" QUESTION(S) "

This week we are looking into questions' Question: 1- To ask questions 2- Doubt, Dispute 3- To subject to analysis: Examine (Syn) Interrogate, Quiz, Query - Questioner. A most important question... Think back to the Gospels, those of you who have read them anyway. When Jesus was being challenged by the Pharisees, Herodians, and Sadducees who were asking questions, and always attempting to trap him. But Jesus turned the tables and asked them a penetrating but yet a thought provoking question - who they thought Christ, The Messiah was. The Pharisees knew that the Messiah would be a descendant of David, but they did not understand that he would be God Himself. Jesus quoted from Psalm 110:1 to show that The Messiah would be greater than David (Hebrews 1:13 uses the same text as proof of Christ's Deity). The most important question we will ever answer is what we believe about Christ. Other theological questions are irrelevant until we believe that Jesus is who he said he is. Sometimes we ask God questions and then receive no answer. This may be because God is saying No. We may have asked for knowledge beyond our ability to understand or accept. Those of you who know me well hear me speak of Job often. There are some true nuggets in the Book Of Job that just leap off the pages. JOB knew that his redeemer lived. Now, we all have read of the inquisition of Job by his three friends so to speak. Now Job was up to bat stating that his suffering would be more bearable if only he knew why it was it was happening. If there was sin for which he could repent, he would! He knew about the wicked and the fact that they would be punished; he also know God could vindicate him if so chose. In all his examples of the wicked in the world, his overriding desire was for God to clear his name, prove his righteousness, and explain why he was chosen to receive all this calamity. Job tried to make his friends see that questions about God, Life, and Justice are not as simple as they assumed. Until Next Time... Jim,