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    Convince me there is non-alcoholic wine in the Bible/communion

    Look beyond this question to the meaning of it. Wine or grape juice is similar in color to blood, which is the point of Jesus' taking wine. But most churches use grape juice because of the need to care for those who may tend to be an alcoholic.
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    Isn't it that the commandments of God is for everybody?

    That commandment is for everyone, but what about the following verse calling husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church and verse 20, where we're all called to submit to each other? As much as husbands serve the needs of their wives, God raises them up to provide direction for the...
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    I Wanna Be Ready

    I'm with you, Blade, in your quest. May God bless people through us!!
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    I need some advice

    As an 82-year-old Christian, I say that you would do well to follow the guidelines of Scripture, (1 Corinthians 10:31) "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" and (Exodus 20:12) "Honor your father and your mother." If you can get their permission and give...
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    The Thorns are Rising and Increasing

    Yes, Magenta, prayer is the pathway through Jesus to God's gift of true peace!! (Book: What God Has Done: My True, Dramatic God-Biography, Amazon).
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    Stronger prayer and results

    (1) What do you do for a living? How can you do it differently to honor God? (2) Do you think that being a Christian means that you have to give up all those activities? Don't you know that you can do some of them to honor God, who is not a killjoy? (Others should be given up, because they...
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    Funny And Clever Answers to Being Asked, "Why Are You Still Single?" -- What Are YOURS?

    It's not funny, but I'm single after 56 years of marriage to my dear wife, who died in 2020, because God has given me his gift of singleness, according to Paul (1 Corinthians 7) and Jesus.
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    JESUS CHRIST VS PROPHET MOHAMMAD

    You say rightly the Muslims' beliefs about Muhammad, but you share the other side of you post, who Jesus is. His claims are in the Gospel of John clearly.
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    The book of Job, my favorite book.

    The word curse is derived from two Hebrew words. "barak" and "lo" which interpreted means to "bless not". The Hebrew word "barak" Strongs H1288 always means a form of bless, translated bless 302 times out of 330 times. When the Hebrew word "lo" occurs with "barak" it means bless not, and it has...
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    Forgiveness

    No, I don't believe, on the basis of the New Testament (Hebrews and Colossians 2) that the dates of the Old Testament feasts are at all important. Their meanings are important and carry over to the New Testament. However, because the Old Testament outward forms have been done away by Jesus'...
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    Does Jesus Ever Forgive Those Who Are Not Sorry

    When a person first believes in and becomes committed to following Jesus, the new believer's sins are forgiven. That is, the divine Judge, the Father, declares us "not-guilty" and right with him. However, we still have sinful natures in us against which we need to struggle our whole lives. It's...
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    Embracing the Painful Truth: A Journey from Loss to Freedom

    Thank you for sharing your story. Where is God in your story? I'm curious. My grown daughter hasn't communicated with me for a long time, and it is a big mystery to me why, because I never even once abused her. However, I have let her go by God's grace, as he appears to have enabled you to do...
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    Feeling paralyzed by the heaviness of hell

    Suggestions: Try not watching those videos before you try to get to sleep so that you can fall to sleep better, spend your time during the day praying for God's provision of a job of his choosing while you apply for them (read 1 and 2 Thessalonians, in which they had the same idea to quit their...
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    I am struggling

    I have written many times on "X" and Facebook that Israel has a right to defend itself. Maybe, we can all do the same.
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    Gods will vs mans free will

    My answer to your self-reliant and God-reliant division is 1 Thessalonians 5:17, "Pray without ceasing." We must seek God's will through prayer for small and large decisions, no matter what they are.
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    The Gospels and the Mystery

    I suggest that you make too sharp a distinction between the two kinds of preaching and teaching. It's also the relationship between the old covenant and the new covenant. There is both discontinuity and continuity between the two in both cases.
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    Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR

    How do you come to conclude your final thought based on the passages? I don't see your reasoning in the Bible.
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    As in the days of Noah... ALL flesh had CORRUPTED itself

    I won't argue with you, but I will point you to the genealogies in Genesis 3 and 5 that show the two lines from Adam through Cain and from Adam through Seth to Noah. Then, I'll say that the "sons of God" and "the daughters of men" are the people who mixed together the believing and unbelieving...
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    Are we Living in the Time of the Fallen Away?

    The way I understand it, the phrase "the last days" refers in Scripture to the time between Jesus' first and his second comings. So, yes, we are living in the time of the falling away, and we see it all around us. That's why we need to share the Good News about Jesus with everyone.
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    Im new here. I need some help regarding 1 Corinth 11:14

    Always look at the whole context (verses, chapter, book, Bible) of a verse. Paul uses the principle of the relationships among the Father, Jesus, males, and females (11:3) to apply it to his culture (short or long hair, for example). So, we need to take the same principle and apply it...