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Original post @ https://dbethandrews.wordpress.com/2023/07/13/real-questions-and-real-answers/
Real Questions and Real Answers
POSTED ON JULY 13, 2023 BY BETH ANDREWS
When my younger brother was little, he was full of questions and I, being the wise older sister, tried to answer all of them. Until he became obsessed with this one: “Who put outside outside?” None of our answers sufficed. Then our dad said, “When people built buildings there wasn’t enough room for the whole world to be inside, so some of it had to stay outside.” And that satisfied him.
We may not ponder questions as complex as that, but there are questions that every person on earth needs to face:
- Where did life come from?
- What happens when we die?
- How can we explain human behavior?
- How can I determine right from wrong?
- What is the purpose of man?
These questions shape our worldview and our worldview shapes our belief system. Our entire outlook on life is informed by our answers to these questions.
The greatest tool of Satan is to numb man’s mind so he does not think about these things. Instead, he has us obsessing over worldly, useless things that have no eternal significance. We are awed by the opulence of celebrities rather than by the Creator of the brilliant heavens. We fill our minds with worldly wisdom and ignore the wisdom of the Bible. We build fortresses to protect us from our enemies and the enemy of our soul laughs as he wanders into our homes through the World Wide Web. We refuse to worship God but pour out our highest accolades on athletes who carry a ball down a field. Republicans and Democrats battle each other while our true enemy has free reign in our nation. We are chasing after success rather than chasing after God.
Satan doesn’t want us to ponder these questions because he knows that the answers will ultimately point us to God. Life came from God (Gen 1-2). After death, we stand before God for eternal punishment or eternal life (Heb 9:27). Human behavior is the result of the first human’s sinful rebellion against their Creator (Gen 3). Right from wrong is spelled out in the Bible (Ps 119:9). The purpose of man is to love and worship God (Col 1:16; Rev 4:11). Until we face the real questions of humanity – and discover the true answers – we will continue to see evil in this world. We must start asking the important questions, first to ourselves then in our homes and churches and communities. Beloved, how will you answer these questions?
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