I pray to God in Jesus name, but should I be talking to Jesus all the time? I'm confused. (United States)
First and foremost, we pray directly to God in Jesus’ name, because we have faith in His son Jesus as our Redeemer. When we respectfully talk to God, we remember Jesus’s words in John 14:14, “If you ask anything in My (Jesus’) name, I will do it.” Jesus taught his followers to pray to God [...]
Why does God let bad things happen?
Sin and Satan’s influence has made everyone miserable for thousands of years. There is war, pain, hate, and death. But God has a plan that allows these things to only be TEMPORARILY permitted for a certain amount of time and not a day longer. We are all learning a powerful lesson: sin only brings [...]
What can I do to be in the presence of God and to stay in the presence of God? (Qatar)
First we need to make a whole-hearted commitment to be separate from the sin and selfishness in the world and our own fallen flesh. 2 Corinthians 6:16 “And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ‘I will dwell in them [...]
Revelation 20:14-15 and Matthew 5:22. Is second death hell fire? Will unrepentant souls be thrown in hell fire at the end? (Cameroon)
Revelation is a book written in symbols. Usually, we recognize these symbols as representing other things or concepts. To interpret them literally would only bring us to absurd conclusions. When we read of different colored horses, animals with lions’ heads and scorpions’ tails, seven-headed dragons, two-headed beast, dragons with a tail that pulls down a [...]
What is the difference between Peter's denial of Jesus and Judas's betrayal of Jesus? (Ghana)
Judas planned his betrayal of Jesus. Matthew 26:14-16 (NKJV), 14 “Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, 'What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?’ And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. 16 So from that time he [...]
A preacher said it's okay for Christians to gamble, based on the soldiers who were gambling for Christ clothes on the day of his crucifixion and when the disciples were choosing the twelfth to replace Judas! So, is it right for a Christian to gamble? (United States)
No, God does not condone nor bless gambling. The soldiers at the cross crucified, beat and mocked Jesus. Their behaviors were cruel and unrighteous. Their gambling was vulgar. Those soldiers are not examples of God’s holy will.God intended there to be only 12 Apostles of the Lamb. Revelation 21:14 (NKJV), “Now the wall of the [...]