Common Questions

Many people who believe in one God, in sin and in a day of judgment have real questions about Jesus and the Bible. We are glad you are asking. Please read with an open heart, and ask God to show you the truth.

Has the Bible Been Changed?

God is able to keep His own Word, and He promised that He would. If men could change what God said, God would not be God.

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Psalm 12:6-7

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Matthew 24:35

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

1 Peter 1:25

There are thousands of very old handwritten copies of the Bible, from many countries and many centuries, and they tell the same message. Those who say the Bible was changed cannot show when, where or by whom. God's Word has been kept, and you can read it for yourself.

Did Jesus Really Die on the Cross?

Yes. Hundreds of years before it happened, the prophets wrote that the Saviour would be wounded for our sins. Jesus died on the cross before many eyewitnesses, and He Himself said, “It is finished.”

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:5-6

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

John 19:30

His death was not a mistake or a defeat. It was the payment for sin. Without it, no one could be forgiven.

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Hebrews 9:22

And three days later He rose from the dead. More than five hundred people saw Him alive.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:6

How Can God Have a Son?

The Bible does not teach that God took a wife and had a child. That idea is wrong, and Christians reject it too. There is only one God.

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

Deuteronomy 6:4

“Son of God” means that Jesus has the very same nature as God. He has always existed as the Word of God, and He came into the world as a man, born of a virgin by the power of the Holy Ghost, without any human father.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:1

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 1:14

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:35

I and my Father are one.

John 10:30

Isn't Jesus Just a Prophet?

Jesus was a prophet, but He said much more about Himself than any prophet ever did. He said He existed before Abraham. He said that whoever has seen Him has seen the Father. And when His disciple called Him “my Lord and my God,” Jesus did not correct him.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

John 8:58

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

John 14:9

And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

John 20:28

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Matthew 1:23

A good prophet would never say these things unless they were true. Jesus is God who came to save us.

Aren't My Good Deeds Enough?

Many people hope that on the day of judgment their good deeds will outweigh their bad ones. But God is perfectly holy. Breaking even one of His commandments makes us guilty, and no amount of good can erase one sin.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

James 2:10

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Isaiah 64:6

That is why we need a Saviour. God does not save us because of our works, but by His grace, when we trust in Jesus Christ.

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Galatians 2:16

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9