Yes, God knows everything before it even happens.God knows all things. 1 John 3:20 says, "...God is greater than our hearts. And he knows everything." He knew Adam and Eve would sin (Genesis 3).The good news is that God already had a plan for after Adam and Eve sinned. When God punished the serpent, He said, "...Her son will crush your head. And yo

Sin came from our own free will.God did not create sin. The Bible tells us God created everything good (1 Timothy 4:4). God did create mankind with free will, which means we can choose to do the right thing or the wrong thing. The fall of man happened because mankind chose to do the wrong thing—to sin against God.Sin existed before Adam and Eve sin

No, you cannot be sinless. God’s Word says that all have sinned.Since the fall of mankind, there has been sin in the world. We are all born into sin and we all freely sin (Psalm 51:5; Romans 3:23). There is no escaping sin in our present, earthly life. Even though we have believed in Jesus and accepted Him as our Savior, it does not mean we stop si

It’s always right to forgive.Believe it or not, an unforgiving spirit will make you sadder. And when you don’t forgive, you may want to get even, which will make things worse. When you choose to forgive those who hurt you, you actually free yourself from the bitterness and anger that could build up inside. Forgiveness means that you won’t hold a fr

Although there are many angels in God’s service, there are only four angels who are named in the Bible.Angels are powerful spiritual beings God created to do work in heaven and on earth. Gabriel, Michael, Lucifer, and Apollyon are some names of angels we read about in the Bible. Gabriel is an angel who visited Zechariah in the temple to tell him th

You should always keep your promises unless someone could be in danger.Sometimes our friends and siblings will ask us to keep a promise. It is good to keep our promises because we should always keep our word. The one exception to keeping promises is if someone is in danger. If a person is in danger or is going to hurt themselves, you are not requir

Yes! You can pray even when you’ve been bad. In fact, God wants you to pray!God is perfect. If we wait until we are perfect before you pray, we will never pray! We don’t have to be perfect. We can pray to God anytime and from anywhere. When we do something bad or sin in some way, God wants to hear from us. In fact, when we sin, God wants to hear fr

Basically, sin is something that is wrong according to what God and His commands tell us is right.Sin can include rebellion, disobedience, lying, hatred, stealing, disrespect and more. And every one of us has sinned at some point or another.When God created the very first people, Adam and Eve, He told them not to eat the fruit from a certain tree.

Being a perfectionist can be difficult because no one can be perfect. Only God is perfect.A lot of people struggle with perfectionism. It causes a person to feel like they have to get everything exactly right. If everything is not exactly right, it can cause the person to feel a bad sense of stress and anxiety. Being a perfectionist is simply impos

The joy of the Lord is the delight of knowing God.Christians will experience the joy of the Lord by following Jesus, learning more about Him, and from the Holy Spirit working in our lives.The joy of the Lord will remain with you even in bad times. Even when you go through a hard time, such as a death of a loved one or the loss of a friendship, you

God made everything, including angels. Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Since angels usually live in heaven, God probably made them when He made heaven.We also know for sure that God made angels before He made our planet. Job 38:4-7 says, "Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you

Taking off your hat can show respect for God.Wearing your baseball hat in church doesn’t seem like a big deal, does it? It depends on where you live though. In many parts of the world, it’s polite for guys to take off their hats in church. In fact, church isn’t the only place where it is respectful to take off your hat. For example, in some countri

Change can be scary for a lot of people.Do you like change or do you avoid it at all costs? We cannot always avoid change, so sometimes we will need to be brave and face change. The good news is that we are not alone when change happens. God will be with us and we can talk to Him through prayer. He can work out both good changes and bad changes for

Yes, Christians do have two natures—the old nature and the new nature.The first nature is the old nature and the second nature is the new nature. The old nature is the sinful flesh. The new nature says it is not okay to sin.The old nature will try to convince Christians to do the wrong thing. Even Paul the Apostle struggled with his sin nature (Rom

Fellowship with God means you are friends with God and want to spend time with Him.The only way to have fellowship with God is by believing in Jesus and accepting His gift of salvation. Then you can have fellowship, living in the light—not in the darkness. Living in the light means we make wise choices and obey God. God wants us to live in the ligh

God created us to obey Him! When we disobey God, we do something we were not created to do. Think about your bike. When you ride it on the street or at the park, it works well. But if you tried to ride your bike in the lake, it wouldn’t work! You would sink to the bottom because your bike wasn’t created to work in the lake. God created you to obey

Everyone has feelings of right and wrong, but why do we feel bad when we do something wrong? This is known as being convicted of sin. We feel badly because we have done something that is against what we know is right.The apostle Peter felt this when he said he did not know Jesus. After the third time, he cried because he knew he had done something

We may think of "church" as the building we go to on Sunday, but it is much more.The "church" is a group of people who have accepted Jesus’ free gift of salvation. In Acts 2:42, we learn what the church is supposed to do. "The believers studied what the apostles taught. They shared their lives together. They ate and prayed together." In this verse,

Yes, it is okay to pledge allegiance to the flag of your country.We can make pledges, as long as those pledges do not take the place of God (Acts 5:29). You know that you are first and foremost devoted to God. We need to be devoted to God first and our country second.As believers, the Bible tells us to be good citizens. Part of being a good citizen

Bitterness is bad feelings you hold toward another person.Bitterness is rooted in sin. When we have bitterness, it means we hold resentful feelings toward another person. Rather than forgiving them, we choose to hold onto bitterness. God wants you to let go of all bitterness (Ephesians 4:31-32).If we let bitterness stay in our hearts, it will consu