Answers From Scripture to Show People How to be Saved

 

Scriptures to answer the questions of Roman Catholicism.

 

1.        Final authority being only the Bible (Matt 4:4; Rom 3:4; John 17:17; John 8:32,36)

2.        Mary was a sinner - not sinless (Luke 2:21-24; Rom 3:10,23)

3.        Mary needed a Saviour (Luke 1:47)

4.        Jesus had brothers and sisters (Matt 12:46-50; 13:55,56; Mark 6:3; Gal 1:19)

5.        There is no need to pray through Mary, or any saint (1 Tim 2:5)!

6.        Religion ends up substituting the tradition of men in the place of the commandments of God (Mark 7:7,10)

7.        Salvation is not by works at all (Eph 2:8,9; Tit 2:5; Isa 64:5), no matter how good they are.

8.        Watch out for anyone who forbids people to marry or to eat meats (1Tim 4:1-3)

9.        All pastors are to be married as a general rule (1Tim 3:2). Peter was married (Mt 8:14)

10.     Baptism is NOT important to our salvation (1Cor 1:17) - it is only for after salvation.

11.     Jesus hates the Rosary (Matt 6:7), and any other repetitious prayer!

12.     There is no purgatory (2 Cor 5:8; Heb 1:3; 9:27; Rom 8:1) - either heaven or hell!

13.     A person is justified only by faith alone in Christ Jesus (Rom 1:17; Gal 2:16)

14.     Jesus finished paying for ALL of my sins on the cross (John 19:30)

 

Scriptures relating to Protestantism (Many of the issues are the same as with Catholicism)

 

1.        Self righteousness is the worst sin (1 John 1:8,10; Rom 10:3)

2.        Thinking that “My church is better than others” is not what matters with God (John 3:3)

3.        I keep the 10 commandments” is impossible (James 2:10; Tit 3:5). Everyone must repent and be born again.

4.        Thinking “I am part of the elect” is only true if you are a Jew (Isa 55:6,7; 1 John 2:2)

 

Scriptures To Deal with a Jehovah’s Witness. These people have been really confused.

 

1.        Jesus is God come in the flesh (1Ti 3:16; Mt 1:23; Isa 7:14; Ro 9:5; 1Jn 5:20; Heb 1:8)

2.        Jesus is the Jehovah of the Old Testament (Isa 40:3 & Matt 3:3; Dt 10:17 & Rev 19:16; Ps 68:18 & Eph 4:8-10; Ex 3:14 & John 8:56-58)

3.        Jesus is equal with God (Philp 2:6-9; Isa 43:10,11; 44:6,8)

4.        Jesus is eternal (Micah 5:2)

5.        The trinity concept is Scriptural (2 Cor 13:14; Gal 4:4-6; Gen 1:26)

6.        There is a heaven full of mansions (John 14:1-3) awaiting Christians

7.        The 144,000 witnesses of Revelation 12 are real Jewish male virgins (Rev 14:1-5)

8.        If a prophet ever makes a false prediction, that person is to be stoned with stones, and disregarded (Dt 18:20-22)

9.        When Jesus does come back, every eye shall see Him (Rev 1:7)

10.     The Holy Spirit really is a real person (John 16:13)

11.     Hell is literal and eternal (Matt 23:33; Rev 14:11; 20:10; Luke 16:23-31)

 

Scriptures to Deal with a Mormon about salvation.

 

1.     Exclusivity of Jesus Christ to salvation (John 14:6; Hos 13:4)

2.     You can know that you have eternal life right now based upon the sole authority of the written word of God (1 John 5:11-13)

3.     Baptism is not important (1 Cor 1:17)

4.     Decide the final authority issue (Rom 3:4; John 17:17; John 8:32,36; Matt 4:4)

5.     God has no body, but rather is a spirit (John 4:24)

6.     Jesus is God come in the flesh (1 Tim 3:16)

7.     God has always been, and always will be - never created (Ps 90:1,2)

8.     Only Satan teaches that man can become like God (Gen 3:5; Isa 14:13,14)

9.     The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses the sinner from SIN (1 John 1:7)

10.   The Gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus for our sins (1 Cor 15:1-4)

11.   The true church of Jesus Christ never disappeared (Matt 16:18)

12.   Disregard genealogies and fables (1 Tim 1:4)