What is adoption? “But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His name.” — John 1:12 Answer: When a person becomes a Christian, God makes him or her part of His eternal family. While everyone is God’s offspring in the general way of being His creation, only Christians…
What part does Jesus have in the end of the world? “God now commands all people everywhere to repent, because He has set a day on which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the…
What does the Bible teach about humankind? “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness… So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female.” — Genesis 1:27-28 Answer: Mankind is the special creation of…
What happened after Jesus died? “For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. Then…
Why did Jesus come to earth? “He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree… by His wounding you have been healed.” — 1st Peter 2:24 Answer: To die on the cross as a substitute for our sins. By taking our punishment, He secured forgiveness for our sins. …
How good a life did Jesus live? “…We have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet was without sin.” — Hebrews 4:15 Answer: Jesus obeyed all of God’s commandments and followed God’s will for His life perfectly. (Taken from “Know the…
What does the Bible tell us about Jesus? “…Our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.” — Titus 2:13 Answer: Christ is the eternal Son of God. Joseph took care of Jesus like a dad, but God is His real Father. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, He had a…
How does God relate to the creation? “You alone are the Lord. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the heavenly host worships You.” — Nehemiah 9:6…
What do we mean when we say God is a trinity? “According to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for the sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ.” — 1st Peter 1:2 Answer: God expresses Himself in three Persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.…
What is God like? “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.” — 1st Timothy 1:17 Answer: God is a spirit, is eternal, and is a personal Being. God is not an impersonal force. God is the Creator, distinct from the creation, existing without needing…