| 101.
Redemption |
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Q. What is
‘redemption’?
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| 102. The Unity of God
( And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with
the glory I had with you before the world began.) |
|
Q What does this
verse mean? |
| 103. ‘Mystery’ |
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Q What is
meant by ‘mystery’? |
| 104. Matt. 27: 52, 53 |
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Q
Is this passage genuine?
52 and the graves were
opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and
went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
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| 105.
Jesus and Temptation |
|
Q.
Was Jesus vulnerable to temptation? |
| 106. ‘Wine’ and the Memorial
Service |
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Q. Should one use fermented
(alcoholic) or unfermented (non-alcoholic) wine at the Memorial
Service? |
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107. The God-ness of the Son |
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Q. Hebrews 1: 8: Unto the
Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Why does God refer
to Jesus, His Son, as God? |
| 108.
Bringing Up Baby |
|
Q. ‘Train a child in the
way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it’
(Prov. 22: 6,
NIV-UK).
What does this verse
mean? |
| 109.
In the Image of God |
|
Q. Gen. 2:7:
‘The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the
ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the
man became a living being.’ Explain. |
| 110. The One God |
|
Q. Deut. 6:4: ‘Hear, O
Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.’ How is God
one? |
| 111.
‘Delivered to the
Slaughter’ |
|
Q. Isa. 34:1,
2: 1.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the
earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that
come forth of it. 2. For the indignation of the LORD is upon all
nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly
destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the
slaughter.
Does this passage teach the
mass extermination of the
nations? |
| 112. Staying Angry |
|
Q.
Ephesians 4:26
(KJV): ‘Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go
down upon your wrath.’
What does this
mean? |
| 113.
Perfection |
|
Q. Matt. 5:48: ‘Be perfect, therefore, as your
heavenly Father is perfect’
Does Jesus really mean we can be perfect, like
God? |
| 114.
Born Again |
|
Q. What does it mean to be ‘born
again’? |
| 115. Of God and Kings
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Q.
Prov.
25: 2: ‘It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
honour of kings is to search out a matter.’
What does this
mean? |
| 116.
Tithing |
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Q.
Are
Christians obliged to pay tithes? |
| 117. When Jesus Feared |
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Q. Hebrews 5:
7, 8 says of Jesus that, ‘in the days of his flesh, when he had
offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears
unto him [God] that was able to save him from death, and was
heard in that he feared. Though he were a Son, yet learned he
obedience by the things which he suffered.’
What was Jesus afraid of? Why? |
| 118. Faith Vs Reason |
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Q. Are Faith and Reason
compatible? |
| 119. On
Being Equal with God |
|
Q. What does Phil. 2: 6-8 really
teach about Christ? |
| 120. Prospering |
|
Q.
Should the faithful Christian expect to prosper in
material things? |
| 121. 'Through a Glass, Darkly' |
|
Q. 1 Cor. 13: 12: ‘Now we see
through a glass, darkly’. What does this mean? |
| 122. LORD and Lord |
|
Q. Who is speaking to whom in this
passage? |
| 123. Christ's Return |
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Q. James 5: 8
reads: ‘. . . be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming
is near [close by].’
As the Apostle wrote these
words to the early Church, two thousand years ago, in what sense was
the Lord’s ‘coming’ or ‘presence’ close
by? |
| 124.
Gods
Who Die Like Men |
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Psalm 82: 6, 7: ‘I have said, Ye are
gods; and all of you are children [sons] of the Highest. But ye shall
die like men, and fall like one of the princes.’
Q. What does
this passage teach? |
| 125.
Jerusalem and Zechariah 12: 3 |
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In that day I will
make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden
themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of
the earth be gathered together against it.
Q. How will this prophecy be fulfilled?
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| 126.
Was Barnabas an Apostle? |
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Q. Was
Barnabas an Apostle?
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| 127.
Is Judas Forever Lost? |
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Q. Does Judas have hope of a resurrection or is he lost forever? |
| 128.
The Comforter of John 14 |
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Q.
Who or what
is the Comforter (parakletos)
referred to by Jesus in John 14? |
| 129.
Things Unseen, Now Seen |
|
Q.
Heb. 11:3
– ‘Through faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen
were not made of things which do appear.’ |
| 130.
Experience |
|
Q. If God is righteous, why is there evil in the
world? |
| 131.
