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God rules over the earth. Considering He created the heavens and the earth, and He’s performed miracles and has altered infrastructures from time to time as denoted in places like Sodom and Gomorrah, and has made rich people poor as in Job, and poor people rich as in Job, He has authority over...

Any offering that is made to the needy is an offering made to God. Where is an offering made to God in the scheme of things? Luke 12:33 says “Sell your possessions and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail...

Glory to God is best achieved when we abide by the two great commandments of Jesus- We love God with all our heart, soul and mind and we love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Before starting divisions with our neighbors, we must ask ourselves how a particular division would result in loving...

Under God, what is more important? Is it more important to have divisions or have harmony? Those who have faith and love in God would not find it difficult to get along with others having the same faith and love. Psalms 133:1 - says, "Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in...

What Paul said is along the line of testing the spirits to see whether they are from God, as stated in 1 John 4:1. At that point , it may be presumed that the person testing the spirits has considered the Bible to be a given, accepting everything that is in it. Seems the people that Paul...

Education involving the Scriptures is different than secular education. In secular education we learn to formulate our own opinions. One’s opinion on a matter may be different than another’s, depending on their background and upbringing. Education involving the Scriptures is different. One’s...

When we do good works, we are acting on behalf of God. To that end, God has equipped us to do good works. Psalms 139:14 says “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” We are the result of God’s Good Works, and the good works...

The Bible has a lot to say about wealth, but it is necessary to give context to the various Passages amidst all the Bible has to say. If you walk away after reading one Passage, you will only have a limited view of what God thinks of wealthy people. For instance, Mark 10:25 says “It is easier...

Did I lose anyone yet? Yeah, it seems the title suggests an ordeal, when we seem to have enough ordeals in our lives without one more to go. But who are we to decide the challenges we are to face? Under God, each of us are above ground for a purpose. As God sees things differently than we do...

If you call on God, He will respond. If you’ve been striving for righteousness no matter how long or how short, and you call on Him, He will respond favorably. Psalms 34:17 says, “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.” That Verse either says...

Psalms 1:1-2 says “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in ethe seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.” These Verses can give one pause. To wit, the first Verse...

Can a donkey talk? Not that I know of. But what I know is limited. Also, if the Bible, the Word of God, says it them I believe it. As Jesus says in Matthew 19:26. “.. [W]ith God all things are possible.” Our religion is based on faith in the Almighty. Whereas with man it’s a matter of truth...

Jesus in John 14:15 says, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” What commandments is he referring to? There are at least two express commandments. Those are the two great commandments that Jesus says in Matthew 22:37-40...that we love God with all our heart, soul and mind, and we love...

Is not 1 Corinthians 1:21 referring to itself as foolish as well? Is it not inferring that anyone who quotes it is foolish by preaching it? Fortunately, that's not what the Verse says. It says, " 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God...