WhoisJesusaccordingtoJohntheApostle?WhoisJesusaccordingtoJohntheapostle?IsHeamereman,anangelinflesh,orisHeGodincarnate?Theanswerisveryimportantbecauseitdetermineswhereyoustandinrelationshiptothetruth.Sincefaithisonlyasgoodaswhoyouplaceitin,itiscrucialthatyouplaceyourfaithinthetrueSavior.So,whoisthetrueSavior?IsheGodornot?Isheanangelwhobecameamanornot?Orishemerelyagreatteacher?
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DidJesusrisefromthedeadinthesamebodyHediedin?
1Cor.15:53-57,"Forthisperishablemustputontheimperishable,andthismortalmustputonimmortality.54Butwhenthisperishablewillhaveputontheimperishable,andthismortalwillhaveputonimmortality,thenwillcomeaboutthesayingthatiswritten,"Deathisswallowedupinvictory.55"Odeath,whereisyourvictory?Odeath,whereisyoursting?"56Thestingofdeathissi...[
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IsJesusthesamepersonastheFather?
No,JesusisnotthesamepersonastheFather.InthedoctrineoftheTrinitytherearethreepersonsintheGodhead:Father,Son,andHolySpirit.Weusetheterm"person"todescribeeachofthethreebecauseeachdisplaysattributesofpersonhood.Eachhasawill,speaks,loves,isselfaware,andisawareofothers.Yet,theBibleteachesthatthereisonlyoneGod(Isaiah43:10;44:6,8;45:5,14,18,21,22).Theref...[
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WheredidJesusgoafterHediedonthecross?
TheBibledoesnotspecificallystatewhathappenedtoJesusimmediatelyafterHediedonthecross.Becauseofthis,thereisdebatesurroundingtheanswertothequestionofwhereHewentandwhatHedid.So,Iwillpresentdifferingviewssoyoumightknowthescopeoftheansweranddecideforyourselfwhichpositionispreferable.
Perhapsthebestknownscripturethatappearstodealwiththisissueisfoundin1Pe...[
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HowoldwasJesuswhenHewascrucified?
WedonotknowforsuretheexactageofJesuswhenHewascrucified,butHewasprobably33yearsold.Hereistheargument.
Jesuswasbaptized.ButthereasonHewasbaptizedwasto"fulfillallrighteousness,"(Matt.3:15).HehadtofulfillthelegalrequirementsforenteringintothepriesthoodaftertheorderofMelchizedek(Psalm110:4;Heb.5:8-10;6:20).PriestsofferedsacrificetoGodonbehalfofth...[
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DidJesusdieonastakeoracross?
Jesusdiedonacross,notastake.Inparticular,thenon-ChristiancultoftheJehovah'sWitnessesteachthatJesusdiedonastake,notacross,(ReasoningfromtheScriptures,1985,pp.89-90).Itreallydoesn'tmatterwhichJesusdiedon.TheissueiswhetherornotHeshedHisbloodforoursins.
TheGreekwordusedinmanyBibleswhichistranslatedinto"cross"istheGreekword"stauros"whichmean...[
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DidJesusdieforeveryone?
MyCalvinistfriendssayno.
ThisisacommonquestionregardingReformedTheologyandisknownaslimitedatonement.Reformedtheology,alsoknownasCalvinism,teachesthatJesusonlyborethesinsoftheelectandthatHedidnotdieforthesinsofeveryonewhoeverlived.ThisteachingisheldbytheReformedandPresbyterianChurchesaswellassomeBaptistones.Itiscontroversialinthatthereisdebateregardingitsvalidit...[
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WhatdidJesuscometodo?
TorevealtheFather(Matt.11:27)"AllthingshavebeencommittedtomebymyFather.NooneknowstheSonexcepttheFather,andnooneknowstheFatherexcepttheSonandthosetowhomtheSonchoosestorevealhim."Tobearansomformany(Matt.20:28)"justastheSonofMandidnotcometobeserved,buttoserve,andtogivehislifeasaransomformany."Toserve(Matt.20:28)"justastheSonofMandidnotcometobese...[
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Howdoessomeonebecomesaved?
Jesusisthemostimportantfigureinallofhumanhistory.HeisGodinflesh(John1:1,14;Col.2:9),physicallyrisenfromthedead,Lord(Luke24:34;John2:19-21)andSavior(Acts5:30-32).Hecametodieforsinners(Rom.5:8)toremovetheseparationbetweenGodandsinnersandtoremovethewrathofGoduponus.
Iaskyou,areyouasinner?Haveyoueverlied,stolen,lusted,coveted,orbeenangrywithsomeoneunjustly?Havey...[
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IfweacceptJesusasSavior,
canwethensinallwewant?
Beingsavedisnotaccomplishedbyrecitingafewspecialwords.Wedonotsayamagicphraseandbecomesaved.Wedonotmerelysay,"Jesuspleaseforgiveme"andsuddenlyallofoursinsareautomaticallywipedawaysimplybecauseweutteredaspecialsentence.Itisn'taformulaforsalvationoranincantationthatsomehowcleansesusandthenpermitsusgooutandsin.TheBiblesays,"Wh...[
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