Frequently Asked Questions
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Q1: Did Jesus say "I am God" or "worship me"? Q2: How can you believe God would be born? Q3: Did Jesus preach original sin doctrine? Q4: How can you believe God would die? Q5: Did Jesus say we are three in one God? Q6: Where did Jesus mention crucifixion? Q7: Did not Jesus deny His divinity in the Bible? John 10: 34-36 Q8: How can God have a God that He worships? |
Q9: What about all those people who
have never heard about Jesus? What will happen to them? Will they still
go to Hell? Q10: "Why Is there suffering? That proves there is no loving God" Q11: . "The First Commandment says, 'You shall have no other gods before Me' That proves that He is not the only God!" Q12: I have seen too many who people who go to Church and claim to be Christian and who live worse lives then unbelievers and are sometime worse to believe in Christianity. Q13: Do We Have A License to Sin? |
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Q1: Did Jesus say "I am God" or "worship me"?
A: Did Jesus say "I am God" The closest that I can find in scripture to Jesus saying He is God is:
Joh 10:25
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me.Joh 10:26
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.Joh 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Joh 10:28
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.Joh 10:29
My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.Joh 10:30 I and the Father are one.
Joh 10:31
The Jews took up stones again to stone him.Joh 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?Joh 10:33
The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.Scripture refers to Jesus as God, here are a few:
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2
The same was in the beginning with God.Joh 1:3
All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.Joh 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.Joh 1:15
John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.Joh 1:16
For of his fullness we all received, and grace for grace.Joh 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.Heb 1:8 but of the Son
he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of thy kingdom.Heb 1:9
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.Heb 1:10
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:So we can see from scripture that Jesus is clearly referred to as God as well as man. Did Jesus say "worship me"? I know of no verses in which Jesus say to worship Him, what I do see however is that Jesus received worship or people bowed down before Him approximately ten time in scripture. No other prophet or angel received worship in scripture and when people attempted to worship them or bow down before them they always stopped them and told them not to worship them but God alone, there is not one verse in which Jesus rebuked or told anyone to not worship Him.
Here are some verses show Jesus receiving worship:
Mat 8:2
And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.Mat 9:18
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.Mat 14:33
And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.Mat 15:25
But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.Mat 28:9
And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.Mat 28:17
And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.Mar 5:6
And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;Luk 24:52
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:Joh 9:38
And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.Q2: How can you believe God would be born?
A: It was
necessary for God to be born and become a man because it was through a
man Adam that sin entered into the world because of his disobedience;
For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection
of the dead. (1 Corinthians
15:21 ESV)
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive?
(1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV)
And it had to be through a
man to bring redemption, but not just any man it had to be a man without
sin or our sinful nature, which excludes every human being on the
planet, born of a mother and father since we are all descended from Adam
and Eve we have inherited there fallen spiritual condition.
You see God gave man one
commandment and said that if he broke it that he would die;
And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat:
(Genesis 2:16 ASV)
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
(Genesis 2:17 ASV)
Now we know that God was
not speaking of a physical death, because if He was speaking of a
physical death then none of us would exist. So what was He speaking of?
He was speaking of a spiritual death and it is because we all have
inherited and are born with this fallen nature, a nature that loves and
takes pleasure in all kinds of sin’s that we are unable to help
ourselves and are in need of a Savior.
So not only was
it necessary for Jesus Christ to become a man it was also the ultimate
expression of God’s love;
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
(John 3:16 ASV).
Q3: Did Jesus preach original sin doctrine?
A: We will be posting the answer to this question as soon as possible, thank you for your patience
Q4: How can you believe God would die?
A: This question seems to assume that God died but that is not the case, even though Jesus is God He also was man and it was Jesus who died as a man, He did not cease to exist when He died just as we do not cease to exist when we die we pass from this life to the next, from the natural to the spiritual. So God did not die Jesus as a man died, that is His Flesh or Body died but He still existed. Here is what the scripture say's:
Eph 4:7
But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.Eph 4:8
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.Eph 4:9
(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?Eph 4:10
He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)Eph 4:11
And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;Eph 4:12
for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:Eph 4:13
till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:Eph 4:14
that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;Eph 4:15
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;Q5: Did Jesus say we are three in one God?
A: We will be posting the answer to this question as soon as possible, thank you for your patience
Q6: Where did Jesus mention crucifixion?
