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Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter "O"

Unless otherwise noted, all answers were written by Jeff Hamilton.

Oaths, Promises, Vows, Swearing

Can a Christian swear an oath on a Bible?
What happens if you swear to tell the truth, but you don't?
What happens when you swear not to do something, but you do it anyway?

Obedience

Does "honoring your mother and father" mean following their religious beliefs?
Does true faith mean the command to be baptized does not save a person?
How can I make my parents' faith my own?
How can we be children of God and slaves of God at the same time?
How does obedience relate to saving faith?
Is repentance necessary to be saved?
Is it too simple to say we are to believe and we will be saved by God's grace?
Is the Spirit only given to the obedient?
Must a member of the church follow the truth?
We may disagree, but doesn't matter, so long as we get to heaven
What does it mean to honor your father and mother?
What happens if you disobey the Bible?
What saved Joshua and Caleb?
Why did God command circumcision?
Why do I feel so disconnected after making the sign of the cross?

Offenses

Why did Jesus ignore the Canaanite woman?

Old Age, Elderly

How could people live to be so old?
How do we handle sexual intimacy when my husband has diabetes?
How should sexual immorality be addressed to the elderly?

Old Testament

Abraham wasn't baptized, so why should we need it?
Are Gentiles also descendants of Abraham?
Are we all descendants of Adam and Eve and all related?
Can you explain what it means that the sins of the fathers are put on the children?
Can you help me with some questions on Numbers 13 and 14?
Could Israel crossed the Red Sea on the eastern side of the Sinai peninsula?
Could masters under the Old Testament law beat or kill their slaves?
Could you tell me more about the day of Pentecost?
Did Abraham visit prostitutes?
Did Isaac come off of the mountain with Abraham after the sacrifice of the ram?
Did Jonah learn the lessons God taught him?
Did King Asa go to Heaven?
Did Lot's wife go to heaven or hell?
Did Moses go to heaven?
Did Nehemiah rebuild the whole wall of Jerusalem or only parts of it?
Did Pharaoh die in the Red Sea or just his army?
Did the apostle Paul keep the laws found in the Torah?
Do Jews and Christians both follow the teachings of the Old Testament?
Do the Ten Commandments apply to Christians?
Does a change in the Law mean God changes His mind a lot?
Explain the book of Proverbs
God gave what of Balaam the ability to speak?
Has anyone compiled a list of how much the Israelites were to give?
How can the Old Covenant be everlasting and yet come to an end?
How could people live to be so old?
How could Samuel offer a burnt offering when he was not a Levite?
How could the Israelites have left Egypt if they crossed into the Sinai peninsula?
How did Saul actually die?
How did you locate Pi Hahiroth, Migdol, and Baal Zephron?
How important is the Sabbath day?
How long did Jephthah rule Israel?
How many children did Abraham have?
How many monuments were raised in Joshua 4?
How were the nations scattered and was the world one continent, divided in the days of Peleg?
Is Talmudism different from Zionism?
Is the covenant different from the Law?
Is the Song of Solomon only about Solomon and the woman he marries?
Justifying Divorce and Remarriage by Claiming Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are Old Testament Books
Proof that Israel wasn't afflicted for 400 years?
Questions about the Battle of Jericho
Wasn't Abraham's offering of Isaac because of pagan beliefs?
Since Jesus said to keep the commandments, shouldn't we keep the Sabbath?
Should Christians avoid unclean foods?
Shouldn't we follow the Old Testament and the New Testament?
Was David a young man when he killed Goliath and not a boy?
Was Moses a prophet?
Was the tree of life different from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
Were most of the Psalms written during the time of II Samuel?
Were only priests allowed to offer sacrifices?
Were only the sacrificial ordinance abolished from the Law?
Were the offerings in Numbers 28 and 29 individual or national offerings?
What constitutes a witness in the Bible?
What did Leah's son find that Rachel wanted?
What did the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments look like?
What happened to Ishmael's descendants?
What happened to the Ark of the Covenant?
What is Nehushtan?
What is the difference between a Priest and a Levite?
What is the Law of Christ?
What is the name of David and Bathsheba's first born who died?
What new law was given concerning the Passover in Numbers 9?
What saved Joshua and Caleb?
What was special about a man named Enoch?
What was the Sea of Bronze?
What was the significance of Samson killing the lion and eating honey from its carcass?
What were the evils of King Ahab and his wife Jezebel?
What were the priest and the Levite's duties?
When did Saul reign in Israel?
Where did Cain get his wife?
Where did the second set of Ten Commandments come from?
Where do the Arabs come from?
Where does the Bible say facial hair is wrong?
Where does the Bible state that Moses stoned a woman who committed adultery?
Where in the Bible did a Jewish woman become queen?
Which Old Testament prophet did Jesus quote the most?
Who did Adam and Eve's children marry?
Who dug numerous wells that were taken from him?
Who is the uncle of Moses?
Who promised to sacrifice the first thing he saw if he won a battle?
Who was the giant with six fingers and toes?
Who was the only man in the Bible forbidden to marry?
Who was the person who ask God to roll back time?
Who were Lot's descendants?
Who were the judges and kings of Israel?
Who were the sons of God in Genesis 6:4?
Whose idea what it to send spies into Canaan?
Why are there two differing stories of creation in Genesis?
Why did God allow polygamy and concubines?
Why did God allow polygamy under the Old Testament?
Why did God allow slavery or commit genocide?
Why did God command circumcision?
Why did God extend Hezekiah's life?
Why did God kill many people in the Old Testament?
Why did Ruth uncover Boaz's feet?
Why do Christians worship on Sunday instead of Saturday?
Why do you quote from the Old Law?
Why does your map show Israel in Egyptian territory when the Bible says they left Egypt?
Why don't you keep Pentecost?
Why is it OK to take some parts of Leviticus seriously but not all of it?
Why should Christians learn the Old Testament?
Why ten commandments and not another number?
Why was Moses called?
Why was proof required of virginity in the Old Testament?
Why was Saul hiding among the baggage?
Why wasn't Jesus named Immanuel?
Why wasn't Naomi concerned that her daughters-in-law might marry ungodly men?

Once Saved, Always Saved?

After a person becomes a Christian, can they live as they please?
Are Christians predestined to go to heaven?
Are we judged based on justification or based on sanctification?
Can I lose my way to heaven?
Could you explain I Peter 1:1-5?
Did Lot's wife go to heaven or hell?
Do you have a list of verses opposing the idea of once saved, always saved?
Does losing your faith mean losing your salvation?
How is it possible to fall from grace if you can't lose your salvation?
I believe that once we are saved, nothing can cause us to lose our salvation
I do not believe you can lose your salvation
Is a saved person still saved after stumbling?
Is repentance necessary to be saved?
What do you think about this group who says believers cannot lose their salvation?
Will God allow sin to get us back?

Organization of the Church

Are lectureships scriptural?
Can a church consist of just one person?
Can a church organize tasks without elders?
Can a man be both a preacher and an elder?
How do we decide what offices in Ephesians 4:11 remain?
Must preachers be ordained?
Must the duties of preaching be evenly distributed among able and qualified men?
Should the current eldership select additional elders?
Should those assigned tasks in the church have titles?
What is my responsibility when I know that a person is sinning within the church?
When a church splits, who is right?
Who appoints elders?
Who removes an elder from office?

Orphans

How should we take care of orphans?
"I was once in an orphans' home."