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What does the Bible say about blasphemy?

Answered by . January 18, 2010 - 10:14 pm

Fundamentally, blasphemy means dishonouring or insulting God by words or actions. Under the Law of Moses the punishment was death by stoning. Leviticus 24:15-16 says, “Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him.” For example, in […]

What does the glory of God on you mean?

Answered by . January 18, 2010 - 10:12 pm

When the glory of God was revealed to the nation of Israel it appeared in various forms. In Exodus 16:10 it appeared as a cloud, in Exodus 24:17 and Leviticus 9:23 it was a fire, and on the Day of Atonement it appeared above the Mercy Seat in the Most Holy Place as a cloud […]

Is God a Trinity?

Answered by . January 13, 2010 - 10:19 pm 5

No, God is not a Trinity. The Trinity is described like this: There is one God in Three persons,-the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. These three persons are co-equal in all things. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God, and yet they are not three Gods, […]

What does “prosper” mean in Jer. 29:11?

Answered by . January 12, 2010 - 2:20 am

Jer. 29:11 (NIV) says: For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. If a verse is a difficult to understand, sometimes it can be helpful to look the verse up in a different version […]

God made marijuana, so is it OK to smoke it?

Answered by . January 12, 2010 - 1:48 am

It does not logically follow that, because God made something, it’s OK to smoke it/drink it/eat it/etc. Because God made snake venom — which can be lethal to humans — it does not mean it’s OK to drink the poison! In fact, it would be a very bad idea. So, we cannot say that, simply […]