preaching – Bible Q

How can someone experience salvation?

Answered by BibleQ . January 25, 2014 - 5:44 pm 3

A few snippets from Scripture on the subject of salvation . . . To be saved, we need to: Hear the gospel (Romans 10:14) Understand the gospel (Acts 28:27) Believe the gospel (Hebrews 11:6) Response of belief: Repentance (Luke 15:7) Burial in water (baptism) symbolising death to serving sin (Romans 6:4) Rising to a new […]

Is the gospel to be preached to all creatures, not just humans?

Answered by BibleQ . November 5, 2013 - 7:22 am

In Mark 16:15 it says, ‘preach the gospel to every creature’ (KJV); and in Colossians 1:23 it talks about ‘…the gospel…which was preached to every creature which is under heaven’ (KJV). Do these verses imply that the gospel is to be preached to all creatures, not just to humans? Some translations of Mark 16:15 and Colossians 1:23 […]

With Biblical predestination (Rom. 8: 29-30) is outreach really necessary?

Answered by BibleQ . November 27, 2012 - 9:37 pm

Romans 8: 29-30 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. […]

Did those who heard Jesus’ great commission preach to the ends of the earth?

Answered by BibleQ . March 31, 2012 - 11:42 pm 1

Yes they appear to have. Jesus’ great commission: Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Mark 16:15-20 And he said to them, “Go into all the […]

Why were the Gospels written so long after the events they describe if they’re truly integral to salvation?

Answered by BibleQ . September 4, 2011 - 7:22 am

Perhaps a general answer would be similar to Peter’s words in 2 Peter 1:12-15: …I intend always to remind you of these…, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. {13} I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of […]

Must every Christian spread the word?

Answered by BibleQ . August 27, 2011 - 11:49 pm

Christians should spread the word. Check out the following passages from Scripture: Matt 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. (15) Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the […]

What happens to people who twist Scripture for their own evil designs?

Answered by BibleQ . October 23, 2010 - 2:34 pm

The Bible makes some strong statements about people distorting Scripture: There are some things in them [Paul’s letters] that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. (2 Peter 3:16) For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this […]

If I am a Christian and believe in Jesus and my wife does not, what should I do?

Answered by BibleQ . June 30, 2010 - 7:10 pm 3

In 1 Corinthians 7, the apostle Paul encourages believers with unbelieving spouses to stay together, saying “the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband.” (v14). He goes on to say “For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or […]

Where in the Bible does it talk about meeting a person’s needs before trying to win them to Christ?

Answered by BibleQ . May 13, 2010 - 7:15 pm

This is not a direct quotation from the Bible, but is the common experience of those preaching the gospel. People who are worried about where their next meal is coming from may not be immediately attentive to your preaching.

Where does it say the harvest is plentiful?

Answered by BibleQ . May 13, 2010 - 7:13 pm

In Luke 10:2 Jesus says “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field”.

Tag: preaching

How can someone experience salvation?

Is the gospel to be preached to all creatures, not just humans?

With Biblical predestination (Rom. 8: 29-30) is outreach really necessary?

Did those who heard Jesus’ great commission preach to the ends of the earth?

Why were the Gospels written so long after the events they describe if they’re truly integral to salvation?

Must every Christian spread the word?

What happens to people who twist Scripture for their own evil designs?

If I am a Christian and believe in Jesus and my wife does not, what should I do?

Where in the Bible does it talk about meeting a person’s needs before trying to win them to Christ?

Where does it say the harvest is plentiful?

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