Ask anything about the Bible. Every answer is expected to point to Scripture.
Not always. Biblical love seeks what is truly good for the other person, and sometimes that means saying something hard. God himself chastens those he loves (Proverbs 3:11-12), and his law commands us to rebuke our neighbour rather than let…
Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Jesus teaches that marriage is for life: what God has joined together, let no man put asunder. The only reason he gives for divorce is fornication, and Scripture says that whoever marries again while the first spouse is alive commits…
1 Corinthians 7:10-11And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
Paul never taught that grace allows us to break God’s law. “Not under the law” means that the law no longer condemns us, because whoever is born again no longer lives in sin; the law is made for the lawless…
Romans 6:15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Modestly. Scripture asks women to dress in a way that covers the body and does not tempt others to lust. Their real adornment is good works and a meek and quiet spirit, not expensive clothes or jewellery (1 Peter 3:3-4).…
1 Timothy 2:9-10In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
The Sabbath is part of God’s law, but Jesus showed what it really means. The Pharisees had turned it into human rules; Jesus taught that the Sabbath was made for man, and that it is right to do good on…
Mark 2:25-28And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
No. Neither the word nor the teaching is in the Bible; it was formulated by the church centuries later. Scripture teaches one God, the Father, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, his Son (1 Corinthians 8:6). The Holy Spirit is God’s…
1 Corinthians 15:27-28For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Yes. Jesus says that his sheep hear his voice. God speaks first through his written Word, and also through his Spirit, our conscience and the way he leads us. Many people no longer hear him because they have turned away…
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
God commanded his people not to cut their bodies or print any marks on themselves. That commandment still stands, and the New Testament adds that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and belongs to God (1 Corinthians…
Leviticus 19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
Jesus answers this directly: whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Unfaithfulness begins in the eyes and the heart, long before the act. Scripture also counts marrying again after…
Matthew 5:27-28Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
To be born again means to become a new person through repentance, baptism and the Holy Spirit: Jesus says a man must be born of water and of the Spirit (John 3:5). You leave your old life of sin behind…
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
The Bible does not forbid alcohol itself, but it clearly forbids drunkenness. Drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:10), and “wine is a mocker” (Proverbs 20:1). A Christian may drink in moderation, but never to the…
Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.
Yes. Jesus never told anyone to keep on sinning; he told the woman, “Go, and sin no more.” God does not ask the impossible: through his Spirit he gives his children the power to overcome sin, and whoever is born…
John 8:11And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.