According to Exodus 6:20, it was Jochebed (who was also his great aunt): Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses.
Certainly not. We are all sinners, and God (who can’t sin) loves us. As Paul wrote God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8) We are also called to show love to everyone, regardless of what they have done. Jesus said Love your enemies, […]
In the New Testament, to be saved means to be forgiven your sins and given the hope of eternal life. This is only possible through belief in Jesus Christ and baptism into his name: John 3:16, Mark 16:16, Acts 4:12. Israelites have the same opportunity to obtain salvation in this way as the people of […]
Rom 3:22 … the righteousness of God [comes] through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. Rom 9:13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” God does have his favourites in the sense that he rewards some people and not others. As Romans 3:22 indicates, those who believe and are […]
In my Father’s house are many rooms (or mansions, KJV). If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will take you to myself, that where I am you may […]
In Romans 8:29-30, we read For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified […]
We have a few equally valid possibilities here. It’s possible that the thief on the cross (Luke 23:40-43) was baptised before he was crucified. It’s also possible that Jesus made an exception for the thief because the opportunity for baptism was not present. However, Jesus’ clear instruction to us is “Whoever believes and is baptized […]
Nothing happens to us without God permitting it, so whoever is in our lives is there because God has allowed it. But there is no evidence that anyone has to explicitly ask God’s permission to come into our lives. The Hebrew word Satan simply means opponent or adversary. It is applied to many different people […]
This is a quotation of Jesus which is found in Matthew 19:24 (parallel passages in Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25). The camel was the largest animal that most of the people Jesus was speaking to would have known about. The eye of a needle is the tiny hole through which the thread goes. The saying can […]
Paul first went to Philippi on his second journey in about AD 50 (Acts 16:12) and he baptised the first few believers there. It was on that first visit that he ended up in a Philippian jail with Silas after a severe beating. He was in Philippi again about five years later while on his […]