What Does the Bible Say About... Part 1
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Explain the concept of babies, children, and others getting to heaven without confessing faith in Christ.
Explain the concept of babies, children, and others getting to heaven without confessing faith in Christ.
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus teaches that there is only one way in which sinners can have right relationship with God. That is through his atoning work on the cross.
12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Everyone is born a fallen descendant of Adam with a sin nature.
Everyone is born a fallen descendant of Adam with a sin nature.
Jesus teaches that there is only one way in which sinners can have right relationship with God. That is through his atoning work on the cross.
12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Notice David’s point -
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
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2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
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Every single person inherits a sin nature because we are all descendents of Adam.
Another question. What is God’s plan for animals?… Everybody immediately thinks of their dog or cat, just like that, or their horse or whatever. Well, I … I just have to tell you one thing. Animals don’t have souls, and we don’t wanna take the time to support that; but, if you were to study carefully the Old Testament, you would find that animals do not have souls …
John F. MacArthur Jr., John MacArthur Sermon Archive (Panorama City, CA: Grace to You, 2014). of Adam.
God judges us on the basis of our actions not our nature.
God judges us on the basis of our actions not our nature.
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
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The imputation of Adams sin and guilt explains our inability to respond to God without regeneration, but the Bible does not teach that we will answer for Adams sin.
God exempts children who are incapable of making a moral decision
Example - Israel’s sin and God’s rejection of that generation entering into the promised land.
35 ‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers,
Notice the exception for the children who have “no knowledge of good or evil”.
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39 And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
Deu 1:39
Children who have no knowledge of good or evil are incapable of committing sins in the body because they are not yet morally cognizant.
Not only are they incapable of committing sins in the body because they are not yet morally responsible agents but they are also incapable of personal faith in Christ.
Children who die in infancy are saved by the grace of God through the finished work of Christ.
Children who die in infancy are saved by the grace of God through the finished work of Christ.
14 but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
What, then is our basis for claiming that all those who die in infancy are among the elect? First, the Bible teaches that we are to be judged on the basis of our deeds committed “in the body.”(2) That is, we will face the judgment seat of Christ and be judged, not on the basis of original sin, but for our sins committed during our own lifetimes. Each will answer “according to what he has done,”(3) and not for the sin of Adam. The imputation of Adams sin and guilt explains our inability to respond to God without regeneration, but the Bible does not teach that we will answer for Adams sin. We will answer for our own. But what about infants? Have those who die in infancy committed such sins in the body? We believe not.
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Next Question:
Is there such a thing as a necessary lie?
Is there such a thing as a necessary lie?
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,
16 “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”
17 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
18 So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
20 So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
There are times when Christians not only have the right but also the responsibility to resist an evil mandate.
There are times when Christians not only have the right but also the responsibility to resist an evil mandate.
Preaching the Word: Exodus—Saved for God's Glory The Pro-Life Resistance
There are times when Christians not only have the right but also the responsibility to resist.
They lied to one who had not right to the truth.
I love what Philip Graham Ryken Said:
Preaching the Word: Exodus—Saved for God's Glory The Pro-Life Resistance
Yet this lie was told to protect innocent lives from a man who had no right to the truth. They bore false witness, to be sure, but it was hardly against their neighbor! Göran Larsson concludes that “Shiphrah and Puah were lying to Pharaoh in verse 19. But they did so in the service of life and love!
Do animals go to heaven when they die.
Do animals go to heaven when they die.
Another question. What is God’s plan for animals?… Everybody immediately thinks of their dog or cat, just like that, or their horse or whatever. Well, I … I just have to tell you one thing. Animals don’t have souls, and we don’t wanna take the time to support that; but, if you were to study carefully the Old Testament, you would find that animals do not have souls …
Got Questions? Bible Questions Answered Do Pets / Animals Go to Heaven? Do Pets / Animals Have Souls?
The Bible does not give any explicit teaching on whether pets/animals have “souls” or whether pets/animals will be in heaven. However, we can use general biblical principles to develop some clarity on the subject. The Bible states that both man (Genesis 2:7) and animals (Genesis 1:30; 6:17; 7:15, 22) have the “breath of life”; that is, both man and animals are living beings. The primary difference between human beings and animals is that humanity is made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26–27), while animals are not. Being made in the image and likeness of God means that human beings are like God, capable of spirituality, with mind, emotion, and will, and they have a part of their being that continues after death. If pets/animals do have a “soul” or immaterial aspect, it must therefore be of a different and lesser “quality.” This difference possibly means that pet/animal “souls” do not continue in existence after death.
What does the bible say about interracial marriage.
What does the bible say about interracial marriage.
1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.
3 He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.
4 For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done.
7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
8 And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.
10 And he said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
11 “Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
12 Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.
13 You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim
14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice,
16 and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.