When God adopted the nation of Israel as his peculiar people, he fixed for them a special day of the week, the seventh, to be their Sabbath, or day of rest. This Law specially was directed to the Jewish nation. However, those of us [...]
Revelation 7:2-4, “Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: ‘Do not [...]
Job suffered the loss of his temporal things, his children, and his health, in that order. His experiences involved extreme suffering during which his wife and his friends condemned him. He was alone in his agony. His temptation was to demand of God a reason for his experiences. [...]
Atonement – literally from the English “At-one-ment” means a full reconciliation and coming into fellowship with God. Romans 5:11,18 reads, “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement…therefore as [...]
God does, indeed, know us, “He knows the secrets of the heart.” Psalm 44:21. God also says He declares “the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done…” Isaiah 46:10 Yet, we still have a free will. God’s living [...]
The covenant God made with Noah and his sons in Genesis 9:1-7 serves as the "Civilization Starter Kit." After the violence of the pre-flood world, God established specific boundaries to protect the sanctity of life.God’s Part: God stepped in to provide the environment necessary [...]
Assuming the question is referring to plastic surgery for cosmetic reasons, people choose to have plastic surgery because they are unhappy with the way they look. Whether someone is unhappy with the shape of their nose or with the wrinkles under their eyes, a person [...]
No, he cannot. There are no scriptures which teach Satan can read our minds. But Satan and his demons can observe us. Often, it's easy to recognize what a person is thinking. For instance, if a child is staring at a toy in the store, [...]
There are many difficulties in life. Sometimes people accumulate debt; sometimes people steal; sometimes people cannot manage to care for themselves. In Israel, a person could become an indentured slave for all of these reasons. The period of servitude could be for seven years [...]
Matt. 24:14 reads, "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." The prophecies recorded in Matthew 24 are an answer to the questions the disciples privately asked [...]
What are God's blessings for His Christian children? In Matthew 16:24, Jesus said, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Footstep followers of our Lord are to deny their fleshly desires, take [...]
In Psalm 119:124 it says "deal with your servant according to your 'love'" but in previous verse it talks about "preserve my life according to your word" vs 37 "do good according to your word" vs 65. Also in verse 107. Why is it [...]
God does not always choose to heal us. The Apostle Paul was a faithful Christian, yet God did not heal Paul. 2 Corinthians 12:7- "…a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming [...]
Jude 1:6 from the Revised Version reads, "And the angels which kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day." This is referring to the angels in Noah's [...]
1 Cor. 10:16, "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?" Communion is the Greek word, "koinonia" (Strong's word 2842). [...]
In order to find biblical information about a topic, it is a good idea to use study helps such as Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. A concordance lists every single time a specific word is used in various translations. Reviewing the words "fast" [...]
God's glory is described in several places in the Bible, but this manifestation can appear like a cloud or fire. Exodus 24:15-18 reads, "And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. And the glory of the LORD abode upon [...]
2 Samuel 7:16 is a promise from God to King David. "And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before Me. Your throne shall be established forever." Thus, God promised a king would be born from the line of David, and this king [...]
Jeremiah 33 is a beautiful chapter, full of glorious promises to Israel and to all the world! Verses 6-11 read, "Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. I [...]
Genesis 2:24, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh" (and quoted in Ephesians 5:31). Marriage and sexual intimacy are to occur only between a man and his wife. The [...]
