Biblical responses to 'questions and objections' ~ : )

Bible verses to build your life on
Jesus said: “… whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock…” ~ Matthew 7:24

Some answers in God’s Living Word that help us respond effectively to the questions and objections of those we meet that need to surrender their hearts and lives to Jesus

This study/collection of verses was inspired by a conference with Mark Cahill and a sister in Christ is St. Pete, FL named Polly. This is a free resource and an ongoing study and I would appreciate any and all feedback! ~ : ) (Steven.H3@gmail.com)

Also, I copied some of the objections available on the free resources, such as:

Ø The Evidence Bible (Way of the Master ministries)
This site has far more answers than I could cover reasonably, so I just copied the the main responses that I have heard from conversations and from others who share their faith. If you see a main one I missed, please email me. Also, I tried to add additional verses on each subject I copied from their site.http://www.livingwaters.com/witnessingtool/browse.shtml

Ø The Watchman Fellowship (a valuable resource)– A helpful note: If you are going to read some of their fascinating articles and Biblical answers (on this site), please read the whole article. : ) It’s a little different format – the answer is typically at the end of the article, with very little transition from question to answer. At the bottom of the articles are also numbers of references in God’s Word and helpful resources for further research. I hope that helps.http://www.watchman.org/subindex.htm

Other helpful sites:
Ø Ken Ham – Answers in Genesis (very helpful!)http://www.answersingenesis.org/

Ø Kent Hovind – Creation Science, Evangelism http://www.drdino.com/


Ø There are other books and materials that you can buy. I don’t remember any other helpful sites with free info, articles, etc... Here are several others we have appreciated:
§ Other helpful authors:
Ø Josh McDowell http://www.josh.org/apologetics/index.asp
Ø Lee Strobel http://www.leestrobel.com/

Ø My family highly recommends Pastor John MacArthur’s ministry because he has a pattern of handling God’s Word with careful diligence and study: ‘Grace to You’ www.gty.org
Ø We also appreciate Chuck Missler’s ministry: Koinonia House Online
www.khouse.org
Ø Also, Christian Worldview Network has more helpful Bible teachers. Their web address is: www.Christianworldviewnetwork.com


Ø Personal Warning One person I (and my family) suggest that you stay away from or watch with extreme caution is Hank Hanegraaff. Please note: I personally suggest that you stay away from him. I’m well aware that he is the latest ‘Bible Answer Man’, but the problem is he doesn’t take God’s Word seriously or handle it with the careful diligence and respect that God’s Living Word deserves. One example of his false teaching is on the topic of Israel – he is okay with Israel giving away some of the land God gave them by Unconditional Everlasting Covenant. His teaching on Israel completely contradicts Romans 9-11, Genesis 12:3 and Joel 3:2, among others. My family used to listen to him regularly, but we kept finding that he has quite a few subtle false teachings on a number of other topics as well.
Ø Again, I encourage extreme caution with his teaching because quite a bit of the false teaching he has embraced is very subtle.

As with any Bible teacher and teaching on God’s Living Word, we need to make sure we do not just embrace what any Bible teach is saying, but examine it – compare it to God’s Living Word to see if it is true. God commended the Bereans for doing just this:
“10Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.”

To do this study, I used a Bible software called the Libronix Digital Library System – a very helpful resource with lots of Bible study helps. To find out more, I encourage you to check out their website: http://www.libronix.com. Also, I personally use the NKJV (New King James Version), but you can find other translations at: www.blueletterBible.org and http://www.biblegateway.com. I also highly recommend and use the John MacArthur Study Bible as one of my main study resources, because John MacArthur has a consistency of handling God’s Word carefully, including using the Word of God as his main source to explain the Word of God. Makes sense, right? : )

May God bless you as you learn to seek Him first in all your ways, and learn to obey, serve, and follow Him with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength.

a servant/bondslave of Jesus Christ, Steven

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Ø God’s Word ~ inspired?
2nd Timothy 3:16-17
“16All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

2nd Peter 1:16-21
“16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ 18And we heard this voice which came from Heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”

God is very clear on prophecies and false prophets:
Deuteronomy 13 & 18

Ø Is man generally good? Can we be good enough to get to Heaven?
Psalm 14:1
“1The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good. 2The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 3They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one.”

Isaiah 1:18
“18‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’ ”

Isaiah 53:5-6
“5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

Isaiah 64:6-7
“6But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7there is no one who calls on Your name…”

Romans 3:4
“4Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar.”

