What About? ...It's Complicated Series Summary

By Cal Cook

In an effort to provide the scriptural references used during the sermon series What About? ...It’s Complicated! Below is a list of the questions with at least the scriptures I used during the sermon. Understand that on average I spend about 20 hours per week in preparation for the sermon so below is just a high level summary of about 80 hours of preparation. I didn’t think to do this until after I had written the last sermon so most of the scriptures that I searched and looked at I didn’t write down. Some of the scriptures referenced under the question may not directly answer the question but in context with the message helped make a point of understanding. I hope this at least gets you started on your own search for understanding.

A.    What about? …The Beginning           Genesis 1, Genesis 2:4

1.      How did Adam get his name?

Genesis 1:26

2.      Where did Adam and Eve’s names come from?

Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:20

3.      Where did the spouses come from in the early days of the Bible?

Genesis 3:20

4.      Genesis 5:24 where did God take Enoch, did he die, where is He now?

Hebrews 11:5, Jude 1:14, Revelations 11:3-11

5.      Bible timeline vs. science 6000 years vs billions?

Genesis 1:1, Genesis 2:4, Presuppositions

B.     What About? …Sin & Salvation        Luke 16:19-31, Leviticus 25:35, Leviticus 19:34

1.      How do you determine which laws are to be followed?

Genesis 3:3-5, Genesis 9:5, Matthew 5:17-18, 2 Corinthians 5:21

2.      What does the Bible say about Body piercings including permanent tattoos?

Leviticus 19:27-28

3.      If a person commits suicide will they go to heaven?

No scripture directly prohibits it.

4.      Can a person be saved and then never do anything for God or worship Him in any way?

1 Timothy 6:11-12, 1 Timothy 6:7

5.      Does God really expect us to forgive and love as Jesus does?

Matthew 6:12

6.      Predestination?

TULIP, Romans 6:23, Romans 3:23, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 4:17, Romans 7:15

C.     What About? …Christians & Church             Luke 17:5-10

1.      How do we know which Bible translations are the best. I’ve heard some even have verses omitted?

Luke 17:35-36 note in NLT, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Timothy 1:10

2.      What does the Bible say about attending church (the building) every week?

Romans 14, Acts 13:14, Acts 15:21, Acts 17:2, Acts 18:4

3.      What does the Bible say about loud music and instruments in church?

2 Samuel 6:5, Ephesians 5:18-19

4.      Quakers and their ministry?

George Fox (1624-1691) 1 Timothy 2:5

5.      What about apportionments?

1 Corinthians 16:1-2

6.      What about Gays

2 Timothy 1:13-14, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, 1 Corinthians 6:9

D.    What About? …End Times & Heaven           2 Kings 5:1-15

1.      Do you feel the end times are near?

Matthew 24, Romans 13:11, 2 Thessalonians 1:3

2.      If God will come on Judgment day to judge the living and the dead, then how can people already be in Heaven or Hell?

2 Timothy 2:11-12, Revelations 20, Matthew 12:36, 2 Corinthians 5:8-9, Philippians 1:22-24

3.      Do ghosts exist, what about angels and demons?

Luke 16:19-31, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:22-24, Luke 23:43

4.      Is the ‘secret rapture’ of believers biblical (before things get really bad)?

Matthew 24:30-31, 1 Thessalonians 4:17

5.      If God is all forgiving and forgets our sins why is there a judgment day?

Romans 3:23, Romans 2:12, 1 Corinthians 14:24

6.      What is the book of life, who is put in it, when are you put in it, and can you be erased?

Philippians 4:3, Revelations 3:5, Revelations 13:8, Revelations 17:8, Revelations 20:12 & 20:15

7.      Do you recognize people in heaven?

1 Corinthians 13:12

8.      Are spouses together in Heaven?

Luke 20:35