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Don’t we say that man is free to choose? Then why are these verses mentioned in the Bible: ” But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have po

Yes, the potter has power over the clay to make of it what he desires, a vessel for honour or a vessel of dishonour and the clay cannot say “Why did you make me like this?”. But the potter also is wise and just. One of the wonderful explanations that I read about this subject:  …

Is there a verse in the Bible that says “A little wine is good for the stomach”. Does this verse encourage the drinking of alcoholic beverages?

There is no verse in the Bible with this wording, but this is a common distorted saying among the people. St. Timothy, the bishop and disciple of St. Paul the apostle, suffered from many ailments in his digestive system, and it was also said that he had dropsy. The apostle prescribed to him not to …

Why did the Bible not mention the biography of the thirty years the Lord Christ spent before His ministry? Did He go to China to study Buddhism as some say?

It was not meant for the Holy Bible to be a book of history. If the Gospels were to mention all the events and the historical details “even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” (John 21:25). The details of one day in the life of the Lord Christ on …

There are two accounts in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles about the appearance of the Lord to Saul. It seems that there are some contradictions between both accounts, in what they saw or heard, please explain.

The account of the appearance of the Lord to Saul recorded in the ninth chapter, verse 7 states “And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. ” The same incident also described in the twenty second chapter, verse 9 states “Now those who were with me indeed …

What is the book of Jasher? Is it one of the Books of the Holy Bible or the Torah (Pentateuch)? How was it mentioned in the Book of Joshua and in the Book of 2 Samuel and yet it is not part of the Bible?

The word “book” could mean any book; religious or secular. The book of Jasher is an old secular book which included the popular songs, that were in circulation among the Jews, which were based on important religious and secular events. Some of these songs were military songs for the soldiers. This book dates back to …