Question: Your positions appear to be Biblically sound. However, further study has brought further questions. The question about which I am most concerned has to do with what one must do to be “saved.” You mention in several places that one needs to: 1) hear and learn commandments of God and, 2) obey them, in … [Read more…]
Question: I was looking at your website, and I wonder if you have read the book of Romans. Among other things, it says that “by the works of the law no flesh (human nature) will be saved, for all have come short, missed the mark of holy perfection God requires to be saved and live … [Read more…]
Question: Would it make any difference in your understanding of the requirements of salvation if the Abrahamic covenant was omitted from the Scriptures? Answer: There is no part of Scripture teaching that can be omitted without loss. However, God has arranged that His plan be stated in numerous ways. The same point is often revealed … [Read more…]
Question: You indicate that to receive the reward of immortality (or eternal life), one must live a life of faithfulness to God, obeying the commandments and following closely the example of Christ in this regard. All of this would make sense, except according to Scripture, men are naturally sinful, so to what extent must one … [Read more…]
Question: After studying your two-volume set on the atonement, I continue to be very impressed with your treatment of this topic and have a few questions. In particular I am puzzled by a section in your book 1 on page 48. You state Christ’s physical death marked an initial reconciliation of the new believer, canceling … [Read more…]
Question: Please explain 1 John 3:9, ‘Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.’ How can this be? Answer: Taken at face value, this verse seems to say a believer is wholly incapable of sinning. However, this cannot … [Read more…]
Question: After rereading 1 and 2 Samuel and the First Book of Kings, I find it difficult to understand why these people seemed to have been allowed to have many wives. Were they operating within the will of God, or were these actions outside the will of God? 1 Kings 9:4-5 reads, ‘And if thou … [Read more…]
Question: “Why did 70,000 Israelites have to die for David’s sin in numbering Israel? Was that fair?” Answer: When we think about fairness, we think of impartiality, freedom from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism. When we think about a punishment being fair or unfair, the most likely criteria would be the issue of whether or not … [Read more…]