After reading “saved through perseverance” I was reminded of a preacher that said we could lose our salvation. He cited Matthew 10:22. The preacher took the stand that if we don’t endure we would lose our salvation, but didn’t note specifically what a lack of endurance was. I would like your feedback on the context of that verse in Matthew 10.

I am in desperate need of advice. To describe my overall state would indeed be that of cognitive dissonance. I am so extremely anxious to serve to Lord with my life, I have forgotten – if I had ever known – what his truest desire is for us: to love him. But how? I want nothing more, but I find it nearly impossible amongst the chaos of daily living, striving for a meager existence. I’d just as soon leave everything, my home, my job, my family. All I want is to love him, and to give my life to his service. Please help.

My question pertains to the ark door left open for 7 days for anyone to enter and thus be saved. According to Genesis 6:13 the whole earth was corrupt and evidence shows it was covered with the offspring of fallen angels and earth women. What if these people tried to get on the ark with corrupted DNA, would they have succeeded? I don’t believe there were any righteous people other than the 8 on the ark. So why was the door left open when God knew none were eligible to enter?

I have a young man in my Sunday School class who asked me a question that I’m having a little difficulty answering to the extent he wants. His question, “If God already knows what we’re going to do or say, why does He bother putting us in situations He does, or presenting us with problems when He knows we’re not going to make the right choice ?

In Matthew Chapter 5, what do verses 5:3, 5:9, 5:10 mean? They seem to contradict belief in the Son as the only requirement for salvation, (“blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs’ is the kingdom of heaven” for example) but I know God’s Word does not contradict, can you help explain?

If God knew that people would die without being saved, why did he give us free will? Wouldn’t it have been easier to skip straight to us all living in Heaven, as we will be when Jesus returns?

I am a fairly new Christian. I was told my salvation was free gift from God as no one can measure up to God’s standard and Jesus paid all the penalties for our sins so we can have eternity with God. I would like to know why my new pastor insists the more money we give the more blessings from God. This is contradictory to the Bible I think. In the Old Testament the people had to tithe but in the new Testament the mandatory tithe was deleted, right? So, is my salvation free, or not?

How can I draw nearer to God? As Matthew 7:7-8 says to do, I ask and seek and knock and I desire to draw nearer but I still feel distanced from Him. I have asked Him to reveal Himself to me, but I still feel a lot of times my prayers aren’t getting very far.

I recently heard a teacher reference I John 3:9 (“Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.”) as support for the proposition that “true” believers will not sin, or at least practice sin. With all the Scriptural support for the concept that believers can, and do still sin, how do you explain I John 3:9?

My husband understands accepting the Lord as his Savior – and says he has – but has been taught since childhood that a person needs to do good in order to stay in “good standing” with God. I tried to explain that once you accept the Lord you are His child and have eternal life. The good works we do are to please the Lord and be a testimony to other people but are not requirements for heaven. Once someone has accepted the Lord, are these follow-up teachings moot when it comes to their salvation?