Romans 3:10-12, 23
“10 As it is written: ‘There is none righteous, no, not one; 11there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. 12They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.’… 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

Galatians 3:10-12
“10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.’ 11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for ‘the just shall live by faith.’ 12Yet the law is not of faith, but ‘the man who does them shall live by them.’”

Ephesians 2:8-9
“8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

James 2:8-10
“8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you do well; 9but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.”


Ø Should we pray to any saints?
1st Timothy 2:5
“5For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.”


Ø What about ‘theistic evolution’? Isn’t that in the Bible?
> ‘Answers in Genesis’, a Creation science ministry, takes these questions on and answer them pretty thoroughly, including about the use of the word ‘day’ in Genesis 1. For more info and even some free resources and information on their Creation Museum near Cincinnati, Ohio, we encourage you to check out: http://www.answersingenesis.org/ .

Genesis 1:25, 27
“25And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good… 27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

Exodus 20:11
“11For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”
~ It’s interesting to note that the theory of ‘millions of years’ certain ‘scientists’ try to squeeze into Genesis 1 looks really foolish here. This verse makes it clear God set up a pattern for us to live by when He worked 6 days and resting on the seventh. God obviously didn’t work 6 million years and rest 1 million years, so we could have a pattern for our weeks. : )

Colossians 1:16-17
“16For by Him all things were created that are in Heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.”

1st Corinthians 15:39
“39All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.”


Ø Is Jesus God?
§ Josh McDowell and Lee Strobel are just 2 people who have studied this subject and have written books that talk more about this topic

Isaiah 7:14
“14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.”
~ Immanuel literally means ‘God with us’

Isaiah 9:6-7
“6For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end.”
~ A name defines a person, especially in Jewish culture. Jesus’ names would include: Mighty God and Everlasting Father.

John 1:1-4
“1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4In Him was life, and the life was the light of men."

Colossians 1:15-18
“15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For by Him all things were created that are in Heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.”
~ This verse can be confusing and mislead people because they don’t pay attention to what it is saying. Jesus wasn’t born/created when He put on human flesh. If He had been ‘created’ then, He couldn’t have been in the beginning creating the world. One of the primary details that defines God is that He always existed. This verse here says that, and Jesus, Himself also stated this. This verse shows that He was in the beginning creating the world, so, the word ‘firstborn’ is clearly on a different subject.

Hebrews 1:1-4
“1God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”

Ø In addition to these we have Jesus stating who He was/is. Here are a few of them.

Mark 14:62
“62 Jesus said, ‘I AM. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of Heaven.”
~ Wow! Jesus said that He was God twice in 2 short statements. And in case we missed it, the Scribes’ and Pharisees’ reactions tell us they understood what He had just said.

The book of John is full of Jesus stating that He was God, here are a few examples.
John 6:35
“35And Jesus said to them, ‘I AM the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.’ ”

John 8:12
“12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I AM the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

John 8:58
“Jesus said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.’ ”

John 10:7, 9
“Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I AM the door of the sheep… I AM the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.”

John 10:11, 14
“I AM the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep… I AM the Good Shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.”

John 10:30
“I and My Father are one.”

John 10:36
“I AM the Son of God.”

John 10: 38
“Believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

John 11:25
“Jesus said to her, ‘I AM the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.’”

John 14:6
“Jesus said to him, ‘I AM the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’”

John 15:1, 5
“I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser… I AM the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”

John 19:21
“Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, ‘Do not write, “The King of the Jews,” but, “He said, ‘I AM the King of the Jews.’ “ ‘ ”
~Interesting to notice that the Pharisees admitted that Jesus said that He is the King of the Jews

Revelation 1:8, 11
“I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty… Saying, ‘I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,’ and, ‘What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.’ ”

Revelation 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I AM the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

John 10:39
"39Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand."

John 18:4-6
“Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, ‘Whom are you seeking?’ 5They answered Him, ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’ Jesus said to them, ‘I am He’ And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them. 6Now when He said to them, ‘I am He,’ they drew back and fell to the ground.”

~ He did this on 2 other occasions also (Luke 4:30; John 8:59). How amazing! Jesus just used His power – like froze them, walked through them and went His way. It shows how powerful He is, but it also shows that even while they were showing that they had made themselves to be His enemies, He was still reaching out to them, by showing them who He really was!

Ø Life after Death
§ Interesting link: http://www.watchman.org/na/angel.htm

Luke 16:19-31
Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus
“19There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 20But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’ 27Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, 28for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ 29Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ 30And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ”
~ It's interesting to notice: this passage isn’t a parable. It’s a story. Jesus named 2 people in this story: Lazarus and Abraham. Jesus doesn’t mention names in any of the other parables, so this one is clearly different.

