sin

Isaiah, chapter 29
interpretation - meaning - commentary - explanation

(1) Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. (2) Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. (3) And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

The city where David

Psalm 51, Giving thanks to God for rescue from oppression
interpretation - meaning - commentary - explanation

A Prayer of Repentance. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

A psalm written by David after the prophet Natan admonished him about his shameful deed of adultery with Bathsheba and the devious plan by which her husband Uriah was killed along with

Church and pride

Church pride is one of the main reasons why people leave the church they belong to. Unfortunately, but the leadership doesn't seem to see it, or doesn't want to see it. This is not a problem of just one church or religious group, but of the vast majority of them. In which church will you hear: very good that you found God, now find a good Protestant church and attend there. Instead you will hear: come to us, in other churches they

Why we suffer, what the Bible says

The suffering that befalls people is caused by the sin that prevails on earth. A world without sin, would be a paradise of eternal happiness.

The media report almost daily on violence, misery, murder, etc. A person murders another human being in a bestial way, beforehand inflicting unimaginable pain. During wars, whole families are killed, the perpetrators take pleasure in the harm done. The minds of such

Animal suffering and the Bible

Animals, although they did not bring sin to earth, have been affected by suffering just as much as humans. Why must they endure so much evil, even though they are not guilty of sin. For an example, let's look at the following verses:

Jeremiah 7.20 "Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and

Hope. God forgives our sins

God gives us a guarantee of forgiveness of sins and eternal life if our sinful lives improve. Among other things, the Old Testament speaks of this:

Ezekiel 18.21-32 "[21] But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

What the Bible says about divination and witchcraft

Calling up spirits, séances in which we supposedly see the spirit of a dead person, divination, tarot, etc. satanic practices were definitely forbidden in the Holy Scriptures. God Himself, while leading the Israelites in the desert, gave them a prohibition against using such "services," knowing what it would lead to. People who disregarded God's decree were to be punished with death, God was very