What will heaven be like? Will God give us the good desires of our hearts there?
The Bible does not give us details about the heavenly realms where God dwells. Why? There are several possible answers.One is that knowing too much about heaven could be a distraction to our commitment to God during this life. Heaven is part of a reward for Christians who are faithful unto death (Luke 6:23). God [...]
In Revelation 21:1 what are the new heaven and the new earth?
Revelation 21:1, “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”References to a “new heaven and a new earth” are found elsewhere in the Bible, including Isaiah 65:17, Isaiah 66:22, and 2 Peter 3:4-13. In Peter’s [...]
Based on Acts 15:28, 29, can I lose my salvation if I eat an animal which was strangled and died in a trap? Where I live, trapped animals are our food.
"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 well to avoid these things." (Acts 15:28, 29, NIV) Note: there [...]
Is there life after death?
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 man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to [...]
Matthew 6:19-21: What are the treasures of heaven?
Matthew 6:19-21: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will [...]
What is fasting and praying for help with life and death? And what do you drink or eat?
There are no direct scriptures about proper or improper fasting foods nor about the duration of a fast. In the Bible, fasting was most often associated with three attitudes of heart. Most prominently, people fasted as part their repentance from sin. When Jonah told the people at Nineveh that God was going to destroy their [...]