Marriage First Then Make A Living Later Or Make A Living First Then Marriage Afterwards?

Regarding this question, under normal conditions, God's answer would be this:

Pr 24:27 Prepare your outside work, Make it fit for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house.

A relevant principle can be gleaned from this passage. First, one must first prepare his livelihood then when that is done, he is to build his house for marriage.

So the answer would be---make a living first then go get married.

Why Is The Word Of God Sharper Than Any Two-Edged Sword?

Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

A two-edged sword can penetrate deeper than an ordinary single-edged sword simply because it is sharp on both edges. But the word of God is even sharper than any two-edged sword.

Why? It is because of this---a two-edged sword can only penetrate the physical aspect of man. But the word of God goes even deeper. It can penetrate and pierce through the soul and spirit of man and can go deep into the thoughts and intents of his heart.

No physical two-edged sword can do this. Only the word of God can.

Is It True That The Voice Of The People Is The Voice Of God?

The answer is "Absolutely No!"

The voice of the people is not necessarily the voice of God. Vox Populi is not necessarily Vox Dei. The masses can go wrong, you know:

Ex 23:2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil...

Ps 2:1 Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed,

Nu 14:11 Then the LORD said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me?..

Mt 7:13 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are MANY who go in by it.

14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

During Noah's time, only eight got it right! Only eight were saved through the ark. The rest were wrong in thinking that there would be no Flood to judge the world.

During Christ's time, Israel as a nation rejected Him, only a minority did believe in the Lord Jesus initially.

Do You Have To Accept Jesus As Lord In Order To Be Saved (Lordship Salvation)?

First of all, we cannot separate the Lordship of Christ from His being being the Savior for the one who died on the cross was the LORD Jesus Christ.

When we receive Him as Savior, we receive the entirety of His person, both His being Lord and His being the Savior.  Every saved sinner will manifest the Lordship of Christ in his life somewhere, sometime and somehow, as God progressively sanctifies him.

The Christian progressively bowing and submitting to the Lordship of Christ is the field of sanctification.

The message that must be accepted and believed in order to be justified is the message that Paul preached to the Corinthians when he came and preached in Corinth:

1Co 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,

2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.

1Co 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

In order to be saved from the penalty of sin, Paul did not require the Corinthians to submit to the Lordship of Christ. No, he simply preached to them the good news that Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead.

However, when they did believe in the message, Paul's emphasis turned to encouraging the Christians to submit to the Lordship of Christ.

It is at the moment of receiving the word of salvation, the Gospel, that we become followers of the Lord. A saved sinner is a disciple. He has a new nature. He has the indwelling Holy Spirit. He has the mind of Christ.

1Th 1:6 And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word...

Why Do We Have Different Skin Colors If We Came From Adam And Eve?

We all came from Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve probably were medium-colored human beings.  God built in their respective genes the different skin colors that humanity has now. Actually, we all have the same skin color, we only vary in the amount of the color we have.

Let AaBb stand for a person with medium skin tone. Let the capitals A and B stand for a black skin. Let a and b stand for light skin. Adam and Eve both had AaBb skin color. Adam ---AaBb. Eve---AaBb. 

Based on the available genes they have, they could potentially bear children with different skin colors. 

They could bear a son who has AABB skin color. This son would be very dark in color. Or they could bear a daughter with aabb skin color. She would be very light in skin color. Or they could have a child with BaAb skin color. 

A human being with AaBb gene in him married to another person with the same genetic makeup could bear children with different skin colors over the long haul.

Explain 1 Timothy 3:15 "The Church...the pillar and ground of the truth?"

1Ti 3:15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

The Church is the pillar and ground of the truth in this sense---the Church is the upholder and proclaimer of the truth of the Gospel and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

As the ground and a pillar support and uphold something, so does the Church uphold the truth of the Gospel and the Lord Jesus Christ.

As a pillar was used during Paul's time to post and advertise notices for the public to see, so the Church proclaims the truth of the Gospel and the Lord Jesus Christ.

What Is God's Ideal Form Of Government?

God's ideal form of government is an absolute monarchy under a perfectly righteous, just, holy and benevolent Man. Only the Lord Jesus qualifies. And God has determined to set this kind of government during the millennium.

In the meantime, before that time comes, we are to submit to every governing authority that God has established in our land. God has allowed the imperfect rule of imperfect men from generation to generation to show that man's only hope for a perfect government is a theocracy under Him in the person of the Lord Jesus.

Every ruler that will come into the scene will surely disappoint eventually, one way or another.

But for now, democracy is better than communism. It is better than anarchy. A bad government is better than no government at all.

In Democracy, we are free to practice Christianity and we are allowed to voice out our grievances to our government, peacefully and respectfully of course. But the best form of government is the government of the absolute monarchical rule of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And it will come eventually as prophesied.

What's The Meaning Of The Term "Election Of Grace" In Romans 11:5?

Ro 11:5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

"Election of grace" here is in contrast to election of works. God does not elect according to the works of the law but according to grace. Now, grace and faith go together.

Ro 4:16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace...

God elects not according to what a sinner earned and deserved. No, God elects a sinner who trusts in Christ as an undeserved favor. This expression is not about Calvinism's arbitrary election of some sinners to salvation at all.

The Purpose Of God's Election Of Israel

God chose Israel for three purposes:

a) That Israel might be the repository of God's truth here on earth
b) That Israel might be the channel of the coming Savior to the world
c) That Israel might be a witness of God's character and supremacy in the eyes of the world

Israel has fulfilled the first two but has sadly failed in the third. Instead of bearing witness to God, she fell into idolatry, became like the nations around her and rejected her Messiah when He came.

Now, she is under the chastening hand of the Lord. But in the future, she will repent and turn to God in Christ and will bear witness to Him in the eyes of the world during the millennium. And the world will turn to the Savior through her witness.

How Do I Know My Spiritual Gift?

Every single Christian has at least one spiritual ability given by God at his or her conversion. But how do we know our spiritual gift or gifts?

One of the ways to find out is do some try outs and listen to what other Christians say about you. Just like in basketball, coaches often have try outs in which aspiring varsity players play in and allow themselves to be evaluated by the coach.

As they play, they display their different sets of basketball skills. One may be good at dribbling and shooting. Another maybe good at rebounding. Still another maybe good at defense. And all these are observed by the coach and noted.

Principle number 1---do some try outs. Participate in church activities which require spiritual gifts to do and be effective in.

Principle number 2---listen to the evaluation of others. We are often biased about our spiritual gifts. One may think that he has the gift of teaching even though many other Christians say differently.

Listen to the comments of Christians. They may say: "Hey, you are good in teaching. I learned a lot from you when you shared something last time in our Bible study. You have a way of explaining a passage very clearly."

This is a good indication that you may have the gift of teaching.

Another may say: "Hey, I was really encouraged to walk in Christ when you exhorted us last time. I was really blessed."

This is a good indication that you may have the gift of encouragement and exhortation.

How do I know what kind of spiritual gift or gifts God has given me? Participate and listen.