What is the background and story of Job?
One day Satan accused God of favoritism. Satan said the reason Job loved God was because God had protected and blessed him. So, God permitted Satan to afflict Job. All of Job's children died, Storms destroyed buildings that he owned. He was afflicted with boils all over his body. Three friends came to visit him. [...]
If hell is just the grave, why did Jesus say: "And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." Matthew 13:42? (Nigeria)
The phrase “weeping and gnashing of teeth” appears seven times in the Bible to express a reaction to a great loss of opportunity throughout and at the end of the age of the gospel message going out to the world. This loss is most often experienced by classes of people and sometimes by individuals but [...]
Why was Lot's life full of troubles? (Nigeria)
Early in Abram’s journey, Lot and Abram traveled together. Genesis 13:5-6, 11 (NIV), “Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together…So Lot chose [...]
Jesus said, "I and my Father are one," John 10:30. Jesus also said in Mark 13:32, "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Why did he say that? (Ghana)
When Jesus stated that “I and my Father are one”, he was not implying, as some believe, that Jesus and the Father are one and the same. He could not have meant that, because he also have stated: “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that [...]
In the churches in my country, we are taught to pray that our enemies would die and pray that Satan would die, too. Is this scriptural? (Nigeria)
No. We should not pray for our enemies to die. We are to love our enemies. Matthew 5:44-45, "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of [...]
Please tell me about Jesus' temptations in the wilderness.
Matthew 3:16, 17; 4:1-11: “After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, ‘This is My beloved son, in whom I am well-pleased.’ Then [...]