5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. ~ James 1:5-8
- Why did Jesus tell the disciples and the people he healed not to tell anyone about him?
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- Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere. ~ Mark 1:45
- Blessed is the Man whose fame does not outshine the truth
- How does God’s sovereignty coexist with freewill?
- How can a Good God allow good people to suffer? How can he send people to hell (eternal punishment) if he Loves us?
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- Love is an Attribute of God. Love is not some pre-existing standard that God conforms to. But God “somehow” upholds the concept of Love just the way He upholds the Universe with His very Word. Hebrews 1:3. I don’t think you can absolutely contain God into a box called Love.
- sometimes we just don’t know the answer. As Job questions, God replies, where you here when I laid the foundations of heaven and earth? Job 38
- What does it mean to fear the Lord?
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The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching ~ Mark 11:18 same fear?
- why OT is wrathful and NT forgiving?
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- have this linger behind your head that there is the impending doom in which we are all destined to
- if Old Testament was only about forgiveness then the gift of Jesus doesn’t seem so valuable right? For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. ~ John 3:17
- why not send Jesus Christ earlier as a child of Adam and Eve? iono
- Can God create a burrito that he could not eat? Could God create someone He loved so much that He is not willing to send him to hell?
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- Can God empty himself to become a servant? Can He die on the cross?
- Philippians 2:5-8
- Jesus never said He was God in the Gospels
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3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. ~ Philippians 2:3-8
- 66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. 67 “If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, 68 and if I asked you, you would not answer. 69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.” 70 They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.” 71 Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.” ~ Luke 22
- 11 Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him. ~ Mark 3
- 38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,[c] he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!
- Where did dinosaurs come from?
- Overseers v Deacons
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- To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons ~ Philippians 1:1
- 21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
- As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
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what kind of sign was He talking about? like miracles? like proof that He is the Messiah? Or whether it is the end times?
- Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed! What does that mean?
- What does the old and new wineskin parable mean?
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- No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.
- Why did they beg Jesus to leave? while the one who was healed wants to follow Him. Though Jesus didn’t want that?
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- Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region. 18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed. ~ Mark 5
- So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.” 5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
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why did Jesus say nothing? He could very well defended himself.
- but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. ~ Matthew 10:33