{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Questions and Answers at Coast Bible Church on May 24, 1992 - Zane C. Hodges","description":"On May 24, 1992, Zane Hodges answered the following questions at Coast Bible Church: 1:44 - In Isaiah 40:1-2, who is the speaker asking to do the comforting, the nations of the world or is God comforting?  3:04 - In what sense should believers view their adoption by God? 4:11 \u2013 What is the difference in the two terms for \u201cchild\u201d and \u201cson\u201d in Greek? 5:11 \u2013 Is there a difference between being born of God and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit? 7:03 \u2013 How can we differentiate between the new creation of God, which I am, and the flesh and not be guilty of a dualistic view of man like the Gnostics?  What is Gnosticism? 10:26 \u2013 In 2 Corinthians 5:11, regarding the \u201cKnowing, therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men\u201d, in what sense will Christians experience the terror of the Lord if they fail to persuade men? 13:27 \u2013 1 Corinthians 4:5 speaks of \u201cthe hidden things of darkness and the counsels of men\u2019s hearts\u201d being brought to light, in what sense will our failures or sins be brought up at the Judgment Seat of Christ and how does this fit the teaching of forgiveness and cleansing of sin and of God remembering our sins no more (Hebrews 10:17)? 21:06 \u2013 Does belief require a commitment? 21:38- Are there different types, degrees, or kinds of faith, such as weak versus strong or superficial versus deep? What sort of faith results in salvation? How much faith do you have to have to be saved? 27:45 \u2013 What are works? Which works are acceptable to God? Is fruit the same thing as works? 28:57 \u2013 Do works or fruit or both prove that faith exists? If so, why is proof necessary? 30:10 \u2013 Is it our job to be fruit inspectors or work detectors?  Are we called to judge ourselves and others? 31:05 \u2013 Can we be assured of our own salvation? 31:15 \u2013 Can we have assurance of another person\u2019s salvation? 36:21 \u2013 In 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, if absence from this body means to be in the instant presence of the Lord, when will we be judged in verse 10?  When shall the dead in Christ rise in 1 Thessalonians 4:16?  Doesn\u2019t the Greek word for \u201cabsence\u201d  in 2 Corinthians 5 suggest waiting for something while dead? Don\u2019t other passages suggest the waiting in the care of Christ until they arise first, 1 Corinthians 15:6, 18; 1 Thessalonians 4:13,15; 2 Peter 3:4? 39:00 \u2013 What about the idea of soul sleep for dead believers?  Why do we sleep until we receive our glorified physical bodies? 40:55 \u2013 If believers will not come into judgment, John 5:24, why do they still go before the Judgment Seat of Christ? 42:25 \u2013 What about the idea that dead believers prior to receiving their resurrected bodies experience time outside of the normal time-space continuum?  That is one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day, so it will seem like sleep and the next conscious experience will be awakening at the Judgment Seat of Christ.  Some explain soul sleep this way. 43:50 \u2013 Is there an age of accountability? 45:02 - Is the term \u201cjustification\u201d used differently by James than by Paul? 46:16 \u2013 Explain the living creatures in Ezekiel 1:15. 48:40 \u2013 When Saul goes to the witch of En Dor and she brings up Samuel, wouldn\u2019t we have assumed that Samuel is with God, so how could Samuel  ascend out of the earth? (1 Samuel 28) 50:25 \u2013 What is the bare minimum components of the Gospel or evangelistic message? Do you have to mention sin?  What is the information that must be communicated? 53:15 \u2013 When do we inherit the kingdom of God? What does it mean to inherit the kingdom? 55:56 \u2013 What about the omission of the tribe of Dan from the list of the tribes of Israel in Revelation 7? 1:01:09 \u2013 Do we lose rewards in heaven if we are recognized for them today? 1:02:21 \u2013 Is Matthew 25, are the goats cast into the outer darkness? 1:02:43 \u2013 Why do the goats in Matthew 25:43 go into the everlasting fire?  What is going on with the judgment of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25? 1:05:44 \u2013 Is one reason for the omission of the tribe of Dan in Revelation 7, is that the tribe of Dan was one of the first tribes to fall into idolatry? 1:06:46 -  Is the 144,000 in Revelation 7 sealed so that they will survive the entire tribulation? 1:08:24 \u2013 Is the 144,000 the total sum of believing Israel or the number of missionaries? 1:10:08 \u2013 What are you looking forward to in the coming kingdom? ","author_name":"Zane Hodges Library","author_url":"http:\/\/zanehodges.org","html":"