Scriptures are quoted from the New International Version Bible. This event is recorded in Mark 5:39 and Luke 8:52. In all instances, just before Jesus said, “The girl is not dead but asleep,” He told the mourners there was no need to sorrow. Our [...]
It’s hard to believe God is a god of love, justice, wisdom, and power when most religions teach God is sending the vast majority of people to a place of torment for eternity! What kind of wise, loving, just plan would create human beings [...]
Not everyone has the holy spirit, but only those whom God is calling out to be a people for His name (Acts 15:14). So, let us address the question: “If someone is begotten of God's holy spirit, then what happens to the holy spirit [...]
The death of Jesus Christ secured a resurrection for all mankind. 1 Timothy 2:4-6, “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the [...]
The soul is one with the being. A person cannot be removed from his own breath. Scripturally, the soul is defined as the whole human being. Genesis 2:7, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his [...]
“Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?” 1 Corinthians 15:29A proper scriptural understanding of Christian baptism and salvation is needed to answer this question, and we encourage review of the Additional Resources listed below.A [...]
God does not show favoritism. “…God shows no partiality. But in every nation, anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him..” Acts 10:34, 35 (ESV). They likewise teach us to be the same in our dealings with others (Proverbs [...]
In the context of this verse, Jesus had just told the rich, young ruler to sell all he possessed, give it to the poor, and follow him. Jesus was able to read the heart of this man, and saw that although he was trying [...]
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (Concordia Translation) This process describes those who have become God's people by making a full consecration of themselves [...]
There have been several reports of people who saw or heard things when their hearts had stopped and were then revived again seconds to minutes later. Some of these reports have been admitted to be hoaxes. Others seem to be a more realistic report [...]
Only two men ever possessed life in the fullest sense—Adam, before his transgression and the subsequent dying process, and the man Christ Jesus (Genesis 5:5; 1 Timothy 2:5, 6). Adam was judicially dead from the moment of the sentence, "For the wages of sin [...]
It is hard to say exactly what will happen during the everlasting life after the 1000 year kingdom. But there are some clues in the scriptural descriptions of the Millennial Kingdom on Earth. Revelation 21:4. “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; [...]
To understand what it means when the Bible says that the dead will rise, we must first understand why people die. Death is a direct result of sin (Romans 6:23). Put simply, death is the absence of life. When God breathed the “breath of [...]
Jesus promised a resurrection for all in John 5:28, 29. "…all in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth." Those who die as infants will come forth come forth as infants recognizable to their parents. This resurrection to life on earth [...]
The Reward and Responsibilities of the Church.We know the most faithful followers of Jesus, called his “church,” “bride,” “elect” and many other names, will receive a heavenly reward. 1 John 3:2, “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as [...]
Yes, we believe the scriptures teach that all those who “die in the Lord” now have a heavenly reward immediately upon death. In 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Paul addresses the resurrection of the church and the world of humankind in general. “For as in Adam [...]
We are not able to find the specific reference in Revelation that uses those exact words in the King James translation, but we will assume you are referring to verses in Revelation 20: Revelation 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again [...]
First, may we offer to you our heartfelt sympathy over your dad’s passing. Losing a loved one is of course one of the hardest experiences we face in life, one that almost all will experience. Rest assured that the God of creation is aware [...]
The Bible indicates there is no real pain or punishment that one will experience “in hell” because the person does not exist. It is similar to what we experience when we are asleep. The question makes a couple assumptions that address several different aspects [...]
When Paul wrote his first epistle to those at Thessalonica they evidently believed that the Lord would return while they were still living, in the very near future. His message to them in the fourth chapter was that those of Jesus’ followers who had [...]
