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Your assumption is wrong that the people Jesus was talking about in Luke 13:11 were believers. The Samaritans received water baptism and had an acceptance of the message, but they didn't have true faith yet. Why? It's because the Spirit gives us the new birth (John 3:1-18). Simon the Samaritan...

This is one of those few texts in the Bible which are known to the writer and receiver of the letter or gospel but are not known by us, I think.

Always interpret a text with the verses around it (in context). Start with verse one, and you will see that Paul is commending the gift of singleness, the way he is; but, of course, he emphasizes that getting married is okay too. Being single has its advantages for ministry so that we can...

The Jehovah's Witnesses are clearly a cult that persecutes and shuns people who leave them, does not believe in the Trinity (that God is one God in three Persons), that has its own translation that slants the original text to support their beliefs, and started in the late 1800s like the Mormons...

They do have a different translation that slants the key texts away from Jesus' deity.

You're talking about the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Forgiveness is letting go to God the judgment we feel toward someone who has sinned. Reconciliation is regaining fellowship or friendship with a sinner. God can give us the ability to forgive people without being...

If the government does something that clearly violates the truth of the Bible by requiring sin in my life, I must disobey. But any other circumstance requires obedience.

Explain more what the term "mid Acts folks" means. What is "mid Acts," in the middle of the Book of Acts or what?

There will be no marrying or giving in marriage in heaven, according to Jesus, but we know more about what we won't experience in heaven like death and pain, but very little else. In Revelation 21 and 22, John is much more interested in the new Jerusalem than in the new universe.

Your reasoning is faulty. What if Satan was lying to Jesus? Satan was telling a half-truth. God owns all things. The Bible is clear on that point. However, he allows Satan to be influential and controlling in the countries of the world, because every human is conceived in the womb with Satan's...

Jesus has a human body; that's true. However, only our souls go to heaven when we die. When Jesus returns, our souls will come with him, as 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 says. Then, our souls and resurrected bodies (yes, flesh and bones) will enter the new earth to dwell there.

I like another interpretation of the beginning of Genesis 6 better. That idea is that the two groups are the descendants of Cain (daughters) and those who descended from Adan through Seth (sons of God). The latter were the believing line who mixed with the unbelieving Cain's line to make the...

Your interpretation of Hebrews 11:1 stopped me from reading. It wasn't God's faith about his creative work, but it was our faith that enables us to believe in our Creator.

I lean toward the "a-mil" interpretation of Scripture, but I also subscribe to pan-millennialism. It'll all PAN out. We'll all find out eventually and won't be proud that we were right.

You're right except that the church is a single assembly and the whole world's group of believers.

From my long Bible study and preaching years, I came to the conclusion that the best interpretation of Scripture has Jesus coming only once on the clouds of heaven to do judgment of everyone, create the new heaven and earth. raise us with our perfect resurrection bodies, and usher us into his...

Yahweh as Israel's one God speaks the ten commandments. As the Scriptures progress in revelation of God, we discover that that ONE God is also composed of three Persons: the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. He is a Mystery that human thought cannot figure out with our puny minds. The voice...

Yes, the external form for Israel provided them with death if they thought they could obey it to be saved. Rather, it takes God's gift of faith (Hebrews 11).

Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are the ONE only true God, whom we serve and worship. Otherwise, we don't have the true God.

We don't to DO anything; we need to receive Jesus' victory of the new birth through trust in his death and resurrection to enter the Father's kingdom and church.