Telling others about Jesus involves sharing the simple good news of salvation as well as what God has done in your own life.When we are living for Jesus, our attitudes and actions will often be different from those around us who don't know Him. Our friends may ask us about this difference, so it's important to be prepared and know what to say. The

There are six Marys in the Bible and they are each unique.The name Mary was a common name during the life of Jesus Christ. The Hebrew form of the name Mary is Miriam, which was the name of Moses' sister. The most well-known Mary in the Bible is the mother of Jesus. Mary was a virgin when she had Jesus and she was chosen to be the mother of the Mess

Cain was Adam and Eve’s first son.Cain is known in the Bible as Adam and Eve’s first son. His brother was Abel and they both worked in the field. When it was time to offer sacrifices, God was pleased with Abel’s offering, but He wasn’t pleased with Cain’s offering. Since God liked Abel’s offering better than Cain’s offering, Cain grew jealous of hi

The Bible was not written in English. Instead, it was written in three different languages—Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.The Old Testament was mostly written in Hebrew. This is because Jewish people who spoke this language wrote it. A few parts are written in Aramaic, a language that uses the same alphabet as Hebrew, but is slightly different. The mai

We call God our "Father" because that’s what He is!In the Old Testament, God is called the “Father” of Israel. He loved, cared for, taught, and commanded obedience from His children (Deuteronomy 32:6; Malachi 1:6). Every child has a physical father, and if we are very blessed, we learn how to see God as our Father through the love and teaching of o

Luke was the writer of the Gospel of Luke and Acts. He also assisted Paul on many of his missionary journeys.As the author of the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts. Luke doesn’t specifically include his name in his books, but both books are addressed to Theophilus (Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1). Luke is the only Gentile (non-Jew) to write a book of the Bib

God sent the flood to destroy the world because the people had become very evil. A long time ago, the people God had created only wanted to do bad things all of the time. This made God very sad. So God chose to judge the sins of the people who were sinning. It might seem harsh to us, but God hates sin, and most of the people didn’t care about follo

We don’t know for sure what they all looked like, but the Bible does talk about how some people looked. People come in many different shapes and sizes: short, tall, fair skin, dark skin, dark hair, blonde hair. Some have blue eyes, some have brown or even hazel eyes. We don't know a whole lot about what people looked like in the Bible. The Bible d

Being made in the image of God means that we mentally, morally, and socially resemble God. That may sound difficult, but we’ll explain below.God created mankind unique by making us in His image (Genesis 1:27). Nothing else that God created is made in His image, so we are very special! Being made in God’s image does not mean that we physically look

Before Jesus died on the cross for our sins, people had to kill perfect animals like lambs for their sins. This was called a sacrifice. Jesus is called the Lamb of God because He sacrificed Himself for us.The Bible says, "When you sin, the pay you get is death..." (Romans 6:23). God is perfect and just (which means everything He does is right and f

This means that we are to love God more than anything or anyone else.It might seem hard to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, but you can with God’s help. The concept of loving God fully is presented in the Old Testament. To not love the Lord in this way is a sin. Jesus reinstates the necessity of loving God above all else

God doesn’t have a body like people do, and He’s also too amazing to look at with our human eyes!God is a spirit, which means He is invisible to us. He doesn’t have a physical body like we do, which means He is not limited in the same ways we are. He doesn’t get sick, grow old, or get injured like we do. He can be everywhere at once.But there’s ano

Those who believe in Jesus as their Savior will go to heaven.When a person dies, their soul will either go to heaven or hell. A person will only go to heaven if they have believed in Jesus as their Savior.Going to heaven is not based on anything you do. No amount of “good deeds” will help you go to heaven. The only way to go to heaven is by believi

Free will means being able to make choices.Conversations about the Bible might involve phrases like "free will," or big words like "predestination." Sometimes, it seems like the two ideas are opposites. Free will means being able to make choices.Predestination means God has already made a choice.It is common to hear people claim that you can only h

The Bible doesn’t give a special age we have to be to accept Jesus.When someone wants to become a Christian, it’s important for him or her to understand some things. First, that person must understand that we all do wrong, bad things. Romans 3:23 says, "Everyone has sinned. No one measures up to God’s glory."Second, he or she also needs to understa

Yes—God knows everything about you, including when you will die.Crash, bang! There was an accident and somebody died. Or somebody we know gets sick and dies. Does God know when we will die? Psalm 139:16 tells us about a special book God has that says everything about us. Even how long we will live! We don’t know when we will die, but God does. And

Adam was the first man ever created.The Bible records Adam as being the first man ever created. God created Adam out of the dust of the ground and breathed life into his lungs (Genesis 2:7). Adam was very important because he was the first man God created and he had the privilege of walking alongside God in the garden of Eden. God also gave Adam th

Faith is trusting in something you can’t see.We can have faith in many different things. Some are everyday things. We have faith that we can sit down in a chair, because we believe that chair will hold us. We have faith that the earth will keep orbiting the sun and not go spinning off into outer space.We also can have faith in spiritual things. The

An attribute is something that tells us who a person is. Attributes are character qualities.God has many, many attributes, and all of them are good. Just about any good word you can think of will describe God! Here are just a few of His attributes:•God is love. He loves everyone He created with a perfect love, and He sent His own Son to die for our

Joseph’s brothers were jealous that their father loved him the most.Genesis 37:3-4 shows why Joseph’s brothers did not like him: "Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons. That’s because Joseph had been born to him when he was old. Israel made him a beautiful robe. Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them.