Do Infants Go to Heaven When They Die?

…not die for the sins of their fathers (Deuteronomy 24:16; Ezekiel 18:20). Some might also bring up the account of Achan in Joshua 7:24-25, but this passage is not at all clear that the sons and daughters were either young or without complicity in the crime. In Matthew 19:14, Mark 10:14; and Luke 18:16, Jesus said that the kingdom of God is composed of little children. He was speaking of infants that were being brought to Him. This statement makes…

How Can I Know I’m Saved?

…Philippian jailor asked Paul and Silas what he had to do to be saved, Paul and Silas responded: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 16:31). Salvation is a free gift that God gives to all who trust Him for their salvation and seek to develop a personal relationship with Him through a close knowledge of Jesus Christ. Those who seek Him will find Him. Those who believe (not a mere intellectual assent but a personal commitment or trust) are…

Is Communion for Children? What does the Bible Say?

…our thinking and resolve our conflicts with others. We all come by grace to His table and none of us come because we are worthy apart from Him. But in Him, there is forgiveness and mercy and we partake based on this gift to all of us. Given this context, I am not as bothered as some with children taking communion. I note that the Lord’s Supper arises out of the Passover meal. Children have long partaken of the Passover…

Outline of Luke

…of this book which he subscribes to Paul. In another place, Eusebius states: . . . yet, of all the disciples, Matthew and John are the only ones that have left us recorded comments, and even they, tradition says, undertook it from necessity. . . . But Luke also in the commencement of his narrative, premises the cause which led him to write, showing that many others having rashly undertaken to compose a narration of matters that he had already…

Outline of Job

…are miserable comforters 16-17 Bildad: Listen, it is the wicked who suffer such things 18 Job: No, God has wronged me. Why, I do not know, but I shall see God. 19 Zophar: The triumph of the wicked always comes to an end. 20 Job: It is not so. Look at the wicked. Their payment comes after this life, not in this life. 21 Round 3 22-31 Eliphaz: Get acquainted with God and your troubles will cease. 22 Job: Oh,…

Outline of Job

…wise as you, I will talk to God 12-14 II. Round Two 15-21 Eliphaz: Your own speech reveals your sin 15 Job: You are miserable comforters 16-17 Bildad: Listen, it is the wicked who suffer such things 18 Job: No, God has wronged me. Why, I do not know, but I shall see God. 19 Zophar: The triumph of the wicked always comes to an end. 20 Job: It is not so. Look at the wicked. Their payment comes after…

Outline of Romans

…it is the longest book. But whatever reason, we come first to the book of Romans. The book of Romans is written by Paul from Corinth, while on his third missionary journey, in about 57 A.D. [His host is Gaius (Romans 16:23), an early convert in Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:14) and he commends to the Romans Phoebe from Cenchrea, a neighboring city of Corinth (Romans 16:1). Further, he is about to go to Jerusalem with an offering (Romans 15:25-26), which…

Outline of 1 Timothy

…to Macedonia. Nevertheless, Timothy was with Paul when Paul went to Macedonia (2 Corinthians 1:1) and he accompanied Paul back to Asia (Acts 20:4). He also was with Paul in Rome when he wrote Philippians (Philippians 1:1) and Colossians (Colossians 1:1). We find Timothy in Ephesus in this book and apparently in 2 Timothy (2 Timothy 1:16-18; 4:19). At some time, Timothy was imprisoned but then set free (Hebrews 13:23). We know little of Timothy’s later life. Eusebius mentions Timothy…

Outline of Philemon

…a run-away slave. Onesimus had apparently fled to Rome and there was converted by Paul (verse 10). Now, Paul sends him back to Philemon, though he would really like to keep him (verse 13). Paul commends Onesimus to Philemon, no longer as a slave, but as a brother. Paul, like Christ, asks for any of the wrongs of Onesimus to be put on Paul’s account (verse 18). The book is about bondage and love, forgiveness and joy. Mostly, it is…

Outline of 1 Peter

…found anywhere else in the New Testament. The book contains 56 direct references to Jesus Christ. In this book, he is the “Lord” (1:3), “pleasant” (2:3), “living stone” (2:4), “chief corner stone” (2:6-7), “stone of stumbling” (2:8), “rock of a bait trap” (2:8), “sinless” (2:22), “Shepherd” (2:25), “Bishop of our souls” (2:25), and “Chief Shepherd” (5:4). Most of all, He is our example (2:21) for bearing under suffering. This book contains 45 allusions to the Old Testament and 15 direct…