1st John 5:13
“13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”

Hebrews 9:27
“27And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.”


Ø Is Hell real? Is there a place of torment?
§ Mark Cahill’s book: ‘One Heartbeat Away’ talks about after-life experiences and stories… If you haven’t read that book and/or are looking for a good book to give to an unsaved person, I highly recommend that book! ~ www.markcahill.org

The story of the Rich Man and Lazarus
Luke 16:19-31
~ Again, this passage isn’t a parable; it’s a story. Jesus named 2 people in this story: Lazarus and Abraham. Jesus doesn’t mention names in any of the other parables, so this one is clearly different.

Ø Torment
Matthew 8:12
“But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

The Parable of the Wedding Feast
Matthew 22:13
“… Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ ”

Matthew 24:50-51
“50the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, 51and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

The Parable of the Talents
Matthew 25:29-30
“29For to everyone who has [and was faithful with it], more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has [and was unfaithful with it] will be taken away. 30And cast the unprofitable [unfaithful] servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Luke 13:23-30
“23Then one said to Him, ‘Lord, are there few who are saved?’ And He said to them, 24‘Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, “Lord, Lord, open for us”, and He will answer and say to you, “I do not know you, where you are from”, 26then you will begin to say, “We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.” 27But He will say, “I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.” 28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 29They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the Kingdom of God. 30And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

Ø Fire
Matthew 5:21-22
“21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ 22But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.”

Matthew 18:8-9
“8If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. 9And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.”

Matthew 25:41
“41Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”

Mark 9:43-47
“43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into [eternal] life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— 44where ‘Their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ 45And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched - 46where ‘Their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ 47And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire— 48 where ‘Their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’”

James 3:6
“6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.”
~ this passage is referring to the tongue that speaks out of the abundance of the selfish, deceitful heart of the old nature. (Matthew 12:34; Jeremiah 17:9)

Revelations 20:10
“10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”


Ø God’s Word and ‘contradictions’ & objections
§ ‘Way of the Master’ (www.wayofthemaster.com) has quite a few resources (for free and for sale) for answering questions and objections. One of their free resources is their list of ‘Questions & Objections’ and their answers. I listed just a few of the ‘Q&O’ and the answers. For the complete list, I highly recommend you check out: http://www.livingwaters.com/witnessingtool/browse.shtml Also, Living Waters (their tract ministry also has quite a few helpful tools, including: audios, books, DVDs, CDs. You can find them at: www.livingwaters.com

Ø Contradictions
“The fact that there are so many versions proves that the Bible has mistakes. Which one is right?”

Proverbs 30:5
“5Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. 6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.”
~ When I get asked this question or similar ones, I challenge them to get a Bible they can understand and study God’s Living Word for themselves. I try to also caution them to make they don’t take God’s Word out of context, and to make sure they diligently pursue wanting to know God’s definitions to His Word, not man’s interpretations. As Pastor John MacArthur says, ‘The best interpreter of the Word of God is the Word of God.’ That may sound like circular reasoning, but it isn’t for one simple reason: what we glibly call the Bible is literally 66 books, written by 40 scribes, over 1500+ years. It fits perfectly together, exposes the human heart, accurately predicts and records the fulfillment of hundreds of detailed prophecies, and explains who God truly is and how we can have a relationship with Him. And the more one studies into the ‘contradictions’, the more they find that these apparent contradictions are caused by misunderstandings and incorrect theories. We need to recognize that, at least in some cases, these ‘Questions & Objections’ can become rabbit trails and distractions from our main focus in evangelism: sowing the Word of God and making disciples of Jesus Christ. There are times to pursue these questions briefly, and there are times when the people just need to hear the hard, clear message of Jesus. Having the wisdom on how to handle these things effectively, only comes from God through prayer, and the Holy Spirit guides those who seek Him.

“I’ve tried to read the Bible, but I can’t understand it.”
1st Corinthians 2:14
“14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

“Doesn’t the Big Bang theory disprove the Genesis account of creation?”
Psalm 19:1
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.”

“Where do all the races come from?”
Acts 17:26
“26And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.”

Ø Excuses: Questions & Objections
“God made me like this. Sin is His fault!”
1 Tim. 2:14 “14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.”

1st Corinthians 10:12-13
“12Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

James 1:12
“13Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.”


“I don’t believe that God is knowable.”
John 17:3
“3And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

1st John 5:13
“These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”


“I’ll wait until I am old, then I’ll get right with God.”
Luke 12:20
“20But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ 21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Hebrews 9:27
“27And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.”

