What is repentance? “Therefore repent and turn back, that your sins may be wiped out so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” — Acts 3:19 Answer: Repentance is a sincere change of mind and of attitude in which the sinner turns to God from sin. (Taken from “Know the Truth:60 Questions…
How does God command people to respond in order to be saved? “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!.” — Mark 1:15 Answer: In repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance and faith are like two sides of the same coin. …
How does the Holy Spirit work in lost people to bring them to Christ? “For God… has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.” — 2nd Corinthians 4:6 Answer: The Holy Spirit convicts, calls, and enlightens the lost person. He “convicts” people…
Do people simply make up their minds to become Christians? “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.” — John 6:44 Answer: For a person to come to Christ, God must first work in his or her heart to attract that person to Himself. This is because people are…
What is election? “…from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.” — 2nd Thessalonians 2:13 Answer: Election is God’s eternal plan, formed before the world began, to save sinners. In election, the sovereignty of God goes together with the responsibility of people. Election…
How many ways to be saved are there? “Jesus told him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” — John 14:6 Answer: There is only one; there is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ. Only the grace of God can bring…
How has sin ruined our relationship with God? “That LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will never leave the guilty unpunished.” — Nahum 1:3 Answer: Sin separates us from God and brings us under condemnation. Because God is holy He hates sin. Because He is a God of justice He…
Even though everyone offends God by their sins, does He still consider people to be of value? “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.” — Psalm 8:4-5 Answer: Every…
Do we have to earn God’s love? “Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son…” — 1st John 4:10 Answer: No! God loved us first. (Taken from “Know the Truth:60 Questions and Answers on Christian Beliefs” from First Baptist Church…
Did God create people bad or good? “And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.” — Genesis 2:16-17…