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It is a common belief among Christians that when a person dies he immediately goes either to heaven or to hell and remains there for all eternity. A careful study of the Bible shows that this is not correct, although it is very close to the truth.
When someone who has been forgiven thru...
The Bible reveals that God is a trinity consisting of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This is clearly taught in the New Testament but it can also be found in the Old Testament.
Elohim, the Hebrew word translated as God, is a plural word and God often uses the plural in speaking...
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
2 Timothy 2:20 ESV
When you read this verse it might seem at first to be saying the the gold and silver vessels are the ones for honorable use and the...
Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. The Jews are descendants of Isaac and the Arabs are descendants of Ishmael. Despite their common ancestry Jews and Arabs are enemies and there seems to be little hope that this condition will change in the forseeable future. But despite their...
In the Old Testament it is clearly taught that there will be a resurrection of both the good and the bad.And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Daniel 12:2 ESV
In John 5:28,29 Jesus made it clear...
Leviticus 21:16-20 tell us that no priest with any physical defect was allowed to make any offerings.And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God. For no one who...
In 1 Corinthians 5:3-5 Paul gave instructions about how to deal with a member of the church who was living a sinful lifestyle and showed no inclination to repent of it.For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did...
Romans 10:13,14 says,For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of who they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Jesus’ final words to his...
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:13 ESV
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
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One of the criminals who was being crucified with Jesus repented of his sin and asked Jesus to remember him. Jesus made this promise to him:And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
Luke 23:43 ESV
He was telling him that the two of them would be...
Leviticus 4 contains instructions for those who have sinned and want to be forgiven. There are four sections for four different classes of people. For anyone who wants to see his nation turn back to God this order is significant.
The first set of instructions is given to priests who sin...
Many people believe that ten of the tribes of Israel have been lost and there have been many theories as to where they are now. But the mystery can be easily solved if we will simply look at what the Bible says about the subject.
James 1:1 says that the letter is addressed to “the twelve...
Two days before Easter we observe Good Friday as the day on which Jesus was crucified. For anyone who is familiar with Jesus’ predictions about his death and resurrection this raises a problem. He said that just as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights he would be in...
When the Israelites conquered Jericho God commanded them not to take anything from the city for themselves. It was all to be given to God. But a man named Achan disobeyed this command.But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of...
What is it like to be a Christian who believes the Bible’s teaching that homosexual activity is a sin and who realizes that he is sexually attracted to others of his sex? Wesley Hill knows the answer to that question. He decided that the only way he could be obedient to the Bible was to...
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Proverbs 14:11 ESV
The wicked are said to live in houses while the upright live in tents. What is the reason for that?
A house is a permanent dwelling place. A tent is normally used as a temporary shelter...
When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax...
Murphy’s Law: If something can go wrong it will go wrong.
The Bible tells us that God created the world and that when he finished his work it was very good. Since this is the case, how could anybody ever come up with an idea such as Murphy’s Law?
The answer to that question can be found...
There is a well known saying, “In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.” But is it true? What if there were a country where all the people were blind but had learned to cope with their condition and considered it normal? How would they respond if someone who could see came...
One issue that people disagree over is how long the six days of creation were. Some people think they were literal 24 hour days and some think that they were merely long time periods of indefinite length. Which side is correct? Is it even possible that both views are wrong?
Sometimes...