Showing posts with label Sin-Temptation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sin-Temptation. Show all posts

Is it fair that God punishes us according to our deeds?

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“ I will punish you according to what you have done— this is the Lord ’s declaration. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consum...

Does God give me what I deserve according to my deeds?

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“I the Lord search the heart      and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct,      according to what their d...

Is everyone a liar?

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  “Beware of your friends;      do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver,      and every friend a slanderer...

Did the people of Jeremiah’s time worship a Queen of Heaven?

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The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pou...

Why did people put on sackcloth and roll in ashes?

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Put on sackcloth, my people,      and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing      as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer     ...

Why should God forgive us?

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“Why should I forgive you?     Your children have forsaken me     and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs,     y...

Are you more guilty of a sin if you witness the consequences and still do it?

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“ I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. I gave faithle...

Is marrying foreign women still a problem today?

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Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?” Nehemia...

Should we beat, curse and pull out people’s hair today if they disobey God?

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I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and ...

Why does God not punish us like we deserve?

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“Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty and awesome, who keeps his covenant of love, do not let all this hardship seem trifling in yo...

Does it matter if I confess the sins of my people?

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“…let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the pe...

When did Pilate mix the blood of Galileans with their sacrifices?

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Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answe...

How is my eye the lamp of my body?

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  “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who...

What was wrong with tax collectors?

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But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax col...

How do you fight temptation?

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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” Luke 4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God ...

Was Mary perfect and sinless?

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In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married t...

Is there a reason Peter denied Christ three times?

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" Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” Matthew 26:34     ...

Is there any sin that cannot be forgiven?

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And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks ...

How could a whole town face judgment for rejecting Jesus?

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Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. “Woe to you, Chorazin...

Is worry sin?

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“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more th...