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Can a person be forgiven if they have willfully sinned?
Yes. Every sin is a willful sin as we consciously make the decision to either commit the action, or to not take action when required. If we repent of that sin, stop doing it or correct action, and we ...
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Can a person be forgiven if they have willfully sinned?
The question deals with certain scriptures that appear to provide no path to salvation for those who willfully sin and/or fall away from the faith after having believed in the Gospel. But even though ...
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Why was David afraid of the Sword of the Angel of the Lord if he went to the Tabernacle, which was then in Gibeon? -1 Chr. 21:29-30
Afraid of Guiltiness David was experiencing the same qualms that Adam and Eve felt after a major committing of sin. They all were afraid the the Presence of God and tried to hide from Him. Adam hid ...
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The personification of sin
Perhaps the question can best be answered by focusing on the word 'desire', and seeing its connection with God also using it in Genesis 3:16.
The Hebrew word 'teshuqah' means 'longing'. When God ...
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The Holy Spirit's stirring up Samson's anointing in Judges 14:3-4 Vs (Galatians 5:16-17) flesh battling Spirit & (Isaiah 55:8-9)God's Higher thoughts
No. The Bible gives no example where God stirs up lust; it occurs naturally. Quite the contrary, the Bible clearly teaches that when sexual desire leads toward an illicit relationship it must be ...
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Why was David afraid of the Sword of the Angel of the Lord if he went to the Tabernacle, which was then in Gibeon? -1 Chr. 21:29-30
There are two matters here:
(1) David's fear
(2) Place of worship/sacrifice
I will examine these in the opposite order for reasons that will become obvious shortly.
Place of Worship/sacrifice
Deut ...
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Suffer the sins of your parents (Deut 5:9) or not (Ezk 18:2)
My original question was specifically about Deuteronomy 5:9 and Ezekiel 18:2. Answers from Anne and Ray brought some clarity to those specific verses. Anne points out that verse 5 ends with "of ...
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The personification of sin
There is more than one question here, but the basic answer is this: God did not warn Cain about the serpent or Satan because the real issue was Cain's responsibility to resist sin (in this case ...
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The personification of sin
That is the traditional understanding of the Hebrew scriptures, that the "serpent" was a representation of man's inclination to sin.
Earlier Judaism spoke of the human tendency to evil [...
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The personification of sin
If, as many believe, the Book of Job is the earliest book of the Bible ever written, then "Satan" appears in the first chapter. Here is a list of cases where “Satan” appears as a person with ...
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What fruit was God referring to?
The interpretation of partaking of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil as symbolizing sexual sin is not entirely without biblical basis. Arguments supporting this idea include:
After ...
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What fruit was God referring to?
Actually, "fruit" is never mentioned in Gen 2. The first time we hear about fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is in Gen 3:2, 3, 6 & 12.
The operative word here is ...
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Suffer the sins of your parents (Deut 5:9) or not (Ezk 18:2)
It is not only Ezekiel 18 that seems to run contrary to Deut. 5:9. Deuteronomy itself says (24:16):
Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall
children be put to death for their ...
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Suffer the sins of your parents (Deut 5:9) or not (Ezk 18:2)
There are several instances in the Old Testament of people misunderstanding God on this matter. The misunderstanding originated long before the Ten Commandments were set in stone, where that bit about ...
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