Campus Bible Study

"If we deserve hell, but Jesus is our substitute, does that mean that he experienced an eternity of hell? Did he go to hell at all, as some of the historic creeds suggest? And how does this fit in with Jesus saying "today you will be with me in paradise"?"

"If Jesus was meant to die for our sins, were the Jewish leaders always destined to send Jesus to the cross?"

“How did the criminal on the left know Jesus was truly the Christ-King?”

“Wondering how Christianity justifies the punishment of moral people who do immense good but do not have faith?"

"You mentioned that the old covenant was founded upon the Israelite’s obedience but wasn't it also initiated by God's grace and mercy? (Bringing them out of slavery in Egypt Exodus 20:3). Obedience seems to follow God's grace?"

"Is there a distinction between Sinai covenant and God's promises of unconditional "Hesed" (love)  to Abraham and David? Unity / distinction?"

"If the old covenant is not meant to be used, and we cannot go back, how do we know what laws still apply to us, and what laws do not, if they are not mentioned in the new covenant?"

"V18 what does it mean for us to have an unveiled face? (Kind of like how later in 4:4 Satan blinds unbelievers and Jesus unblinds us?)"

"I wonder if freedom in v17 is more about freedom from sin or from the veil (true to see the point of the law) more so than freedom from the law?"

"Does our freedom in Christ create an environment for lukewarm faith/is lukewarm faith works based?"

"Could you agree Catholicism & Orthodoxy still follow the New Covenant ministry? It's just the extent people pursue the requirements of denominations that can be misguiding?"

"How do you help a friend you think is going into Old Law / Catholicism for the wrong reasons?"

"What if you're struggling to want to obey God? Does this mean he is not at work in you?"

"We still sin even with the holy Spirit which helps us internally obey God - is the Spirit partially limited or fully or is this just the 'gradual' (rather than immediate) nature of His working?"

"In verse 23 "But I call God to witness against me..." It's kind of like the modern saying "On God I did/didn't..." which Christians are called not to do?"

"2 Corinthians 1:23 -> Is Paul using an oath here? Doesn't Jesus command not to make oaths?"

"Why don't we have the severe letter in our Bible?"

"If we discovered the severe letter, would it be scripture? Is this unhelpful to speculate on?"

"Question about what you said about catholic people - would you say catholic people will not be saved?"

"With Pope Leo XIV's recent comments about removing Mary as part of salvation, with Christ being the only way of salvation, would this still make Catholicism its own religion? Or just Christianity with doctrinal differences?"

"How far does the 'guarantee' in v22 extend? Is it a guarantee to us of God's faithfulness or does it also extend to guaranteeing the faithfulness of the believer (that is, guaranteeing their perseverance)? The footnotes say it can also be rendered ""down payment"". Is this a payment a believer, in apostasy, can repudiate?”

"Should forgiveness always lead to restoration of the relationship? Can you still forgive someone and avoid them/cut off relationship? Or does this mean you have to fully forgive them and are letting Satan win?"

"In vs 10 what are gate references?"

"Why bother mentioning the 'gate' in v 10? Is the gate alluding to other parts of the bible?"

"Is the day of Jesus return just the end of "the day"?"

"What was the logic + evidence behind being able to see the day as started but not finished?"

"How does the glory of the kings of the nation come into the picture? (Rev 21:24) Is their glory more than ours? I'm assuming their glory points to God's glory?"

"Why does God make it so salvation ontologically requires judgement?"

"God's salvation in this sounds kinda conditional, almost like the foreign gods around Israel. How do we reconcile this with how the NT portrays God's love?"

"In the TBT it was said that because they did not believe and worship God, that God will not give rain and issues will come to the crops. Is this not conditional? God's love is most definitely conditional. Also just because there is correlation between these two events it does not mean that there was causation - how can you prove it?"

"Is Zechariah's sampling distinct/unique compared to other prophets? Is it more than just consistent/known/understood imagery?"

"Is the imagery of 1/3's in 13:8 sampled from Ezekiel 5? They seem to have the same idea. Or are they fully separate?"

"I wonder of the significance of Zec 13:8-9's use of thirds and the two thirds cut off. My thought is that it refers to the Jews (or maybe whole land refers to all people) who are not saved and so cut off? e.g. Rom 11"

"Why was blood the only way to reconcile and restore relationships?"

"Can you elaborate how you connected Zech 13:6 to the Elijah vs Baal prophets?"

"Could Zech 13:2-6 be when God silences his prophets - there will be no more prophets - even Heb 1:1-4?"