Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter "J"
Unless otherwise noted, all answers were written by Jeff Hamilton.
Jealousy
Jesus Christ
- Can you explain all these similar phrases about dying with Christ and dying to sin?
- Can you explain some of the prophecies of Christ?
- Can you explain the description of Jesus in Revelation 1:13-15?
- Can you help me with some arguments from a Messianic Jew?
- Comments on belief in the deity of Christ
- Could Jesus have been flawed like other men?
- Could Jesus have cured people through the placebo effect?
- Could "Mighty God" in Isaiah 9:6 refer to a man?
- Did God forsake Jesus on the cross?
- Did Jesus become the only begotten of God at his baptism?
- Did Jesus believe in life after death?
- Did Jesus carry his cross?
- Did Jesus go to Hell?
- Did Jesus have a choice about dying on the cross?
- Did Jesus know he would die by crucifixion in advance?
- Did Jesus physically arise?
- Did Jesus spend three days in hades?
- Did Jesus' spirit leave his body and go to hades?
- Did Matthew fabricate a prophecy to support his claim that Jesus was the Messiah?
- Did the folded napkin in John 20:7 mean Jesus was coming back?
- Didn't Jesus die on Wednesday?
- Do you have any information on Jesus' childhood?
- Does baptism make Jesus' sacrifice insufficient for our salvation?
- Does Buddhism prove Jesus to be myth?
- Does Jesus hear our prayers before God hears them?
- God cannot be tempted, but Jesus was tempted; so, is Jesus not God?
- How can Paul die with Christ if Christ is living?
- How can the Son be called the Everlasting Father?
- How could Jesus be in the grave three days and nights if he died on Friday and rose on Sunday?
- How could Jesus be the son of David?
- How could Jesus be the son of man, the son of David, and the son of God?
- How could Moses be called meek?
- How could "out of Egypt I have called my Son" be about Jesus?
- How do I respond to my World History teacher?
- How do you respond to someone claiming Jesus was not divine?
- How far did Jesus carry the cross?
- How many Passovers did Jesus attend during his ministry?
- How many people did Jesus raise from the dead during his earthly ministry?
- "I believe Jesus was married and had a son."
- If God knows everything, then why did Jesus marvel at the centurion's faith?
- If Jesus had brothers and sisters, why did he give responsibility of Mary to his disciple John?
- If Jesus is God, how come he doesn't know when the world will end?
- If Jesus is God, how is it that he had a body?
- If Jesus knew Judas would betray him, why did Jesus have him around?
- In whose name are we to be baptized?
- Is Jesus God?
- Is Jesus God or someone God sent to earth?
- Is Jesus literally God's son or is it a title?
- Is Jesus, the Father, and the Spirit three manifestations of the same one Spirit?
- Is "Jesus" the name used in the New Testament?
- Is Jesus the wisdom of God?
- Is Jesus today both man and God at the same time?
- Is Matthew 28:19 a part of the setting up of the church?
- Is Michael the archangel and Jesus the same person?
- Is the Holy Spirit Jesus?
- Is there a connection between Jacob's ladder and Jesus' statement in John 1:51?
- Is there any reference to Jesus having drank to excess at any time?
- Isn't it true that Jesus did not have to eat the Pasover lamb because he had no sin?
- Matthew 28:19 cannot refer to a Christian's baptism because it was given in the wrong place and at the wrong time.
- "My research says that Matthew mistranslated "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?""
- Other than Paul, did Jesus speak to anyone else directly after his ascension?
- Should baptism be done only in Jesus' name?
- Should the Father only be addressed as Yahweh and the Son as Yahshua?
- Should we call on Jesus or Jehovah to be saved?
- "The spirit cannot be God"
- Was Jesus created since he is the firstborn of creation?
- Was Jesus ever long winded?
- Was Jesus fully human when he was born into this world and could he have sinned?
- Was Jesus married?
- Was Jesus omniscient?
- Was the blood of Jesus limited only to the washing away of our sins?
- Was there a prophecy connecting the Feast of the Tabernacles to Jesus' birth?
- Were the demons falling down before Jesus and his transfiguration among the miracles of Jesus?
- What about displaying so-called pictures of Jesus?
- What did Jesus eat while he was on earth?
- What did Simeon mean in Luke 2:35?
- What do you think about this Jesus tomb found in Jerusalem?
- What do you think of the movie "The Passion of the Christ"?
- What proof is there that Mary was born without sin?
- What was so bad about Jesus turning stones into bread?
- When and to whom was the Savior first promised?
- When Christ spoke, "It is finished" and died on that cross, at that moment is when the New Covenant took place?
- When did Jesus restore the hair of a man?
- When Jesus died, what spirit returned to God?
- When Jesus was dying on the cross and called out Father why have you forsaken me, how could Jesus be God at this time?
- When was Satan bound, before Jesus came to this world or later?
- Where did Jesus carry his own cross?
- Where does the Bible explain why Jesus' bones were not broken?
- Where is the first scripture that proves Jesus existed before he came to earth as a man?
- Which is the better way to pronounce Jesus' name: Yahsua or Yeshua?
- Which Old Testament prophet did Jesus quote the most?
- Who is Jesus Christ?
- Who should we worship: God, the Father, or Jesus Christ?
- Why do Christians call Jesus the Son of God?
- Who is the one man among a thousand and why couldn't a woman be found?
