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Topic: Flesh (or Physical Body or Desires)

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2024-05-09 Hiding Baby Moses, Faith & Noah's Ark: What kind of faith did it take to put Moses in the basket? Could the basket that Moses was saved in also be a type of Christ as was Noah’s Ark? {Exodus 2:3, Hebrews 11, Hebrews 11:23, 1 Peter 3:19-20]
The Brain, Mind & Mental Illness: Concerning your lecture “Biblical Counsel for a Change” what is your knowledge of the difference between the mind and brain relative to mental health?
2024-05-09 Easting Flesh & Drinking Blood vs. Last Supper: In John 6:54 is Jesus referring to the “Last Supper” when He talks about eating His flesh and drinking His blood? [John 6:54, John 6:40, John 6:63].
Taking Communion Unworthily: What does the communion warning about taking it in an “unworthy manner" mean?” [1 Corinthians 11:27, 1 Corinthians 8:12, 1 Corinthians 10:16].
2024-04-30 Sexual Sin "in the body": Could you clarify the meaning of the verse about "sexual sin" being "in the body?" [1 Corinthians 6:18-19, 1 Corinthians 6:15-17].
2024-04-29 Dichotomy vs Trichotomy What is your view of the make-up of humankind (Ticholotmy or Dichotomy)? [Galatians 5:17].
2024-04-23 Blood & Flesh Symbolism: Is not the reference to flesh and blood in John 6, a very different context than in the Last Supper? [John 6:53-58, John 6:40, John 6:63].
2024-03-29 Heaven & Our Physical State: In heaven, will we be the age we were when we died and will we wear clothes? [1 Corinthians 15:43].
2024-03-28 Drinking Blood, Eating Flesh: Would you comment on the passage where it is said one must drink blood and eat flesh or we won't see the Kingdom of Heaven? Rec: Debates with Catholics at the website. [John 6:53-56, John 6:40, John 6:63, John 4:4].
2024-02-27 God's Humor: In response to a previous call about God's sense of humor, caller suggests the platypus as a funny animal, and the white-washed tombs as being evidence that God/ Jesus had a sense of humor.
"Born of Water & Spirit": Could John 3:5 be talking about being "washed" in the water of the word? [John 3:5-6, Ephesians 5:26].
2024-02-15 "Heart of Flesh" & "Heart of Stone": Are these scriptures referring to the "heart of flesh" or "heart of stone?" [Ezekiel 36:25-26, Romans 10:9-10, Acts 2:37-40, Luke 15:24, Pslam 95:8-9].
2024-01-25 Sinlessness (Entire Sanctification): Can you clear up the question if we can become sinless? [John 8:11, Romans 8:3-4, 1 John 2:1, 1 Corinthians 10:12-13].
2023-10-09 Eucharist-Literal Body & Blood: Could you clarify the Catholic view of the literal body and blood of Jesus in the Eucharist? [John 6:53-58, John 6:40, John 6:54, John 6:63, John 2:19, John 4:15-16, Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:22-24, 1 Corinthians 11:23-25, Isaiah 30:20-21, John 11:11, John 4:32, John 3:4].
2023-09-29 "Acts" or "Works" of the Flesh: Why is the word used "acts" or "works" in the flesh, whereas when speaking of the spirit, the word used is "fruit?" [Galatians 5:19-26, Ephesians 2:8-10].
2023-09-01 The Body of the Risen Jesus: When Jesus rose from the dead, was His body physical or a spiritual body? [Luke 24:39, Leviticus 17:11, Philippians 3:21].
2023-08-04 Demon-possessed Christian: Since light and dark cannot co-exist, is it possible for a Christian (who has the Holy Spirit), to also be demon-possessed? Rec: Topical lecture series; "Spiritual Warfare," lectures on "Demons." [2 Corinthians 6:14, Galatians 5:17].
2023-07-05 Struggle & Living in Obedience: Is the struggle one experiences living the Christian life typical until the resurrection, and naturally brings the question, "Why did you make me like this?" [Romans 7-9, Romans 9:20-21, Romans 9:4, Galatians 5:16].
2023-06-15 "Things of the World" (spiritual vs material): Regarding the "things of the world," is there a correlation between 1 John 2 and 1 Corinthians 7? [1 John 2:15-17, 1 Corinthians 7:31-34, 2 Timothy 4:10].
Compromised by Unbelieving Spouse: What if the Christian spouse is caused to compromise in life by the unchristian spouse?
2023-06-05 Sinlessness in the New Earth: Why would I not sin in the New Earth? Will I still have free will? What will keep me from sinning in there?
