| Does the New Testament have Something New to say to You? | |||
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| Question: | Customary answer: | The New Testament says: | NT References |
| When was Jesus born? | December 25th, 0 A.D. | Autumn, 4 B.C. | Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-3; |
| When was Jesus crucified? | Good Friday, 33 A.D. | Wednesday, 31 A.D. | Matt. 12:40, 16:21, 17:23, 20:19, 28:1; Mark 8:31, 16:1; Luke 23:56, 24:21; 1 Cor. 15:4 |
| When was Jesus resurrected? | Dawn, Easter Sunday | Sunset, Saturday night | |
| Was Jesus an only child? | Yes, Mary (his mother) was a perpetual virgin. | No, he had at least 4 brothers and 2 sisters. | Matt. 1:18, 13:55 |
| On which day did the New Testament Church worship? | Sunday, the "Lord's Day" | Saturday, the day of which "the Son of Man is Lord". | Matt. 12:8; Acts 17:2 |
| Which special days did the NT church observe? | Christmas, Lent, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost | Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Atonement | Acts 2:1, 20:6, 20:16, 27:9; 1 Cor. 5:7, 16:8 |
| What is the Holy Spirit? | A person of the Trinity | Power and presence of God | Luke 24:49 |
| What is the central core of a human? | The immortal soul | The temporary human spirit ("soul"="heart" & "mind") | 1 Cor. 2:11, 15:45, 1 Tim. 6:16, John 3:16 |
| What is sin? | Anything churches don't like. | Disobedience to God's instructions | Rom. 3:20, 5:13, 6:13 |
| What are works of the flesh? | Honky-tonking | Fornication, hatred, drunkenness, etc. | Gal. 5:19-21 |
| What is "the Law"? | Arbitrary regulations that make life hard. | Instructions that keep us out of trouble. | Matt. 7:12, |
| What are the 10 Commandments? | Obsolete rules intended to lead us to Christ, that didn't work. | Eternal truths about loving God and humans, kept by Jesus, our example | Matt. 5:17-19, 19:17; Acts 24:14; 1 John 3:22, 5:2 |
| What is "under the Law"? | Having to keep irksome rules. | a) under a covenant defined by laws, b) under the penalty for law-breaking |
1 Cor. 9:20 Romans 6:14 |
| What is "grace"? | A free pass from God to do whatever we like. | God's gifts of mercy so that we can become like Jesus. | Acts 20:32, Romans 5:17 |
| What is the reward of the saved? | They go immediately to heaven. | They await the resurrection of the just. | Luke 14:14 |
| What happens to the incorrigibly wicked? | They burn forever in hell-fire. | They will be burned up at the "second death". | Matt. 10:28 |
| What happens to aborted babies? | Hell-fire, Limbo, ??? | They get their chance in the resurrection of judgement. | Rev. 20:11-13 |
| What is Heaven? | Clouds and harps | God's throne on the "sea of glass" | Rev. 4 |
| What is Hell? | People, burning for ever, under Satan's control. | "The grave" (hades), "fire that burns up garbage" (gehenna) | Matt. 16:18, Matt. 5:22 |
| What does the future hold? | All things will continue. | Christ will return. | 1 Cor. 1:7; 1 Thess. 4:15 |
| What is Satan's future? | Torturing the wicked in Hell. | The blackness of darkness for ever | Jude 1:13 |
| What about other religions? | There are many roads to God. | There is only one name by which we can be saved. | Acts 2:21, 4:12 |
| How do we obtain salvation? | Just accept Jesus. | Believe Jesus, repent, be baptized, receive the Holy Spirit. | Acts 2:38, 16:31 |
| Can we lose salvation? | Once "saved" by accepting Jesus, always saved. | We must strive to enter in, for we can fall short. | Luke 13:24; 1 Tim. 1:19; Heb. 2:3 |
| What is love? | A warm feeling | A behavior: living God's way. | Luke 10:33-37; John 15:10; 1 John 5:2-3; 2 John 6 |
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