After we believe in Jesus Christ, we know that we are forgiven of our sins. Yet we sin to Lord all the time. We know God does not like us to have a sinful lifestyle and will banish those sinful people to hell. So how do we know if we have a sinful lifestyle if we sin everyday? If we sin everyday does that mean we lead a sinful lifestyle? We all know that we will be forgiven if we ask, but will God be angry because we just can’t stop sinning? And how do we identify if we lead those sinful lives or not? Is there anyway we can know? We are like living in such a sinful world, is there anyway to stop that.

I am very puzzled and troubled by 1 Corinthians 5:5, which states:

“…deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”

To me, this seems to contradict eternal security because it seems to state that if this man does not repent, his spirit would not be saved. Paul sounds like he is saying that in order for this man to keep his salvation, he has to have his flesh destroyed and then repent. If this man’s spirit is already saved, then why does he have to be delivered to Satan and have his flesh destroyed in order to keep his salvation? I understand why he would need to have this done for fellowship purposes, but why for salvation purposes?

Is this how you read this verse? Have you done any research on this verse? I have looked all over the internet for a deeper understanding of this verse and cannot find it.

Thank you for your wonderful site.

My question is, believing that Jesus Christ died to save us from our sins ( I understand that to be the punishment from our sins – correct me if I’m wrong) and that as we accept Him we are new creatures in Christ – then why do we still have this sin nature? 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; and behold all things are become new.”

I understand that we live in a fallen world but if our old sin nature is not removed when we become new creatures in Christ, then what does this verse mean? How literal are we to take it? Or do we just overlook it when we, as believers, sin, which we all do? It seems we like to rationalize our sinning by blaming it on our old sin nature – but if all things are new, then what? Some insight on interpreting this verse would be helpful.

I was fascinated by your explanation about the genealogy of Joseph and Mary both from the same Royal bloodline. I believe that very few people know about this that Joseph is a Prince by birth and Mary is a Princess by birth both from the bloodline of King David.

I have something in my mind that maybe you can help explain to me. Did Adam reach the fourth generation or his fourth great grandson? Or probably Noah?

I have a complex life, I feel. I’m a 14 year old believer. However, my family members are Buddhists. I became a Christian at 7 years old by some tuition teachers that are Christians themselves (Praise God) and they actually threatened to chase me out of the house. 7 years have passed and I have been following Jesus Christ silently and sometimes I don’t really know what to do.

Firstly, I regret not being able to worship Jesus Christ openly because of my family background. Secondly, they worship all those idols and sometimes I even have to do that and then I feel so sorry and keep praying to Lord asking him to forgive me. I really don’t know if God is angry at me. I really want to go to church and read the Bible. Will Jesus even accept me when I do not worship him openly?

Sometimes I feel that I’m on the verge of losing God and it seems so hard to please him and so easy to lose him. I’m feeling scared in my heart that I may accidentally anger him by sinning and that he will leave me. What should I do?

Would I be correct in saying that the church to-day is where Israel was when Jesus came?

Many of the leaders had no idea of what God really wanted of them to guide his people and many were only interested in the praise of men.

Many of the churches to-day seem to be structured on sensationalism and the unbelievable.

A lady that I work with shared from a book she was reading of some person that God sent to hell for 23 days so that he could come back and warn the people of what lay ahead if they did not repent.

I told her it was rubbish as the rich man wanted Lazarus to go back and warn his brothers but Jesus told the story that even if someone was raise from the dead and went back they would not believe.

The good,pure solid word of GOD has been changed for fables,myths and fantastic stories.

I am a Christian who didn’t spank my children. Having grown up in a non-Christian home where I was painfully hit daily, I found the concept of honoring father and mother very difficult when I became a Christian, and resolved that I would not set that difficulty in the way of my own children.

It was hard to swim against the tide of what most Christians take for granted, especially as I believe that every word of God is true, but I also felt that since I was able to reason with my children so that they didn’t rebel then I was not under obligation to correct them physically. I have never had cause to regret my stance but always wondered if I had ‘spoiled’ them or done the wrong thing biblically, until I read your article. Thank you so much.

Could you please tell me who is referred to in Genesis when it speaks of the sons of God? My kids asked me and I did not have an answer for them.

I am wrestling with the different schools of thought regarding eschatology. (Historism, Preterism, and Futurism)…..Some of the questions that I am trying to answer are?

1) Does the bible clearly teach that there will be a pre-tribulation rapture? If so, why are there so many of the original reformers not on board with that view. This lead me to research what actually caused this view to change over time. I then found out about Darby and how dispensationism developed. Apparently, it is through the template of dispensationism that the pre-trib (futurism) developed. (I hope this is correct, but I am not convinced).

2) Does the bible really teach a 7 year tribulation? I realize that this gets back to Daniel 9 and the idea of the 70 weeks has truly been delayed. Some of the reasons that I have my doubts are as follows:

“The entire prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 covers a period of “seventy weeks,” or 490 years. Logic requires that “seventy weeks” refers to one consecutive block of time, in other words, to seventy straight sequential weeks. There is no example in Scripture (or anywhere else!) of a stated time period starting, stopping, and then starting again. All biblical references to time are consecutive: 40 days and 40 nights (see Genesis 7:4), 400 years in Egypt (see Genesis 15:13), 70 years of captivity (see Daniel 9:2), etc. In Daniel’s prophecy, the “seventy weeks” were to begin during the reign of Persia and continue to the time of the Messiah. Daniel 9:27 says nothing about a seven-year period of “tribulation,” a “rebuilt” Jewish temple, or any “anti-Christ.” ”

My goal is to have the best possible understanding of scripture related to these areas. I am not trying to prove an argument, but rather to learn and to be guided by God and the Word of Christ.

Thank you so much for answering our questions. I am having trouble trying to put the sequence of events at the time of Jesus birth and infancy into chronological order. Luke 2:22-40 states that after they had gone to Jerusalem and done everything required by the Law (Lev.12:1-4) they returned to Nazareth. Yet everyone seems to have the wise men visiting them in Bethlehem. After the wise men left Herod, did the star lead them to Nazareth (Matt.2:9)?