Answers to Commons Questions from the Bible, Scripture Nuggets, Baselios Church Digital Library, Malankara World

All of the following are important questions. Would you be able to provide an accurate, scriptural answer?

1	How did the world begin? How did I (mankind) begin?	Genesis 1:1–2:4; Nehemiah 9:6; Job 33:4; Psalm 100:1–3; Isaiah 45:12; Colossians 1:15–17; Hebrews 1:1–2
2	Who is God?	Exodus 3:13–15; Numbers 23:19; Nehemiah 9:6; Isaiah 43:10–11; 45:5, 12, 22; 66:1-2; Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 28:19; John 17:20–21; I Corinthians 8:6; I John 5:7
3	Why am I here?	Ecclesiastes 12:13
4	What does He (God) expect of me?	Micah 6:8; Matthew 22:36–40
5	How can I know that God exists?	Psalm 19:1–4; Acts 14:14–17; 17:22–31; Romans 1:20; Hebrews 1:1–2
6	Does God love me?	Psalm 36:7; John 3:16; Romans 5:6–11; I John 3:16; 4:7–12, 16–19
7	How can I have a close relationship with God?	John 14:6–7; Romans 10:17; Galatians 3:26–29; 4:1–7; Ephesians 2:13–19
8	What is sin?	Romans 6:22–23; James 1:13–15; I John 2:15–16; 5:17
9	Why did Jesus come to the earth? Why did he have to die?	Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 53:1–10; Matthew 5:17–18; 20:28; Luke 5:32; 19:9–10; John 6:38; 8:28; 9:4; 10:10–11; 12:32–33; 17:4; 18:36–37; Colossians 1:12–14; I Timothy 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; 9:28; I Peter 3:18; I John 3:8; 4:9–10
10	What can I do about sin in my life? How can I be saved?	Acts 2:37–38; 8:26–39; 17:30; 22:12–16; Romans 10:9–10; II Corinthians 7:9–10; I John 1:7–9; 5:1–5
11	Do I need to become a member of the church?	Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:41, 47; Ephesians 5:23–30; Colossians 1:24; I Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:23–25
12	Is there more than one church?	Romans 12:4–5; I Corinthians 10:16–17; 12:12–13, 20, 25–27; Ephesians 1:20–23; 4:4–6; Colossians 1:18
13	What happens after death?	Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 25:32–45; John 5:28–29; Acts 17:31; Hebrews 9:27; I Peter 4:5
14	Will Jesus return again?	Matthew 25:31; Acts 1:11; I Thessalonians 4:13–17; II Thessalonians 1:7–10; Hebrews 9:28
15	Is there a heaven and a hell?	Psalm 16:11; Isaiah 49:10; Daniel 12:2–3; Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:10; 21:1–4, 8; 22:14–15

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