Bible Questions Answered:
“If I don't do everything as the
bible, can I still be in the will of God?”
Karina/ New Delhi, India
Bible Answer:
Human reasoning, and our egos would
certainly tell us that if a young man has prayed for a young lady to
marry, and one has come by that he has made friends with, certainly
all of heaven cannot be against this good thing!
Wrong.
Is she a Christian? If she is not, a
Christian young man has no right to think of marriage to her!
II Corinthians 6:14-18 NLT
14 Don’t team up with those who
are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness?
How can light live with darkness?
15 What harmony can there be between
Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an
unbeliever?
16 And what union can there be
between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of
The living God. As God said: “I
will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they
will be My people.
17 Therefore, come out from among
unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says
The Lord. Don’t touch their
filthy things, and I will welcome you.
18 And I will be your Father, and
you will be My sons and daughters, says The Lord Almighty.”
Someone may wish to
come by fast easy money by becoming an illegal drug dealer.
But what does The
Word say?
I Thessalonians
5:21,22 KJV
21 Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of
evil.
I Corinthians
9:14 KJV
Even so hath The Lord ordained that
they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
I Corinthians
10:21 KJV
Ye cannot drink the cup of
The Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of
The Lord's table, and of the table
of devils.
Romans 6:1-7 NLT
1 Well then, should we keep on
sinning so that God can show us more and more of His wonderful grace?
2 Of course not! Since we have died
to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
3 Or have you forgotten that when we
were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined Him in His death?
4 For we died and were buried with
Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the
glorious power of The Father, now we also may live new lives.
5 Since we have been united with
Him in His death, we will also be raised to life as He was.
6 We know that our old sinful
selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its
power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
7 For when we died with Christ we
were set free from the power of sin.
Ephesians 4:1
KJV
I therefore,
the prisoner of The Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the
vocation wherewith ye are called,
I Thessalonians
2:12 KJV
That ye would
walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto His kingdom and glory.
I Peter 1:15,16
KJV
15 But as He
which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation;
16 Because it
is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
II Peter
1:3,4;10,11 NLT
3 By His divine
power, God has given us everything we need for living a Godly life.
We have received all of this by coming to know Him, the one who
called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence.
4 And because
of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious
promises (The Word Of God).
These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature
and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.
10 So, dear
brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among
those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never
fall away.
11 Then God
will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
