Questions & answers

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The Law & commandmentsAnswered with Scripture

My friend says Leviticus 11 was only for the Jews. Do Christians still have to follow the food laws?

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No. Leviticus 11 was never only for the Jews: it is part of God’s law, and Jesus said plainly that he did not come to destroy the law but to fulfil it, and that not one jot shall pass from…

Matthew 5:17-20Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. …
God & the ScripturesAnswered with Scripture

How often do I have to forgive someone who keeps hurting me?

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There is no limit. Peter thought seven times was generous, but Jesus answered “seventy times seven”. Forgiving does not mean approving what was done or staying where you are being harmed; it means letting go of bitterness and leaving judgement…

Matthew 18:21-22Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
God & the ScripturesAnswered with Scripture

Who or what are the “seven spirits of God” in Revelation?

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Revelation speaks of seven spirits before God’s throne. Isaiah 11 lists the Spirit of the LORD resting on the Messiah: the spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge and the fear of the LORD. Revelation also shows them as seven…

Isaiah 11:1-2And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
God & the ScripturesAnswered with Scripture

Did Jesus really exist in heaven before he was born?

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Yes. Scripture shows that the Son was with the Father before he was born of Mary. Jesus himself prays for the glory he had with the Father “before the world was”, and Micah says his goings forth have been from…

John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Holy livingAnswered with Scripture

Why should I be baptized, and what does baptism actually mean?

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Baptism is the outward sign of repentance: you are buried with Christ and rise to a new life without sin (Romans 6:3-4). In the Bible, people are baptized when they repent and believe, so not as infants. The apostles immersed…

Acts 2:38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Holy livingAnswered with Scripture

Why does God not seem to answer some of my prayers?

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God hears every sincere prayer, but Scripture names reasons why prayers go unanswered: when we draw near to him with our lips while our heart and life are far from him, when we ask for something against his will, or…

Isaiah 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men.
Marriage & familyAnswered with Scripture

What exactly counts as fornication in the Bible?

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In the Bible, fornication covers every sexual act outside the marriage God created: sex before marriage, adultery, and other sexual sin. Jesus goes further: whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery in his heart,…

1 Corinthians 6:18-20Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Marriage & familyAnswered with Scripture

Is sex before marriage really a sin if we love each other?

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Yes. In the Bible, sex makes two people one flesh, which is why God placed it only inside marriage. Under the law, a man who slept with an unmarried woman had to marry her (Exodus 22:16). Love shows itself in…

Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Holy livingAnswered with Scripture

Can a woman preach in church according to Scripture?

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Scripture reserves preaching and teaching in the congregation for men: Paul writes that women should keep silence in the churches (1 Corinthians 14:34) and should not teach or have authority over the man. This is not about worth, because men…

1 Timothy 2:12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
God & the ScripturesAnswered with Scripture

Who are the 144,000 mentioned in Revelation?

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They are a special group: twelve thousand holy men from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, sealed by God, who follow the Lamb wherever he goes and in whose mouth no guile was found. They are not the only…

Revelation 14:1-5And I saw, and behold, the Lamb stood on mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven like the rushing of many waters and like the voice of a strong thunder; and the voice I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. …
The Law & commandmentsAnswered with Scripture

What is the New Covenant, and does it replace God’s law?

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No. In the New Covenant God does not take his law away, he writes it on our hearts. Through the blood of Jesus our past sins are forgiven, and through his Spirit we receive a new heart that wants to…

Ezekiel 36:26-27A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Holy livingAnswered with Scripture

Can a Christian lose their salvation, or is it “once saved, always saved”?

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Yes, salvation can be lost. If we wilfully keep sinning after we have known the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins (Hebrews 10:26). Jesus says that a branch which does not abide in him is cast out and…

Exodus 32:33And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.