2023-05-24 Bible Translation Evaluation (Pet Peeves): What are some of your "pet peeves" when assessing Bible translations?[Romans 6:6, Colossians 3:9-10, Ephesians 2:15, Ephesians 4:22-24].
2023-05-01 Loving God with No Free Will in Heaven: If we have no free will in heaven, then is it really love, since we have no real choice about it? [Galatians 5:17].
2023-04-13 Jesus Revolution-Greg Laurie & Chuck Smith: Caller encourages listeners to see the movie, even though he doesn't care for the teaching of Chuck Smith and Gregg Laurie.
Struggle Between Flesh & Spirit: When Paul looked to the Old Testament for instruction about the struggle between the flesh and spirit, should we then use the New Testament in the same way? [Romans 7-8, Galatians 5:17, Romans 8:4f].
2023-04-05 Desire to Obey vs Success in Obedience: Is God more concerned about my attitude and desire to obey than my actual successfulness in obedience? [Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 26:41].
2023-03-28 Forgiveness Not Owed to Repentant Sinners: Does Joel 2 suggest that God may not forgive repentent sinners? [Joel 2:13-14, Jeremiah 11:14].
"Carnal" or "Carnality" in Scripture: Is "carnal" a word used in scripture? [Romans 7:14, Romans 8:5-6, 1 Corinthians 3:1-3].
2023-03-14 False Teachers in 1 John: Are the false teachers in 1 John denying that Jesus came in the flesh? Could you explain the context? [1 John 4:3].
2023-03-06 Two Natures: Do we have two natures? [Romans 7:5, 2 Peter 1:4, Romans 8:2].
2022-12-15 The Real Blood & Flesh of Jesus at Communion: What is the right way to think about the body and blood of Jesus at the Last Supper? is it literal or symbolic? Are we in danger if we don't do it correctly, or believe about it a certain way? [1 Corinthians 11:25-26, Luke 22:18-20, John 13:1-15, Mark 14:22-25].
2022-11-18 Total Depravity: How should we be looking at verses that sound like "total depravity", as with "in flesh there dwells no good thing" and our works are "filthy rags"? [Isaiah 64:6, Romans 7:18-19, Philippians 3:6, Romans 7:23, Philemon 1:6].
2022-11-04 The Last Supper (Communion or Eurcharist): Was Jesus talking about the "Lord's Supper in John 6? [John 6:53-56, John 5:24, John 6:40, John 4:14, John 7:37-39, I Corinthians11:17-34, John 11:11-14, John 4:32, John 2:19-20, John 3:4, John 6:63].
2022-11-01 Free From Sin: After we become believers, are we free from sin or are we just hopelessly bound to sin? [Romans 6:16-18, I Corinthians 6:20, Galatians 5:16, I Peter 1:18-19, Romans 8:12, Romans 8:4, Romans 13:14, 2 Corinthians 10:3, Matthew 1:21, I John 2:1, Romans 6:1].
2022-10-18 Atheist-Christians Living in Sin: Atheist: Why would Christians continue to sin, if they want to live a good and Godly life? Instead they blame the devil in them. Is that acceptable? [Galatians 5:17].
2022-10-11 Eucharist's Symbolims: Does this verse prove that the Eurcharist is symbolic, rather than symbolic? [John 6:57, John 4:10, 2 Samuel 23:15, I Chronicles 11:17, I Kings 22:27].
The King James Version: Is not the King James Version a special translation above all others in preserving God's word?
2022-09-20 Carnal Christian: What is the difference between a carnal Christian and not being a Christian at all? [Romans 8:6, I Corinthians 3:1, Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:14].
Lukewarm: Does God really find "lukewarm" people worse than those that don't believe at all? [Revelation 3:16, Joshua 24:15].
2022-03-31 Satan's Access to Our Minds: How much access does Satan have to our minds?
Speaking to Satan:: Should we address Satan directly? [Revelation 12:11].
Flesh Vs Satan Tempting Us: How do we know when it is the Devil vs our own flesh tempting us? [Matthew 12:26, Acts 17:30].
2022-03-25 Free Will & Evil Actions: Where is people's "free will" if there has been evil done to them? [Galatians 5:17].
2022-03-17 Scripture Taken Out of Context: Do you think you took scripture out of context when referring to Romans 7 and it application to living the Christian life? [Revelation 3:20, Romans 7, Romans 8:1-4, Galatians 5:16-17, Romans 8:23, Romans 7:23-25, Romans 7:14, Romans 7:17, Romans 7:20].
