All people are sinners in need of God’s salvation.The Bible is clear that people need to be saved by God. Why? Here are some reasons salvation is necessary:• We are sinners – Romans 3:23 says, "Everyone has sinned. No one measures up to God’s glory." Sin is anything we think, say, or do that God doesn’t like. The Bible says that all people have sin

We don’t know what the forbidden fruit was.A lot of people think the forbidden fruit was an apple, but the Bible doesn’t tell us it was an apple. The forbidden fruit could have been any fruit. It is most likely that the forbidden fruit no longer exists. The forbidden fruit was a special fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Since we do

Esther: The queen for just the right time—God’s time. "It’s possible that you became queen for a time just like this" (Esther 4:14).Esther was a young Jewish girl who lived with her older cousin Mordecai (More-duh-ky) in a kingdom called Persia. She thought of Mordecai as an uncle. Mordecai worked in the king’s palace. One day, the ruler of Persia,

The culture in Bible times was different than it is now.During Bible times, men were the leaders in society. The writers of the Bible were probably all men. This is why we don’t read about very many women in the Bible.Many of the Bible stories tell about leaders, including kings and prophets. Most of these leaders (like Saul, David, and Solomon) we

The Bible does not tell us directly whether people in heaven look down on us or not.The idea that people in heaven can look down and see us is very popular in society. While this idea is popular, it is not biblical. While the Bible never tells us that our loved ones can’t look down on us, it never tells us that they can either. Most likely, our lov

The Bible doesn't tell us exactly how big heaven is.We don't really know because God does not measure things the way we measure them on earth! But in the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, God gives us some other details about heaven. Read Revelation 21-22 and you will discover that heaven has a beautiful river and fruit trees, a thron

The Bible doesn't tell us exactly how old Jesus' disciples were.Despite the Bible not telling us directly how old Jesus’ disciples were, there are many things we can know. Jesus was around 30 years old when He started His ministry. According to Jewish culture and tradition, a student was generally younger than their teacher. Since Jesus was 30 year

Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples. He is the disciple who betrayed Jesus.For all three years of Jesus’ earthly ministry, Judas Iscariot followed Jesus. He was the treasurer and would often steal by taking money out of the treasury (John 12:6). From this, we can see that Judas Iscariot was not a good person."Iscariot" is placed behin

King Saul's disobedience brought destruction."What pleases the Lord more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying him? It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice" (1 Samuel 15:22).Long ago, the nation of Israel rejected God as their King and asked for a human king. God chose a man named Saul to become the first king, and the prophet Samuel a

The walls and gates of Jerusalem were important because they kept the people safe.There were many walls and gates built in Jerusalem. Many parts of the present-day wall in Jerusalem have remnants of the wall that would have been up during the time of Abraham. If you were to travel to Jerusalem, you could see part of the ancient wall. It is about tw

No, the Bible is no longer being written.You might want to ask, "Why not?" There are a few reasons why we know the Bible is still not being written today. The Old Testament has 39 books written from about 1500–400 BC. The Israelites, God’s people, accepted these 39 books because they were inspired by God. "Inspired" means that God guided the writer

A believer of Jesus is someone who believes in Jesus’ teaching and trusts in Him for salvation.The dictionary defines a believer as "one who professes a religious faith." In the Christian world, a believer is someone who believes in Jesus' teaching—that we are sinners, separated from God, and Jesus died for our sins and rose again. First Corinthian

An agnostic is a person who believes it impossible to know if God exists. Many agnostics believe God might exist, but they don’t know for certain if He does exist or not. Despite believing a God exists, agnostics don’t live like they know a god exists. Agnosticism is not correct. The Bible tells us there is a God and we can know Him. God reveals Hi

Jesus was transfigured and Peter, John, and James saw it.What happened at the Mount of Transfiguration was extremely important. At this Mount, Jesus was transfigured before His disciples, Peter, John, and James. This means Jesus changed. These disciples were able to see Jesus' amazing transfiguration. The transfiguration made it possible for the di

Salvation is a gift, not a feeling.The Bible talks a lot about salvation, but it doesn’t say anything about "feeling saved." Salvation is when a sinner is saved from God’s judgment on sin. Feelings can’t always be trusted. For example, I may feel sad when all my friends are happy. That feeling may be caused by a cloudy day, a headache, or something

We believe that babies and very young children go to heaven when they die.When King David was king over Israel, his little baby was struck with a serious illness. The baby died when he was only one week old. David was so very sad, but he had hope. He said, "Someday I’ll go to him. But he won’t return to me" (2 Samuel 12:23).When King David’s baby d

Yes, Jesus was actually glowing on the mountain with Moses and Elijah. The Bible says His face shone like the sun!During Jesus’ ministry, He took Peter, James, and John with Him to a mountain. On the mountain, Jesus was transfigured before them. This means Peter, James, and John saw a glimpse of Jesus’ glory. Jesus’ face, body, and clothes started

Daniel was a prophet of the Lord. He was taken into Babylonian captivity and despite this obstacle, he did many great things for the Lord.Daniel was one of many who were taken into Babylonian captivity. He was selected to undergo three years of training to be placed into the king's service (Daniel 1:1-6). Daniel's friends Hananiah, Michael, and Aza

The Bible doesn’t tell us why God allows birth defects in some people and not others.Birth defects happen because of sin. The parents' sin didn’t cause the defects. The baby’s sin didn’t cause the defects. Some babies are born with birth defects because of sin in the world. Because of sin, there are birth defects today.While we don’t know why God a

The Holy Spirit never changes, because He is God and God never changes.However, the Holy Spirit works in different ways today than He did during the early Bible times.During the time of the Old Testament (before Jesus was born), and even until Jesus rose from the dead and went back into heaven, the Holy Spirit didn’t always live inside believers. P