God’s existence does not depend on man’s interpretation or translation of the text. God existed long before anything else existed. He was already there at the beginning of creation. (John 1:1) God has no need for man. He is eternal (Psalm 90:2), and does not need man to serve him. God is Read Full Answer.
The God of the bible is a God who is omnipresent (everywhere) and omniscient (all-knowing). Since He is omnipresent, He is always near us, and therefore can always hear all our prayers. God is all-knowing and therefore knows all things that will happen in the past, present and future; including all Read Full Answer.
We read in Scripture (Matt 5) that believers are the salt and light of the world. This means that as the world heads towards corruption and evil, Christians strive in the very opposite direction. This often results in much hostility and persecution from the world. In this sense, the Christian is relevant to the world not Read Full Answer.
Nobody created God. In order to understand this, we need to see what sort of God is presented to us in the Bible.
As summarized in the Westminster Confession of Faith Shorter Catechism, we read that “God Read Full Answer.
No one likes a hypocrite. Someone who puts on a veneer of holiness but is really just mean, prideful and selfish. And let’s face it, there are plenty of hypocrites in church. And it might surprise you to find that God is REALLY angry about it. Whatever anger you might feel about hypocrites God feels Read Full Answer.
Yes, Jesus was God! We know this by a number of ways:
1. Jesus claimed to be God.
In John 10, the people tried to kill Jesus because they knew He claimed to be God. Read Full Answer.
In James 1;13-15, we read, “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin Read Full Answer.
The true gospel is the good news of a historical event where God sent his Son, Jesus to die for sinners according to the Scripture, and who was buried yet rose again on the third day so that sinners might be saved from their sins, and thereby be reconciled to God as God reconciles Read Full Answer.
Jesus is God, coexistent with Father and Holy Spirit as Triune God. Through him all things came into being and were created, yet moved by love and in obedience to His Father, the eternal Son became human: fully God and fully human being, one Person in two natures. He was perfect in nature, Read Full Answer.