How do we know Jesus died and was resurrected? CQ Kids
Jesus’ death and resurrection are important to believe and understand. Because he offered his life and died, he provided the ransom price (or payment) for Adam’s sin and all of ours because we are Adam’s descendants. Because he was resurrected as a powerful spirit being, eventually he will raise everyone who has ever died! [...]
Does worshipping in the “wrong” church prevent a person from being saved?
The Bible specifies that the only means of salvation is by faith in Jesus and in the sacrifice of his perfect human life as a ransom price for mankind (John 14:6, Acts 4:10-12, 1 Timothy 2:5-6). The Bible does not teach that one religious system, then or now, is either a substitute for faith in [...]
What is the lesson of the widows mites?
When Jesus was in the temple, he saw a poor widow who donated two small “mites,” which were coins of small value in those days. A widow is someone whose husband has passed away, so she is alone and without a companion and helper. Life could be hard for widows, especially if they were [...]
Is David's Psalm 22 prophetic about Jesus?
Psalms 22’s author is generally accepted to be David, the shepherd who became king of Israel. Although David is described as “a man after God’s own heart’ (1 Samuel 13:14, Acts 13:22), David was not perfect. He experienced many difficult circumstances in his life such as persecution from King Saul (1 Samuel 18, for example) [...]
What does 1 Peter 5:10 (KJV) mean? “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen settle you.”
During his ministry on earth, Jesus sought those who, like him, were prepared to completely dedicate, or consecrate, their hearts and minds to God. Jesus understood that this type of commitment, which would come at the expense of worldly goals, approvals and rewards, would be a difficult path for people to follow, and thus not [...]
What happened with Elijah and the priests of Baal?
Our story begins with wicked Ahab, the 8th king of Israel. Instead of worshiping Jehovah, the one true God, he worshiped a fake god named Baal! 1 Kings (16:30, NLT) says, “...Ahab…did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, even more than any of the kings before him.”By contrast, Elijah was a faithful prophet of [...]