The resurrection of Christ is critical to the Christian hope because:
- it proves that God is all powerful
- it proves that death is not the end
- Jesus is the first, and we can be like him
These points come out of 1 Corinthians 15 where Paul is addressing believers about claims that Jesus hadn’t been raised. [...]
Answers about salvation
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and [...]
Belief in the gospel, repentance from sin, and baptism (by full immersion) into Christ, are all part of the process of salvation: Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:16, John 3:23, Acts 2:38; 10:47; 16:31-33; 22:16; Romans 6:1-6, Galatians 3:27-29, Colossians 2:12, Ephesians 4:5, 1 Peter 3:21.
We are called on to be baptized as a public demonstration [...]
Well, all of them — as many as believe in him. See 1 Tim 2:5-6:
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time.
Like all uses of the word “all”, the question is, how [...]
I think you’re probably thinking of 2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says,
“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
The first part of the verse is a quotation from Isaiah 49:8.
A useful way to find passages [...]
In the New Testament, to be saved means to be forgiven your sins and given the hope of eternal life. This is only possible through belief in Jesus Christ and baptism into his name: John 3:16, Mark 16:16, Acts 4:12. Israelites have the same opportunity to obtain salvation in this way as the [...]
Atonement in the Old Testament.
The Hebrew verb ‘to atone’ (kaphar) means ‘cover’, so the noun ‘atonement’ (kippurim pl.) is a form of ‘covering’. The most usual form of the word in the Old Testament is kipper (piel form, causative form, of kaphar) which means to ’cause to be covered’, ‘make covering for’.
Lev.5:18 And the priest [...]
The Apostle Peter taught that faith in Jesus is crucial for salvation:
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
So that means misguided Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, and members of any other non-Christian groups cannot find salvation in [...]
