Posts Tagged ‘God’
How can I discern God’s voice?
Question: What is the key to living right with God? How can I discern God’s voice? How can I grow spiritually in Christ? Answer: John said, “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep…
Read MoreWhat is God’s Will?
Question: Hi, Just a quick note to say I really enjoy your website. I find it very helpful. Quick question: In Matthew 7:21 Jesus talks about only those who do God’s will get to enter heaven. Have you written on this verse before that I could go back and read somewhere? I guess the question…
Read MoreWhy does Jesus say the Father is greater than him if they are equal and Jesus is God?
Question: Why does Jesus say in John 14:28 the Father is greater than him if they are equal and Jesus is God? Answer: That Jesus is God is clearly declared by John: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with…
Read MoreWhat if God tells you to do something horrible, do you do it?
Question: Hello, Often when I hear religious people talk about this or that person in the Bible doing something that God asked, the phrase “Because God said so” is emphasized. It is also talked about how there can be no morality without God, and questions like “If killing you made my life better, why shouldn’t…
Read MoreThe Judge of All the Earth
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/JudgeOfAllTheEarth.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Job 34 I. Have you ever told another, “It’s not fair!” A. What is meant is that you do not think you are being treated in a just or right way. B. Justice means “what is right” and just means “a state of being right or acting in right conduct.” C. Justice…
Read MoreGod Is Love
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GodIsLove.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I John 4:7-21 I. What is love? How would you define it? How would you know if you have it? A. It is a common question that teens have. How while I know I’m in love? B. The Bible gives two definitions: 1. Song of Solomon 8:6-8 describes the passion of love…
Read MoreGod Cannot Lie
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GodCannotLie.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I Kings 22:1-28 I. Heathen men molded their concept of their gods into their own image – Romans 1:22-23 A. We can read stories of the Greek gods and in their interaction with men they often lied and cheated to accomplish their goals. 1. The Greeks saw their gods as just…
Read MoreMy God of Mercy
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MyGodOfMercy.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Ephesians 2:1-10 I. Several years ago I taught High School math and science in a private school A. As happens occasionally, one student copied from another and turned in the assignment. 1. The school’s policy was to give zero grades to both the cheater and the one cheated from. a. It was…
Read MoreRegarding God as Holy
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/HolyIsHisName2.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I Peter 1:13-19 I. Peter charges all Christians to conduct themselves in holiness – I Peter 1:15-16 A. We will not see God without holiness – Hebrews 12:14 B. And knowing that this world will end and we all must face God – II Peter 3:11 C. Holiness is the idea of…
Read MoreGentle Cords and Bands of Love
Gentle Cords and Bands of Love – Part 1Gentle Cords and Bands of Love – Part 2 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Hosea 11 I. Most people’s view of love is very limited. A. “God is Love” they declare; therefore, any sin that I may be involved in doesn’t matter because “God is Love.” 1. There can’t…
Read MoreIf everything comes from God, doesn’t evil come from God?
Question: You said in a writing, that all good things come from God. I can understand this and agree with it. But what I don’t understand is if by that same logic don’t all things come from God directly or by proxy, including all the bad and evil in the world? I don’t understand this…
Read MoreHow can God have the knowledge of good and evil and not sin?
Question: I really liked the answer given regarding God keeping man from living forever since they now would choose to sin of which I found on your website. But I have two more questions: If the tree of life stops us from living forever in the flesh, what of our souls? I would think that…
Read MoreIs it wrong to use “Allah” for God in Malaysian Bibles?
Question: Greetings, With the general election just around the corner here in Malaysia, many issues are being used as fodder including the issue of the use of the Arabic word for God in Malay translation of the Bible being used among native congregations. While this is not prohibited by any existing laws, the same issue…
Read MoreOur Attitude Toward God
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012Fall1OurAttitudeTowardGod.mp3 by Rob Speer God and I
Read MoreCould you review this debate on whether God exists?
Question: Can you look at this is a video of a debate asking if the God of the Bible exists? Now it’s lengthy, but I imagine you will skim through the main points. My question is if you could address some of the statements that were made because I feel the Christian side did a…
Read MoreThank you so much for placing Ethan Longhenry’s article on your website
Question: Dear sir, Thank you so much for placing Ethan Longhenry’s article, Understanding the Tetragrammaton: How Is It Pronounced? on your website. It is an incredible blessing to me! I am trying to make the reasoning my own as it will be great to share with others the name of our God. His name is Wonderful!…
Read MoreGod and I
By Rob Speer, October 28-31, 2012 Our Attitude Toward God Reasons Why I Attend Every Service Personal Worship An Unconditional Faith Why I am a Predestinarian Knowledge: The Key to Security in Christ
Read MoreWhere does the Bible say that God’s patience is long but not endless?
Question: Sir, Kindly let me know where exactly it is written in the Holy Bible that God’s patience is long but not endless? I am very eager to know the exact book, chapter, and verse in the Holy Bible. Answer: “And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and…
Read MoreThe Other Side of Truth
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/OtherSideOfTruth.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: II Thessalonians 1:3-10 I. People tend to focus one aspect, one characteristic when they deal with another person A. We have a tendency to categorize people, to pick out a dominate trait B. When people talk about God or Jesus, they will focus on the love of God. 1. God is love,…
Read MoreIs it proper to bless God’s high and holy name?
Question: I had used the phrase “We bless your high and holy name.” I realize the word bless means basically to make happy. Is it scriptural to pray that phrase? I figure the elders would have corrected me if it wasn’t, but all men are imperfect. Just wanted to know so if I needed to,…
Read MoreIs Jesus literally God’s son or is it a title?