A: Jesus clearly speaks about His impending death and crucifixion in scripture here are a few examples:
Joh 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.Joh 12:32
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.Joh 12:33
But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.Mat 20:17
And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them,Mat 20:18
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death,Mat 20:19
and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up.So we see Jesus mentioning His death and crucifixion on at least a couple of occasions, which He willingly endured :
Heb 12:2
looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Q7: Did not Jesus deny His divinity in the Bible? John 10: 34-36
A: We will be posting the answer to this question as soon as possible, thank you for your patience
Q8: How can God have a God that He worships?
A: We will be posting the answer to this question as soon as possible, thank you for your patience
Q9: What about all those people who have never heard about Jesus? What will happen to them? Will they still go to Hell?
A:
God never has nor will He ever send someone to Hell just because they did not
believe in Jesus. There is not one person in Hell Just because they did not
believe in Jesus Christ; the fact is that everyone that ends up in Hell end up
there because they have transgressed Gods Law's. They have either lied, stolen,
murdered, fornicated, committed adultery blasphemed or taken Gods name in vain
and they did it with knowledge since God has given us a conscience and written
His Laws in our hearts so we know when we do good or bad. So there is not one
innocent person who ends up in Hell, unlike a human judge who can make mistakes
God does not and He is perfectly just and perfectly good.
Now I would like to add that had they heard the Gospel, had they heard about
Jesus and turned from their sins and trusted in Jesus Christ they could have
been forgiven. And knowing that God is just and good I believe that there iAs not
one person in Hell that does not deserve to be there and that there is a
multitude of people in Heaven who don't deserve to be there. But they are there
because of Gods Love and mercy demonstrated through the sacrificial atoning
death and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ on the Cross.
Q10: "Why Is there suffering? That proves there is no loving God"
A:
God never has nor will He ever send someone to Hell just because they did not
believe in Jesus. There is not one person in Hell Just because they did not
believe in Jesus Christ; the fact is that everyone that ends up in Hell end up
there because they have transgressed Gods Law's. They have either lied, stolen,
murdered, fornicated, committed adultery blasphemed or taken Gods name in vain
and they did it with knowledge since God has given us a conscience and written
His Laws in our hearts so we know when we do good or bad. So there is not one
innocent person who ends up in Hell, unlike a human judge who can make mistakes
God does not and He is perfectly just and perfectly good.
Now I would like to add that had they heard the Gospel, had they heard about
Jesus and turned from their sins and trusted in Jesus Christ they could have
been forgiven. And knowing that God is just and good I believe that there is not
one person in Hell that does not deserve to be there and that there is a
multitude of people in Heaven who don't deserve to be there. But they are there
because of Gods Love and mercy demonstrated through the sacrificial atoning
death and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ on the Cross.
Q11: . "The First Commandment says, 'You shall have no other gods before Me' That proves that He is not the only God!"
A: Man is forever trying to create a god to suite his own perception of what
god is like or what he thinks He should be like. He constantly says things like
my god would never do this or that, or my god is a god of love and would never
send me or anyone else to hell. The God of the Bible makes them feel
uncomfortable and reproves them for there sins and promises to punish those who
transgress His commandments or Law. So man sets up an image of silver or gold,
or perhaps wood or stone, maybe it is just an image in his mind of what he
thinks god should be like or is like and then he calls it a god or god. The
scripture puts it this way;
(Psa 115:4) Their idols are silver and gold, the work of
men's hands.
(Psa 115:5) They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have
they, but they see not:
(Psa 115:6) They have ears, but they hear not: noses have
they, but they smell not:
(Psa 115:7) They have hands, but they handle not: feet have
they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
(Psa 115:8) They that make them are like unto them; so is
every one that trusteth in them.
(Gal 4:8) Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did
service unto them which by nature are no gods.
1Co 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles
sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye
should have fellowship with devils.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in
unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 because that which is known of God is manifest in
them; for God manifested it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him since the creation
of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made,
even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:
Rom 1:21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not
as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their
senseless heart was darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools,
Rom 1:23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for
the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed
beasts, and creeping things.
So the first commandment is not saying that there are other gods, but that we should not create idols and worship them. There is only one God and He has created all things, He gives us our life and every good thing. He alone should be worshipped. Worshipping anything else is Idolatry and breaking God's Law which is punishable by death
Q12: I have seen too many who people who go to Church and claim to be Christian and who live worse lives then unbelievers and are sometime worse to believe in Christianity.
