Ques. What are we to understand by Heb. 13:9, "For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace"?
Ans. "Grace" sees all good to be of God, and found in the second Man. "Meats" still looks for something from the first man works, doings, ordinances. Grace establishes the soul "meats" make a place for man and contribute to bondage. For an explanation of the principle referred to by the expression "meats" see Rom. 14:14, 15; 1 Tim. 4:3.
Ques. Does every person who will be saved, as well as those who have been saved, have an angel to guard them? (Heb. 1:14.)
Ans. Scripture does not speak of "a" guardian angel, but of the fact that they are serving spirits for the good and blessing of the heirs of salvation.
Ques. What is the Book of Life? How do persons have their names entered if they can be blotted out? (Rev. 3:5.)
Ans. Rev. 3:5 refers to Sardis or the period of "State Churches" where baptized professors are formally unregistered as Christians in the State Church Rolls. Such records supposedly represent the roll of the redeemed, but "that day" may declare many a one "blotted out." God's "book of life" (Phil. 4:3), knows no erasures. (John 10:28, 29.)
Ques. Will some Christians feel ashamed of themselves when they meet Christ? (1 John 2:28.)
Ans. The "shame" of 1 John 2:28 is that of the apostle not of the believer. If they turned out badly it would reflect on the workmanship of the apostle. (See 1 Cor. 3:10-15.)
Ques. Does the parable of the laborers, Matt. 20, show the grace of God to sinners at whatever time they are saved?
Ans. The parable of the laborers, in Matt. 20, does not apply to the salvation of sinners at all. It applies to Christian service, which shall be rewarded, not according to our thoughts of its value, but according to the Master's sovereign will and pleasure. A very wholesome truth.
Ques. What is meant by "the Antichrist," and "many antichrists"? (1 John 2:18.)
Ans. "The Antichrist" is the man who will be over the Jews as king in the tribulation. He is pictured (Rev. 13:11) as coming out of the earth-the order brought about by the first beast (vs. 1). He is like a lamb, but his voice is a dragon's. This is future-these two beasts cannot rise till the Church is in glory.
The "many antichrists" are those now who deny the work of atonement, and the Person of God's beloved Son. This includes Unitarians, higher critics, Seventh Day Adventists, Russellites, Spiritists, and all who deny either the deity, or spotless humanity of the Son of God.