#11841 Your Bible Questions - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered:

• 04:01 – Did Jesus write five books that were not included in the canon?
• 08:50 – How do we make sense of 2 Sam 21? David avenging the Gibeonites.
• 15:53 – How do we interpret Matthew 5:20?
• 24:12 – In 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Paul mentions body, soul and spirit. What’s the difference between body, soul and spirit? Is one more important than the others?
• 30:55 – The bible says believe and be baptized. Is the intention of baptism important to the validity of the baptism? Does the pastor baptizing have to intend salvation?
• 35:35 – Is Judas betraying Christ correlated to receiving Jesus in grave sin?
• 41:12 – Is the story of the Witch of Endor in 1 Sam evidence that those in the afterlife can hear us, leading to evidence for the intercession of the saints?
• 49:37 – It’s really weird that Mary Magdalene washed Jesus’ feet with hair. Would it have been considered weird back then too?