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(Bible Question From Nigeria) Good evening sir, i am a regular reader of the evangelical outreach articles and it always an inspiring moment. I am a young man of 28 a born again Christian. I received the call of God to be an evangelist in late 2004 but i did not respond to the call i choose the wrong course in the university came out after 4 years with nothing. Along the line i got a young woman impregnated and she gave to a child outside marriage which as the result living outside the will of God. This i have brought so much shame to my family, my mother and every other person have rejected me. I am left now with so much suffering spiritual scars all over me. I ran in to unresolvable debts. Deep in so much depression sometimes looked unto the end and wondered as my end come and prayed always for God's mercy for nothing is working out for me. Now i want to ask will God reconsider somebody like me and turn my sorrow into joy again? Please help.
(Bible Answer) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Your email is very sad. We are very sorry. It shows what sin does, that is, it brings pain, shame, regret and spiritual death. If God turned things around for the prodigal, he will do the same for you, if you also repent and come to God humbly to serve him. As the prodigal son was spiritually dead and lost because of his sins, he became alive again (Lk. 15:24) after repentance. Hopefully, you already found forgiveness and salvation after turning away.
God is a miracle God, much B-I-G-G-E-R than many Christians realize. Absolutely, things can get better for you, but your first concern should be pleasing God and to never hurt him again. He wants your love and that is expressed by your obedience to him. As you draw near to God, he will draw near to you. Flood your mind with Scripture to guard your heart. Ponder it, memorize it, speak it out to others and obey it. Memorizing scripture will help you in many ways, including to be fruitful.Remember, this life is very short and insignificant compared to eternity. Keep your eye on the big picture and not just this side of the grave. Be sure to carefully read this teaching for new converts. God bless you. Remember Rev. 21:7,8.
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(Bible Question) ...your ministry is more concerned with instilling fear rather than what Jesus taught. Insighting fear is no foundation for anyone's relationship! Do you remain in your relationships based out of fear or true love? Jesus said he came to bring LIFE and more abundantly. Where is that message on your website?...
(Bible Answer) Greetings in Jesus’ name. From some of your wild inaccurate accusations it seems you must have us confused with someone else! We teach the Bible here, with heavy emphasis on the Lord Jesus and his wonderful teachings. God's word declares reality, which includes both exciting promises and horrible warnings of real danger. Perhaps you aren’t aware of it, but Jesus actually taught his disciples to FEAR:
I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. (Luke 12:4,5)
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Mat 10:28). So, is hell real? Jesus affirmed it's existence!
Paul also taught Christians to be afraid of getting cut off from the olive tree (Christ) and losing salvation (Rom. 11:20). Hopefully, you will change and start fearing God, as Jesus taught. If you refuse, it will be to your detriment. NOTE: loving God is manifested by obedience (John 14:15; etc.). The same occurs with the fear of God. A Christian can OBEY. He can live above sin. He does NOT have to sin all the time, as the heretics of our day twist Rom. 7:14-25 to teach.
The message on our website is not singular. We have many messages, such as live holy, don’t believe anything that is not written in the Bible, look to and trust in the living God, evangelize the lost souls, etc. A MAJOR part of our message is to obey Jesus' command to "feed my sheep" through our internet church teachings. This is very important for various people. Remember Heb. 3:14. God bless you.
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(Bible Question) To your comment on Skull & Crossbones Award For Paul Washer and Debate Challenge about Paul Washer....once a person becomes regenerated he will forever remain a child of God, even if he backslides. I believe this to be true. As before I could backslide into sin with much ease, whereas now it becomes nearly impossible. I have been transformed by God, given a knowledge directly by him into my heart, an understanding so great and so different, that I am in pain when I go astray. Paul says we can backslide, but only if the transformation has not been by God in the first place but by a mere human decision of ours to believe in Christ.
...By the way, did Paul ever responded to that message? If he has not replied, I guess the question is how many of those messages does he gets all the time, and how much energy should he give to those debates. Because it is NOT about the debates, it is NOT about winning, or being more clever, it is all about the truth. And are YOU really willing, I mean really willing to find the truth? ...Is God more important to you, than your debate? Is He the one you give the glory? I would not know if I would spend my energy on people like you, as I would think I would have more important things to do for my God than that. Kind regards
(Bible Answer) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Paul Washer is a heretic. As a Calvinist his theology declares that God elects people to salvation even if they don’t want salvation and once he gets regenerated, such a person will always remain God’s child even if he turns to adultery and murder like David. Without question, both David and Bathsheba were hell-bound adulterers at that point! To teach otherwise, like Washer, is heresy and poison. That is not good teaching. That will not help you. [Remember:
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! (1 Cor 10:12)]
You have stated you believe once regenerated, always saved. You didn’t get that from the Bible. That is not New Testament. You have been listening to people teach and preach who cleverly misuse Scripture. Please click here and take a Bible Quiz for yourself on once saved always saved. You will see it is not Biblical and therefore not a Christian doctrine. Did you know 1 Cor. 15:2 is part of the real gospel too? Here is the real plan of salvation. [Paul Washer has never agreed to debate.] God bless you. Remember Eph. 5:5-7.
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(Comment) Hi. What you had stated about Norman Geisler’s eternal security is true. God bless you. In Christ
(Bible Answer) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Thanks for the words of encouragement. Yes, we know Norman Geisler believes in once saved always saved, as do most cited on our Skull And Crossbones Award page. It is important to warn people of those teaching dangerously false. Because we have done this for the advantage of others, we have been attacked, opposed and misunderstood. That practice of exposing the unfruitful deeds of darkness, which is not the norm for our apostate day, is still Biblical and important for the sake of truth (Eph. 5:11). Have you signed up for our internet church? God bless you. Remember Rom. 8:13.
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(Bible Question) Matthew 25:31-46 Here, Jesus refers to whom? Jews or Believers?
Here, I want to say few words. When, we do sin some times we will not loose salvation, if we repent, In Bible there is no chart of big sin or small sin. sin is sin. how will you handle this? Many Thanks
(Bible Answer) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Mt. 25:31-46 refers to both the righteous and wicked, the ones who enter God’s paradise kingdom and those who go to eternal punishment (v.46).
If you disown Jesus, he will disown you (Mt. 10:33)! Hence, salvation is lost at that point. With the prodigal, it was over sin which brought about his spiritual death and through his repentance he became alive again (Lk. 15:24). He lost his salvation too. We know that because he was both dead and lost when in wild living (Lk. 15:24). Please take the time and answer these Bible questions for yourself. Click here for the Bible Quiz. GOD BLESS YOU.
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