You say: What’s your thought on David’s thinking when he decided he just had to have Bathsheba? David obviously knew it was wrong to commit adultery with his Uriah’s wife, Psalm 51:1-3 shows this: To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. [...]
Answers about sin
When we have died repentance is no longer possible. Some people may reach that stage even before they have physically died. Judas Iscariot could not be forgiven, not because his was a more outrageous crime than anyone else’s, but because Judas believed that God could not forgive him, or even worse, did not want God [...]
In the account in Gen 2-3 both Adam and Eve sin by disobeying God and eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. However, Eve is not mentioned in Romans 5 (though Paul does mention her elsewhere, e.g. 1 Tim 2:14). This is presumably because Paul is drawing the contrast between Adam [...]
There are millions of years of fossils showing that death was around long before Adam and Eve. In any case, it is impossible to have life without death. Anything eating plants would be causing the death of tiny animals necessary for plant life, not to mention the death of plants themselves. Then there are the [...]
It’s never too late, and your sins can be forgiven. The people in the church in Corinth had done all sorts of sinful things (1 Cor 6:9) but Paul says “But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” [...]
Tamar has a sad story: She was married to Er, Judah’s son God killed Er for being wicked According to the custom of her time, she was then given to Onan, Er’s brother Onan refused to honor his levirate marriage responsibility (“Onanism” is named after him) So God killed Onan too Judah promised Tamar that [...]
Wrong behaviour needs to be avoided. Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, (20) idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, (21) envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will [...]
There are examples in scripture of dramatic turnarounds. Joseph was kidnapped and sold into slavery by his brothers. His response is interesting. Joseph did not lightly dismiss the evil that was done to him. He dealt with his brothers, ultimately winning them back, but not before testing them severely. Joseph saw beyond what had happened to [...]
It is not right to expect to be able to hide sin. Jesus berated the scribes and Pharisees for pretending to be what they were not. This is called hypocrisy. Mat 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full [...]
Having a massage can be a very helpful and good thing. It can ease tension in the muscles and help a person to relax.1 Of course, as with anything, a massage could be sinful because of the attitude the person has whilst receiving a massage (Mat. 15:19-20). A massage is not sinful in and of [...]