Question: Since Jesus is the Son of God, the Father, is he literally His son or is it more of a title? I was thinking how Mormons say Jesus and Satan were sons of God as if He bore them. I understand the Godhead. They are three separate but all three together make the one…
Read MoreWhat if I say you can’t prove God is real?
Question: If religion (Catholicism) is the absolute truth, then how come when questions are asked about it no one can ever answer with facts, only faith and belief? Basically, if I say “you can’t prove God is real”, you can only prove it with faith and belief, no facts. Why is this? Where’s all the…
Read MoreWas God sexist in punishing Eve?
Question: Is God in Genesis 3:16 talking to Eve specifically, or all women in general? If so, how isn’t God being the modern term of a sexist? Answer: “To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be for your…
Read MoreIf intelligent life were discovered elsewhere, how would views of God change?
Question: Hi! I am an astrophysics student. IF life of intelligence was ever discovered elsewhere in the Universe, what do you think their opinion on God would be, and how would it affect your opinion on God and the Bible? Thanks! Answer: If life exists elsewhere in this universe, then it would have been created by…
Read MoreDoes God get angry and hates?
Question: Since humans were created in God’s own image then does that mean we are sort of like God or that he imagined us? I am guessing that we are sort of like Him. (Why do we say “Him?”) Does this mean God gets angry and hates because in the Bible it says He doesn’t…
Read MoreOrdinary is God’s Extraordinary
by Eric M. Hamilton November 6-11, 2011 Joseph – God’s Career Path for Greatness Jesus’ Disciples – God’s Inner Circle Jonah – God’s Work-in-Progress Gideon – God’s Valiant Coward Ruth – God’s Mother of Kings Moses – God’s Leader on God’s Terms Ezekiel – God’s Entertaining Song Saul of Tarsus – God’s Untimely Born
Read MoreHow can Jesus say the new covenant is not his but the Lord’s? Aren’t they the same?
Question: People say God is three in one, but Jesus, the Son, says the new covenant is not his but the Lord’s. Aren’t they the same thing? Answer: Usually, these questions are easier to figure out if you read the actual verse. Jesus said that his words are no different from the Father’s. “He who…
Read MoreDoes God wait for me to sin?
Question: Does God wait for me to sin? Answer: Sin is something everyone ends up doing. “What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none…
Read MoreWhat is meant by God’s ways being higher than man’s?
Question: It says in Isaiah 55:9, “For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” I don’t completely understand. Answer: You will run across people with all sorts of excuses as to why they are convinced God would never forgive…
Read MoreWhy does God kill so many humans?
Question: Why does God kill so many humans? And why does this website try and make excuses for killing those humans? Surely such an amazing supernatural Creator could come up with a better plan than that. When I read about your God I find it hilarious. I really can believe the crazy, stupid, and ridiculous…
Read MoreWhy can’t we see God?
Question: Why can’t we see God? Answer: Adam and Eve died to God because of their sin. They once had direct contact with God because He walked in the Garden with them (Genesis 3:8). Mankind lost that close relationship, and it will only be regained when sin is destroyed. “And I heard a loud voice…
Read MoreHow can God be eternal if eternity is like a circle?
Question: Eternity is like a circle (no beginning or end). This is an issue that I have pointed out time and again and still have not received an answer to me that is logical or even answers the question I’m about to ask: God gave us brains to use, so the issue of logic is…
Read MoreIf the land was promised to Abraham, why did God let it be destroyed?
Question: If God promised the land to Abraham, then how come God let it be destroyed and taken over by the Assyrians and Babylonians? Answer: Answer: God made other promises to Israel that He also fulfilled. God promised to destroy Israel when it disobeyed. “And after all this, if you do not obey Me, but…
Read MoreWhy did God kill all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians when it was Pharaoh who sinned?
Question: In Exodus when the firstborn sons of all Egyptians die because of Pharaoh, why did God kill all the Egyptian sons for the sin of Pharaoh? Answer: It is easy to blame the leader and forget he wasn’t the only one involved. He was by far the most prominent, but he wasn’t working alone.…
Read MoreWhy did God kill the Amalekites?
Question: I was wondering, for example, when the Israelites were attacked or they attacked someone else, Moses held up his staff and it helped Joshua’s army, but if the staff was held down then the war went for the enemy. Obviously, the power of the staff came from God, so that means that God was…
Read MoreDid God break His promise to Moses?
Question: In Moses’ time than God had promised him that he would go into the promised land right but then later when Moses strikes the rock twice and water comes out then god says that Moses will not Lead the people into the promised land because how can Moses be an example if he does…
Read MoreWhat would have happened if Satan wasn’t in the Garden?
Question: I was scanning around the web and found your article on the Tree in the Garden. Some brothers get together for breakfast and fellowship one day a week before work. This week we had both an elder and minister, two deacons, and another brother. We occasionally discuss issues that I would not normally talk about…
Read MoreDoes Genesis 1:1 say there was nothing except God before the beginning?
Question: Here’s another question and it may seem silly but all I want is you to answer it in the best way you can. Genesis 1:1 “in the beginning there was nothing except God.” or “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (different versions of the Bible) and I am confused about…
Read MoreIs Job 36:26 saying we can never exhaust the knowledge of God?
Question: I would like to get your opinion to see if I am interpreting the Bible correctly on this one passage. Job 36:26 American Standard Version: Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. Stated this way I believe it is telling me that God is greater…
Read MoreWhat was God doing before the earth was created?
Question: What was God doing before the earth was created? Answer: Beyond planning how He would save His creation, we are not told. “He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you” (I Peter 1:20). “Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation…
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