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Thanks Leeloving for your question. The Bible says that the wages of sin is death. Everyone has sinned so the Devil was able to accuse people of sin (with a death sentence) ever since Adam. The Bible says that death reigned from Adam (Romans 5). So, the devil was very effective at accusing...

"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the...

Thanks Grace_Ambassador for bringing up this interesting point about whether being saved by Christ means we are to be physically in perfect health. The Bible is written in an interesting way. God calls it a 'parable' way. We read in Psalm 78: "Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your...

Thanks Walter and Debbie for reminding the believers "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. " (KJV) This is a very important message, since many persons interpret scripture in a very physical way, when it is really meant to provide a picture of the...

Thanks Walter and Debbie. A really excellent Psalm. When I hear the line about God's mercy enduring forever, it always makes me think of how those he saves he saves by his mercy, and that merciful salvation is forever for the persons being saved.

Thanks Nehemiah6. Here's yet another scripture where liberty and love are linked: "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. "

Thanks Walter and Debbie for your statements. It must be that you are thinking of Exodus 31:13: "Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth...

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." This means that when a person is given the ability (by God) to believe on Jesus for salvation, he/she is...

Thanks Gideon300 for your response. Your response is the closest to my view of the coming of the Holy Spirit in this case. While it is true that the fire is not actual fire, but only "like as of fire ", the term 'fire' is still used and so has meaning, just as the 'form of a dove' did in your...

"And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." What is the fire here representing? Why fire? Also, why cloven tongues?

Thanks Lifted_By_the_Word for your comments. Rev 12:1 is one of my favorite scriptures. I see the sun as being a picture of Christ. We read about that in Psalm 19: "In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to...

Thanks JohnB for your posted question: What did Jesus mean when He said, "this generation will not pass?" I read the reference writing that you gave to answer this question. I thought it was a reasonable attempt to explain the verse. Still, I am not convinced that it has eliminated another...

Thanks JohnB for your comment. Many people claim that the Bible talks about rebuilding an actual physical temple building. However, I encourage you to consider what the Bible says about its own scripture. We read: "Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.I...

Thanks for your question. We could ask how could wickedness be in 'high places' and when? Romans chapter 5 tells us that death reigned since Adam. We read: "by one man's offence death reigned by one". When something is reigning it means that it is at a high place, a place of ultimate authority...

"And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days...

Thanks Ben77 for your questions. I don't personally know anything about the doctrine of the Hillsong Church but finding out that organized groups have faulty doctrine is a common problem these days and perhaps mostly has been. The scripture verse that is supposedly right in the middle of the...

Thanks JohnB. That reminds me of the verse: "And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:" it is very good to help people in small ways and it is amazing to see how little things like that...

Yes, that's right JohnB. I am sure that you and I are both hoping to be among those who did help those who needed help. I really like the verse where it talks about the King saying that as much as the servant did good to the least of these he did it unto the king.

Thanks JohnB. Yes, remember that the parable of the virgins was about those who were espoused to Jesus, called 'virgins'. Yet only 5 of the 10 made it to have Jesus as husband ultimately, and to be in heaven. Similarly, in the verse you are considering a surrounding text says: "The lord of that...

Thanks for your question JohnB. Concerning the verse: "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.", - and you asked "does this mean we'll be beaten in heaven?" To my mind, the verse is about...