There are no scriptures that state that Jesus is God. There are only scriptures which are interpreted as saying Jesus is God. The scriptures teach that “to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and [...]
The commission to preach the gospel is a fundamental part of the Christian call. It is a great privilege to be God’s ambassadors preaching the message of forgiveness of sins and of reconciliation with God. 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV), “We are therefore Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through [...]
The books of the Bible are inspired messages from God. “All scripture is inspired by God …” 2 Timothy 3:16. The Bible teaches that God wants all men to live forever in loving harmony. 1 Timothy 2:3,4 “For this is good and acceptable in [...]
The question sounds mythological, because it does not distinguish between the fact that Jesus Christ was a man on earth and was a spirit being in his prehuman existence. The Bible never teaches that the Man Jesus had a double nature, human and spirit [...]
In the beginning, Adam and Eve were created with the ability to make decisions and to choose their own actions. There was no evil at that time, so they did not understand evil or its consequences; they only knew good. God knew that Adam [...]
All mankind are born sinners and have inherited Adam’s death sentence.(Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:12,18). So, how could Adam (and all his children) be released from the prison house of death? Justice required that someone else had to take Adam’s place in death. It was [...]
Isaiah 43:1,7: “But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine… everyone who is called by My name, [...]
As for the Jews who were in Egyptian bondage, when their foretold time in Egypt passed (Genesis 15:13), God led them out from Egypt (Genesis 3:17), but did not redeem them from the Adamic death sentence. To speak about redemption, there must be two [...]
The Bible is full of scriptural promises about the love and blessings of the Kingdom. Just a few very precious ones are: “And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young [...]
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 [...]
“Do you not know that if you surrender yourselves as bondservants to obey any one, you become the bondservants of him whom you obey, whether the bondservants of sin (with death as the result) or of duty (resulting in righteousness)?” Romans 6:16 (Weymouth translation) [...]
"It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do [...]
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 [...]
Many biblical stories and prophecies use the image of a lamb to symbolize our Lord because of the animal’s character and disposition. A lamb always follows and obeys the voice of his Shepherd just as Jesus always completely fulfilled the Father's will. As Jesus [...]
We cannot discuss God’s feelings toward sinners until we first understand the Biblical concept of hell. The word “hell” in the Bible is a translation of four words: Sheol, Hades, Gehenna and Geber. Sheol (Strong’s H7585) and its Greek equivalent Hades (Strongs G86) are [...]
Ezekiel 18:8-14 is describing God's perfect law of justice, that each person who sins will pay the penalty of that sin, which is death. Nobody else will pay that penalty. The context of this passage begins in the beginning of the chapter. In verses [...]
“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 [...]
Consider 1 John 1:7, “…the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Sin is the Greek word harmatia and Thayer’s Greek Lexicon defines it as “a failing to hit the mark”. What mark? The mark of acting in accordance with [...]
“Someone asked him, Lord, are only a few people going to be saved? He said to them, Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.” Luke 13:23, 24 [...]
