How to Nourish and Love the Women in Your Life
Do you nourish the women in your life? Do you want to be more nourishing and learn how you can teach others to be so as well?
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Are You Fulfilling the King's Mandate? Here Are Tips to Get You Going!
Imagine your best friend has just invited you to his wedding, and told you to invite everyone you know to the special event. Those who hear of the event will be the ones who are lucky enough to attend it. If you do not share this good news, you will be guilty of not obeying the order. So it is up to you to tell your friends, family, co-workers about the mandate. You may even need to travel out of your town or province to spread the word. The fate of your friends--whether they will be privileged enough to attend the wedding--lies in your hands. What would you do?
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleAre You in Complete Control?
Imagine someone you do not particularly like coming up to you, and in front of all your friends, begins to passionately accuse you of things you have never thought of, let alone have done. How would you react in such circumstances? In such cases, maintaining temperance is the key; otherwise, you could worsen an already unpleasant situation. But what is temperance?
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleWhy Are You a Sinner?
Question: Why is every person a sinner? Answer: To answer this question, we need to understand how sin entered our world by reviewing the spiritual condition before and after the first man, Adam, sinned.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleWhat Is Love, Really? To Whom Should You Give It?
What is love? Is it a fluttering of the heart? A giddy feeling? A mind intoxicated by someone's charm? Many would answer yes to all three descriptions. We are all familiar with the story of handsome guy meeting beautiful girl and falling in love in each other. But what if the girl grows old--and we all do--and loses her beauty? What if she gains weight, experiences mood swings, and develops annoying little habits?
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Read articleTrue Worship: What It's All About, Really
God is happy with us so long as we attend church regularly, sing psalms to praise Him, and donate to church activities...or is He? Does our church activities alone please God, or does He require something else from us? We can learn the answer to this question by seeing how God Himself feels about religious rituals without a godly lifestyle to back it up.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleBible: How Can We Prove That It's Completely Accurate and Trustworthy for All Truths of Life? Is Belief in the Bible Blind Faith?
Do you desire to know the truth? How valuable do you believe the truth is? Nowadays, people believe there is no absolute truths--it's just a matter of personal choices. When we believe that everything can be true, then it means that we should agree that stealing and murder are okay because that may be true to some people.
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Read articleLongsuffering: How You Can Patiently and Cheerfully Endure Tough Times
When life gets tough, how do you react? Do you throw your hands up in the air in resignation? Or do you patiently endure your difficult circumstances? Tough times are unavoidable and inevitable; but you don't have to let them make you miserable! How can you defeat harsh days? With longsuffering. What is longsuffering? Longsuffering is the ability to patiently and cheerfully endure an unbearable situation.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleProphecy of Doomsday: Principles of Prophecy We must Know
December 21, 2012 came and went, and we're still all here. Whose fault is it that this and similar prophecies about doomsday did not come to pass? Who are we to believe anymore? Jesus had warned us, "Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray." (Matthew 24:11, WEB) So how can we tell true prophets from false prophets? To answer these questions, we need to understand and keep in mind of three things regarding prophecy in general: 1) Only Yahweh God Almighty can foresee the futurernr
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleFaith and Reason: Why Do You Believe What You Believe?
Why do you believe what you believe? Are your beliefs established on sound basis? How do you decide what to believe? Let's do a fun exercise together. Answer "true" or "false" for each statement below, and then explain why you believe it is true or false. Go ahead: 1) The sun will rise tomorrow. 2) The Earth is round. 3) I will experience a safe flight the next time I travel by plane. 4) Only one true God exists, and He created everything. Done? Great; me, too. Now let's go over our answers. Here's how mine look:
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleMinistering to "the Least" of Our Community
Do you love and care for "the least" in your community? Who are "the least"? Jesus answered this question in his parable in Matthew 25:31-46 (WEB):
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleIntimacy with God Your Creator: Do You Know God Intimately? How Should You Respond to Your Knowledge of Yahweh (Jehovah) God?
Do you know God? If so, do you know Him intimately? And how should you respond to your knowledge of Him? We can know someone in two ways: impersonal knowledge and personal knowledge. To know someone impersonally is to know of the person's existence, their name, what they do, where they live, or perhaps even what they look like. For example, we know the president of the United States. We know his name, what he does, and we know what he looks like (well, except yours truly). Apart from this general knowledge of ours, we do not know President Obama personally or intimately as a friend.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleThe Sufferings of True Christians
Once a person becomes a Christian by trusting in Jesus Christ alone for salvation and eternal life, would he or she experience less suffering in the world? Answer: Being a Christian will bring more suffering of one kind, and less suffering of another kind into our lives. What it will not bring is no suffering.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleHow You Can Have Tremendous Joy That Money Can't Buy
If I grant you one wish, asking you, "Do you want money or joy?" which one would you choose? Yes, you can only pick one. Now, carefully think it over. I know what's going through your mind; you're thinking, "If I pick money, I'll be able to have joy, too." Certainly, money can buy you almost everything, but can it bring you true joy?
