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Why did God respect Abel’s offering and not Cain’s?

The Bible says God had respect to Abel’s offering of the firstling of his flock, but had not respect to the offering of Cain when he offered the fruit of the ground.  Why would God make such a distinction? It might appear as if God is not just, and arbitrarily chooses to have respect or …

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Does God reward our good behavior, and punish our bad behavior?

I still find myself, at times, stumbling over that stumbling  stone, the grace of Jesus.  Why would a Christian say such a thing?  A Christian can backslide by abandoning his or her morals, and getting caught up in the world, and the lust of the flesh. A Christian can also backslide by abandoning  the righteousness …

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Can faith alone save us? Yes!

James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Do we need to mix our faith with works to be saved? Is this what James was saying in this passage? Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the …

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Can we recognize the true Gospel of God from a counterfeit?

You think it would be easy to know a true teacher of the Word of God, from a false one. Or that it would be simple to recognize the genuine Gospel of Christ, from a counterfeit.  It is, if we know what to look for. Satan however is cleaver, and out to deceive both those …

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