True or False? Are these beliefs from the bible?
Here is a list of some of the religious tenets that people believe which are not taught in the Bible. The explanations for these notions do not accompany the statements, but many of the true Biblical perspectives are examined elsewhere on our web site. If you have specific questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
1. “God has already determined whether He will “call” you, and whether you will choose to follow Him and have eternal life, or that you will choose to reject Him and suffer the penalty. It's all been predestined from the foundation of the world, so you can't do anything about it. You have no choice in your own salvation.”
2. “Jesus was born on December 25, died on Good Friday and was resurrected on Easter Sunday.”
3. “Jesus kept the Sabbath, the Feast of Tabernacles, the Passover, and the Days of Unleavened Bread etc. because He was Jewish.”
4. “Three kings visited Jesus in the manger.”
5. “Baptizing infants and babies fulfills a scriptural requirement, which “saves” the baby’s soul.”
6. “Sprinkling and pouring are acceptable forms of baptism.”
7. Or, “Baptism is a ritual that is not really necessary any more.”
8. “If you ‘confess Christ’, then you are a Christian.”
9. “God is one Being, comprised of three separate personages. Or, God is one Being, Who can sometimes manifest Himself as a Father, at other times as a Son, and at other times as a Holy Spirit.”
10. “The Kingdom of God is the church.”
11. Or, “The Kingdom of God refers to when we will go to Heaven.”
12. Or, “The Kingdom of God is something set up in the hearts of men.”
13. “We have immortal souls that continue to exist independent of our bodies after our death.”
14.“The resurrection is when Christ will come down from heaven, with all of the worthy immortal souls following Him from heaven, to be reunited with their mortal bodies again.”
15. “Satan and the demons are immortal.”
16. “We go to either heaven or hell when we die.”
17. Or, “the resurrection is when Christ will come down from heaven, resurrect the saints, and then they will all go right back up to heaven again.”
18. “While Christ's body was lying in the tomb, He (or His immortal soul) was in hell, preaching to imprisoned spirits.”
19. “It doesn’t matter if “the church” has adopted some of the beliefs and customs of paganism. These rites and rituals have been “cleansed” by assigning them Christian names and by the passage of centuries, so they aren’t really pagan any more. God doesn’t really care how we worship Him, as long as we are sincere.”
20. “Christ will return and rapture the church away to heaven.”
21. “Dietary laws were for ancient Israel, not for Christians.”
22. “If you do not become a true Christian in this life, then you are eternally doomed.”
23. “Lucifer is another name for Satan.”
24. “Only Christians are capable of having “Agape Love”.
25. “When Christ returns, and Judgment Day begins, Christ will destroy everyone who had not accepted Him as their Savior.”
26. “Judgment Day doesn’t really come until after the millennium.”
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