God commanded the Israelites to go to war and capture the Promised Land he had given them. He punished them when they refused to go to war (Numbers 32:6 – 15). Some nations were left in the Promised Land rather than being completely defeated so that future generations would have experience of war (Judges 3:1 [...]
Answers about God
The “will of God” is whatever God wants, just like our will is whatever we want. God’s will depends on the circumstances. For example: 1 Thessalonians 4:3. “For this is the will of God, your sanctification”. 1 Thessalonians 5:18. “…give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for [...]
Jesus says “the Father is greater than I” (John 14:28). That seems pretty clear cut. The key phrase in 1 Cor 3:23 is “Christ is God’s” It expresses the idea that Christ belongs to God, in the same way that we belong to Christ. There are other verses we could turn to but the principle [...]
God is eternal, he always had his power.
No. Although the Bible presents God as our Father, it doesn’t ever say that he had a wife. However, many of the pagan gods of the nations around Israel did have wives, so it was natural for the Israelites to wonder about this. There is some archaeological evidence that some people believed that the Israelite god [...]
Everyone and everything we know had a beginning, so it is natural to ask where God came from and how he was formed. However, God is different. He has always been God, and always will be God. In several places, the Bible describes God as “from everlasting to everlasting” (e.g. Psalm 41:13). In other words, he [...]
It is impossible to provide a complete list, but we can summarize some of how God is revealed in the Bible. God presents himself to us throughout the Bible, showing different characteristics at different times, just as we do. At times he shows his power, at other times his gentleness. In the flood he showed his [...]
To help answer this question it’s important that we define the word ‘evil’. Here are two possible definitions: Sin, wrongdoing or wickedness Calamity; something causing harm, injury or suffering So we could ask two further questions: Did God create immorality, wickedness or sin? No. The Bible is very clear that God is the source of [...]
There are a few occasions where God, in his word, the Bible, identifies himself as “one”. Deut. 6:4, for example, says: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. This is quoted in Mark 12:29. Elsewhere in the Bible, we are told that this one God is the Father: …there is one [...]
“Yahweh” is God’s personal name (see Exodus 3:13-15 and Exodus 6:2-3), and is usually “translated” as LORD in upper case letters (actually in small caps). It’s not really a translation because Yahweh does not mean Lord. Rather, it means something like “I am who I am” or “I will be who I will be”. God has other names [...]
