What must I do to be saved?

A woman who had given birth to a son was ceremonially "unclean". This meant she was unable to enter the temple for worship for seven days or until the circumcision of the child. Then for 33 more days she was not allowed to come into the sanctuary. After 40 days she needed to come to the temple and be purified by offerings prescribed by Jewish law. And so, according to these commands, Mary and...

The word of God has the power to reveal to us certain things that we could not know in any other way. For example: How and when the world was created. The reason man is the way he is - sin. The true nature of God. What happens to us after we die. Human beings could study and speculate on these things for a thousand years and come up with many theories, but that's all they'd be, just theories...

The Word Became Flesh 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6There was a...

The Bible emphasizes salvation through faith in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9, John 3:16). It involves repenting of sin and trusting in Jesus' death and resurrection for the forgiveness of sins.

Answer: This is one of the deepest questions. The Bible suggests that suffering entered the world through the "Fall" (Adam and Eve's disobedience, Genesis 3), introducing sin and corruption into God's perfect creation. God allows humans to have genuine free will, which means they can choose good or evil, and their choices have real, painful consequences. Explanation: While God did not...