Can a person baptize themselves? Naaman did because God commanded him to do so in order to be miraculously cured of his leprosy (2 Kings 5:14). However, he was not commanded in the New Covenant to “be baptized” (Acts 2:38; 22:16) with the promise that his sins would be forgiven and he would be saved… Read More Bible Q&A: Can A Person Baptize Themselves?
Self-examination is always a good thing, brethren (2 Cor. 13:5). Do we see ourselves, and especially the sins we commit, the same way God sees us?… Read More Do We See Ourselves the Way God Sees Us?
The common human condition is for us to think of ourselves as right (Prov. 16:2a; 21:2a). Yet when we do that, it takes us in the wrong way, on the wrong path to death and hell (Prov. 14:12). That’s why God says that foolish people consider their ways to always be right (Prov. 12:15). So we should fear the Lord and turn away from sin and evil instead of thinking ourselves to be wise and right (Prov. 3:7). If we don’t do that and continue to think of ourselves as always right and wise, we are worse than a fool (Prov. 26:12).… Read More A Perfect Vision of Ourselves
Did Satan know that Jesus would rise from the grave? It is impossible to answer this question with certainty since, as far as I’m aware, there is no passage in Scripture that answers this question definitively (cf. Deut. 29:29). However, we can glean from several scriptural passages that it was at least a possibility that… Read More Bible Q&A: Did Satan Know That Jesus Would Rise From The Grave?
It’s interesting that the one time we can find the phrase “faith alone” in the Bible is when God goes out of His way to show that justification comes “NOT by faith alone,” but “by works” as well. So much for the notion that salvation comes by faith alone. Works of obedience to God’s commands prove the legitimacy of one’s professed faith in God.… Read More James: Faith and Works
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