Because there was no electricity or razors 2000 years ago, men and women used to grow their hair long or cut it with a sharp tool like scissors. The Holy Bible told us everything about this topic.
Women used to brag about letting their hair grow long
1 Corinthians 11:15 “But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her”
However, women should cover their hair during prayer
1 Corinthians 11:5 “But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head”
Men, on the other hand, are not allowed to cover their heads during prayer
1 Corinthians 11:4 “Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.”
At the same time, it is forbidden for a man to let his hair loose, i.e., to let it hang over his shoulders
1 Corinthians 11:14 “Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?”
We can see here that current depictions of Christ are inaccurate because He did not wear His hair loose or cover His head. He was either cutting or tying it, and in faith this is the most correct for the man.
We are children of the LORD God, the Creator Heavenly Father because we believe in the Son, not because we are true children. We are adopted children, but He is the Father’s only begotten Son. We are not begotten; we are created.
Similarly, even if you obtained the nationality of a country because of your father, this means that you belonged to that country and became a citizen because of your father, but the fact that you and your father share the same nationality does not mean that you have become equal to your father as human nature and you do not have authority over him as he does over you. He is not obligated to submit to you or refrain from provoking your anger in the same way that you are.
You tell the teacher: “I can draw the flag of the country in which I live, and I can draw the sword, but the slogan is not for me to write or say because I am a Christian; otherwise, I would have become a Muslim, and you do not accept forcing someone to convert to Islam simply because he is studying the curriculum.”
The test from the LORD is a test of love that does not lead to our perdition and in which the LORD will enable us to remain steadfast in Him and bring us to a new depth of faith.
As for temptation, it comes from Satan who uses evil such as road accidents, calamities, and so on to make us question our faith and transgress the commandments, which can lead to destruction. But if we remain firm in the truth, do not sin, and do not allow the temptation to make us lose our faith, then we will triumph in the time of trials. The Holy Bible teaches us how to rebuke Satan in the name of the LORD Jesus Christ, as well as through prayer and fasting.
It means, save us.
The act of giving to the poor and needy is called “a gift”. The tithes are for your church because the LORD asked us to pay tithes to His house so that there would be provisions there, thus, every poor person who seeks help from this church will have his needs met.
In some cases, when someone in need asks you to aid him in the name of the LORD Jesus Christ, he comes to seek your God via you, so you can help him. The important thing is that you do not tell anyone so the gift remains secret and that you do not take your reward from people’s admiration. Also, because the dustman is providing services to you, you cannot offer him your tithe in exchange for his services, as it is no longer considered a tithe.
Satan’s actions are always contrary to God’s commands, which means that when God commands us to refrain from theft, Satan allows theft. When God commands us to refrain from killing, Satan delights in killing, which is why one of Satan’s names is (Antichrist). Satan goes up to turning the cross upside down or making any symbol of faith the opposite of what it is, which is why we don’t do anything against Faith.
Because not everyone worships the LORD God. Many people worship Satan, idols, or their own interests, among other things. Our LORD allows the plagues to occur so that people repent of their worship, recognize that it is invalid, and return to Him, thus, He allowed the earthquake, which caused many people to be scared and realize that their religion was wrong since it could not save them, therefore they asked to become Christians. We must not forget that the LORD God permitted the earthquake but He protected His people; thus, no true Christian was harmed by it, just as He permitted the flood on earth, but saved Noah and his family.
The symbol of the cross is always drawn in our hearts because it represents our salvation. No matter whether you cross yourself or not, your faith is unaffected, and whether you use three or five fingers does not make a difference in faith.
Personally, I like to cross myself with 3 fingers, starting with the forehead (in the name of the Father) because He is above all things.
Then moving to the chest (and the Son) because Jesus the Son abided in us and became within us, i.e., living within us.
I move then to the right shoulder (and the Holy Spirit) because the right is a symbol of support, strength, and honor, and the Holy Spirit is our Helper and Guide.
