The Bible answers all the big questions of life.
- How did I get here?
- Why am I here?
- Why does suffering exist?
- Why am I suffering?
- What happens after death?
The Bible does not answer all the questions of life.
- What job should I take?
- What will happen to me tomorrow?
- What should I eat for lunch?
- How can I get rich?
The Bible is full of people with questions.
- Abram wondering when God’s promise would be fulfilled.
- Job wanting God to show up so they can debate his suffering.
- Habakkuk the prophet asking how God’s righteousness can permit his actions.
- Pilate asked Jesus, perhaps wistfully or cynically, about the nature of truth.
- Israelites desperate to know how to be forgiven of having crucified Christ.
- Saul asking who the Lord is that appeared to him on the road to Damascus and what he must do.
The Bible is full of questions that God asked.
- Where are you?
- What is this you have done?
- What is that in your hand?
- What are you doing here?
- Whom shall I send?
The Bible is full of questions that Jesus asked.
- Who was it that touched me?
- Who do you say that I am?
- Will you also go away?
- What do you want me to do for you?
- Who are you looking for?
- Do you love me?
The Bible is full of good questions and bad, questions that are spot on and ones that are misdirected, sincere questions and disingenuous.
Near the beginning and near the end of the book of Hebrews, the author asks two similar and powerful questions:
Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? Hebrews 2.1-3.
Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven? Hebrews 12.25.
These are thought questions. They deserve much reflection.
What questions in the Bible are your favorites or questions that you have tussled with?