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Will you please explain Matthew 11:12 — "And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force?"

This is a prophecy relating to the Church, the Kingdom class, the Kingdom of Heaven in its embryonic state. It has been remarkably fulfilled in the history of the true Church of Christ from the days of John to the present. The "violent," those of the Ishmael and Esau [...]

I am trying to do the best I know how; will not this entitle me to an entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven?

If you do to the very best of your ability you will get a great lesson as to your inability to do perfectly. Then, realizing that God, cannot approve that which is imperfect and self-condemned, you will he ready to pray, "God be merciful [...]

Which is the oldest church?

There is only one church from the scriptural standpoint - "the church of the first born which are written in heaven," the "church of the living God," and “the church of Christ” (Hebrews 12:23, 1 Timothy 3:15, Romans 16:16.) Jesus established this church and [...]

How do we harmonize the apparently contradictory expressions found in: "…ye made the commandments of God of none effect through your TRADITIONS" (Mathew 15;6, Mark 7:13), "…being more exceedingly zealous of the TRADITIONS of my fathers" (Galatians 1:14), and "…stand fast and hold the TRADITIONS which ye have been taught" (2 Thessalonians 2:15)?

The Savior's words addressed to the Scribes and Pharisees, the religious leaders of his day, have reference to the theories and opinions that had been formed and handed down from the past and not based upon the inspired testimony of the Prophets and the [...]