made it possible for everyone to obtain a pardon per Isa 53:6. However, his crucifixion alone doesn't clear them, viz: it leaves the record of their wrongs intact. For example; former US...

~ ● Matt 12:40-41 . . For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. An abundance of textual evidence indicates Jesus' crucified dead body was restored to life during the third day...

~ Bouncing from Matt 12:40 we get Jonah 1:17, which says: "The Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he was inside the fish three days and three nights." FAQ: Was Jonah alive in the fish? REPLY: Yes. (Jonah 2:1) FAQ: The whole time? REPLY: No; at some point in his nautical...

~ This year's celebration is humorous as it restores Jesus' corpse to life 22 days before he gets crucified during Passover towards the end of April. Oh well; it's the thought that counts rather than the date. Anyway; we should probably start discussions of Easter now rather than waiting till...

130) 2Cor 5:20-21 . . We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. There's two different aspects to reconciliation. One is a criminal justice kind of reconciliation (Rom 5:6-11, Rom 6:3-11, 1John...

~ 129) 2Cor 2:10-11 . . If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven-- if there was anything to forgive --I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes. One of the opposition's tactics...

~ 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...

~ I've seen a few movies relative to the so-called Rapture. They all omit a very showy portion of that future event wherein 2,000 years of Christians will return from death to join those living so that everyone together can ascend to meet Christ up in the sky all at one time. We're talking...

~ Man's descent into sin via the forbidden fruit incident didn't take God by surprise. He started getting ready for it prior to constructing the cosmos and all of its forms of life, matter, and energy. (1Pet 1:18-21 & Rev 13:8) The Bible says God regrets creating human life; but as a...

~ ● Gen 2:25 . . They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. ● Gen 3:6-7 . .When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto...