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Satan and all of his human false teachers deliberately try to divide God's people away from the truth of God's Word and then corrupt their thinking. False teachers are never open about the truth, nor can you ever expect a frank and straightforward answer. Frequently, they ...
Was the original sin of Adam and Eve “sexual relations,” “knowledge,” “disobedience,” or “rebellion” against God’s sovereignty?
Genesis 3:16 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 16 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children: The grief,... Continue Reading →
The curse that Jehovah God had placed on the ground meant that cultivation was going to be a far greater task than it would have been had Adam not sinned. Lamech, Noah’s father, in connection with the thorns and thistles, expresses this level of the curse, “the painful toil of our hands." (Gen 5:29) The... Continue Reading →
Generally, in the Bible, when God had dealings with the human family, it was by means of an angel. (Gen. 16:7-11; 18:1-3, 22-26; 19:1; Judges 2:1-4; 6:11-16, 22; 13:15-22) The primary person in Scripture, who spoke and had dealings with humans, as a representative of the Father, Jehovah God, was his only only-begotten Son, appropriately called... Continue Reading →
Almost all translations translate Genesis 3:6 as follows. Genesis 3:6 English Standard Version (ESV) 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate,... Continue Reading →
Genesis 1:1 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Over the past 200 years, the scientific community and the Bible scholars of Christianity have engaged in battle. Scientists believe they have proved the Genesis account as being nothing more than a myth or legend, being no... Continue Reading →
The apostle Paul tells us in Galatians 4:4 that the Father “sent forth his Son, born of a woman.” How did the laws of heredity work with this union of perfection (the life of the Son) with imperfection (the ovum or egg cell in Mary’s womb)? How was the life of the Son transferred from... Continue Reading →
God at Genesis 2:17 warned Adam of “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." It would seem that when Adam passed that warning on to Eve, she took it very seriously because she expanded on and... Continue Reading →