1 Samuel 16:23 and 1 Samuel 18:10 record an “evil spirit” from God coming over Saul. How can this be!? Is this passage in contradiction to others stating only good comes from the Lord or is this one of those methods the Lord used to punish His disobedient servant? This has troubled Bible readers for a long time. It certainly seems strange to us, doesn’t it? Here are the two verses which birthed this question: 1 Samuel 16:23 (NIV) “Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief ...

In reference to 1 Peter 4:6: How can the dead hear the Gospel? 1 Peter 4:6 “For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.” Great question! The “now” in the first phrase is not present. The phrase, a little more literally, reads, “For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are dead…” Does this mean some kind of evangelism of those who have died ...