Power for the New Life
In Psalm 121:1 the psalmist asks: “I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from?” He then gives the answer himself: “My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.” This has not changed – our help is still from the Lord. Through His power God enables […]
The New Life
A new believer should, through baptism, become part of the Church of Christ, which consists of all true believers. Through baptism the new believer testifies before the world and Satan, with fellow believers as witnesses, that he or she has died to the old self-life of sin and has now begun this new life in […]
Time to Decide?
Anyone who has read this far may feel the desire to learn even more about these matters. You are encouraged to read to the end and, if necessary, to search the Bible earnestly for answers to any uncertainties that may still remain. It will also be beneficial to seek out the fellowship of sincere Christian […]
Good News
Salvation Because God is love, and because He is almighty, He does everything that must be done according to His righteous will and judgment in this world, which lies under the power of the Evil One. Therefore, there is indeed hope for humanity, which is dead in sin. God desires to redeem human beings (all […]
God is Love
Some of God’s natural attributes The God of the Bible – and according to the Bible, the only true God – is Eternal. He has no beginning and no end. He exists outside of time. He created time. God is at the beginning of time and already at its end. This is why the Bible […]
Dead in Sin
When a person (before true conversion) realizes that, because of sin, he or she is alienated from the true God, abandoned, and in a state of spiritual death, it can hardly be good news for anyone. Yet it remains a fact, whether one believes it or not, because humanity has sinned against God. What is […]
Bibliography
The Bible in English, Various translations Ankerberg, J & Weldon, J. 1991. The Facts on Islam. Harvest House Publishers, Oregon. Ali, AY. 1946. ‘The Holy Qur’an’. Islamic Propagation Centre, International. Ali, AY. 2000. The Meanings of The Illustrious Qur’an. Idara Isha’at-E-Diniyat (P) LTD. New Delhi. Baker, MA. 1981. Imam, ‘Die Heilige Qur’an’. Islamic Propagation Centre, […]
Reconciliation with God?
After the fall, humanity was sent out of God’s presence and cannot return to Him. Human beings now find themselves in a world that is cursed and under the power of the evil One. Therefore, every person born, is spiritually dead in a condition of being forsaken by God and condemned to eternal destruction. Salvation […]
The Same God?
Can Yahweh, the God of the Bible, and Allah, the God of the Qur’an, be the same God? From the facts discussed so far, it is clear that the God of the Bible and Allah possess entirely different moral qualities and characteristics, which should make it beyond doubt that the two beings cannot be the […]
Mohammed’s Wives
The Lord Jesus, as the Son of God, never married during His earthly life and ministry, and He was sinless in every respect. Muhammad, however, had more wives than a Muslim is permitted to have according to the Qur’an. According to Sura 4:3, four is the maximum number of wives a Muslim man may have. […]