Questions you may encounter as you evangelize and the Answers to them.

1. [Roman Catholics]
1. Is there salvation by works?
No, because…
Ephesians 2:8
Romans 4:4,5
Galatians 2:16
2. Should we pray to Mary and to the saints?
No, because…
John 17:24,26
Should we pray to the gods of other religions?
No, because…
1 Kings 18:26-29
Thus, to pray to Mary, to the saints, and to the gods of
other religion (e.g. Buddhism) is to pray to no one.
3. Should we worship the saints and the angels?
No, because…
Acts 10:25
Acts 14:14,15
Revelation 22:8,9
4. Is the Pope the Antichrist?
We don’t know for sure but…
1 John 2:18,22
5. Is the Apocrypha inspired Word of God?
No, because…
(1) They were not written by prophets.
(2) They were not confirmed by miracles.
(3) They contain many false teachings and historical
errors.
(4) They were never quoted in the NT.
(5) They were never accepted by Judaism as inspired.
(6) They were rejected by the church fathers of the
early church.
(7) They were added by the Roman Catholics in 1546
in response to the Reformation Movement.
[Jehovah’s Witnesses]
1. Is Jesus a created creature?
No, because…
John 1:14,1-3
Is Jesus an angel?
No, because…
Hebrews 1:4,5
Is Jesus only a prophet?
No, He is God because…
He is omniscient John 21:17
He is omnipotent Matthew 28:18
He is omnipresent Matthew 28:20
He is immutable Hebrews 13:8
He is sinless 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22; 1 John 3:5
[Read: John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, Revelation 1]
If Jesus is God, He couldn’t be a real human, right?
No, He is also human because…
He was born Luke 2:7
He grew Luke 2:40,52
He got tired John 9:6
He got thirsty John 19:28
He got hungry Matthew 4:2
He slept Luke 8:24
He died Luke 23:46
Thus, Jesus is FULLY God and FULLY man.
[Read Colossians 2:9, The Chalcedonian Creed
(A.D.451)]
2. Is the Holy Spirit a power, a thing?
No, He is a person because…
He thinks Romans 8:27
He speaks Acts 13:2
He can be grieved Ephesians 4:30
He decides 1 Corinthians 12:11
The Holy Spirit is not God, right?
No, He is because…
He is omniscient 1 Corinthians 2:10
He is omnipotent Zechariah 4:6
He is omnipresent Psalm 139:7,8
If Jesus for you is God, and the Holy Spirit for you is
also God, that means you worship three Gods, right?
No, there is only ONE God (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah
43:10)
And He exists in THREE distinct persons (Father, Son, and
Spirit).
Is there a word “Trinity” in the Bible?
No, but…
“The word ‘Trinity’ is used to define the fullness of the
Godhead both in terms of His unity and diversity. They
are united in terms of essence and they are diverse in
terms of person.” – R.C. Sproul
Yes, God is one but three is a MYSTERY. Not a
contradiction, but a paradox.
“If we try to understand God completely, we may lose
our mind. But if we do not believe in the Trinity sincerely,
we will lose our soul.” – Anonymous
3. Hell doesn’t exist, right?
No, it does. Matthew 25:41.
3 Common Reasons why many tend to reject the idea of
Hell:
(1) It is TOO HARSH.
(2) It is TOO INSENSITIVE.
(3) It is TOO UNFAIR.
5 Things you have to ponder:
(1) Jesus taught more about Hell than Heaven.
(2) God is not 10% holy and 90% loving. He is 100%
holy, 100% loving.
(3) God’s love does not negate His holiness and justice.
(4) To deny the existence of hell will not eliminate hell.
(5) To disgust at the idea of hell is to view God’s
transcendence as baloney and His holiness as
exaggerated.
4. Should we condemn celebrating Christmas,
Valentines, Easter, etc.?
No, instead…
John 10:22-30
Romans 14:6

2. [Muslims]
1. Are we all born good?
No, because…
Psalm 51:5
Romans 5:12,13
Ephesians 2:3
Romans 3:10,23
I John 1:8,10
2. Jesus didn’t really die, right?
No, He did because…
Mark 15:39,44,45
John 19:31-35
Non-Christian witness: Tacitus (A.D. 55)
3. Is God of the Q’uran the God of the Bible?
No, because the teachings of Q’uran (e.g. salvation by
suicide, plural marriage, Jesus did not die, etc.)
contradicts the teachings of the Bible. God could not be
the author of both. Thus, the God described in the two
books is two different Gods. The Q’uran also has many
self-contradictions, scientific errors, and was written only
by one person, Muhammad. The Bible was written by 40
different authors, at 3 different continents over 1500
years and yet it has no historically errors.
1 John 2:23
[Oneness Pentecostal]
1. Is baptism necessary for salvation?
No, because…
Ephesians 2:8,9
But faith in Christ will always produce Votum Baptisma
(desire for baptism)
Acts 8:36
“It is not the absence of baptism but the despising of
baptism that damns.” – St. Augustine
2. Do we receive the Holy Spirit only after we got water
baptized?
No, because…
Galatians 3:2,5
3. Is speaking in tongue necessary for salvation?
No, because…
1 Corinthians 12:30,11
4. Is Jesus the Father, the Son, and the Spirit?
No, because…
Matthew 3:16,17
Matthew 26:39
John 15:26
Hebrews 9:14
[Seventh-day Adventists]
1. Should we keep the Sabbath?
No, because…
(1) It was a commandment given only to Israel. Note:
There was no Sabbath-keeping from Eden to Egypt.
(2) It is a form of Judaizing [Read Paul’s Epistle to
Galatians].
(3) It was never commanded by Jesus and the apostles
in the NT.
2. Do our souls sleep after we die?
No, because…
Hebrews 9:27
Philippians 1:21,23
2 Corinthians 5:8
Luke 23:43
Luke 16:22,23,26
3. Should we not eat pork?
1 Corinthians 6:12
[Read 1 Corinthians 8]
[World Mission Society Church of God]
1. Is there a God the Mother?
No, to insist there is, is to say that God has a gender.
Does God have a gender?
No, He is a Spirit (John 4:24) and He is a person (He
thinks, He feels, He decides) but He does not participate
in any gender.
Why then is God addressed as “Father”?
That is called “anthropomorphism”. It is a personification
that is used in Scripture where God is assigned with
human characteristics in order to make it possible for us
(human beings) to understand God and His nature.
RECOMMENDED:
Theopedia.com
TheGospelCoalition.com
GotQuestions.org
JRpointers.blogspot.com
Who Made God by Norman Geisler
The Forgotten God by Francis Chan
Dug Down Deep by Joshua Harris
The Answer Bible Book by Hank Hanegraaff
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