Because this teaching is a little longer than I would like it to be, I will get right to the point. The Question asked of me this week by the teenager is; “If God says “ Thou Shall Not Kill ” ( Exodus 20:13) then why does He order the utter destruction of the nation of the Amalekites?” Provisions for Killing   When we consider Exodus 20:13 we as Christians must see it in the perspective that God intended, not take on the widely accepted mindset of the world.  The accepted worldview (how non-Christians think) can be as subtle as the individual wants, or extreme as the individual wants it to be.   Some extremists may say that we should not kill at all, for any reason. Many pacifist have taken this worldview to such an extreme that they have become vegetarians.  Yet they kill plants for food.     Then there are the people claiming to be a breatharians , able to live on the air alone, these people have taken not killing to such an extreme t...

One of the reason I love Bible study with children is because they move you places where you would not have otherwise thought.   Today while speaking of the Gospel one of the teens asked the simple question “ If sin is inputted on us from Adam Romans 5:12   then where does a newborn baby go when they die ?” This question was spoken under the pretense that a just God would not send an innocent child to hell. However if sin is inputted to us while still in the womb of the mother Psalm 51:5 ,  58:3  than even a newborn is guilty before God.  And since salvation is found in no one else other than Jesus Christ, Acts 4:12   and a newborn is incapable of understanding the gospel and therefore cannot make a decision for Christ, That being so  wouldn't  it reason that all newborn babies that die will go to hell? My answer is unequivocally NO! However, I am making this statement from the issues of my heart, not from scripture. Fac...

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright Hebrews 12:15-16 (KJV) Taken out of context anyone can read anything into the Bible. Haters of God do this all the time, and even those wolves that hide among the brethren in secret.(bad pastors) I'm on my break at work,  so I must respond clearly and quickly. Lets began with slavery,  how the bible uses the word slavery may have remarkably different meanings and intents. 1.   In one instant slave mean indentured servant.This is not as we perceive slavery today where people are beaten and the actual property of another person. That is a completely new European concept of slave.   But for the Jews slaves were part of a successful and functioning society. Many slaves had homes, and property of their own. A...

The Truth About God and Divorce He saith unto them,   Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.   Matthews 19.8(KJV) Does God Hate divorce? In a single word YES! Because divorce is a sin, but so is murder, and adultery, and covetousness, and homosexuality. Yet, God has not weighed one sin greater than another, no matter how we humanly perceive them the wages of all sin is death. But the word of God deals with our heart more than it does our hands. Let me explain if I may. Divorce has always been a way of life, The bible records divorce as far back as the exodus from Egypt. and the reason for divorce is imperfect people make imperfect decisions. Yet we must understand that from the very beginning when God put Adam under a deep sleep ( Genesis 2:21-24 ) to right now, God has always hated divorce.  So I think it both foolish and an insult to everyone’s intelligence for me to try to...