A little boy came to his father and asked him, “Dad, where is heaven?” His father, engrossed in the evening paper, responded, “Beats me, son.” The boy thought a minute and asked another question, “Dad, why is the earth round?” The Dad answered, “I don’t know.” His son played few more minutes, then asked, “Dad, is there life on other planets?” His father patiently answered, “Nobody knows the answer to that.” Finally, the boy asked his father, “Dad, do you mind me asking you all these questions?” His father put down his paper, looked at his son and said, “Why not at all son, how else are you going to learn?”
Not exactly the perfect father-son relationship, but questions are important for children and for us. Children have questions for their parents, we have questions for God. Sometimes, we think that everybody else has it all together, except us. We have questions, but we’re afraid to ask. The truth of the matter is that we’re all far less than perfect. And to understand that is good. Only people who realize that they’re imperfect can change for the better with God’s help. Only imperfect people ask questions of God and get answers. God wants us to ask questions, as a little child. Unless we ask like a child, we won’t learn, we won’t receive from God. NIV James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
God wants us to ask questions. We will miss God’s best if we don’t ask questions. So we want to ask the right questions of God and we want to hear God’s answer Today, we begin a new message series entitled “Jesus Is The Answer.” If you want to learn, if you are seriously asking God honest questions, this series can change your life. The Gospel accounts in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are full of questions (616 to be exact). Jesus loved to ask people questions. People loved to ask Jesus questions. Many times Jesus did not directly answer a question, but he answered a deeper, unspoken question. The same will be true for us. Sometimes we ask the wrong question, that’s OK. God will give us the answer we really need, not always the answer we may want.
To hear more about this topic, listen to my July 24, 2005 message entitled Questions For God
Greetings Pastor;
Question, According to 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by the inspiration of God etc,. With that said! It is my understanding that the autographs of the 40 Writers of the Bible were all lost, and that all we have are versions of these autographs. You have the NIV, and I have KJV. To be sure there are many versions on the market, To often we forget these are only versions written by men in our time,and not by Holy men of old who were born along by the Holy Spirit. In light of all the above, HOW CAN WE TRUST THESE VERSIONS?
YES, I AM SAVED, YES I AM FOUND IN JOHN I;12. I do not know how to trust versions, but I have never had a problem trusting the Lord,
I am reaching out to you for help! Your brother in Christ, Roy
The versions we have are simply English translations of the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. The essential meaning of the original text is conveyed quite accurately in our modern English translations. For difficult passages, it is often helpful to compare English translations, if you are not able to read Greek or Hebrew.