- Who was the last to see Jesus?
- Why did John call Jesus the Messiah and then later ask if he was the one?
- Why did the people think Jesus was calling for Elijah?
- Why didn't Jesus let the unclean spirits say who he was?
- Why didn't the Jews believe Jesus?
- Why does Jesus sound harsh in Matthew 10:34-36?
- Why does Revelation 5:1-6 contain changing symbols?
- Why is both the king of Babylon and Jesus called the morning star?
- Why is Jesus said to be of Nazareth if he was born in Bethlehem and who was the serpent in the Garden?
- Why is Jesus referred to as the son of David more than as the son of Abraham or of Noah?
- Why was Jesus born of a virgin?
- Why was Jesus in the grave for three days?
- Why wasn't Jesus named Immanuel?
- Why would you think that God would not forsake His own Son?
- Wouldn't Jesus being both man and God contradict the Old Testament?
Jews
- See Judaism
Job
Jobs, Employment
- Are Christians commanded to physically labor?
- Is it wrong to have a job that encourages others to sin?
- May a Christian serve in government?
- Questions about Boaz
- What does the Bible say about employment?
- When I get busy in school, I lose sight of God. Is that wrong?
John the Apostle
John the Baptist
- How was John the Baptist Elijah?
- Is there any difference between the messenger in Malachi 3 and Elijah the prophet in Malachi 4?
- What was the purpose of John's baptism?
Joseph
Joshua
Judaism
- Can a Jew go to heaven?
- How can one become a Jew?
- Is Judaism Calvinistic?
- Is there a group of Jews today who still believe they are God's chosen people?
- Was Hebrew lineage ever determined through the females in history?
- Were proselytes considered Jews?
- Why didn't the Jews believe Jesus?
- Why do the Jews teach different doctrine from the New Testament?
- Why would the Sadducees bother claiming to be religious?
- Will Jews be judged under the law or the new covenant?
- See also Israel
Judges, the Book of
- How long did Jephthah rule Israel?
- Was Jael morally right in killing Sisera?
- Where in the Bible does it tell about two judges ruling at the same time, one evil and the other one good?
- Who were the judges and kings of Israel?
- Why did Jael give Sisera milk and not water as he requested?
Judging
- Did I do wrong bringing up an issue about when the collection should be counted?
- Do Christians experience temporal judgments?
- Does the Bible support the idea that all men are created equal?
- Don't you feel guilty telling young people they have sinned?
- How can I stop being so judgmental against my sisters who had abortions?
- How can you judge others?
- How do you handle criticism?
- How do you keep doing right when others react badly?
- I think you spend too much time going over questions of conscious and opinion and never get to the preaching of the Gospel.
- If you judge atheists, then aren't you contradicting your beliefs?
- Is it right to say "Rest in Peace" in regard to a known sinner?
- Is it wrong to say that a preacher isn't teaching the truth?
- "It's people like you who make young people fear to turn to God for help."
- My family won't go to church because they think people will judge them for not attending. How can I get them to go with me?
- Shouldn't you teach about principles instead of pointing out people's sins?
- Some questions about judgments
- The father of my daughter has a thing for young girls. Did I make the right decision to keep him away from my daughter?
- "The gospel doesn't judge us, Jesus judges us."
- What do you say about guilt by association in regards to fellowship?
- What is my responsibility when I know that a person is sinning within the church?
- When is the time to make a righteous judgment versus a wrongful personal judgment?
- Who are you to judge Catholics?
- Why is Jude 9 linked to Zechariah 3:2?
- "You are not supposed to judge and you did."
- You can't judge others!
- "You don't know the true reasons why I don't attend!"
- You should be offering a forgiving hand to sinners instead of just throwing Scripture at them.
- "You should be spreading the joys of Christian living rather than taking excerpts from the Bible"
- "You shouldn't mention names or say why groups are wrong."
- You think you have the right to judge your fellow man.
Judgment Day
- Are motives all that matter to God?
- Are our sins completely wiped away or will they be remembered at Judgment in some way?
- Could someone who was abusing drugs and died of an overdose be in heaven?
- Do you think God would judge us by our lives?
- Does God wait for me to sin?
- Does the Bible support the idea that all men are created equal?
- How can God judge me when I didn't ask to be born?
- How can past sexual abuses be dealt with today?
- How will God judge the believer and the non-believer?
- If I want sometime so badly that I think I would be willing to go to hell to get it, and then I do get it, will I end up in hell?
- If we are forgiven of our sins as Christians, what is the Judgment for?
- Is God cleansing the earth with these recent storms?
- Is it "away from the prescence of the Lord" or "coming from the presence of the Lord" in II Thessalonians 1:9?
- Is the end of time drawing near?
- Is the recent major earthquake in Indonesia an indication that Jesus is about to return?
- What happens if we sin just before we die?
- What happens to you when you die?
- What is the bema judgment?
- What should I do when Judgment Day comes?
- When are we judged, at death or on the Judgment Day?
- When was the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom?
- Where does it say that if you reject Jesus you will spend eternity in hell?
- Will both God and Jesus judge us on judgment day?
- Will God condemn a new Christian who still has a lot to learn?
- Will God judge the husband by the actions of his wife?
- Will Jews be judged under the law or the new covenant?
- Will the world end on December 21, 2012?
- Will we be judged by every thing we say here on earth?