Then I move my hands to my left shoulder (the one God) as a declaration from me that I believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as one God, not three gods, as some enemies of Christ believe.
Finally, I put my hands on my chest once again (Amen) because I kept the faith slogan, believed in it, and ratified it in my heart and my own bowels.
You can ask him: “Has anyone been buried for days and remained alive? Let me show you online some videos and testimonies of people who stayed under the rubble for days and came out alive, or cases where people were thought to be dead, but when their graves were opened, they were found alive.” Of course, these exceptional cases exist, and it is possible with a simple search to show him contemporary examples of people who have experienced that.
And when you finish proving to him with evidence that it is possible for a person to survive life-threatening conditions by a miracle from the LORD God, you say to him: “However, you must learn from today onwards to believe every word written in the Holy Bible and have faith that our God is alive and performs miracles. We believe in Him without questioning or doubting any letter of the Holy Bible.”
The myth is a non-realistic tale that cannot happen. For example, in Islam they say that Muhammad rode a flying winged donkey and ascended on it, and they say that he split the moon despite the fact that there is no scientific evidence, no one saw it, and there were no witnesses. The same myth exists among Hindus and Zoroastrians as well, their prophets claim fantasies that they rode on a winged creature and ascended to the sky.
As for healing and miracles, they cannot be called myths because they happened with witnesses and continue to occur to this day, with the presence of witnesses and medical reports proving that Christ still performs miracles, heals, and saves.
There are prophecies in the Old Testament about the coming Christ as both the Son of God and the Son of man. When Christ came, it was necessary for Him to clearly declare that He was the Son of man and the Son of God so that the people would know that He was the awaited Christ. The title “Son of man” was repeated to make it known to humanity that Christ (God the Word) took on our human nature and became the Son of man, just like one of us, and not only God.
The Holy Bible does not say that the LORD formed us “as sons”, because sonship is a calling, not a divine selection. We are all called to sonship through faith in the Son, that is, Christ.
As for the meaning of “the LORD formed us from the womb,” it means that He created and shaped us even before our mothers saw us. As for those whom God has chosen for a specific mission, such as prophets and apostles, He formed and selected them to be His chosen ones. However, this does not apply to all people, as not everyone is a prophet, and you will not be held accountable for not being created as a prophet.
The Holy Bible divides the types of those saved by Christ into 3 types:
The Called (those who were born outside the faith in Jesus Christ but were invited, accepted the call, and believed).
The Chosen (those entrusted with a mission from God).
The Faithful (those who were born as Christians and believe in Christianity).
In Revelation 17:14 ” and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”
We notice that the verse mentions the called before the chosen so that no one may boast over another, as we are all equal in Christ Jesus. However, judgment on the day of the LORD’s coming will be upon those who were called and heard the gospel message yet did not accept or believe it.
In Christianity, we do not use the term “Jannah” to refer to eternal life. The word “Garden”, mentioned in the Holy Bible, refers only to the Garden of Eden, that is, the place where Adam and Eve lived before the fall into sin and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden to the earth.
The Garden of Eden disappeared and no longer exists. But we are promised a Kingdom far greater than the Garden of Eden. The Garden of Eden, for example, had Satan, the ancient serpent, in it. But the Kingdom is where there is no sorrow, no pain, no need, and where God has prepared for us what no human mind can imagine.
1 Corinthians 2:9 “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”
We find the answer in Matthew 13:55: “Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?” From here, we understand that Christ had brothers in the flesh from Mary and Joseph. However, the Holy Bible does not specify whether they were His true brothers—that is, children from the marriage of Joseph and Mary—or if they might have been Joseph’s children from a previous marriage, whom Mary then raised. The Holy Bible only mentions that, in fact, the LORD Jesus had four brothers who did not believe in Him during His ministry, but they came to believe after His crucifixion and resurrection, and they became His apostles and missionaries.
Worshipping in truth means that we worship the true God. Worshipping in spirit means that we are not only bowing down with our bodies, but that our spirits also bow before the LORD God. “In truth” means the true worship — for example, other religions like Buddhism and Islam also bow down, but is their worship true? No, because they bow to other gods, not to the Creator God, YHWH.