James 4:13
“13For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”


“I was once a born-again Christian. Now I believe it’s all rubbish!”
1st John 2:19
“19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.”

Matthew 13:5-7, 20-22
Parable of the soils – stony soil and thorny soil – both unfruitful = unsaved


“When you’re dead, you’re dead.”
Matthew 22:31-32
“31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”


“There is no absolute truth. You can’t be sure of anything!”
2nd Peter 1:20-21
“20knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”


“If God gives me some ‘sign,’ then I will believe.”
Matt. 12:39
“9But He answered and said to them, ‘An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”

Luke 16:27-31
“27Then the rich man said, ‘Please, Father Abraham, at least send him to my father’s home. 28For I have five brothers, and I want him to warn them so they don’t end up in this place of torment.’ 29But Abraham said, ‘Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read what they wrote.’ 30The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God.’ 31But Abraham said, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t listen even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”


“I will believe if God will appear to me.”
John 1:18
“18No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. “

Hebrews 11:1-3, 6
“1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible… 6But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”


“I made a commitment, but nothing happened.”
John 14:21
“21He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

Ø For there to be a commitment and yet no results points to a false conversion (Matthew 13) – the best response to this is reminding them of some of Jesus words, included His call for us to count the cost. Some of my favorites, because they challenge me too, are:

Matthew 7:21-23
“21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. 22Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”

Luke 6:46
“46But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?”

Matthew 15:7-9
“7Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 8‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me, 9and in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

1st John 2:19
“19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.”

1st John 1:5-7; 2:3-6
“5This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin… 3Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”

Ø Also, I very often use the apostle Paul’s challenge:
2nd Corinthians 13:5
“5Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.”


“God couldn’t forgive my sin.”
Psalm 103:17
“17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children, 18to such as keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do them.”

Isaiah 1:18
“18’Come now, and let us reason together,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’ ”

2nd Peter 3:9
“9The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

“I know I’m a sinner, but I confess my sins to God daily. I tell Him that I’m sorry and I won’t sin again.”
1st John 3:4-7
“4Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. 7Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.”
~ That passage could be confusing – the main point God was making through the apostle John is that we can’t conduct our life in willful rebellion of God and still honestly claim to be one of God’s children = those who practice righteousness are showing who they are following; those who practice lawlessness/rebellion are showing who they are following – This is a great self-check!

“You are trying to make me feel guilty by quoting the Ten Commandments.”
John 8:6-9
“6This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. 7So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, ‘He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.”
~ Jesus was apparently writing the law, possibly the 10 Commandments in the ground

“God is unfair in that Hitler and a dear old lady (who never accepted Jesus) will both go to hell.”
~ Jesus answered a very similar question.
Luke 13:1-5
“1There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2And Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? 5I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

“God made me like this. Sin is His fault!”
James 1:12-15
“12Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.”

Galatians 6:7-9
“7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”

1st Corinthians 10:12-14
“12Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”

“If God is a God of love, why hasn’t He dealt with evil?”
Jude 14-15
“14Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, ‘Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.’”

Revelation 20:11-15
“11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the Heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
~ This world is not the end. One day, God will bring every evil deed to light and deal with it justly.


“If God is perfect, why did He make an imperfect creation?”
Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25
“And God saw that it was good.”

Genesis 2:3
“3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”
~ Either God lied or He is telling the truth - we cannot have it both ways.


“I hope I’m going to Heaven when I die.”
1 John 5:12-13
“12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”


“Will people who have never heard about Jesus go to hell?”
Romans 2:12-16
“12For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law 13(for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 14for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) 16in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.”

Homosexuality
“God made me like this. Sin is His fault!” 
~ In Romans 1, God is very clear that homosexuality is a sin, but not only a sin, it is also a judgment from God against those who reject Him as their Creator – He turns them over to their own lusts. However, when we are able to talk to them, we must not treat them like we are better than them – we aren’t. We do need to warn them with love that all of us must stand before Jesus and give an account and we need to be ready.

Romans 1:21-27
“21Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. 24Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.”

“The church is full of hypocrites.”
2nd Timothy 2:19
“19Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are His,’ and, ‘Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.’ “

“It’s intolerant to say that Jesus is the only way to God!”
John 14:6
“6Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Acts 4:8-12
“8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, ‘Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: 9If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, 10let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. 11This is the “stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.” 12Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.’ ”


Hypocrisy
“Religion has caused more wars than anything else in history.”
Luke 6:27-35
“27But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. 32But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High.”

