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. God prohibits dishonesty. • Lev 19:11 . . You shall not deal falsely, neither lie one to another. I think it's probably safe to posit that more liars are now, and more liars will be, in Hell than anybody else simply because deceit, deception, fraud, fibs, cover-ups, dissembling, cheating...

. • Luke 16:26 . . Between us and you a great chasm has been fixed Luke portrays only a small portion of the geography where Abraham and the rich man conversed; suggesting that the two locations of the chasm where the men stood are peninsulas or narrow cornices. But I rather suspect that the...

. I wasn't aware Christ was thinking of me when he went to the cross till a man at work walked up and told me. That was quite a eureka moment because I knew Jesus died for the sins of the world but didn't think it was for anybody in particular. In point of fact, I had been brought up to feel...

. FAQ: Why does the Watchtower Society (a.k.a Jehovah's Witnesses) translate the Word in John 1:1 as a god in lower case instead of God in upper case? REPLY: The Watchtower Society's translation is based upon an imaginary grammatical technicality. The common Greek word for "god" is theós...

Jesus was there alright, but not in the person of a human being, rather; he was there in the person of his alter ego: The Word of John 1:1-3. The pronouns us and our in the first chapter of Genesis refer to God in three forms: God as himself (Gen 1:1) God as his Spirit (Gen 1:2) God as his...

. According to the Jehovah's Witnesses; none among the great crowd-- a.k.a. the hewers of wood and the haulers of water --are recipients of the Spirit birth spoken of by John 3:3-8 whereas all of the144,000 are. In addition: the Witnesses are busy adding folks to the great crowd's roster...

In time; folks blessed with the law of the Spirit per Jer 31:31-34 and Ezek 36:26-27 will become fully compliant with every one of those imperatives. (cf. Eph 2:11-22) _

. Real honest to gosh Christianity is much more than just rules, regulations, procedures, rites and rituals. There's power in it. For example: • Rom 8:11 . . If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, the He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your...

. That explanation is a good fit to Ezek 36:24-27 which says: "For I will take you from among the nations and gather you from all the countries, and I will bring you to your land. And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you will be clean; from all your impurities and from all your...

. Rom 8:2 mentions a "law". Maybe you can you tell us something about that; especially how it's different from Moses' law. _

. * Be careful not to mistake Adam's one sinful act spoken of in Rom 5:12 & Rom 5:17-19 with the sinful nature spoken of in Rom 7:7-23 & Eph 2:1-3 FAQ: Did Eve acquire the sinful nature from Adam? REPLY: She was already alive and fully constructed with material taken from Adam's body prior...

. Unfortunately the law of the Spirit of life is taught with spirit words (John 6:63, 1Cor 2:1-16) so unless someone has access to a means for decoding spirit messages; then I'd have to say that the law of the Spirit of life is not all that easy to understand. _

. FAQ: Was Adam's sin a sin unto Hell? REPLY: The appropriate punishment for Adam's mistake is simply mortality, viz; when people pass away, they're done with Adam's folly. FAQ: If Jesus was a joint principal in Adam's act right along with the rest of humanity, then how can it be honestly said...

. The very fact that Jesus wasn't immortal is proof enough that he too was impacted by the forbidden fruit incident. • Rom 5:13 . .Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned In other words; Adam's sin doesn't come...

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. According to Matt 7:13-14 and Matt 22:14; relatively few make it to safety in the afterlife compared to relatively many that don't. Webster's defines "many" as consisting of, or amounting to, a large but indefinite number; while "few" is defined as consisting of, or amounting to, only a small...

. FAQ: From whence did baby Jesus obtain a Y chromosome for his male gender? REPLY: In the beginning, Eve's entire body-- inside and out, front to back, top to bottom, and side to side --was constructed with material taken from Adam's body. (Gen 2:21-22) So if God could construct an entire...

. • Luke 1:31b . . you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son. The Greek word translated "conceive" means exactly what it says. We're not talking about a test tube baby here. The very same word is used at Luke 1:24 and Luke 1:36 in talking about Elizabeth's baby. It's amazing the number of...

. • Luke 1:30-33 . .You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David Before Jesus could be considered for David's throne, he first had to be among David's biological descendants; no exceptions. •...

. There's a couple of Hebrew words translated "lord" in the Old Testament. One is Jehovah (a.k.a. YHVH, a.k.a. Yahweh) which is a name reserved for God only. The second is 'adown a versatile word often used as a courteous title of respect for elders and or superiors. For example Sarah spoke of...