It’s OK to have questions!
Listen and find out what questions they have.
Here are some resources to help you answer some commonly asked questions:
What does it mean to be saved? – Being saved means that we have Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We admit that we are sinners and mess up all the time. We believe that Jesus is God’s son, and that He lived a perfect life, but died on the cross, to take the punishment our sins. But because Jesus was sinless, He rose again and has victory over the grave. And because of that, God gives us forgiveness. In being saved we confess our faith in Jesus as our Savior and Lord! because
Why do we get baptized? – We get baptized as a symbol. It shows the church that we are saved and want to follow Jesus and His example. It is a symbol of us being made new by Jesus and Salvation
Why do bad things happen to good people? – The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” This means that everyone has messed up. Everyone has done bad things. That means that there are no “good people”. We “deserve” every bad thing that ever happened to us, because we are a fallen, broken people.
How can God be good if so many bad things happen?– God is good. But people are bad, and the devil is bad. The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” This means that everyone has messed up. Everyone has done bad things. We “deserve” every bad thing that ever happened to us, because we are a fallen, broken people. God sometimes uses the “bad things” to teach us lessons, to give consequences for sin, to show His power, and to show us a tiny bit the suffering that Jesus went through when he was on the cross for us.