~ Jesus’ message was radically different from any religion. In fact, Jesus never called men to follow a list of rules, but to love them with all of their heart, soul, mind, and strength. Chuck Missler points out that Jesus was probably the most anti-religious person to ever walk Earth. Why? Because He was constantly going after the hypocrites who had created a religion and appeared pious, but were self-deceived and only cared about themselves. So, Jesus was actually anti-religion: calling for us to embrace a relationship with our Creator.

Matthew 12:29-30
“ ’And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.”

Matthew 15:8-9 (Quoting Isaiah 28:13)
“7Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. 9And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

Matthew 23: 15-28 ~ Jesus’ indictment of religious hypocrites
“15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. 16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’ 17Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it. 22And he who swears by Heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it. 23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! 25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.”


“Jesus didn’t condemn the woman caught in the act of adultery, but condemned those who judged her. Therefore you shouldn’t judge others.”
John 8:11
“7So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, ‘He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.’ 8And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, ‘Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?’ 11She said, ‘No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.’ “
~ Those who say this are usually under conviction, which is a good thing. But they are also misusing a verse, and reviewing the passage and especially Jesus’ words to the woman with them shows the error clearly. It should be noted that Jesus didn’t defend the woman’s actions, but instead challenged all of their hearts, apparently writing God’s Law in the sand, and their consciences were convicted. Jesus was also very specific when talking with the woman: Go, sin and no more.

“Will people who have never heard about Jesus go to hell?”
~ People are not sent to Hell just because they didn’t accept Jesus; they are sent to Hell because they have rebelled against God, broken His Divine Law and deserve consequences, and have rejected the pardon that Jesus offers: offer of salvation with Him as our Master and Savior.

Romans 3:10-18
“10As it is written: ‘There is none righteous, no, not one; 11there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. 12They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.’ 13’Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongues they have practiced deceit’; ‘The poison of asps is under their lips’; 14’whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.’ 15’Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16destruction and misery are in their ways; 17and the way of peace they have not known.’ 18’There is no fear of God before their eyes.’ ”

Romans 5:12
“8But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners [literally: rebels, enemies], Christ died for us.”

James 2:8-11
“8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you do well; 9but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11For He who said, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ also said, ‘Do not murder.’ Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.”

Revelation 20:11-15
“11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the Heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14Then Death and Hades were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death. 15And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
~ It’s helpful to note: Why are the people sent to the Lake of Fire? Because of their works and they weren’t found in the Lamb’s Book of Life – they had rebelled and refused to cling onto the pardon Jesus offers


“If the Jews are God’s ‘chosen people,’ why have they been so oppressed?”
Luke 21:24
“And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”
~ The Jewish people missed their Messiah’s first coming, but God hasn’t abandoned them – He still has an unconditional everlasting covenant that He will keep, not to mention many other prophecies about the Jewish people and their homeland: Israel. (Genesis 12, 15, 17; Romans 9-11)


“Man is the master of his own destiny!”
Psalm 89:48
“What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave?”

Hebrews 9:27
“27And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.”

James 4:13-16
“13Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’; 14whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.’ 16But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.”


“There is no absolute truth. You can’t be sure of anything!”
1st Thessalonians 2:13
“13For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the Word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.”

Hebrews 11:1-3, 6
“1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible… 6But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

Romans 1:20-23, 25
“20For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things… 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.”


“How can you know that you are saved?”
Romans 8:13-16
“14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’ 16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”

2nd Corinthians 1:21-22
“21Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”

1st John 5:13
“11And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”


“I have been born again many times.”
2nd Corinthians 5:17
”17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

Romans 6:1-2
“1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?”

Hebrews 10:26-31
“26For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know Him who said, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord. And again, ‘The Lord will judge His people.’ 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”


“I was once a born-again Christian. Now I believe it’s all rubbish!”
1st John 2:19
“18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.”


“I believe I will go to heaven because I live by the Golden Rule.”
Gal. 5:14-18 
“14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 15But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! 16I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.”


“I have broken the Ten Commandments, but I do good things for people.”
Isaiah 64:6
“6But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”

“I used to be a liar and a thief, but that was years ago. Now I try to be a good person.”
Prov. 20:9
“9Who can say, ‘I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?’ ”

“What if someone says they’ve never lied, stolen, lusted, blasphemed—if they deny having any sin at all?”
James 2:14-16
“14But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.”

1st John 1:8, 10
“8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us… 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.”

“Do you sin, as a Christian?”
Luke 6:46
“45For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. 46But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?”

John 14:15, 21, 23
“15If you love Me, keep My commandments… 21He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”… 23Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.’”

1st John 1:5-10
“5This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.”

1st John 3:7
“4Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. 7Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.”