Biblical Perspectives: Issues of Life Volume 1

By Jon Peasey

Biblical Perspectives - Issues of Life blog was the result of a personal exercise to comment on issues of life from a Biblical perspective. There are many voices in the world today offering all manner of explanations as to why you should pay attention to them. The Holy Bible is the only book in the world that gives us the factual dealings of God with mankind. It is the only book that accurately foretells what the future holds for the race of mankind.

The Holy Bible gives us a solid basis from which we can examine issues that affect us all. Issues such as marriage, divorce, salvation, heaven, the origin of languages and sin and hell are all treated from a biblical perspective. Thirty different blog posts on a variety of matters will stimulate your thinking. If you approach this ebook with an open mind you may surprise yourself with what you learn about God and yourself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jon Peasey
• Release date: Nov 8, 2012
• ISBN: 9780987379245

Jon Peasey

I am a retired male nurse, married with three grown up sons, who have all left home to pursue their own interests in life. My wife and I moved from Toowoomba in south east Queensland in October 2015 to Brookfield a suburb in Brisbane Queensland (QLD). We made the move to be closer to family. In December 2018 we moved to Nundah Queensland to move even closer to family. Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland. Queensland is famous for the Gold Coast and the Great Barrier Reef. Brisbane is situated on the Brisbane River and is known as the 'River City'. It is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city. I am a Christian and I fellowship with like minded Christians. I enjoy writing, reading my Bible and Christian books. I tend to read non-fiction books in my spare time. My interests are my family, writing, bible study, beach walking, car touring, gospel preaching and bible teaching.

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Biblical Perspectives - Issues of Life

Volume 1

By Jon Peasey

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Copyright 2012 Jon Peasey

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Table of Contents

Preface

About the author

Welcome to Biblical Perspectives

Is there an afterlife?

Heaven or Hell

Noah's Ark - Fact or Fable?

The Rapture - What is it?

Armageddon - Could it impact on you?

Revelation Chapter 13 - The Beast from the Sea and the Beast from the Land

Israel - The Time of Jacob's Trouble

Israel- Salvation from the Great Tribulation

The Origin of Languages

The Origin of Sin

The Origin of Hell

The Big Bang - Theory or Not?

The Sanctity of Marriage

Divorce - The Biblical Perspective

Divorce- A Christian Perspective

Salvation - By faith or by works?

Salvation - Saved then lost?

Vessel of Wrath or Vessel of Mercy?

Crucifixion did not kill Jesus Christ!

Broad is the way that leads to destruction

Xmas or Christmas?

God was in Christ

No Condemnation

Which thief will you follow?

Therefore being justified

The Good Seed

He delights in mercy

And the door was shut!

I don't know what the world is coming to!

Alphabetical list of blog posts

About the Author

I am a retired male nurse, married with three sons, who have grown up and left home. I live with my wife at Innisfail in tropical North Queensland, Australia. The main agricultural crops of the region are sugar cane, bananas and paw paws (papaya). Innisfail is situated at the confluence of the Johnstone and South Johnstone rivers; adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef. The closest major city is Cairns about 88 km further north.

I am a committed Christian and I fellowship with like minded Christians at a Gospel Hall in Innisfail. I enjoy writing and reading my Bible and Christian books. I enjoy gospel preaching, bible teaching and sharing the knowledge I have gained over many years studying the Bible. I also enjoy reading other non-fiction books in my spare time, particularly biographies and autobiographies. Other interests are family, walking, riding my bicycle, car touring and holidaying with my wife.

I also blog on my two blogs:

Biblical Perspectives blog http://www.jon-peasey.blogspot.com

Words of Life blog http://www.jrpeasey.blogspot.com

Email: mailto:[e-mail]

You are invited to check out my other current ebooks.

'Port Robe' http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/208837

'Iron In His Soul' http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/217935

'The 1950's - A Time To Grow' http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/222328

'Closed On Tuesdays' http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/241665

Preface

The following blog posts are the result of a personal exercise to comment on issues of life from a Biblical perspective. I make no apologies for getting to the 'nitty gritty' of matters. There are many voices in the world today seeking to draw the attention of men and women away from the Creator God and the revelation of His dealings with mankind. Some of these matters may appear to be 'in your face'; but if they draw your attention to the truth in God's words in the Holy Bible then they will have achieved their purpose.

As you can see from the title this is Volume 1. My intention is to publish further volumes as the blog posts roll out, over time. The blog posts are listed in the Table of Contents in the order they were originally published on the web. The reason for this is that some of the posts refer back to earlier posts. An alphabetical list of the posts is included at the end of the book for your convenience.

Unless otherwise noted all Scriptures quoted are from the New King James Version (NKJV) of the Holy Bible. Words enclosed in square brackets [ ] are inserted for the sake of clarity. Any words outlined in bold type emphasise a point.

Welcome to Biblical Perspectives

Hi, welcome to Biblical Perspectives. For some time now I have been thinking about starting a blog about issues of life that affect us individually and collectively. As the title suggests I want to consider these issues from a Biblical perspective. The Christian’s Bible has been around for 2000 + years. Its messages are for every individual on the face of the earth; regardless of whether you follow any particular religion, or not. The word of God is universal in its scope.

I make no apology for mentioning the word God in a world that increasingly denies His existence. For anyone who does not believe in God; the moment you die you will believe! But, then it is too late! Do you consider yourself to be a fool? The fool has said in his heart, ’There is no God’... (Psalms 14:1)

Why must we die? All around us every day of every week of every year people die. What does the word of God reveal to us? For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)

Now there is no getting away from the word ‘all’. All have sinned – the wages of sin is death! All sin is against God. This is the Biblical perspective; death is the reward of sinning. Thank God we are not left with this hopeless situation. The rest of the verse clearly tells us that ...the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. You may say, I am not a sinner. Who’s fooling who? The only person you are fooling is yourself! The word ‘all’ includes you!

God gives the gift of eternal life, but it is only available in one particular person. That person is the Lord Jesus Christ; the One who is truly God and truly man. How does He give me this gift of eternal life? "...if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, ‘Whoever