Hello. Jesus often talked about sin, but he never said what sin is. This may have been because he was speaking to Jewish people in the 1st Century, and those Jewish people knew what sin was: it was disobedience to the Old Testament law – the law of Moses, as Jesus usually called it. So, […]
The unforgiveable sin – slandering the Holy Spirit.
Hello The idea that there is such a thing as an unforgiveable sin is a disturbing element in Jesus’ teaching. But Matthew, Mark and Luke all give accounts of Jesus saying that slandering the Holy Spirit is an unforgiveable sin. (The 1st Century Greek word translated as “blasphemy” in some modern English translations means to […]
What did Jesus say about the Kingdom of God?
Hello Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God more than any other topic. So, it’s important. When Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God, he was talking to people living in a Jewish community nearly 2000 years ago. These people were living under occupation by a foreign power and they were very unhappy about it, […]
Is Christianity the only way to God?
Hello Jesus said an extraordinary and wonderful thing “For God, all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). For God, all things are possible. Yet many of us seem to think that some things are impossible for God. We think God can only work through people like us. We think he can only work through our denomination, […]
What did Jesus say about obeying God?
Hello Jesus said that the person who obeys his Father will enter the kingdom of heaven. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we […]