I have enjoyed your article on the Lord’s Prayer. And though we, as believers, may call him “Father”, that is not His name. I first began this email by intending to cite scriptures where it mentions His wanting us to know Him by His name, but there were just too many of them. His name is YHWH. Some pronounce it “Jehovah”, but since there was no letter “J” in the Hebrew language, we call Him Yahweh. (The same is true of “Jesus” whose real Hebrew name was/is “Yeshua”.) Of course, this name was deleted from almost all scriptures and substituted with “LORD” because it was considered too sacred to pronounce. But, He wants the world to know His name and use it. So, when we pray “hallowed be thy name,” we are speaking of His name YAHWEH.

Recently I came across an atheist website that argued against God by saying an omnipotent God is impossible. Their line of reasoning went something like this:

If God were truly omnipotent in an absolute and unlimited sense, then God could be capable of both existing and not existing at the same time, meaning that every form of theism and every form of atheism would be equally justified at all times simultaneously. Such a God could be capable of informing humans of certain requirements for attaining heaven and avoiding hell but actually holding to entirely different requirements without ever actually lying.

I have seen numerous explanations by theologians to this argument. However, I have come to the following conclusion, theologians who say it is impossible for God to do anything that it is logically impossible to do are wrong because quite frankly God transcends logic. The only reason we know anything at all about the loving creator is because he is merciful enough to reveal himself to us through his word. What is your take on this argument by atheists and by my answer?

In Matthew 26:29, Jesus said “But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s Kingdom.” Can you explain “this cup” and when and where will he drink it new? What or where is His Father’s Kingdom? When or what is the Kingdom of God?

After we believe in Jesus Christ, we know that we are forgiven of our sins. Yet we sin to Lord all the time. We know God does not like us to have a sinful lifestyle and will banish those sinful people to hell. So how do we know if we have a sinful lifestyle if we sin everyday? If we sin everyday does that mean we lead a sinful lifestyle? We all know that we will be forgiven if we ask, but will God be angry because we just can’t stop sinning? And how do we identify if we lead those sinful lives or not? Is there anyway we can know? We are like living in such a sinful world, is there anyway to stop that.

I am very puzzled and troubled by 1 Corinthians 5:5, which states:

“…deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”

To me, this seems to contradict eternal security because it seems to state that if this man does not repent, his spirit would not be saved. Paul sounds like he is saying that in order for this man to keep his salvation, he has to have his flesh destroyed and then repent. If this man’s spirit is already saved, then why does he have to be delivered to Satan and have his flesh destroyed in order to keep his salvation? I understand why he would need to have this done for fellowship purposes, but why for salvation purposes?

Is this how you read this verse? Have you done any research on this verse? I have looked all over the internet for a deeper understanding of this verse and cannot find it.

Thank you for your wonderful site.

My question is, believing that Jesus Christ died to save us from our sins ( I understand that to be the punishment from our sins – correct me if I’m wrong) and that as we accept Him we are new creatures in Christ – then why do we still have this sin nature? 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; and behold all things are become new.”

I understand that we live in a fallen world but if our old sin nature is not removed when we become new creatures in Christ, then what does this verse mean? How literal are we to take it? Or do we just overlook it when we, as believers, sin, which we all do? It seems we like to rationalize our sinning by blaming it on our old sin nature – but if all things are new, then what? Some insight on interpreting this verse would be helpful.

I was fascinated by your explanation about the genealogy of Joseph and Mary both from the same Royal bloodline. I believe that very few people know about this that Joseph is a Prince by birth and Mary is a Princess by birth both from the bloodline of King David.

I have something in my mind that maybe you can help explain to me. Did Adam reach the fourth generation or his fourth great grandson? Or probably Noah?

I have a complex life, I feel. I’m a 14 year old believer. However, my family members are Buddhists. I became a Christian at 7 years old by some tuition teachers that are Christians themselves (Praise God) and they actually threatened to chase me out of the house. 7 years have passed and I have been following Jesus Christ silently and sometimes I don’t really know what to do.

Firstly, I regret not being able to worship Jesus Christ openly because of my family background. Secondly, they worship all those idols and sometimes I even have to do that and then I feel so sorry and keep praying to Lord asking him to forgive me. I really don’t know if God is angry at me. I really want to go to church and read the Bible. Will Jesus even accept me when I do not worship him openly?

Sometimes I feel that I’m on the verge of losing God and it seems so hard to please him and so easy to lose him. I’m feeling scared in my heart that I may accidentally anger him by sinning and that he will leave me. What should I do?

Would I be correct in saying that the church to-day is where Israel was when Jesus came?

Many of the leaders had no idea of what God really wanted of them to guide his people and many were only interested in the praise of men.

Many of the churches to-day seem to be structured on sensationalism and the unbelievable.

A lady that I work with shared from a book she was reading of some person that God sent to hell for 23 days so that he could come back and warn the people of what lay ahead if they did not repent.

I told her it was rubbish as the rich man wanted Lazarus to go back and warn his brothers but Jesus told the story that even if someone was raise from the dead and went back they would not believe.

The good,pure solid word of GOD has been changed for fables,myths and fantastic stories.

I am a Christian who didn’t spank my children. Having grown up in a non-Christian home where I was painfully hit daily, I found the concept of honoring father and mother very difficult when I became a Christian, and resolved that I would not set that difficulty in the way of my own children.

It was hard to swim against the tide of what most Christians take for granted, especially as I believe that every word of God is true, but I also felt that since I was able to reason with my children so that they didn’t rebel then I was not under obligation to correct them physically. I have never had cause to regret my stance but always wondered if I had ‘spoiled’ them or done the wrong thing biblically, until I read your article. Thank you so much.