DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE? 1 John 5:13 says, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that YE MAY KNOW that YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of...

Something wonderful. This question concerns the doctrine of the Spirit, Soul and Body.  Many people don’t realize that every person is made of three parts: a spirit, a soul and a body.  You can see these three parts in Gen 2:7.  God made man of the dust of the earth,...

2 Sam 22 and Ps 18 are the same song, spoken in the day that the Lord had delivered David out of the hand of all his enemies.  Yet, when you set these two passages side by side, you can see that there are quite a few differences in these...

There is an “apparent” contradiction between 2 Ki 25:8 and Jer 52:12.  2 Ki 25:8 says that Nebuzaradan came into Jerusalem “in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month.”  Jer 52:12 says that Nebuzaradan came into Jerusalem “in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month.” ...

Reconcile the hour of the crucifixion, Mk 15:25.  In this post we reconcile the difference between, Mk 15:25 and Jn 19:14.  Mk 15:25 says, “And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.”  Jn 19:14 says, it was “about the sixth hour” when Pilate “saith unto the Jews, Behold...

This post is a reconciliation of the statement “by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them,” in Ex 6:3.  They knew the name Jehovah.  All these people knew that name: Eve, Gen 4:1; the men in Gen 4:26; Noah, Gen 8:20; Abram, Gen 12:7; Sarai, Gen 16:2; Lot,...

The First Epistle of John deals with several different doctrines.  The doctrine that we’re addressing from 1st John is sin.  One of the reasons we want to look at this epistle is that we want understand what John wrote in 1 Jn 3:6-10.  In 1 Jn 3:9 he said, “Whosoever...

Christians disagree over whether the Church will go through the Tribulation or not.  We believe that the Church will not go through the Tribulation.  This study explains why believe in the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church. We begin with a basic understanding of salvation in the Church Age.  Once that...

Must Christians confess their sins? 1 Jn 1:9 deals with the confession of sins. A few cross references will help respond to the objections that this verse has any application to Christians.  There are several aspects of this verse that we need to consider. We will group the cross references...

One of the most common mistakes we’ve seen, in discussing passages of scripture with people, is that they commonly “see” something in the text that isn’t there. There are a few reasons for this that must be explained. First, they become convinced of a doctrine before they ever check the...