Does Satan know the future?

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Steve Husting

Yes, all the demons know, in the same sense as an informed reader of the Bible knows. They don’t know in the same way God knows: with perfect understanding and infallible sight.

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Why did Israel forget the Lord and serve other gods?

Posted on May 29, 2026 by Steve Husting

God told Joshua to meditate on the Book of the law of Moses day and night (Joshua 1:8). The rest of the population did not do this. Most people in church probably don’t read the Bible.

Instead of paying attention to the Book of the law, “everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). In the same way, many people in church prefer to figure things out on their own or follow the crowd rather than read the Bible.

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Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?

Posted on May 22, 2026 by Steve Husting

Sometimes Jesus’ actions seem pointless but actually have a spiritual meaning behind them. Over and over, Jesus speaks against the empty religious outlook of the people, that their religion does not serve any purpose, and the Pharisees are upset hear Him talking like this.

Jesus and the fig tree: The Old Testament speaks of Israel when likening it to a fig tree. Jesus may be using the fig tree as a picture of Israel, that He came down hoping to find the fruit of faith and godliness among the Jews, but did not find any. You may remember His amazement at the Gentile Centurion soldier who had more faith than any Jew that He had come across. The Jews were clueless as to Jesus’ identity, even though He was fulfilling the OT Scriptures again and again before their eyes. Jesus cursing the fig tree was a picture of what was about to happen, that unbelieving Israel will receive judgment soon (in AD 70) for their lack of faith.

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Does our disagreement with God’s laws prove that our conscience, judgement, and moral intuition are not reliable?

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Steve Husting

The short answer is yes. Here’s why.

The Bible tells us that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). This sin has affected (corrupted) all of our body’s and soul’s faculties. For instance, “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?” (Jer. 16:9). “Who can know it?” means that the deceit is so great that it is hidden from us. For instance, we may do a very good deed, but don’t realize that we are doing it to gain attention.

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Can the dead can hear us?

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Steve Husting

One passage that appears that a dead man is talking to the living is in the story of Saul at En-Dor (1 Samuel 28:8-19). Is Samuel really talking to Saul, or is the witch using suggestive language and mimicking to make it appear Samuel is speaking? Probably the latter. Or worse, a deceptive demon is speaking. There are several examples in the gospels and Acts of demons speaking through the bodies they inhabit.

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Who are the people to which Jesus is saying “I never knew you” in Matthew 7:23?

Posted on May 1, 2026 by Steve Husting

Matthew chapters 5–7 are a unit; they are treated as one long speech called the Sermon on the Mount. I believe the end of the speech is a unit consisting of 7:13-29. We’ll understand the question after we consider the flow of the chapter, and thus the flow of thought and how the 7:23 quote above fits in.

After everything Jesus said in His Sermon on the Mount, He urges His hearers to enter the kingdom of heaven (the subject of the Sermon and of the gospel of Matthew) through the narrow way that is hard (vv. 13-14) and not the broad way that is popular. Then He tells them to beware of false prophets, which can be known by their fruit, whether of good or bad fruit (vv. 15-20). Then He tells them, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (vv. 21-23).

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Is sickness caused by the sins we have committed?

Posted on May 1, 2026 by Steve Husting

We become sick of many reasons, not for just one reason. The medical journals are full of examples. But can a spiritual issue make us sick? Let’s look at Scripture.

“No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities” (1 Timothy 5:23). In this case, local water seemed to be the issue, so Timothy was encouraged to drink wine instead. Sin had nothing to do with it.

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Are the people in Hell hating God?

Posted on April 24, 2026 by Steve Husting

I think the answer to this question is found in Romans  3:19, “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”

Those who are in Hell are not angry with God. Why not? Because they know the crush of their guilt. The weight of their conscience bears them down. If you look at Isaiah 6, where Isaiah gets his commission as a prophet, he sees the holiness of the Lord and collapses in fear and shame because he sees himself a vile person in comparison. 

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Whose fault is it when things go wrong? God or Satan?

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Steve Husting

It depends, of course.

When Paul was preaching the gospel in several places, he was attacked by the nearby population for his message. Whose fault was it? The attackers’ fault. (Acts 16:16-24).

When Jesus was betrayed by Judas, whose fault was it? Judas, though he was influenced by Satan (Luke 22:3; John 13:2).

When people raided Job’s house and took his stuff, whose fault was it? The raiders, though they were influenced by Satan. (Read Job 1-2.)

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Are there parts of the Bible only believers will understand?

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Steve Husting

Many people can read the Bible and get a surface or superficial understanding of the text. But the true knowledge of the text comes to the believer who confesses Jesus as Lord, receives the Holy Spirit, and lives as though Jesus was in charge of his life. See 1 Corinthians 2:6-16.

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