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleTempted and Want a Way Out?
On a wintry morning, shoppers scuffled through the streets of New York, wining in and out of crowds. Amid the crowd was a young woman walking along the shops with a slight frown. She looked at the toys displayed in the windows, but quickly turned away with a sigh. She just did not have the money to buy them for her two kids, not even for this Christmas season. After her ex-husband had walked out on her, she could only provide food on the table; and at days, even that had been hard to do. Then something from the corner of her eye caught her attention.
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Read articleTrust the Trustworthy to Triumph over Tragedy!
"Help! Please don't leave me here." Joseph's muffled cries rang out from in the pit. He couldn't believe that his elder brothers could actually cast him into this hole. They wouldn't leave him here, would they? They just couldn't. "Help!"
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Read articleKnowing the One and Only True God: Who Is He?
In his beautiful prayer to his Father before his death, Jesus said: "This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ." (John 17:3, WEB.) This important verse tells us three things:
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleGift of Salvation: How Can You Accept and Keep It?
How do we get saved? What are required for us to receive salvation? Since salvation is a gift from Jehovah God Almighty through His Son, Jesus Christ, accepting this gift is easy, not tricky at all. We are saved the moment we 1) repent of anything bad we've ever done and 2) accept Jesus as Savior. Accepting Jesus as Savior means that we have accepted his teachings and diligently applied them to our lives. Simply believing in Jesus does not give us salvation.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleAre We Gods?
"We are God," or "the Messiah is us" is the belief many of us hold today. But is this belief correct? Can we, mere mortal beings who can die, be God, who alone is immortal and cannot die? God, whose personal name is Jehovah, is absolutely holy and perfect and sinless. Jesus our Messiah, the one appointed and anointed by God to be our only Savior, is also absolutely sinless and perfect, because he is the exact image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15). On the other hand, the Bible specifically said that every human being is a sinner:
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleIs Israel, the Chosen of Yahweh God, Your Friend?
Millions around the world, of different colors, languages, and cultures, have received the Gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ. This Gospel is not merely good news, but the best news, for when you accept the Gospel, you will have accepted the gift of a lifetime, as only through Christ will you be blessed with eternal life and fellowship with our Creator, as the Bible says, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:13, WEB)
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Read articleA Spiritual Garden to Grow an Everlasting Fruit: How Can You Cultivate It?
Are you a gardener? If you are, you know that growing colorful flowers and crunchy veggies require your love, care, time, and effort. You need to work the soil to make it just right for the seeds, water them regularly, and patiently wait for nature to do its work. When I was around eleven, I planted a couple of marigold seeds in a flower pot that was small enough to be placed in front of me on my table next to my bed. I watered it regularly and kept a journal, recording down the date I sew the seeds, and listing its growth progress.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleHallowed Be Thy Name: How Do You Glorify Jehovah God Almighty?
Teaching his disciples how to pray to God, God's beloved Son, Jesus Christ, began the model prayer with, "Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name." (Matthew 6:9, American Standard Version) When we pray "Hallowed be thy name," we are seeking sanctification and glory for God's name. Putting this at the start of his model prayer, Jesus indicated that our first priority in life should be glorifying God's name. But in order to glorify God's name, we first need to know what it is. The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures) tells us God's personal name nearly seven thousand times.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleTrue Prophets vs. False Prophets: How Can You Tell Them Apart?
What is a prophet? A prophet is a person who receives a prophecy, message from God, and then communicates that message to others. A divinely inspired message is always direct, specific, and tells exactly what will happen, to whom, and precisely what people should do. Moreover, a true prophecy from God always comes true in every detail. Predictions that "mostly" come true are not good enough.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleDid Yahweh (Jehovah) God Almighty Create Evil?
Question: Did God create evil? Answer: No, Yahweh did not create evil. Evil is simply the result of disobedience to His moral laws. Where there is no light, there is darkness. Likewise, where God's principles and precepts are not kept, there is evil. Some people point to the King James Version translation of Isaiah 45:7 to say that God did create evil. The verse says, "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." However, this verse does not indicate that God creates moral evil.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleDo You Want Your Troubles to Pass, or Do You Want to Pass WITH Them?