2022-03-15 Adoption & Redemption, Now & Later Regarding adoption and redemption, both now and future, can this be attributed to the "already/ not yet" concept? [Romans 8:11, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:23, Hebrews 6:5, Philippians 3:21 ].
Power Over Sin in Our Current Unredeemed Bodies: Can on have power over sin in this unredeemed body? [Romans 8:1-4, Romans 7:14-25].
Our Bodies Inherently Evil: Are our bodies inherently evil and not able to be used for God? [Psalm 103:14, Matthew 26:41].
2022-03-14 Objection to Long Hair (on Men): How long is long hair on men? [I Corinthians 11:14, Deuteronomy 22:5, Acts 18:18].
Who is Jesus?: Who was Jesus? [I Timothy 3:16, John 14:8-10].
2022-02-23 Sin in Word, Thought & Deed Every Day: How do you talk about those that routinely sin and backslide (often excusing it) regarding obedience and salvation? [Galatians 5:16, Titus 2:1-5, James 3:2, I John 2, Romans 6:1, John 15:5].
2022-02-08 Weakness in Obedience: What was Paul referring to in Romans 7 when he says he does the very things he wishes not to do? [Romans 7:15-25, Romans 8:2-4, Galatians 5:16-17].
Armor of God: What exactly is the "armor of God"? Recommended topical lectures; "Spiritual Warfare". [Ephesians 6:10-18].
2022-02-03 Paul's Thorn in the Flesh: Do you know what Paul's "thorn in then flesh" was? [2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Galatians 4:13-15].
2021-12-17 Simon of Cyrene: Why do you think it was significant for us to know that Simon of Cyrene was the one who carried the cross. [Romans 16:13, Mark 15:21].
Believe that Jesus is God or You Are Antichrist: What do you think of John MacArthur's position that you have to believe that Jesus is God or you are antichrist? [I John 2:22, I John 4:3].
2021-11-29 Last Supper-Bread & Wine: Don't you think that the context of the last supper discussion of taking His body is about taking Him in faith? [John 6:54, John 6:40, Acts 10:14, John 7:39, John 6:35].
2021-11-08 Trust & Acknowledge God: Could you help me understand Proverbs 3:5-6? [Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 131:1-3].
Homosexuality: If I think the Bible indicates that homosexuality is wrong, am I leaning on my own understanding?
Homosexuality: Is it acceptable to read an article about homosexuality from my pastor, who affirms the lifestyle, if I am attracted to both sexes? [Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5, Ephesians 5:22-32, I Corinthians 5:12].
2021-09-24 Eating Flesh (Eucharist)-Test to Thin the Crowd: Was Jesus intentionally testing the crowd and making it difficult to grasp the concept of the eucharist by focusing on "eating flesh"? [John 6:63-68, Matthew 19:21, Luke 14:25, 2 Timothy 2, Titus 2:14, I Corinthians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 13:5].
2021-05-14 God Manifested Himself and Became Flesh: Where is the verse about God being made flesh and how He was made Manifest? Recommended lecture; Knowing God. [John 1:14, I Timothy 3:15, John 14:9, John 10:30]. (This is a continuation from the previous call....had to add it as another call.)
2021-05-13 Sinlessness in Heaven-Why Not Sin Free Here: If sin doesn't exist in heaven, how will God bring us to a state of sinlessness? If this could be achieved, why didn't He do that to begin with? [Romans 7:24-25, Galatians 5:17].
2021-04-20 A Believer with a Heart of Deceit: Does a born again believer still have a heart of deceit and perversion? [Romans 7:23, Galatians 5:17, I Peter 2:11, 2 Timothy 2:3, Hebrew 3:12].
2021-04-06 Sanctified Hearts: How do we sanctify our hearts? [I Peter 3:15, I Peter 1:15-16].
Brethren as Sinners: Why do so many brethren still identify as sinners? [Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:20-23, Ephesians 2:8-9, James 4:7, I Thessalonians 5:16-18].
2021-02-19 Distinguishing "Hearing" from God: How does one differentiate between thoughts being from God (hearing from God), or just one's own ideas because of our new heart? [Galatians 5:17-23, I Corinthians 1:30, I Corinthians 2:16].
2021-01-26 Water Baptism Required: Is water baptism required for entering the "Kingdom of God", and if it is, then why do so many evangelists not require it? [John 3:5, Acts 2:38, Acts 9:10-21, I Peter 3:20-21 ].
Born of Water & Spirit: What does it mean to be, "born of water and of the spirit"? [John 3:5-6].
2020-12-23 Loving Oneself: Could you talk about the biblical idea of loving oneself? [Ephesians 5:29, John 15:13].
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