Question: What is the difference between the lake of fire and hell? Answer: Good question! The Bible assigns a unique name to the ultimate place of judgment for those who reject the gospel of grace. To best answer your question, let me define a few things… First, those who have died without repenting and trusting Christ’s payment for their sin (thereby receiving the imputation of His righteousness to them see – 2 Cor 5:21) are awaiting “final judgment” …
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July 19, 2009
by John Pleasnick
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Question: How do we know Hitler is not the Antichrist? Answer: Hitler was not the Antichrist. This is clear because the prophecies concerning the Antichrist remain unfulfilled. For example, look at 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10 and Revelation 13:2-8. We see that the coming Antichrist will seat himself in the temple and declare himself to be God. He will perform signs and false miracles to convince people of his claims. He will even appear to have come …
June 19, 2009
by Peter
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Question: If I am not persecuted, am I not following Christ? Answer: Possibly! As we heard during last week’s message from the pulpit, Scripture clearly declares that “..all those who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Tim 3:12). To “live godly in Christ” means faithfully living a life that puts Jesus on display, showing and sharing Him in a world that rejects His message and His gospel. Jesus said in the “Sermon on …
June 18, 2009
by John Pleasnick
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Question: Why is it sin if you are not serving? What is serving? Answer: The Bible says that at the time of salvation, every Christian is specially gifted by the Spirit, for the purpose of serving other Christians. That is the clear meaning of 1 Corinthians 12:7: but to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. All Christians have been gifted by God for the good of others. 1 …
June 17, 2009
by Peter
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Question: Where does the Bible talk about sanctification? Answer: Great question! This is a subject that often creates a bit of confusion. To help clarify this issue, we need to review some important distinctions between biblical “salvation” and “sanctification.” At conversion, every believer receives the “gift of salvation” (Rom 6:23; Eph 2:8-9). This gracious “gift” is granted by God and comes through embracing the gospel (Rom 10:17). By God’s grace, this includes our personally acknowledging our utter sinfulness (confession) and turning to and trusting Christ …