Episode 19 | Q&A #5

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In this Episode:

00:00 Introduction

02:42 Question 1
I can never “stick to a Bible reading plan or with a Bible.”

04:07 Question 2
How can I believe God won't give up on me when I feel like I'm constantly failing and don't deserve His love?

05:24 Question 3
What do you do when your feelings seem to be affecting your faith?

07:30 Question 4
How do we discern when someone has committed “sin leading to death?” (1 John 5 : 16)

10:08 Question 5
Do humans have “unalienable rights?” Is this a biblical idea?

12:00 Question 6
How do you cut off a sin that is entirely in your mind and doesn't seem to be stemming from watching/reading/consuming ungodly things?

13:38 Question 7
How can finite man accrue an infinite debt? Does the answer rest solely on the utter holiness of God or am I an error in my thinking elsewhere?

15:52 Question 8
Will Jesus be the only one in heaven with scars? Thomas saw scars on his body after he was raised

17:36 Question 9
Should a Christian be patriotic or have national pride?

19:43 Question 10
How should a Christian engage in politics? What are some pitfalls to avoid?

21:33 Question 11
Is it sinful for a Christian to vote for a political party that promotes transgenderism and abortion?

23:07 Question 12
In John 1 : 24 the Pharisee’s ask John why he baptized if he is not the Christ or Elijah, or a Prophet. What was their understanding and experience of baptism? Why wasn’t their question, “What are you doing?” What was their context for baptism?

24:48 Question 13
When a man died without children, his closest kinsman was to take his wife and raise up children for him, so his family line would continue. I've always thought that the first son would inherit the first husband's property, and any later children would get the second's (if she was the kinsman's only wife), so why is David's and Jesus' genealogy through Boaz rather than Elimelech's son?

26:35 Question 14
I have a few friends who are Messianic Jews. They believe that Jesus is the Messiah, but not that he was God. Is it possible to be truly saved if you don't believe that Jesus is God?

29:26 Question 15
Will there be days / weeks / months or years in heaven?

30:36 Question 16
Does the Bible specify who will hear from the Lord, “well done good and faithful servant”?

31:41 Question 17
In heaven, will you still be a parent of your child?

33:17 Question 18
I believe that babies and infants who die very young go to heaven, but what form will they be in when we see them in heaven after we die? For example a first trimester miscarriage or couple month old baby? Will they still be in that stage of development?

34:43 Question 19
What should the role of fasting be in our spiritual lives as modern Christians?

37:10 Question 20
James 1:4 - use of the 2nd “perfect” … “perfect work” is talking about the Holy Spirit working in us, but the 2nd time “you may be perfect and complete” - are we working for perfection?