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- Parenthesis The ban on the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, was tempered by a carte blanche to eat fruits from all the rest of the trees; including the tree of life. So it's not like God pigeonholed Adam and forced him to eat from the wrong tree in order to survive. Earlier, in Gen...

. Genesis 2:15-17 ● Gen 2:15-17 . .The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and tend it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden you are free to eat; but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat of it; for...

- Hope For Pedophiles And LGBT, et al. Everybody has problems with proclivities; which Webster's defines as inclinations or predispositions toward something; especially strong inherent inclinations toward something objectionable. Everybody also has problems with predilections too; which...

- 30) Rom 12:17a . . Never reciprocate evil with evil to anyone. That is a really tough command to follow; for example: when someone makes a demeaning comment about us, the urge to bounce back with a retort in kind is very difficult to resist. 31) Rom 12:17b . . Respect what is right in the...

- Genesis 2:10-14 ● Gen 2:10a . . A river issues from Eden to water the garden, The verb "issues" is in the present tense; indicating whoever wrote Gen 2:10, did so while the land of Eden yet existed. The authorship of Genesis has yet to be positively established. A verse like 2:10 strongly...

- Christ And The Melchizedek Priesthood Melchizedek was a priest of the Most High God in the book of Genesis contemporary with Abraham. (Gen 14:18-20) Mel, along with Abraham, existed prior to the covenanted law that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and...

- 26) Rom 12:15 . .When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow. A number of factors play a role in the making of an insensitive clod; one of which is defective areas of the brain called amygdalae. In brief, the amygdalae control, to a large extent, our...

- Genesis 2:8-9 ● Gen 2:8a . .Yhvh God planted a garden in Eden, The remainder of Earth's flora was planted in a large scale, landscaping manner. But the garden was specially prepared for Man like someone might build a home for their family. It's true that Man is a creature and Yhvh isn't his...

- 20) Rom 12:11 . . Never be halfhearted in your work, but serve the Lord enthusiastically. Webster's defines 'halfhearted" as feeling or showing a lack of interest. The koinë Greek word for "work" is spoude (spoo-day') which refers to movement in regards to speed; viz: velocity. In other...

- Female Pastors, Preachers, and Teachers NOTE: The comments below pertain specifically to Christians within a Christian congregation, rather than to people in general throughout the world community. Christ's apostles speak for Christ; and obeying them is a walk pleasing to God. ● 1Cor 14:37...

- Genesis 2:6-7 ● Gen 2:6 . . a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. The word "mist" is from 'ed (ade). It's a very rare word and appears only one more time in the whole Bible at Job 36:26-30 where translators render it to mean water vapor; viz: fog...

- How People Stay In Heaven I should think that producing enough piety during one's lifetime in order to get to heaven would be difficult enough. But people who make it to heaven don't face a lifetime; no, they're facing eternity. Producing piety for that long has to be even harder. According...

- 17) Rom 12:9c . . Stand on the side of the good. Christian CEOs on the boards of multi-national corporations have my sympathy. Good luck complying with item #17. I recently watched a very interesting documentary on NetFlix that analyzed corporations; and they found that corporations, as a...

- God's Good Faith ● Eph 1:13-14 . . Having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession ● Eph 4:30 . . Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of...

- I didn't list Dr. Bright's four spiritual laws because this thread is not about them. This thread goes beyond them. It's so stated in the title. /

- Genesis 2:1-5 ● Gen 2:1-2 . .The heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. On the seventh day God finished the work that He had been doing, and He ceased on the seventh day from all the work that He had done. Thrice it's stated in that passage that the creator finished His...

- 11) Rom 12:8a . . If your gift is to encourage others, then do so. You know who really benefits from encouragement in a big way? Little kids. Thoughtless grown-ups can break a growing child's fragile spirit by criticizing them all the time and never once giving them an "atta boy" or a single...

- They're online at https://crustore.org/fourlawseng.htm /

- 1) Acts 15:19-20 . . Abstain from food tainted by idols, from promiscuity, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood. Here's the text of a common Christian prayer. "Bless us, Oh Lord, and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty through Christ, Our Lord. Amen."...

- The Four Spiritual Laws is the title of an outreach booklet authored in 1952 by Campus Crusade for Christ founder Dr. Bill Bright. The information contained therein is okay as far as it goes; but not an adequate instruction manual for new Christians just starting out and wondering what's...