God

QA: Will God punish those in the ‘wrong’ religion?

Answer Check the following for yourself: “If you were going to start a business, community or a group – can you afford to have someone in that group who strongly opposes you and works against you? If God has a ‘Jewish System’ (as Scripture confirms – refer “Is God ‘Jewish‘?”) – what will He benefit […]

QA: Why are there so many contending religions?

God, Philosophy

Answer The reason for the thousands of varying religions, is simply this: If God is true, then surely He has ONE System only – as with any decent living person who has a set and finely bordered lifestyle from which they try not to deviate. Every and each of these thousands of religions though, claim […]

QA: Does being ‘Saved by Grace’ contradict being ‘judged for works’?

Biblical faith, God

Answer Rom 2:6 “(God on Judgment Day) will repay each one as his works deserve.” Rev. 20:12 “(In the Judgment) the Books will be opened which are the record of what they had done in their lives, by which the dead are judged”. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his […]

QA: Does God’s election of His Chosen make Him unfair?

God

Answer In the Tanach (OT) the word “Chosen” is used when it refers to God having elected His people (refer quotations below). A Bible concordance tracing the use of the word “elect” in the NT will confirm this same concept, that God indeed chooses an “elect” from amongst humanity. Deuteronomy 7:6 (speaking of Israel) “For […]

QA: How do we know that God is Good and Holy?

God

Answer If you want to know if someone is a good or bad person – how will you know? Surely, by the things they say and proclaim: by the way in which they do it; by the way in which they conduct their lives and affairs; by how they act in adverse circumstances; by how […]

QA: How can God expect us to “be Holy as He is”, if He was never personally exposed to our temptations?

God

Answer This is a very valid question which can be projected to the time of the Great Judgment – when those who are found ‘guilty’ would have all the right in the world to turn against the Judge, Who claims to be Holy and Who expects His followers to be equally Holy: “How dare He […]

QA: Why does God allow evil?

God, Philosophy

Answer This is a serious and sincere question which has plagued many people since time immemorial. In fact, the inability to find an answer has driven many a soul away from God. During World War 2 a bomb fell on a church in England while people were praying on their knees – Could God not […]

QA: More than one YHVH at Sodom?

God, Oneness

Answer If you read carefully, you’ll find THREE YHVH’s in this portion of Scripture – Genesis. ch 18 & 19. Does that now mean that YHVH is 3? That He is a Trinity? Certainly not! For His Scriptures claim that HE IS ONE! Do Scriptures then contradict? Only if you want to bend its Message […]

QA: Is God Jewish?

God, Judaism

Answer There are many believers today, claiming adherence to the “God of Israel” which the Bible proclaims. They all plead ‘the blood’ of the Jewish Messiah, and intend to enter His Jewish Kingdom to come, which will be centered in the Jewish City of Jerusalem, in the Jewish Land of Israel. Yet, they rebel against […]

QA: Who is the ‘Ancient of Days’?

God, Messiah

Answer The 3 creatures of Ezek. 1 had animal-type shapes, though ‘with human forms’ (v.6), The vision was mingled with a glittering and moving 4 wheeled ‘vehicle’ type appearance. Rather than being a ‘manifestation’ of YHVH, these creatures and wheels represent what some interpreters refer to as ‘the Chariot of YHVH’ (?). Verse 26 describes […]

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