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I go by what the Bible says. God is great and good with freedom from imperfections, while at the same time, evil is the responsibility of humans and the evil forces who have rebelled against God. The Bible has mysteries that the human mind can't penetrate. How do you approach that question?

Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? Rom 6:2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? We are free from our divine Judge's verdict of guilty that Jesus took upon himself on the cross. when we become Christians, not from sins, and...

To whom and through whom do you pray? Is it to Mary or the saints. The answer makes all the difference because Jesus instructed us in his Sermon on the Mount to pray to the Father.

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God made you and all other humans fully dependent on him as his creatures BUT ALSO relatively independent from him as a human. That means that God has a plan for your life but also that you are fully responsible for all that you think and do in your life. You are not a robot, and God is your...

No, the Old Testament does not pass judgment on whether or not the judges, for example, were born-again, but the Holy Spirit came upon them to enable them to do certain tasks for God. If you're born-again as an Old or New Testament person, you will never lose that new birth. Jesus makes that...

All of God's will as it is revealed in the Bible is the sum of Christian ethics.

The Bible itself says that God inspired it: 2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 2Ti 3:17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. Elements of the truth can be...

How is the experience of your mysticism related to you understanding of the Bible? Which one guides your life? The answer should tell you how true it is. God uses his Word, the Bible, to help us grow spiritually (2 Timothy 3:16-17). 2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable...

Jewish scholars in ancient times were convinced that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible, and that endorsement is good enough for me. The more important belief is that Genesis and the other books are God's Word inspired by him for our understanding of him, his history, and his will for...

That unbiblical statement is judging people for not sharing the gospel with strangers and is wrong. We need, however, to be open to opportunities God gives us with neighbors, co-workers, and others God puts near us to become friends with them, not their lifestyles. And when God guides us, we...

Jud 1:9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” To say that that verse says that Moses was resurrected is reading into the text meaning that is not...

Why do you define it from a secular dictionary, which usually gives the culture's meanings, not the Bible's? Since the whole Bible is God's Word, we need to define its words the ways that the rest of the Bible itself defines them. For example, grace is a free acceptance of people by God and us...

The Bible makes no distinctions among the races, since it calls us to avoid favoritism among them and classes.

Self-centered rebellion against their Creator's rulership, and all humans have followed their lead unless Jesus rescues them.

A pleasant journey to you too! The Four Spiritual Laws were for seekers, not believers to call then to trust in Jesus. Or you could recommend that new followers read the New Testament over and over again. They should also read the Old Testament as background to the New Testament, because it...

Yes, it has along with Habakkuk 3: Hab 3:17 Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, Hab 3:18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take...

No, before Communion, our pastor qualifies the partakers by saying that only those who are sorry for their sins and trust only in Jesus for forgiveness, or words to that effect, should partake of the bread and juice.

They all apply to Christians, but none of them do. Let me explain. Jesus' death did away with the external, national forms of the laws like clean and unclean foods. However, the inner principles or ideas of those same laws carry over to the New Testament like Jesus' equation of lust with...

Why should we bring up the idea of election at all, unless the unsaved ask about it? The chances of that happening are zero. Such teaching comes much later as they grow as believers.