There are an overwhelming number of scriptures that indicate that faith in Jesus Christ is all we need to obtain salvation. For example, in Acts 16:30-31, The jailor asked Paul and Silas "What must I do to be saved?" and their response was, "Believe [...]
1 John 4:8 and 4:16 contain the phrase “God is love”. 1 Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 1 Jo 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; [...]
When we give ourselves to God, the Creator of everything, and come into His family through His son Jesus Christ, we become sons of God. Then to us, the Almighty’s name is Abba or Daddy or Father as Jesus taught us to pray.God identifies Himself with [...]
We are to distinguish between natural love and the love of God. All mankind has some share at least of natural love--self-love, love for family, love of friends. Our Lord, speaking of this kind of love, implies that it is not the love of [...]
The question implies that God directly causes the extremely unfortunate situation where a child is abused by his/her parents. God does not cause this horrible situation to occur. This world and all of mankind is full of sin. Because there is sin, there is death and [...]
Let's first look at some instances in the Bible where a person tried to worship a being other than God or Jesus. (All references are to the New International Version Bible.) While receiving the Revelation of Jesus Christ on the Isle of Patmos, the [...]
In the King James Version (KJV) Bible the whole scripture Psalm 139:14 reads: "I will praise thee: for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well." The Old Testament scriptures were originally written in Hebrew, [...]
To answer your first question: Do God, Satan and angels have souls? Yes, they have souls as do all animals (Job. 12:10). The soul being the essence of what makes you, you—your memories, thoughts—like information on a disc, but in another sense, they are [...]
"I and My Father Are One." Jhn 10:30 KJV - I and [my] Father are one. Our Lord's own explanation and illustration of the manner in which he and the Father are one is very generally overlooked. He said in prayer to the [...]
A believer or a true Christian is one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God, and that he fulfilled the Scriptures and the requirements of God’s law when he came and died for mankind. John 20:31 “but these are written so that [...]
Jesus gave a clear explanation of what qualifies one to become a Christian in Matthew 16:24, "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." What does this [...]
My first response to your question is that I would pray, asking God to make things clear to me regarding His will in the matter. And then, I would watch the surrounding circumstances to see how God is overruling. The apostle Paul gave instructions [...]
God does, indeed, know us, “He knows the secrets of the heart.” Psalm 44:21. God also says He declares “the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done…” Isaiah 46:10 Yet, we still have a free will. God’s living [...]
In Psalm 119:124 it says "deal with your servant according to your 'love'" but in previous verse it talks about "preserve my life according to your word" vs 37 "do good according to your word" vs 65. Also in verse 107. Why is it [...]
There are many difficulties in life. Sometimes people accumulate debt; sometimes people steal; sometimes people cannot manage to care for themselves. In Israel, a person could become an indentured slave for all of these reasons. The period of servitude could be for seven years [...]
God's glory is described in several places in the Bible, but this manifestation can appear like a cloud or fire. Exodus 24:15-18 reads, "And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. And the glory of the LORD abode upon [...]
The Bible doesn't state it is an evil tree. God said in Genesis 2:17,"But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it…" Its name indicates that eating its fruit would in some way open the eater's eyes [...]
Anxiety and depression have many causes. None of our bodies are perfectly healthy. Imbalances in our physiology can cause us to suffer emotional disturbances. Is poor emotional health due to the devil? Not necessarily. The Apostle Paul experienced anxiety and depression, "For we do not [...]
Respecting God, Psalm 90:2 declares, “from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” Hence, God has no beginning and no end. God is eternal and God is a spirit (John 4:24.) God’s angels are also spirits (Hebrews 1:7). We are assured in Genesis 16:13 that God [...]
Even though all kinds of sinful thoughts may pass through our brains, it is our Christian duty not to entertain them because sinful thoughts soon become sinful deeds. When you recognize a sinful thought against God, you must immediately ask for His forgiveness and [...]
