Discouraged and in need of prayer?

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Dear brother, I am in need of a great healing.   At 53, I am alone, and in trouble. depression.  I have not been able to keep employment.  After 32 years, my wife divorced me and my children have little to do with me.  Can you pray?  Will you pray?  God bless.Continue reading

How do you know the difference between a “trial” in the Christian life, and God “chastening” you?

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My wife and I are both Christians and we have a very good marriage and wonderful children who have also been saved and baptized. It just seems that every time we turn around things are going wrong in our life. We know that Christians are supposed to suffer hardships, and we understand that life on earth is anything but easy. But how do you know the difference in God testing you, punishing you (even though you can’t figure out why) or Satan just having fun? It just seems that every time we take three steps forward, we get knocked back five. We have both prayed about this and even asked our pastor and Sunday school teacher. They tried to answer this question only to confuse us more.Continue reading

How far does the authority of parents and husbands go?

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Eph. 6:1-3, and Eph. 5:22-23 says that children and wives should obey their parents and husband respectively. As a child under my parent what is the biblical counsel if my parents are idol worshippers and they deprive me from practicing my faith as a Christian, in fact they force me to partake in the worship of idol. as a wife also if my husband tells me to do things that are against the scripture.Continue reading

Who caused Satan to rebel?

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SINCE IT’S THE DEVIL THAT MAY CAUSE US TO SIN, WHO MADE LUCIFER REBEL?? WAS IT GOD’S WILL FOR HIM TO DO THAT? BECAUSE IF IT WERE NOT, WOULDN’T HE HAVE DESTROYED HIM?Continue reading

Were Satan and the demons ever saved?

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I have read in one of your comments that you cannot lose your salvation, my question is how did Satan and 1/3 of the Angels lose their salvation and was put out of heaven?

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Satan and his angels were never saved. God created angels and mankind (Adam and Eve) with no sin. Genesis 1:31, 2:1 says, “And God saw EVERY THING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND, BEHOLD, IT WAS VERY GOOD. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.”Continue reading

What are “familiar spirits” and what do they do?

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What are “familiar spirits” and what do they do?

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A “familiar spirit” is a demon. It is defined as “a spirit or demon that serves or prompts an individual” (Merriam Webster’s 7th New Collegiate Dictionary). Demons serve or prompt people to do evil, and to go against the commands of God. There are several references in the Bible to “familiar spirits,” and they are all in a bad sense.Continue reading

Can a Christian be demon-possessed?

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Can a Christian have a demon spirit in them?

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No, because we have someone abiding in us who is stronger than Satan or the demons. Matthew 12:25-29 says, “And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.  Or else HOW CAN ONE ENTER INTO A STRONG MAN’S HOUSE, and spoil his goods, EXCEPT HE FIRST BIND THE STRONG MAN? and then he will spoil his house.”Continue reading

How much power does Satan have?

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My real question is does satan have the power to control the elements. If he does how much power? Where in the Bible did your answer come from?

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The word “element” is defined as “one of the four substances (air, water, fire, earth) formerly believed to compose the physical universe; weather conditions caused by activities of the elements, especially violent or severe weather)” (Merriam Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary).Continue reading

Why does the Bible say that the devil was a murderer from the beginning?

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Good day. I was reading in the book of John chapter 8 where Jesus is calling the children of Israel the seed of the devil and that the devil was a murderer from the beginning. I did not read anywhere in the beginning where it said that the devil was a murder, it says that Cain was the murderer. Can you help me to understand what Jesus meant when he said that the devil was a murderer? Thank you very much.Continue reading