I often say, "Everything passes, and so will your current negative situation. When you are angry or upset, keep in mind that it will pass, so why waste your energy on something that will be gone tomorrow?" Now you may think, "Wait a minute, does every negative situation really pass? Did your blindness pass?" If that was your line of thoughts, you are not alone--I've had some people bring up similar points. Certainly, my blindness has not passed, nor have my physical disabilities.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleWhose Slave Are You?
Whose slave are you? Before you protest and say you're nobody's slave, understand that we're all slaves to one thing or another. Do you know that "you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey?" (Romans 6:16, NLT) In other words, we are slaves to whatever controls us (2 Peter 2:19).
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleDo You Want to Be Very, Very Wealthy?
What is true wealth? Is it gold that glitters under the sun? Or is it wealth that no one and nothing, not even death, can take away from you?
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleMarriage: How to Keep Your Marriage Holy
With love shining from his eyes, the handsome groom vows, "I take you to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part."
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleAre You Your Father's Child?
They say, "Like father, like so " or "like mother, like daughter." If you are a child of God, can you say that about your relationship with your Heavenly Father? Do your spiritual qualities illustrate that you are your Father's child?
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleBattle Between Good and Evil: What Is It All About? Why Is It Necessary?
Question: What is the battle between good and evil all about? Why is it necessary? Answer: Originally, there was no force of evil, because Jehovah God Almighty did not create anything evil. Evil was created only after a great angel rebelled against God. Jehovah created countless number of angels, who are heavenly servants who do the will of God. One such angel was of great beauty and position. Because of his pride, he wanted to exalt himself even above his Creator, and wanted all to worship him--and still does.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleLearning Tips: How to Be a Better Learner and a More Successful You
Are you a good learner? Life is about growing--physically, mentally, and spiritually--but in order to grow properly, one needs to be a good learner. The Word of God provides us with valuable tips and principles that will help us be better learners in life. Here are some principles I've gathered from the Bible to assist us in our learning experience: 1. Fear Yahweh God, for it's the beginning of wisdom:r
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleCan You Tame Your Beast? How You Can Effectively Control Your Tongue in 10 Easy Steps
Here's a riddle for you: throughout the history of humankind, people have been able to tame wolves, chimpanzees, tigers, lions, dolphins, killer whales, seals, and cobras. But there is one thing--one very small thing--each of us have that we have not been able to tame. Do you know what it is? If you guess, "the tongue," you are absolutely correct. How many times have you regretted saying something the instant you said it? How many times have your words hurt a friend or a family member without you meaning to?
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleBreaking Your Trust vs. Almost Breaking Your Trust: The Adam & Eve Story
Question: Why didn't God prevent Adam and Eve from eating the forbidden fruit? Answer: I will have to answer this question in assumption, something I rarely do, because we often waste precious time when we speculate about things we don't know. To know every "why" and "how" would make us God.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleA Blind and Physically Disabled Gal...Happy?
Of all your achievements, what are you most proud of? That was what a reporter wanted to know while she interviewed me for a newspaper feature. All the major accomplishments I've achieved in my twenty-five years swam through my head at lightning speed. Which is my proudest achievement? I could tell her that I was most proud of mastering grade level after only about 180 days of school attendance.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleGot an Empty Heart? Want to Fill It?
Do you feel fulfilled? If you have spent time trying to find fulfillment in material possessions, in traveling and sightseeing, in good food and fine clothing, in fame and power, have you been able to find what you're looking for? If not, do you know why not?
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleEternal Life or Eternal Death: Which Will You Choose?
There was a foolish man who lived a lavish lifestyle and squandered all he had. When he died, the only inheritance he left his five children was heavy debt. Unable to pay off the debt their father had accumulated, the children were forced to live and work on the streets. One day, a wealthy business man happened to pass by. Seeing them shivering in the cold, his heart moved in him. He took them to his home, served them hearty meals, and sold one of his companies to pay off all of their debt.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleBeware of False Teachers: How to Detect Them and Their Falsehoods
Beware of false teachers! Since nearly two thousand years ago, we have been warned of false teachers by Jesus Christ and His earliest apostles. False teachers had crept into the early church, misleading many Christians with untruths. Today, many false teachers are in our world, teaching others what should not be taught. As a result, many of those who heed their words are being led astray, believing in absolute falsehood.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleEternal Hell: Where or What Is Eternal Hellfire?
All unrepentant wicked people will be cast into hell, where the fire will burn for eternity. But what does "eternal" fire of hell mean? What does the Bible say? Let us study what the Bible says below about the condition we know as "hell:" 1) Jesus said, "…fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28, American Standard Version) Here, we see two things: a) *Both* body and soul will go to hell, contrary to the popular belief that only the soul will go to hellrnb) That the soul will be *destroyed* in hell, not being burned for eternity.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleHow Do We Know That We Can Trust the Bible As the Word of God?
