FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
"Called to preach."
Mk. 16:15-16
15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Eph. 3:10-11
10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Gal. 1:6-8
6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed
Holy Spirit is not deity?
John 14:15-17
15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-- 17 "the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. [1 Cor. 2:12, 13-- 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.]
John 15:26
26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
Matt. 28:19
19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"
Resurrection and then become deity? No Bible.
Matt. 22:30
30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
1 Cor. 15:24-28
24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For "He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
Rev. 21:7
7 "Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."
Sabbath binding?
Acts 20:7
7 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. (NKJV)
1 Cor. 16:1,2
1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come. (NKJV)
Rev. 1:10
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, (NKJV)
Col. 2:14-17
14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Unclean foods today?
1 Tim. 4:1-5
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; 5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Col. 2:13-17
13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Rom. 14:3-21
3 Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. ... 14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. ... 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.
Consider Peter on Simon's housetop (Acts 10). God told him not to call anything "unclean" that God had cleansed! And God had just showed him "unclean animals" and told him to eat.
. LOST TRIBES?
Ezekiel 37:15-25
15 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 16 "As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.' 17 "Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand. ... 21 "Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; [who said they were lost?-GW]
Ezra 7:6-13
6 this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. ... 13 I issue a decree that all those of the people of Israel[note: Assyrian Empire had at this time become the Persian Empire and all were subject to its king-GW] and the priests and Levites in my realm, who volunteer to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you.
Zech. 8:13
13 And it shall come to pass That just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel,[What "house of Israel"? The false teacher has said today that the house of Israel was "lost"? Who should we believe? Man or God?-GW] So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not fear, Let your hands be strong.'
Israelites were not called Jews? What says the Bible?
Acts 21:39
39 But Paul said, "I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people."
Romans 11:1
1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Cor. 11:22
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.
Phil. 3:5
5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
Kingdom to be established on Earth? Not in the Bible.
Mark 9:1
1 And He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here [those that were with Jesus while he spoke-GW] who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power."
Col. 1:13
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us[past tense action; it had already occurred- GW] into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
Rev. 1:9
9 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom [John and his 'companions' were already "IN" it-GW] and patience of Jesus Christ,
1 Thess. 4:16-17
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Compare to 1 Cor. 15:24 above.
Resurrected saints will convert others? Not in the Bible.
2 Cor. 6:2
2 For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."
Matt. 25:31-41
31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 "All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 "And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
Lk. 16:29-31
26 'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.'
Hebrews 9
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, (NKJV)
Spirit only begets in this life?
1 Pet. 1:23
23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
2 Cor. 5:17
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
1 Jno. 3:9-10
9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
Man's mind created for evil?
Gen. 1:26-31
... 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ... 31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
James 1:13-18
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
Psa. 119:111-112
111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end.
Based on workbooks by Bill E. Smith (HELM Publishers) and teachings authenticated from websites.
