Can People Be Considered "Good" or "Righteous" Apart from Christ?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 978 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. I was listening to your program, correct me if I misunderstood you, but it seemed to me like you said that if married couples are having relations not in order to have children, then they are sinning. I can't think of anything in the Bible that says such a thing. Is that your view?
2. Is self guided meditation ok or is it wrong in God's eyes?
3. In Luke 23, the author calls Joseph of Arimathea "a good and righteous man." But when I read Paul, he says in Romans 3 that "no one is righteous" apart from Christ. How can I reconcile these passages?
4. Was Elijah reincarnated as John the Baptist?
5. Is paradise and heaven the same or different places?
6. Should Christians refrain from watching shows that depict Christ like The Chosen?
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| 0:00.0 | Can people be considered good or righteous apart from Christ? |
| 0:10.5 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:15.5 | Well, hi, I'm Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez. |
| 0:18.3 | We pray you had a wonderful three-day weekend. |
| 0:20.6 | This is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. |
| 0:27.0 | We'd love to hear from you, and our phone lines will be open for the next 25 minutes or so. |
| 0:31.4 | You can call directly into the studio with your question. |
| 0:34.1 | Here's the number. |
| 0:35.0 | It's 833 The Core. |
| 0:37.2 | That's 1, 833, 843-243-2673. You can also post your |
| 0:43.0 | question on one of our social media sites. You can watch Adrile live in the studio right now on our |
| 0:48.3 | YouTube channel and send him a message that way. And of course, you can always email us your question |
| 0:53.1 | at questions at core Christianity.com. First up today, here's a voicemail from one of our listeners |
| 0:59.9 | named George. I was listening to your program, and I don't know if I misunderstood, |
| 1:05.6 | but I thought that you all were saying that if a married couple would engage in relations, if they're not having |
| 1:13.0 | children, that would be a sin. |
| 1:15.2 | Did I misunderstand that? |
| 1:17.1 | I can't think of anything in the Bible that would teach any such thing. |
| 1:22.0 | I know the part when people are going to, if they're first married or whatever, they can abstain from |
| 1:28.4 | relations for a time temporarily. But that's voluntary. So if you'd like to explain that |
| 1:35.5 | a little bit better, thank you very much. |
| 1:38.6 | Hey, George, thank you for that question and giving me an opportunity to clarify. Sorry, |
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