The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" RevelationsGraves, Kersey
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The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations
Graves, Kersey
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4. What is our moral duty relative to trimming the hair on our heads?
"There shall no razor come upon his head,... let the locks of his head
grow" (Num. vi. 5). "If a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him"
(1 Cor. xi. 14).
5. Is there any remedy for a fool? Yes: "The rod of correction will
drive it far from him" (Prov. xxii. 15). No: "Though thou bray a fool
in a mortar, yet will his foolishness not depart from him" (Prov. xxvi.
6).
6. Should we pay a fool in his own coin? Yes: "Answer a fool according
to his folly" (Prov. xxvi. 5). No: "Answer not a fool according to his
folly" (Prov. xxvi. 6).
7. Is man's life threescore years and ten? Yes: "The days of our years
are threescore years and ten" (Ps. xc. 10). No: "His days shall be a
hundrcd and twenty years" (Gen. vi. 3).
8. Is it desirable to be tempted? Yes: "Count it all Joy to be tempted"
(Jas. i. 2). No: "Watch and pray, that ye enter not Into temptation"
(Matt. xxvi. 41).
9. Which is the tempter, God or the devil? The devil: The devil tempted
Christ and Judas. (See Matt. iv. 1). God: God tempted David (2 Sam.
xxiv. 1).
10. Does the Lord ever tempt man? No: "Neither tempteth he any man"
(Jas. i.13). Yes: "And God did tempt Abraham" (Gen. xxii. 1). No: "He
blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts" (John xii. 40).
11. Can God be tempted? No: "God can not be tempted" (Jas. i. 13). Yes:
"They have tempted me, the Lord, ten times" (Num. xiv. 22).
12. Is any thing good? Yes: Every thing (1 Tim. iv. 4). No: "Every thing
is corrupt" (Gen. vi. 12).
13. How many Gods are there? One: "The Lord our God is one Lord"
(Deut. vi.4). Several: "Let us make man in our own image" (Gen. i. 26).
Three: "There are three that bear record in heaven, Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost" (1 John v. 7).
14. Is God omnipresent? Yes: David declares the Lord is everywhere, In
heaven and earth, and even in hell (Ps. cxxxix. 7). No: "The Lord came
down to see Sodom" (Gen. xviii. 20). Yes: "There is no place where the
workers of iniquity can hide themselves" (Job xxxiv. 22). No: "Adam and
Eve hid themselves from the presence of the Lord" (Gen. iii. 8). No:
"Cain fled from the presence of God" (Gen. iv. 16). Yes: "Man can not
get out of his presence" (Ps. cxxxix. 7).
15. Is God omniscient? Yes: "He knoweth the hearts of all men" (Acts
i. 24). No: "The Lord had to prove the Israelites, and also Abraham, to
know what was in their hearts" (Deut. viii. and Gen. xxii.).
18. Is God omnipotent? Yes: "With God all things are possible" (Matt.
xix. 26). No: "He could not drive out the Inhabitants of the valley,
because their chariots were made of iron" (Judg. i. 19).
17. Is God unchangeable? Yes: With him "there is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning; I change not" (Mal. iii. 6). No: "And the
Lord repented of the evil he said he would inflict upon the Ninevites"
(Jon. iii. 10).
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