Posted April 18th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. God says that I deserve eternal punishment for not being perfect, even though I couldn’t have been perfect in the first place! In other words, how can I be held morally accountable for not living up to a standard that I couldn’t have lived up to even if I’d wanted to and tried my very hardest to?
Posted April 17th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. In Matthew 7:13-14 it says that wide is the gate that leads to destruction, but it says that narrow is the way and some translations say hard is the path that leads to eternal life. Why is it hard if believing on the Lord’s death as payment for our sins is the only thing we have to do? What makes the narrow path hard?
Posted April 14th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I have come across yet another Christian who claims to have died from a stroke and after leaving his body found himself on the way to hell! Yes, there are many people proclaiming to be Christians who are not saved, but this man claims he was born again, filled with the Holy Spirit, could speak in tongues, had prayers answered e.t.c. Apparently when he died he realized he had not been living for the Lord like the Lord wanted him to, therefore was on his way to hell! He pleaded with the Lord who allowed him another chance! He floated back into his body and narrowly missed being sent down a very dark tunnel.
What I want to know is this: I do not believe we can lose our salvation and this man is claiming we somehow have to keep it up! How come some of these Christians are experiencing trips to hell? I need to get to the bottom of how and why this is happening. The man seems very sincere but is now telling people if they slip up on their walk they lose salvation. Thanks for helping me understand what exactly happened.
Posted April 10th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I just read one of your answers to a predestination question. If I understood you correctly, God already knew who would choose Him and want to be with Him in Eternity before He created us. So He makes sure that it happens and they get saved. Nobody who want to be with Him is falling through the cracks. Is this that simple? There’s something I don’t understand. Everybody needs love, there are no exceptions. God is love. How that is that there are people who wouldn’t want this?
Posted April 7th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Re: OK I’m Saved. Now What? If a person has accepted Jesus as their Lord/Savior and doesn’t believe their “works” save them, but still feels they have to be “good” to remain saved, is that person lost because they are adding “works” even though they don’t believe their “works” save them? I know believers, especially new believers, who would say they are saved through grace alone. However, they are scared and still feel like they have to be “good”. I want to know if those people are the same as the people who really do believe it is their “works” and Jesus who saves them.
Posted April 7th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I just finished reading your article on suicide not canceling salvation, and I think you are quite right. However, given the following scripture I am interested in your explanation of how this fits in. “Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. (1 Cor. 3:16-17 NLT)
Posted April 3rd, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. When a believer dies, I know they go to be with the Lord. My question is, if they are already in the presence of God, are they still going to be judged according to their works? Doesn’t scripture say that we will each give an account of our works?
Posted March 30th, 2013 in The Bible Thru The Eyes Of Its Writers
Commentary by Jack Kelley
“Because you have seen me you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29)
Posted March 28th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Looking at different articles on the internet, they say that we have to see ourselves as hell deserving before we can get saved. What is your view on this? I’m not denying that sin leads to death or anything, just wondering whether something like this would be an obstacle for salvation?
Posted March 24th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I have been witnessing to a friend who is a lesbian. She feels that since she believes in Jesus she is saved, but I have a problem with that because Satan and demons believe but we know they aren’t saved. Every time Jesus healed someone we know they believed in Him because they had faith He would heal them, yet Jesus told them to go sin no more. Repentance is a big part of Salvation and yet some people don’t believe you have to repent to go to heaven. They say John 3:16 says plainly that he that believes in him shall have eternal life. What about repenting?
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