This is written to help you understand answers to some basic questions about prayer. Prayer is not a method to get what you want, like rubbing a lamp and out pops a genie to give you your wish. This should also help you to be more effective in your prayer life. SOME BASIC QUESTIONS: 1. Why doesn’t God answer my …
How to – STUDY YOUR BIBLE
The first thing you will need is a Bible. You can find one at the Walmart, Christian Bookstore or anywhere books are sold. According to the Bible, after a person is saved (born again), he is considered to be a baby spiritually. It has nothing to do with the physical age but to his walk and knowledge of the Word …
Why are There – DOUBTFUL THINGS
The challenge of the Christian life is to live before God and the world so as to not hinder anyone one from knowing the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. The Word of God is clear on this issue for 2 Corinthians 5:17 declares, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed …
Why is There – HUMAN SUFFERING
In the book of Job we find these words, “Yet man is born into trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” (Job 5:7) Job said from great experience, “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.” (Job 14:1) The wise man, Solomon, said of a man, “For all his days are sorrows, and his …
SUICIDE
When we look at life through the mind of God as revealed in Scriptures, the matter of suicide becomes a sad problem. God breathed into the first man, Adam the breath of life, raising him above the level of other creatures, endowing him with the spirit that makes him accountable to his Maker (Creator). Only God can bestow this form …
Can We Be Forgiven of Any Sin?
“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” (2 Peter 3:9). “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief’ (1 …
How to – KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN
This question frequently comes from sincere students who wants to know whether they have been born again. It is an honest question and something you want to be sure to understand what the new birth really means. A surgeon looks for certain vital signs as an indication that the patient has survived the operation and is returning to a state …
FIRST STEPS FOR NEW BELIEVERS
You have made the most important decision of your life. When you received the Lord Jesus as your Savior, we rejoiced with you in that decision. God has given you a new life. It is not normal for a baby not to want to eat. So, in your newfound faith, you will want to grow by obeying what the Word …
THE PROBLEM OF DOUBT
The problem of doubt is not a new idea. It began back in the Garden of Eden when Satan posed that question to Eve, “Yea, hath God said?” (Genesis 3:1) Satan is anxious for the child of God to doubt the truth of God’s Word and the goodness of God to KEEP His Word. The reason Satan causes doubt is …
THE BELIEVER’S 2 NATURES
Now that you are saved and have experienced the joy of knowing all your sins have been forgiven and covered by the blood of Christ, how’s it going? You had been praising God for the assurance of your salvation and resting on the promises of God’s Word, and you realized you would not come again into judgement for sin. Then …