ANSWERS THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW
Q. What sends you to hell? Is it SMOKING, USING THE LORD’S NAME in VAIN, what?
A. ALL sins have been forgiven by JESUS except one (that’s the GOOD NEWS - “come to the table, your sins have been forgiven”) ONLY ONE SIN SENDS YOU TO HELL:
John 16:7-11 (KJV)
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of SIN, because THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
CONSIDER this MARVELOUS scripture in the Amplified Version:
II Cor 5:19 (Amp)
It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but canceling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).
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Q. How do you get to Heaven??
A. By believing in Jesus (believing INCLUDES speaking what you believe or CALLING on Jesus):
Abraham BELIEVED GOD and it was counted to him for RIGHTEOUSNESS:
Gal 3:6-7 (NIV)
6 Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
7 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham.
John 3:16-18 (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that BELIEVETH ON HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Rom 10:9, 10 & 13 (NIV)
9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
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13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
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Q. What about the “Pygmies” (people who haven’t heard about Jesus?
A. Rom 2:13-16 (NIV)
13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
14 (Indeed, WHEN GENTILES, WHO DO NOT HAVE THE LAW, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law,
15 since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)
16 This will take place on the day when God will JUDGE MEN'S SECRETS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, as my gospel declares.
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Q. DO I have to quit what I am doing before I become a Christian?
A. NO. Again, there is only ONE SIN that sends you to Hell - remember what it is??
John 16:9 (KJV)
9 Of SIN, because THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME
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Q. How will I know I am saved?
A. After you pray to receive Jesus, READ the Bible . . .
I Jn 5:13 (NIV)
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW that you have eternal life.
Also, you begin to see “fruit” (right thoughts and actions that were NOT in your life before). . .
Luke 6:44-45 (NIV)
44 Each tree is recognized by its own FRUIT. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.
45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
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Q. Are you sure God will save me?
A. OH YES ... WHOEVER ! ! !
Rom 10:13 (KJV)
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Rom 10:13 (NIV)
13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."