Does God bring people back to life today?
Only two men ever possessed life in the fullest sense—Adam, before his transgression and the subsequent dying process, and the man Christ Jesus (Genesis 5:5; 1 Timothy 2:5, 6). Adam was judicially dead from the moment of the sentence, "For the wages of sin is death..." (Romans 6:23). The spark of life possessed by mankind, [...]
2 Kings 8:26 and 2 Chronicles 22:2, please mistake clear.
“Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.” 2 Kings 8:26 “Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His [...]
Is the King James Version (KJV) Bible the standard and the perfect word of God?
Although very popular and widely used, the King James Version of the Bible is by no means the "standard and the perfect word of God.” Where the Old Testament is concerned, many translations are comparable in accuracy. The 1611 version of the King James Bible, however, contained the Apocrypha, which are 14 additional books deemed [...]
Jesus said, "do not give your pearls to pigs to be trampled on." What does this mean?
"Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise the swine will trample them under their feet and the dogs turn and maul you." Matthew 7:6 (Weymouth translation). No one would give real pearls to swine, so what pearls is Jesus talking about? He explains the meaning [...]
If a person does not forgive someone, can the unforgiving person be accepted into heaven?
Forgiveness is very important. Jesus said "Do not judge lest you be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you." (Matthew 7:1) We are always to forgive, as Jesus tells us to "Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute [...]
Is the Bible only for spiritual growth – not a guideline for people's welfare?
Spiritual growth and peoples’ welfare are not mutually exclusive issues. When the spiritually strong try to bless others, they themselves are blessed. The Bible is many things: It is a historical record of how the Israelites lived, biographies of various individuals, the laws and admonitions given to Israel from God through their leaders, a record [...]