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What Bible verses say there is hope for everyone?

Answered by . March 2, 2013 - 11:21 am

Ecclesiastes 9:4-6 says: …he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, […]

Why does Jesus call himself “the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” when these are names of God? (Rev 22:13)

Answered by . February 24, 2013 - 5:26 pm 5

In the first chapter of Revelation we read: “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Rev 1:8) Then in the 21st chapter we read: 5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all […]

How did Gehazi die?

Answered by . February 23, 2013 - 10:33 pm

We are not told in the Bible (or, as far as I am aware, in any other historical records) how Gehazi1 died. Notes 1. Gehazi was Elisha’s servant. He first appears in the Bible in 2 Kings 4 (v12). Also see – Did Gehazi still have leprosy in 2 Kings 8:4? – Is “leprosy” in the Bible […]

Did Jesus ever baptise anyone himself?

Answered by . February 23, 2013 - 10:18 pm 2

No, Jesus didn’t physically baptise anyone himself. John 4:1-2 explains: …Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples) Jesus’ disciples, under his authority, were baptising people on his behalf.1 Notes 1. Perhaps it’s a bit like in the Old Testament when the Tabernacles was […]

I thought we automatically received the Holy Spirit when we believed, but Luke 11:13 doesn’t seem to imply that. What does it mean?

Answered by . February 23, 2013 - 7:56 pm

The Holy Spirit is a multi-faceted subject.  You have to look carefully at the context to understand what a given reference means. On one level, all people, believers or otherwise, have the spirit of God, because we know when people die, the spirit which powers them, goes back to God who gave it. Ecc 12:7: […]

Why does Jesus call the Father ʺhis Godʺ (Rev 1:6)?

Answered by . February 21, 2013 - 6:07 am

… and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen (Rev 1:6) This is just one of a number of passage which speak of the God of Jesus: And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” […]