Citywide Call-in Bible Answers TV Show #10: Prayers to Dead, Hell, JWs

1. Was Peter the First Pope? Was the first Christian church the Roman Catholic Church? Did the Roman Catholic Church give Christians the Bible? Why do Roman Catholics speak & pray to the dead?
2. What does the Bible say about giving tithes & offerings?
3. What is the real meaning of Christmas?
4. What is the Biblical definition of Hell? Do wicked sinners in Hell burn up & then are annihilated & cease to exist?
5. Why don't the Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate holidays & birthdays? What about pagan origins of the calendar i.e. pagan days & months? What about the false prophecies of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society & their use of ancient Egyptian pyramids? How do you witness to the cults?
6. When Jesus died on the cross where did the soul of Jesus go?
7. What about Mystery Babylon in Revelation chapters 17 & 18?
8. What about the nephilim & giants mentioned in the Bible, particularly Genesis 6:4 and Noah's ark?
9. Was paganism first before Biblical truth & can you witness for Christ without being negative?

Praying for the dead is not a biblical concept. Our prayers have no bearing on someone once he or she has died. The reality is that, at the point of death, one’s eternal destiny is confirmed. Either he is saved through faith in Christ and is in heaven where he is experiencing rest and joy in God’s presence, or he is in torment in hell (Luke 16:19-31).

The writer to the Hebrews tells us, “Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). Here we understand that no change in one’s spiritual condition can be made following his death—either by himself or through the efforts of others.