1) If baptism just a ceremony, why is God so pleased?
He is pleased because it's Jesus being baptised. Baptism is a sacrament.
2) If someone commit suicides, will he be saved?
Crystal to find out
3) Can we marry a Roman Catholic?
Crystal to find out
4) Can Satan put thoughts in our mind?
Job 1:7 Satan is not omnipotent
Dennis to find out. To also find out on the men of renown, men of old in Genesis 6
5) Why did God harden Pharoah's hard so that Israelites can get out of Egypt?
The Lord making Pharoah's heart hard refers to the events happening before the last plague. This is only mentioned in the last plague.
6) What is the purpose of fasting?
Why do Christians Fast?: The New Testament assumes believers will fast (Matthew 6:16‑18; Mark 2:18‑20).
We fast because, if done with the right attitude, it can draw us closer to God.
How?
When we abstain from necessary things like food or permissible things like television, such discipline can draw us closer to God. The intention: All the time spent acquiring, preparing & consuming food will instead be spent in the presence of God through prayer/worship/meditation.
Without earthly distractions(TV, games, etc.), we are able to gain a state of mental clarity & deep intimacy with God. (Pretty much the same thing as a personal retreat/Quiet Time.)
By giving up something we love to do(eat, watching television, game) and focus our energies instead on fellowship with God.
A heightened sense of awareness also serves as a reminder of the purpose of this fast.
All in all, the main purpose is: To grow in faith.
Please also note:
Matthew 9:14-17- These verses may indicate that fasting should be done only when the occasion properly calls for it.
Matthew 17:20-21- These verses may also indicate that there might be occasions when prayer and fasting is needed.
7) Temptation
It is physical, emotional and psychological (Matthew 4)
Physical temptation shown as hunger in Jesus fasting. Jesus was hungry but he was not tempted to eat. Satan was temping by asking him to change stones to bread. In this way, Jesus would have broken the discipline of focusing on God. This shows that we can have physical "feelings", but have no temptations (thoughts) (giving lust as another example)
No food -> Hunger -> Temptation to break discipline
Seeing the obstacle -> Insecure -> Test God
Fallen Nature -> Greed for power and riches -> Not letting God rule
Need for significance -> Wanting to have things to make us significant -> Not letting God rule
8) The difference between no faith, little faith and great faith
No faith are people who do not believe in Jesus
Little faith and Great faith are only revealed through testing. When there was a storm and Jesus asked discipline to step out in the sea, it revealed their little faith in Jesus.
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