What Does The Bible Say About The Burning of Bodies? There’s a story in 1 Samuel chapter 31 about how King Saul, the first King of Israel, and his three sons were all killed in a battle with the Philistines. And the Philistines, being a ruthless and godless people, found the body of Saul, and they beheaded it and fastened the body to a wall. I suppose…
What Does the Bible Say About Burial and Cremation ? Actually, the bible gives very few specifics about burial and it says nothing about what we know as cremation. So to gain an understanding of how God feels about these subjects, we need to look at the few examples that we are given, and also look to what God tells us about the physical body and about death. We also need to…
He Who Believes Shall be Saved The bible says in several places, that it’s the person who believes, that will be saved. In the previous lesson titled WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELIEVE, I gave several verses of scripture that say that very thing. That lesson began with these six verses.. John 3:16, John 3:18, John 6:29, John 6;40, Acts 19:4, and 1 Cor 1:21. And all those…
Reverence For The Word Of God The bible affirms again and again, that it is in fact the very word of God. For example the bible states in 2 Tim 3:16, “All scripture is inspired by God (the words “inspired by God” literally mean “God Breathed”) and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be adequate, equipped…
Bible Interpretation The question of how to understand the bible is really a matter of how we interpret the bible. As with almost any subject, there will always be some people who tend to go to extremes. With the bible, there are some who want to interpret everything literally. And then there are some who want to interpret everything figuratively. And of course there are those who…
Whoever Believes In Him The bible says a lot about believing. Probably the most well-known verse in the bible is John 3:16 which says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” But there’s lots of other verses as well.. For instance, John 3;18 “He who believes…
The Bible Teaches Faith In the last couple of posts, we’ve been looking at how God uses examples to teach us. I’d like us to look at some examples of faith from the bible, but before we do that, I want us to learn some things about faith itself. The first verse of Hebrews chapter 11 gives us a short definition of what faith is. Here’s the verse.. “Now…
Spiritual Thoughts In our previous “Spiritual Thoughts” lesson, Jesus made it perfectly clear, that there are obviously things that we MUST DO, to get to heaven. He Asked in Luke 6:46, “Why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and not DO what I say?” Obviously those who where calling him, Lord, Lord, did in fact believe in Him. But Jesus said, “That’s not enough just to BELIEVE,…
Examples From God This is our third lesson in the series called Command, Example, and Necessary Inference. We’re examining the various ways in which God has left His instructions for us concerning how He wants us to live our lives. The bible is indeed an “instruction manual” which reveals to us the nature and Spirit of God, ie.. “Love is from God, for God is love”.. 1 John 4:8; “Our God…
The Blessings of Jesus “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Mat 5:3. The poor in spirit are those who are humble and gentle in nature. Not the proud, not the pushy, not those who demand their own way. Jesus said in Mat 11:29, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me. For I am humble and…
Saved By Grace “For by grace you have been saved, through faith; And that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God; Not as a result of WORKS, that no one should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 Listen please, to the very next verse.. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good WORKS, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” V-10 …
. Can I Understand The Bible ? The simple answer is; Yes, you absolutely can understand the bible. There are many people who share the view that understanding the bible is next to impossible for the average person. But nothing could be farther from the truth. Understanding bible scriptures entails not much more than just reading them and using some common sense. The biggest problem with understanding…
Evidence Of God Is there evidence that God exists? If there is any evidence, where is that evidence? What is that evidence? I would like to answer those questions, WITHOUT using the bible. That’s actually quite a switch, from the whole purpose of this website. Our purpose here is to let GOD answer our spiritual questions. And so we’ve always gone straight to God’s word for our…
The Bible Says That Faith is The Evidence of Things Not Seen The eleventh chapter of the book of Hebrews is commonly called, “the chapter on faith”. And the question under consideration today, comes from the first verse of that chapter. Here’s that verse… Heb 11:1, “Now faith is the substance (or assurance) of things hoped for, the evidence (or conviction) of things not seen.” …
Will Everyone Go to Heaven ? This post is answer to a question that I received. A gentleman stated that he had met someone who attends a church that believes everyone will go to heaven. He said they believed that God would never take ONLY certain people. And the question was, “What do you think about this?” Many times I have shown people exactly…
Jesus Christ, Perfect Sacrifice Why was Jesus Christ, the perfect sacrifice? What made Jesus “Perfect”? What made Jesus, “The Only One”, who could have become, the sacrifice for sin? I received a question on the website from a reader, who asked; “I wonder if you could talk more, in a future article, about WHY Christ was the only one who could fill that role?” And so, what’s…
What’s The Purpose of Our Life ? This is just as big a wonderment to people, as is the question, “How did life begin?” Philosophers go on and on trying to answer these questions, and people throughout history, have searched for the answers. But what’s a wonderment to me, is that ninety nine percent of all people, simply look to another person for the answer. How…
Are There Miracles Today? / Are Miracles Happening Today? We’ve come to the final lesson in answering the question, “Are Miracles still Happening Today?” We’ve looked at several miracles that have taken place throughout history. We’ve seen from the bible that miracles have certainly never been an “everyday” occurrence. We’ve also seen from the bible, the purpose for miracles. If you are unclear on what a miracle…
Do Miracles Exist Today ? / Are Miracles Still Happening Today ? This is Part 3 of the answer to the question, “Are miracles happening today? Please read PART-1, of this study, and also PART -2. We’ve looked at the bible’s definition of what a miracle is, and we’ve looked at some of God’s miracles, and defined the purpose for those miracles. Today we will get deeper…
Our Question; Do Miracles Exist Today? In my last Post, we began to look to the bible, to get the answer to the question, “Are miracles happening today?” In other words, “Are miracles still happening today?” Since we know that miracles have indeed happened at various times as recorded in the bible, people want to know, are there miracles today? Please be sure to read the previous Post titled, …