If Jesus was tempted, can he be God?
God cannot be tempted with evil; Jesus was tempted by the devil. Must we logically conclude that Jesus is not God or that either or both of James and Luke are false? Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he […]
God’s Purpose
What ultimately matters most to God? Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Revelation 4:11 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed […]
Philosophy
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Colossians 2:8 Philosophy is man’s attempt to reason out things that he has limited or no knowledge of. Man dreams up things to try and fill in […]
Genesis 5:5
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. Genesis 5:5 Everything means something or has an original God-chosen meaning. This is something many need to realize. In Genesis 5:5 we have the first occurrence of death. Five is the number of death. There is a truism that […]
James 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? James 2:20 Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. There are many precepts or general principles contained within the Scriptures […]
What is the definition of “quicken” in a Bible verse?
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Romans 8:11 Quicken means to be made alive, raised from the dead. John 5:21 For as the Father […]
Why did Judas change his mind?
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. Matthew 27:3-4 […]
2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 2 Timothy 2:5 Although it would apply to anything one does, taking the rest of the chapter into account, it seems the context would have to do with the ministering of God’s word. 2 Timothy 2:2 And the […]
Psalms 7:11-16
Psalms 7:11-16 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he (the wicked) turn not, he (God) will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He (God) hath also prepared for him (the wicked) the instruments of death; he ordaineth his […]
Biblical Views on Coercive Evangelism
What does the Bible say about pushing religion on others? When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require […]
Stephen
Was Stephen a disciple in Acts? Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we […]
2 Kings 4:1-7 ~ Lessons
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2And Elisha said unto her, What […]
Why do 2 Samuel 12:22 and job 7: 9-10 and Ecclesiastes 12:5 indicate that death is our “eternal home”?
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: Ecclesiastes 12:5 The book I accept […]
Revelation 6:6
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. Revelation 6:6 Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on […]
Mark
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. 12And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house […]