These verses indicate that spiritual power is not an illusion, nor is it something imagined by the anointed; in reality, it is a power given from above to the one anointed with the anointing of healing and he feels it.
Christians respect the laws of the countries in which they live; we follow what Christ commanded us “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s”. If the state we live in enforces the death penalty for major crimes, then of course we support that law to deter criminals and the corrupt and to uphold justice. We also believe that “the murderer shall surely be put to death”; killers face eternal death and will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven; therefore, if we witness an earthly sentence imposed on them, we will not object, because they are receiving the due recompense for what their hands have done.
Science does not conflict with the Holy Bible and faith, except in matters where science tries to interfere with creation, birth, and death. In these matters, we consider that science has crossed the spiritual and faith-based red lines, and we reject any scientific research that interferes with the work of the Creator.
There are prophecies in the Old Testament that have been fulfilled twice: first before the coming of Christ, and second after it. They may even be repeated in our time, during the period of the great tribulation. This makes us marvel at the fulfillment of the prophecies. Rachel, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, whose inheritance was Ramah, died even before the tribes of Israel ruled. Yet Jeremiah and Matthew describe her as if she were weeping in her grave for the children of Israel. In the Old Testament, Jeremiah’s prophecy was fulfilled during the Babylonian exile, when Jerusalem was burned, and hundreds of Jews were killed, and the sound of lamentation reached Ramah (because of its proximity to Jerusalem). In the New Testament, Matthew the Evangelist quotes the same verse from Jeremiah, and indeed, during the time of Herod, the children of Bethlehem (the city of Judah) were killed, and the wailing reached Ramah (the city of Benjamin, son of Rachel).
When the number of communicants was under 100, I used to say for each person: “Your servant and son, so-and-so, partakes of the Holy Communion.” When the number of communicants exceeded 700, I started saying either “Your son” or “Your servant.” But I noticed that some people could stumble, asking: “Why did she say ‘Your son’ for so-and-so but ‘Your servant’ for me?” Or they could become puffed up with vain deceit, thinking: “She called me ‘son’ but called so-and-so ‘servant.’” So I began saying “Your servant” and “Your handmaid” for everyone, even for myself.
The Jews used to come to test Jesus and trap Him with their questions, to see if He truly was the Son of God. He revealed to them that He is the Son of God, a God born from God, in parables. In this verse, the LORD Jesus said to the young man: “Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. It is as if you are admitting that God and I are one.”
This proverb is said about those who love flattery and praising people even before they have done any work. They praise them loudly so that others can hear; here, the praise turns into blame and the blessing into a curse because it puffs up the person being praised and leads to his corruption.
These are outdated and ridiculous customs that have no spiritual value. Kissing objects is forbidden regardless of what the object is. It is better, when we want to throw away expired food or moldy bread, or anything else that we may have caused to be discarded through our own negligence, simply to say: “O LORD, forgive my negligence. Thank You for Your blessings.” This is enough as an expression that we are saddened to throw away a blessing that thousands of others might need.
Falling after baptism means betraying the LORD God and following another god, and in this case, there is neither repentance nor return. The verse says in the Epistle to the Hebrews 6:4–6
“For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame.”
And certainly, we cannot associate or befriend traitors to the LORD and servants of other gods, because it is written in Second Thessalonians 3:14 “And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.”
If the one who does not obey the command of the church shepherd should be avoided, then how much more someone who has fallen?
Christ is the LORD of the living and the LORD of the departed, so they appear before Him by His command whenever He wills, just like the resurrection of the dead that happened at the time of the crucifixion. However, they did not speak to the disciples, nor did they appear to the disciples or anyone else. They did not perform miracles, nor did they intercede with Him for anyone. The reason for their appearance was to demonstrate that the greatest Prophets of the Old Testament bear witness that He was transfigured as God, so that His Transfiguration would have witnesses from both the living and the departed.