Does a person have to be baptized to be saved or enter heaven?
“…Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of [...]
What's the difference between being baptized in Jesus' name and baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirt?
The words of the scripture, Matthew 28:19, have been changed from the original. At first, the verse read, “Go ye and make disciples of all the nations in my name, teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you.” (Matthew 28:19, 20) CHANGED TO “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing [...]
What were the seven last words of Christ?
The question refers to the seven last statements that Jesus made while on the cross. Some statements were prophesied in the Old Testament. 1. “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do,” Luke 23:34. Jesus is teaching that those who have crucified him (Jesus) are not guilty of eternal sin or second [...]
Is Jesus really Michael the archangel, and if so, did Jehovah use His first created being to create the world?
The heavenly being, Michael, is only identified as the archangel in Jude 1:9, “Michael the archangel.” The word “angel” means a messenger or ambassador. Archangel would include the thought of chief messenger or representative of God. “Michael” is Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Hebrew #4317 and Greek #3413, meaning “who is like God.” Jesus is certainly Michael or [...]
When the people that had done evil are resurrected, will they die in the lake of fire and cease to exist? Or God will do something else?
John 5:28, 29 (ESV), “all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.” The concept of judgment includes a trial and a verdict. Mankind is not currently on trial. All [...]
What does the Bible teach about where we go when we die? Do our souls sleep in the grave? In the resurrection, will everyone be resurrected with earthly bodies and live on earth?
First we need to understand that our whole being is a living soul. At the creation of man, the soul is defined. Genesis 2:7, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” The soul is the [...]