Christians DON'T Have All the Answers!

You Don’t Have To Run Away From the Tough Questions About Life and Faith!

Here’s a beginning, at least, of how we can respond to the tough questions that arise when the pieces of our lives don’t fit together in the way the Bible seems to say they should. I wrote this in response to a mother’s request for help when her son asked her a very tough question about the Bible that she thought demanded an immediate answer.

First, we don't know the whole story and we don't know everything. If we knew everything we would be God!

Secondly, we walk by faith not by science. That is to say, faith is not an exact science. So you can’t “put it together” the way you would logically solve a science or math problem. God is too "great" and "big" to be "solved". That's one reason why He is worthy of worship.

Thirdly, we should keep asking questions because that's at least one pathway to deeper faith and discipleship. There are questions that can't be answered by our little "Sunday- school-packaged" answers. When we allow ourselves to think outside the boxes, we get revelations that can deepen our faith and understanding. Now, these answers won't contradict the Bible, but they will help us to see things in the Bible that we have overlooked or ignored before because they didn't fit into our neat little doctrinal and theological boxes.

Finally, the primary way to deeper faith and understanding is not through knowledge and information. To really plunge deep into God's worldview, we have to be in relationship with the Lord. Abraham learned more about God as he walked with God, and the same could be said of every saint in the Bible. When we are "in" Him and He is "in" us, as Jesus said, we will be connected to His being in such a way that we will be better able to see the world as He sees it!

Finally, we must remember that we are walking by faith and not by sight. So, we follow the Lord, love Him, and obey Him, ultimately, because we trust Him and not because we have all the information.

So, tell ___________ to keep on reading, keep on asking, keep on reflecting, and most of all - keep on "being" in Christ!

Pay Attention! A New World is approaching.