A: First of all it should not come as a surprise that there are some who claim to be Christian and yet live a life style worse than some none Christians, I mean even the scriptures say that there will be those who would be in the church but would not be Christians, just take a look at the parable of the wheat and the tares;
Another parable set he before them, saying,
Mat 13:24
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:Mat 13:25
but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.Mat 13:26
But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.Mat 13:27
And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?Mat 13:28
And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?Mat 13:29
But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
The wheat are the true Christians, the Tares are the false converts. Also please consider this just because there are some in the Church who claim to be Christian but live like the world is not a good reason to reject salvation and spend an eternity in Hell, and does not mean that Christianity is untrue, especially since the scripture tells us this would happen.
So don't condemn yourself for the actions of some and who knows once you become a Christian perhaps you may be able to be an example to one or more of them and see them change and be a part of the miracle where God changes tares to wheat.
Q13:
Do We Have A License to Sin?
There
are some who seem to think that believing since Jesus Christ paid the
penalty for their sins that they have a license to sin. Or they think
that believing that would mean that they can live anyway that they want
to and sin as much as they want since Jesus Christ paid the penalty for
our sins why not sin.
If this
is your attitude then I would like to ask you to examine your heart to
see if you have ever truly trusted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior
and been Born Again. You may have prayed a prayer but never truly
repented or you are not a Christian and do not understand God’s grace
and what Jesus Christ’s atonement on the cross means.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old
ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God
into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ. (Jud 1:4 KJV)
And not rather, (as we be
slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil,
that good may come? whose damnation is just.
(Rom 3:8 KJV)
Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
(2Co 5:17 KJV)
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship
one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin. (1Jn 1:7 KJV)
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us. (1Jn 1:8 KJV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1Jn
1:9 KJV)
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is
not in us. (1Jn 1:10 KJV)
works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be
justified. (Gal 2:16 KJV)
The person who has born
again has a different attitude, one that does not want to sin but to
please God and when you do sin it grieves you and the Holy Spirit brings
conviction and leads them to repentance. And if you have never known The
Lord you probably have never given it much thought, or reject the
message of the gospel because you believe something else or you don’t
want to change. Perhaps you do not believe in God at all.
But the
natural man or the man that has not been born again neither cannot
receive nor understand the things of God;
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for
they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually
discerned. (1Co 2:14 KJV)
Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can
be. (Rom 8:7 KJV)
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
(Rom 8:8 KJV)
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the
Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of
Christ, he is none of his. (Rom 8:9 KJV)
My friend if this is your
attitude then I ask to seriously consider what you have read and to
examine your heart, Examine your heart to see if you have ever truly
repented of your sins and placed your faith in Jesus Christ, and if not
repent and trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Ask yourself some
important questions like, what will happen to me when I die? What if
there is a God and I will have to stand before Him someday? Like the
women who anointed Jesus with the Oil of Spikenard:
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat,
there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very
precious; and she brake the box, and poured
it on his head. (Mar 14:3 KJV)
Pour out
your heart to The Lord and confess your sins to Him and repent, trust in
Him as your Lord and Savior. My friend Jesus Christ paid the penalty for
your sins on the Cross. He satisfied God’s Law which requires the death
of those who transgress or break the God’s Laws. If you break man’s laws
when you are caught you will have to pay the penalty, you will go to
jail will not God keep His word and punish those who break His Laws. If
God does not intend to or won’t punish those who break His Laws then why
did He give them in the first place? Wouldn’t that make Him a liar?
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap. (Gal 6:7 KJV)
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but
he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
(Gal 6:8 KJV)
God is not a liar and He will punish sin, however He the scripture also
says that:
Say unto them, As I live, saith
the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that
the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil
ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? (Eze
33:11 KJV)
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.
(2Pe 3:9 KJV)
Now for
the Good News is that God also loves us and does not want for us to die
in our sins and come under His judgment and be condemned. He loved us so
much that He sent His Son the Lord Jesus Christ to die on the Cross and
pay the penalty for our breaking of God’s Laws, so that we could be
forgiven:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(Joh 3:16 KJV)
My friend God is offering
you eternal life and forgiveness, once again I urge you to consider what
you have read and confess your sins (tell Him what you have done) repent
(turn from your sins); trust Jesus Christ as your savior and He will
give you a new heart and a new life.
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