Chapter 16- Tough Questions/Myth Busters

Summary

Some good questions tend to come up in our walk with God. This section is like a Christian FAQ’s page. The questions we address here are why does God send people to hell? Why do good things happen to bad people? And also why aren’t my prayers getting answered? These are complex answers but really give you some good insight about God and His true nature when you can get a revelation of the truth about these questions

Ch. 16 Outline - Tough Questions/Myth Busters

• 1) How can a loving God send people to hell?
• God isn’t the one who sends people to hell. He gives people free choice and the only way someone goes to hell is if they choose that they don’t want anything to do with God.
• If a child has cancer, do you hate the child or hate the cancer that is killing them? When Jesus died on the cross, God was killing the thing that was killing us. What was killing us? Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death…not God. Those that don’t obtain eternal life will do so because of the wrong belief they have, not because God is killing them.
• Woman caught in adultery - Did Jesus say he couldn’t stand to be around her? The scriptures actually said to stone this woman, but Jesus said I don’t condemn you. Jesus was the Word of God. He judges no man according to the flesh, meaning by what they do or have.
• 2) Why do bad things happen to good people?
• The question really should be why do bad things happen at all?
• The way people make God out to be the bad guy leaves no need for the devil. It’s like we’ve made God the most valuable player on the devil’s team. The devil doesn’t play on God’s team either, he is not God’s messenger boy. John 10:10 makes it pretty clear and simple: The thief (devil) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
• Putting John 10:10, 1 John 3:18 and Hosea 4:6 together we can see that a lack of knowledge about the devil and his intentions leads to death and destruction (bad things).
• 3) Why does God allow bad things? True love requires a choice.  In us having that free will, some will chose to reject God thus opening the door for these bad things.
• Why aren’t my prayers getting answered?
• What are you delighting in? Psalm 37:4
• Who are you praying to?
• Don’t use your faith for things, put your faith IN Jesus. That’s it. It’s his good pleasure to give you the kingdom. He knows what is best for you and He wants you to succeed even more than you do.

Scriptures

• Ezek. 16:6-14 NIV.
  
• John 8:3-11 NIV.
  
• Romans 2:4
  
• 1 John 3:8 NIV
  
• Matthew 6:7-8 NIV.
  
• Psalm 37:4
  
• John 17:3
  
• 2 Peter 1:3
  
  

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