Bible Questions
How to Get God in Your Life
John 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”
3 Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”
5 Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’ 8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Romans 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down); 7 or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)” 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach: 9 that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart, one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
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The Great Things of God’s Law
Hosea 8:12 (KJV) I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
Psalm 78:10 (KJV) They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Hosea 4:6 (KJV) Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hosea 4:1 (KJV) Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Hosea 4:7 (KJV) As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
Hosea 5:4 (KJV) They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
Hosea 5:15 (KJV) I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Isaiah 55:6 (KJV) Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
Matthew 6:33 (KJV) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Malachi 3:8 (KJV) Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
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The Problem With an Occasional Visit to Church
Like anything, going to church needs to be a consistent habit, not an occasional visit.
It’s no different than a membership at a gym. If you have a membership at a gym, and only visit once a month, you are not going to get very far.
If a person “pops in” to church occasionally, and hears one message, or maybe only a few messages, that person might get a confused idea about God and not relate to God properly. The Bible said that Moses knew the ways of God. Moses was successful because he knew the ways of God and obeyed.
What does it mean to know the “ways” of something? You understand how it operates. You understand that when a stove is red and you touch it you will get burned. You understand that if you jump off of a high place (don’t do it), gravity will pull you down, maybe to your death. You understand that when you see a stop sign, that you stop…if you don’t you might get into an accident. We understand these things at the natural level.
But God also has “ways” of operating and these are not learned in an instant. Like anything, it requires persistance, regularity, dedication and obedience.
In any subject, everything is not taught in one or two hours, or even in one day. In math, for example, there is a logical progression of topic by topic, appropriate to the age level. You don’t go from addition to algebra in one class.
When learning about God, when learning about Jesus, Christian books, Bible studies, or church preaching can cover only so much in any one period of time.
This is why it is necessary to be consisent. The Bible says to forsake not the assembling of yourself together.
There needs to be regular Bible reading and study.
It is the only way to come to the knowledge of what it means to be born again, along with the rights and responsibilities in Christ.
If any part of a house’s foundation is missing, the house will not stand.
Besides learning, then things need to be put into practice. The Bible calls it being a doer of the Word, and not a hearer only.
Suppose a person were given a plot of ground, gardening tools, a means to water, seeds, and everything required for the garden. It would do the person absolutely no good unless that person actually did something with the tools, the seeds and the water. The person would have to use the tools to prepare the ground, plant the seeds, continue to water and weed, and finally get a harvest.
You can hear Bible messages, but they need to put into practice for them to do any good.
If you do not have a good local church, while you are looking for one, the link below this post will lead you to more information on good online resources.
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What Does Separation of Church and State Mean?
There is a lot of confusion about the words “separation of church and state”. People, through the miscommunication of the history of that phrase, have taken it to mean that God should not be mentioned in political affairs or in the public square. That comes from a lack of understanding and a mis-teaching of history.
Thomas Jefferson used that phrase in a letter to some Baptists to indicate that the separation would be there to prevent the state from interfering with the church. The United States had been started in response to a requirment in England that “everyone join one church”. These people who came to this nation wanted to worship God. They were Christians who actively involved God in their lives, including government. They were not fleeing from God, they were fleeing for the right to worship God.
The separation of powers (judicial, legislative, executive branches of government) in the Constitution, is modeled after:
Isaiah 33:22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
One definition of religion is: a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance Source
Here is another definition of religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith Source
The definition of religion can be extended to anything. People who believe in the new green deal with “ardor and faith”, can be said to be practising a religion. People who believe in anything with “ardor and faith” have a sort of religion, with their own idols and gods that take their time and money. People burning down cities in the name of socialism and communism are operating with “ardor and faith”.
But back to the question of the separation of church and state… most of the Founding Fathers were Christians. Those who were not were deists, the difference being that Christians believe in a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ and deists believe that God exists, but in a more impersonal way. He winds up the clock of the universe and lets it run, so to speak, but is not as personally involved. In any case, the original view of God in this country was intimately involved with Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of Heaven. People came here for a chance to extend the kingdom of heaven.
Because of the perverted idea of taking God out of society and schools, we now see cities burning, businesses destroyed, the nation being destroyed, and all manner of evil because the idea of God, morality, and law has been espunged from the national consciousness.
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Bible Study on Work
Exodus 20:9 You shall labor six days, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”
I Timothy 5:8 But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Who is the thief?
John 10:10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
The thief is satan.
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Jonah and the Whale
Jonah 1:17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
People ask, could that happen?
Actually, there was an instance when something similar did happen during the whaling days.
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Good Samaritan
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Who is Terah in the Bible?
Genesis 11:24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah. 25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. 28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive. 29 Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah. 30 Sarai was barren. She had no child. 31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there. 32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
A blog post can only introduce a topic but not cover it in depth. For more study on various topics, click here for links to various Christian ministries.
Depending on the ministry, there may be online church services, YouTube videos, podcasts, radio programs, books, teaching, or more. You have to seek out what they have.
