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The nature of God includes all aspects and characteristics attributed directly to the person of God, possibly including all the omni- aspects (e.g. omniscience), love, hate, persons (e.g. the Trinity) or other attributes.
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Do miracles violate the laws of physics?
The laws of physics are certainly quite different from moral laws. In fact, the Bible never refers to the laws of physics as "laws". We see them as laws, because we are bound by them and are unable …
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Why is God asking questions or appearing uncertain in the Bible if He's omniscient?
Gaining information is not the only reason for asking questions. Asking questions is a very powerful teaching device--not because the teacher does not know the answer, but because in the answering of …
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Is there any biblical justification for referring to God as Mother?
There is a significant distinction between calling God "mother" and the Bible identifying aspects of motherhood (and fatherhood) as reflecting the glory and character of God.
Both men and women refle …
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According to LDS (Mormon) teaching, who was the first God who began the eternal progression?
I understand that the LDS church teaches the concept of eternal progression, that "As God is, so man can become and as man is, so God once was." So, men may attain godhood in exaltation.
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Besides the writings of John, what is the biblical evidence Jesus Christ is the Only-begotte...
The term "only begotten" is a translation of the Greek word "monogenes". "Mono" indicates one and "genes" indicates kind. So, the very word itself indicates a meaning of "one of a kind".
In the S …
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From where do Jehovah's Witnesses derive the doctrine that Jesus was and now is Michael the ...
According to some Watchtower literature, it is taught that Michael the Archangel is Jesus and that Jesus, after He ascended into heaven, resumed the name of Michael.
"It proves Michael the archang …
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Of whom is God jealous?
The better question may be "What is it that God is jealous of?" He is righteously jealous of the devotion and affections of His people. This is mirrored in our own lives as a married individual is r …
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How is the Shema of Deuteronomy reconciled with the doctrine of the Trinity?
The "Shema" (שְׁמַע), found in Deuteronomy 6:4, states that "YHVH (יהוה) is one." This verse can be interpreted to contradict the doctrine of the Trinity, yet this doctrine is quite prominent in Chri …
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From a non-trinitarian perspective, how is love explained as an attribute of God?
The Scriptures seem to assert that love is an attribute of God—that it is part of His essence that has existed from all eternity, even before there were any other creatures. For example:
Anyone who d …
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God is love, pure, and all good, and omnipotent?
The assertion that God's omniscience, omnipresence, and omnificence somehow means that God must be everything is false. God's omniscience means God knows all things. God's omnipresence means that Go …
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Why is the Son of God called the Eternal Father in the book of Alma?
I happened across the following verses in the book of Alma:
Now Zeezrom saith again unto him: Is the Son of God the very Eternal Father? And Amulek said unto him: Yea, he is the very Eternal Fathe …
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Is Christ's love for us greater than the Father's?
It is problematic whenever we attempt to separate the inseparable Trinity, so let us acknowledge that to begin with.
The Bible never seems to suggest that the Holy Triune God has the capacity to love …
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Do Calvinists believe that God does not love the world, but only the elect?
I seem to remember hearing somewhere that at least some Calvinists believe that, contrary to what seems to be a literal reading of John 3:16 and other verses, that God, in fact, does not love the worl …
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Who did Abraham worship?
You have a couple different questions, but the main one seems to be in regard to Abraham and Jesus.
Abraham and Jesus
Abraham is only the ancestor of Jesus in His incarnation. Orthodox, Catholic an …
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Giving to the church or giving to the poor?
People have both physical and spiritual needs. If we gave our lives only to meeting people's physical needs and never did anything for people's spiritual needs, the impact could be to give them comfo …
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