Welcome to Apostolic Life in the 21st Century, a podcast dedicated to helping modern day believers live out the teachings of the First Century Church.

This podcast is part of the teaching ministry of Dr. David K. Bernard.

Dr. Bernard has dedicated his life to studying the Bible and helping believers apply its message to their daily lives.

In Apostolic Life in the 21st century, Dr. Bernard answers your questions about what the Bible teaches

and how those teachings apply to everyday life. Thank you for joining us for this broadcast.

The Bible very clearly paints a picture of God as a loving creator.

Of course, we know he's a savior who cares for everybody.

But at the same time, the Bible also presents us with a picture of a day of judgment where

God punishes unbelievers and he banishes them to a place of everlasting torment.

And so this seems like a contradiction.

And a lot of people have

pointed this out. And they have asked the question, how can a supposedly loving God torture people

for eternity just because they don't have the right beliefs? Doesn't that, by definition, isn't that

cruel and unloving? Let's take a look at this from the context of faith.

So I'm not going to be talking to atheists, although what I have to say may be helpful.

But we're going to start for the premise.

It's not our job to judge God.

He's the one who judges us.

So we're going to humbly submit to God. Now, to understand

God, you have to look at the whole of scripture. Don't just pick a few places and don't just pick

a few places in the Old Testament. You have to read the whole Bible and especially ending with

the New Testament. And of course, Jesus Christ is the supreme revelation of God.

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