IS PARADISE THE SAME PLACE AS HEAVEN?
Mankind has attached two basic meanings to the word “heaven”, and they are (i) the place or realm where God dwells; and (ii) a state of perfect bliss, peace and felicity. When Christians talk of heaven, they do not have in mind the metaphorical use of the word, that is, a state of perfect peace […]
DO WE GO TO HEAVEN TO SPEND ETERNITY?
The word “heaven” (Hebrew: “shamayim”; Greek: “ouranos”) is used 421 times in the Hebrew Bible and 278 times in the Christian New Testament. The word has been used in the scriptures to refer to the sky and everything above it. There are at least four divisions or strata of heaven which have been identified by […]
IS BAPTISM NECESSARY FOR SALVATION?
There are some people who teach that baptism is not necessary for salvation. The following, for example, is an excerpt from an online article captioned “Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?” by Got Questions Ministries: “The belief that baptism is necessary for salvation is also known as “baptismal regeneration.” It is our contention that baptism is […]
ARE WE ALREADY SAVED?
The mainstream Christian teaching on the subject of salvation is that it is a present experience of those who respond positively to the gospel message. A person is said to be “saved” once he accepts Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour, repents of his past sins and asks for forgiveness from God in “the […]
DOES GOD FORBID POLYGAMY?
Polygamy (Greek: polugamia) is the practice or custom in which a man is married to more than one wife at a time. The mainstream teaching in today’s Christendom is that although God accommodated polygamy in the Old Testament, it is abolished by Jesus Christ and Paul in the New Testament, making “one man, one wife” […]
Are There Any Biblical Grounds for Divorce?
The Christians who think they know so much of the Bible are arguing against the ipsissima verba of the Lord Jesus Christ. Contrary to His explicit words in Matthew 5:32 and 19:9, they argue that there is no ground for divorce in the Bible. Although they may be sincere, their argument is borne out of […]
Has the Kingdom of God Already Come?
There are some churches and theologians who teach that the Kingdom of God has already come in a spiritual, invisible form. They say that the Kingdom is now running, in a limited form, in the hearts of true believers in Christ. There are some verses of the Bible which they use as proof texts to […]
IS CHRISTIANITY OPPOSED TO LOGIC?
In response to one of my posts on Facebook a friend wrote, “spiritual matters are not won through philosophical, logical arguments and/or debates but through the Holy Spirit’s conviction. Men who are not filled with the Holy Spirit find it difficult to understand the word of God…” He is not the only one who has […]
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BIBLE INTERPRETATION
The word Bible is derived from the Greek biblia which means “the books”. The King James Bible has 66 books, 39 of which are in the Hebrew Bible known by Christians as the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. There are certain basic facts we must know about the Bible. Today’s Christian need […]
Is The Devil the One Called Lucifer in Isaiah 14:12?
In the King James Version (KJV) of the English Bible, the word Lucifer is found in Isaiah 14:12. There are a few other versions like the New King James Version (NKJV) that also have Lucifer in that verse. But in the majority of English versions we see “morning star,” “shining one,” “day star” variously used […]
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