Question: How do we know that we can trust the Bible as the Word of God? Answer: We can trust the Bible as the Word of God because the Bible is proven to be: 1) Historically accurate: Archeologists have unearthed evidences of certain people, places, and events described in the Bible, and historians have attested to the Bible's historical accuracy. 2) Scientifically sound: The Bible stated certain scientific facts thousands of years before scientists proved them. No contradiction between Bible accounts and scientific facts exists.r
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleHow Salty Are You?
If you could be any flavor you want, which flavor would you choose? Sweet, sour, salty, or bitter? At first thought, I would want to be sweet as honey. But after careful consideration, I realize it may not be a very wise idea. While candy can bring a smile or two to someone's face, too much of it yields only empty calories, and we all know where those excess calories will end up! All honeybonnie and lovydovy is all fluff and no substance, offering no lasting value. I want to be something that affects others in a big way and I want my flavor to last. So I choose to be salty.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleModern Idolatry: What Is the Idol in Your Heart?
Do you have an idol in your heart? Now, before you say no, let us define idolatry and see what it means today. In ancient times, idolatry was the worship of idols or the use of idols to represent the "gods" people believed in. Such idols were carved images in various forms made of stones and wood, and the rich folks touted silver and golden ones. Idolatry was practiced by many ancient cultures, by both the worshippers of the only true God, Yahweh, and worshippers of false gods.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleChristian Principles for a Holy Life That Pleases God
Do you live a life that is pleasing and acceptable to Yahweh God? Do you know how you can do so? Yahweh told His people, "You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your God am holy." (Leviticus 19:2, WEB) If you profess to be His, then your lifestyle has to mirror or reflect your relationship with your Creator. You may have a strong desire to please your Heavenly Father, yet do not know exactly how. For example, you may not know whether certain things or activities you do conform to God's laws or principles.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleWhy Should Christians Obey God's Commandments?
Question: Why should Christians obey God's commandments? Answer: Why should children obey their parents? The answer to this question is partially the answer to the question posed. The purpose of obedience to God's commandments is twofold: a) It shows that you love Yahweh your Heavenly Father in turn. Obedience is an expression of love. You cannot claim to love God while you rebel against His laws.r
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Read articleGood Riddance to Good Works? Should Christians Obey God's Moral Commandments?
"Good riddance to good works!" is the mentality of some Christians who believe that obedience to Yahweh God's holy commandments is no longer required once you put faith in Jesus Christ for your salvation. Is this belief Biblical? When we accept Jesus as our Savior, does it mean we can indulge in a paradise of sin?
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleYahweh God's "an Eye for an Eye": What Does This Principle Mean, and Does Jesus' "Turn the Other Cheek" Contradict It?
Question #1: Yahweh (Jehovah) God Almighty operates on this principle in His justice system: "You must take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise." (Exodus 21:23-25). What does this principle mean?
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Read articleJesus Said: "Seek First God’s Kingdom, and His Righteousness" - But How?
Question: Jesus told his disciples, "Seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things [food and clothing] will be given to you as well." (Matthew 6:33, WEB) How can we seek God's Kingdom and His righteousness first? Answer: To seek Yahweh's Kingdom above everything else, we must live by His will, principles and precepts in both attitude and actions. Specifically, here's how:
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleHow Did the Gospel of Jesus Christ Spread from Jerusalem to the Uttermost Parts of the Earth?
The Gospel of Jesus Christ started out as a small spark in the Galilean hillsides nearly two thousand years ago, but rapidly blazed across all geographical barriers to become the world's most well-known Good News in the history of humanity. A brief overview of how the Gospel spread will not only empower us to be a part of its spread but will help us see that the Gospel is propelled by divine power.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleGood Fruits: Are Yours Nutritious or Wormy?
Do you produce good fruits? If so, are they sweet and nutritious, or are they shining on the outside but wormy on the inside? Good fruits? Well, I'm talking about the good works you do. But how can good works be wormy? "Good" works are wormy and rotten when they are done with the wrong motive. They are truly good and nutritious when they are done with the right motive.
Primary topic: Motivation
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Read articleDo You Bargain with God?
A man named Jacob once vowed, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God, then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you." (Genesis 28:20-22, WEB)
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Read articleThe Death That Brings Life
Here's a riddle for you: what death brings life? Answer: the death of Jesus Christ in our place. But how could Jesus' death bring anyone life? Why did particularly Jesus have to die in our place? Why die in our place at all? Finally, how should we personally respond to his death? Our eternal destiny entirely lies in knowing the answers, so let's discover them together. First Man, First Law, First Sin, First Penalty rnr
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