Questions and answers relating to salvation and justification
The Story Of Jesus and Zacchaeus In Luke 19:1-10, the bible tells us a story about a man named Zacchaeus, who wanted to see Jesus. I wonder how many people would want to see Jesus today, if He were to come to your town? Well, Jesus had entered the town of Jericho, and was passing through it, we’re told in Luke 19:1. “And there was a man there…
Do You Have God’s Authority ? One day while Jesus was teaching the people in the temple, the Jewish chief priests and scribes and elders came to Him and said, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things?” Luke 20:8 We all recognize that in establishing a teaching or doctrine, or in other words in establishing “rules”, we must have the authority to do so….
Is There a Balance Between Sin and Repentance ? One of the questions that I received here on the website was, “How do we balance our repentance with the level of our sin?” I’m sure the thought behind that question is that if you have sinned a lot, you must repent a lot. And vice-versa; If we only sin a little, we only need to repent a…
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…
Enter By The Narrow Gate The bible does confirm that most people will be lost. Isn’t that a sad thought? It’s very sad, but the bible says it’s true. And because of that truth, most people will spend an eternity in Hell. Jesus has told us, in Mathew 7:13, “Enter by the narrow gate” And here’s the reason that He said that.. “For the gate is…
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,…
Spiritual Thoughts Just the other day I was talking to someone about God and the bible. And I asked him, “Do you know that the bible says you must do to be saved?” And his answer was, “Believe in Jesus”. That’s by far the most common answer that people will give to that question. And the bible affirms, you MUST believe in Jesus. Jesus Himself…
God Commands, God Gives Examples, God Implies This is the second part of our lesson about how God gives us instructions to teach us how to live our lives, through His Holy Word. In the previous lesson we were introduced to three methods of instruction that God has used, namely, Commands, Examples, and Necessary Inferences. If you’re not sure of what “necessary inference” means, please go back to the FIRST…
Has God Given Us Instructions That We Must follow ? Today we’re going to look at three different ways that God gives us instructions within the bible. Those three ways are by direct command, by example, and by what we must necessarily infer based upon what God has implied in His word. Do you believe that God has given us SPECIFIC instructions which we must obey in order…
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 …
Old Law and New Law In this article we’ll be discussing a couple more differences between the Old and New Testaments. In the previous article, Part 2 in the series, “DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TEATAMENT”, the first major difference that we learned was that the Old Covenant was made with the nation of Israel only. But the New Testament, although given first to the children…
What’s The Difference Between The Old and New Testaments ? In this article we’ll look at one specific difference between the Old Testament law given through Moses, and the new Testament law given through Jesus Christ. The New Testament book of Hebrews is rich in comparisons between the two testaments. And so we’ll be looking at several verses from that book as we answer the question, What’s…
Old Testament vs New Testament There is a lot of confusion about the differences between the Old Testament and the New Testament. Some people think that the Old Testament describes a harsh and unloving God, while the New Testament describes an all loving God. Some people think that the Old Testament has been replaced by the New Testament, while other people think that we live under a combination…
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 is Atonement ? / What is Propitiation ? The words “propitiation” and “atonement” pretty much mean the same thing. We’re going to explore the bible a bit, and see how God uses these words in His scriptures. If you’re familiar with the bible, you may be familiar with the word “atonement”. But I don’t know if even “bible people” are as familiar with the word “propitiation”. Both words are…
When Will The Rapture Happen A lot of people are asking that. I’m told that 334 times each month, people search the internet for the phrase.. “When will rapture happen?” And an additional 11,813 times per month, people search for the phrase.. “What is the rapture?” So maybe we should start by answering that question first. What is “the rapture”? What Is The Rapture The rapture…