Sparrow |
|
Q.
‘Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?
and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father
[knowing].’ (Matt. 10: 29) |
| 132.
Og and his Giant Bed |
|
Q. Deut. 3: 11 relates that Og, king of
Bashan, slept in a bed that was 9 cubits long and 4 cubits wide – 13 ½ ft x 6
ft (4.11m x 1.82m). Is this credible? |
| 133.
David’s Hating the Wicked |
|
Q Psa. 139: 19-22 reads:
19 If only you, God,
would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! 20 They
speak of you with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse your name. 21 Do
I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you? 22 I have nothing
but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
|
| 134.
The Death of King Josiah |
|
Q.
2 Kings
22: 20
states that God promised King Josiah of
Judah he would ‘be buried in peace’.
However, in
v. 29
of the following chapter we are told he
was killed in battle.
Does the Bible here contradict
itself? |
| 135.
Abortion and the Ransom |
|
Q .Does
the doctrine of the Ransom have anything to say about abortion? |
| 136.
The Three that Bear Witness |
|
Q
1 John 5: 7, 8 in the
King James (Authorised)
Version
of 1611 reads:7
For there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one.
8
And there are three that bear witness
in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three
agree in one.Isn’t this incontrovertible proof that the Bible teaches
the doctrine of the Trinity (hypostasis)?
|
| 137.
Entering into God's Rest |
|
Q.
Heb. 4: 9-11:
‘There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone
who enters
God’s rest also rests from their works,
just as God did from his.’ |
| 138.
‘The lot is cast into the lap, but its every
decision is from the LORD.’ |
|
Q.
‘The lot
is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.’
What
does this mean?
|
| 139.
This is Eternal Life |
|
Q. What is
meant "Now
this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom you have sent.
-
John 17: 3 -" |
| 140.
The Elect Angels |
|
Q.
Who are
‘the elect
angels’? |
| 141.
Jesus saves to the 'Uttermost' |
|
Q.
What
is meant here by Jesus saves to the ‘uttermost’? |
| 142.
In my Flesh Shall I see God |
|
Q. What, then, can he mean by ‘yet
in
my flesh
shall I see God’? |
| 143.
The Name of Names |
|
Q.
Phil. 2:
9
says of Jesus that, ‘God exalted him to
the highest place, and gave him the name
that is above every name’. What is
meant by ‘ name
above every
name’?
|
| 144.
The Passover Goat |
|
Q. ‘The animals
you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from
the sheep or the goats’ (Exodus 12: 5). Why was a firstborn goat
allowed to be substituted for a firstborn lamb? Surely a lamb – not a
goat – typified Jesus, ‘our passover’ (1 Cor. 5: 7, 8)? |
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145. Woman, The "Weaker Vessel?"
To view as a pdf file
(Click Here)
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(P) |
Q.
1
Peter 3: 7׃
‘Husbands,
. . . be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with
respect as the weaker partner
[ vessel,
KJV]
as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that
nothing will hinder your prayers.’
Given that a woman today may engage in
occupations and sports that are physically and mentally challenging,
from flying jet planes and lorry driving to pole vaulting, why is she
portrayed in Scripture as ‘weaker’?
|
| 146. Beginnings
To view as a pdf file
(Click Here) |
(P) |
Q.
What is meant in John 1: 1 by the
expression, ‘In the
beginning '? |
| 147. The
"Last Days" of James 5:3
To view as a pdf file
(Click Here) |
(P) |
Q.
‘Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will
testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in
the last days.’
What is meant by ‘in the last days’ in this passage?
|
| 148. The
Onerous Rebuilding of Jericho
To view as a pdf file (Click Here)
|
(P) |
Q. 1 Kings 16:
34: In Ahab’s time,
Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his
firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son
Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord
spoken by Joshua son of Nun. |
| 149.
God's Pledge to Israel
To view as a pdf file (Click Here)
|
(P) |
Q.
Are we to take this guarantee respecting today’s
Israel literally? |
| 150. The
Weaker Vessel To view as a pdf file (Click Here)
|
(P) |
Q. Why is
one’s wife described as ‘the weaker vessel’? |
| 151.
Wrath Restrained To view as a pdf file (Click Here)
|
(P) |
Q. What does this
mean, ‘the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain’? |
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