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Scripture Nuggets
Answers to Commons Questions from the Bible
by Erik Smith
All of the following are important questions. Would you be able to provide an accurate, scriptural answer?
| 1 | How did the world begin? How did I (mankind) begin? |
Genesis 1:1–2:4; Nehemiah 9:6; Job 33:4; Psalm 100:1–3; Isaiah 45:12; Colossians 1:15–17; Hebrews 1:1–2 |
| 2 | Who is God? | Exodus 3:13–15; Numbers 23:19; Nehemiah 9:6; Isaiah 43:10–11; 45:5, 12, 22; 66:1-2; Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 28:19; John 17:20–21; I Corinthians 8:6; I John 5:7 |
| 3 | Why am I here? | Ecclesiastes 12:13 |
| 4 | What does He (God) expect of me? | Micah 6:8; Matthew 22:36–40 |
| 5 | How can I know that God exists? | Psalm 19:1–4; Acts 14:14–17; 17:22–31; Romans 1:20; Hebrews 1:1–2 |
| 6 | Does God love me? | Psalm 36:7; John 3:16; Romans 5:6–11; I John 3:16; 4:7–12, 16–19 |
| 7 | How can I have a close relationship with God? | John 14:6–7; Romans 10:17; Galatians 3:26–29; 4:1–7; Ephesians 2:13–19 |
| 8 | What is sin? | Romans 6:22–23; James 1:13–15; I John 2:15–16; 5:17 |
| 9 | Why did Jesus come to the earth? Why did he have to die? |
Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 53:1–10; Matthew 5:17–18; 20:28; Luke 5:32; 19:9–10; John 6:38; 8:28; 9:4; 10:10–11; 12:32–33; 17:4; 18:36–37; Colossians 1:12–14; I Timothy 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; 9:28; I Peter 3:18; I John 3:8; 4:9–10 |
| 10 | What can I do about sin in my life? How can I be saved? |
Acts 2:37–38; 8:26–39; 17:30; 22:12–16; Romans 10:9–10; II Corinthians 7:9–10; I John 1:7–9; 5:1–5 |
| 11 | Do I need to become a member of the church? | Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:41, 47;
Ephesians 5:23–30; Colossians 1:24; I Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:23–25 |
| 12 | Is there more than one church? | Romans 12:4–5; I Corinthians
10:16–17; 12:12–13, 20, 25–27; Ephesians 1:20–23; 4:4–6; Colossians 1:18 |
| 13 | What happens after death? | Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew
25:32–45; John 5:28–29; Acts 17:31; Hebrews 9:27; I Peter 4:5 |
| 14 | Will Jesus return again? | Matthew 25:31; Acts 1:11; I
Thessalonians 4:13–17; II Thessalonians 1:7–10; Hebrews 9:28 |
| 15 | Is there a heaven and a hell? | Psalm 16:11; Isaiah 49:10; Daniel
12:2–3; Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:10; 21:1–4, 8; 22:14–15 |
Source: Prairie Hills Bulletin, Vol. VI No. 11, April 10, 2011
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