User:Kelvin/Q&A

Did God create evil?

Yes. He created evil for three reasons: to demonstrate his power, wrath, and mercy. All evil that is done is done by souls God has created and is meant by those souls for evil, but God uses their evil for the good of those who he has called to receive his mercy through his Son.

How do you get saved?

The Father gives you to the Son by his mercy and grace. You are drawn to the Son, abide in him and are indwelled by the Holy Spirit.

Can you lose your salvation?

Your name can be blotted out of the book of life. God ultimately knows who will be saved and who won't, but the book of life is a current record of everyone who is saved, and names are written in and blotted out as the status of people's salvation changes.

When will Jesus return?

Jesus will return after the events in Revelation described by the seals, trumpets, and vials which are in chronological order.

What is the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?

• There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
• For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
• And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
• But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
• But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
• Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
• And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
• And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

The Son is God with us, the Spirit is God in us, and the Father is God above us.

Jesus is God manifest in the flesh, God with us. God can be with himself and also a God to himself. In the case of the Father and the Son, God is his own God.

Does Old Testament law still apply to us?

We are no longer under the old covenant but the new. Jesus is the Lord, and we are bound by his commandments.

What is blaspheming the Holy Spirit?

Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is what the Pharisees did when they attributed the miracles of Jesus to Satan.

When is the use of force appropriate?

Government force is ok. Government violence is not. The government should enforce the Royal Law which is love thy neighbor as thyself.

Do we have free will?

We can't take credit for our salvation; our faith is a gift from God, but we also can't blame God for our sin; the responsibility for our sin lies solely with us.