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I am taking wagers here. This OP is NOT about whether you have sinned or not since you were born again. I'm assuming you don't think you have. This post focuses on wagering on what you believe. Let proposition P1 = I have not sinned since I was born again. P2 = not P1. Between 0 and 10, how...

The officials of King Jehoiakim alerted Baruch in Jeremiah 36: Later: Who hid Jeremiah and Baruch? From the horizontal point of view, they hid themselves. From the vertical point of view, the LORD did. Both are true. Some time later (Jer 37), Zedekiah was king. Irijah, the captain of the...

Proverbs 13: Diligence is the opposite of laziness. Proverbs 21: A diligent person is not hasty. Colossians 3: Work hard as if for the Lord. 2 Timothy 2: I am a goal-oriented person. Set short-term goals to accomplish a long-term goal. Prioritize and work efficiently. Keep a to-do list on...

Hebrews 8: i.e., by the indwelling Paraclete Does God actually forget? No, MacLaren explained: Similarly, Barns: An attribute of God is omniscience. The language of Heb 8:12 is metaphorical and anthropomorphic. God will not remember our sins to condemn us to hell. However, Christ will judge...

Disclaimer: I am not against people using the term Mother of God. I neither believe nor disbelieve that Mary is the Mother of God. The term/string "Mother of God" is not written in the Bible. Further, Matthew 12: When it comes to doctrines, I'd rather stick to the wording of the Bible. See...

Luke supplied a genealogy bottom-up, Luke 3: Jesus was not a biological son of Joseph but a biological son of Mary. According to this genealogy, Jesus was a biological descendant of David through Nathan and Mary. How was Jesus of the line of David if Mary was a virgin? Now, Matthew provided a...

I think so because the end products of a miracle obey the usual laws of physics or follow the horizontal norms. Did Adam have nipples? Yes. Did the trees in the Garden of Eden have rings in their trunks? Yes. See Adam, Eve, and evolution.

New International Version, Romans 12: Berean Literal Bible: English Standard Version: spiritual λογικὴν (logikēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3050: (a) reasonable, rational, (b) metaphorical, as contrasted with the literal. From logos; rational. BDAG:

Officially, major religions do claim exclusivity. E.g. Buddhism teaches that it provides the path to liberation from suffering through the enlightenment found in Buddha's teachings. In practice, some Buddhists believe that Jesus is also a way to the enlightenment. Wiki: While claims of...

New King James Version, James 1: New King James Version, Matthew 4: God cannot be tempted in the first place. English Standard Version is better: For lexical justification see Does God test/tempt people?.

Exodus 34: A person can survive without water for only about 3 days. In the case of Moses, the fast was a supernatural one. Luke 4: How could Jesus survive without food for 40 days even though he was fully human? Fasting for 40 days without food is not uncommon. Could we safely assume that...

The serpent said to the woman in Genesis 3: Did the serpent lie? The serpent's prediction was confirmed some verses later: Did the serpent actually lie by saying man will become godlike after eating the fruit? Let's see the context, Genesis 3: This directly contradicts Genesis 2: Satan...

ESV, Jeremiah 31: Brenton Septuagint Translation: The Hebrew writer 'quoted' the above twice. Hebrews 8: Hebrews 10: It seems to us modern readers that the author of Hebrews misquoted Jeremiah twice. Further, his two quotations were not identical. Back in those days, it was not an unusual...

Romans 1: Scientists have no excuse; they should all believe. Was this Paul's point? Let's see the context, Romans 1: Paul targeted wicked people who opposed the godly truth. These were unbelievers. These were not scientists. In Paul's time, there were no scientists as we define it today. At...

Well, the Bible does not exactly mention that God is all loving. Numbers 14: Romans 9: 1 John 4: I neither assert nor deny that God is all-loving. I'd stick to the phraseology in the Bible.

On the positive side, Genesis 5: Job 1: The Father seemed to be proud of his Son in Matthew 3: Jesus was impressed by a centurion's faith in Luke 7: Jesus spoke to a Canaanite woman in Matt 15: Jesus stood up when they were about to stone Steven in Acts 7: There were a few cases in the...

Genesis 32: Hosea 12: I think he wrestled with the preincarnate Christ.

Cain spoke to the LORD in Genesis 4: Cain was afraid of his own relatives: brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, etc. They might attempt revenge killing. See Where did Cain's wife come from?.

Before Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, people were under the condemnation of the law. Jesus died to release the Paraclete who dwells in believers. Romans 6: Under grace, we have a new life in our spirit with the Paraclete. Galatians 5: We are no longer led by the law, but by the Paraclete of...

What exactly is the author saying in Psalm 73:15? What is wrong if he speaks out, and why would speaking out betray the generation of God's children? Let's see the context. Out of frustration, the psalmist vented in NIV Psalm 73: The inflection point of his venting occurs at I.e., if I go on...