Why Questions
Some questions about the God and His Word:
When God created the heavens and the earth, the Bible tells us that He saw everything He had made, and it was “very good”. God’s original design was for creation to be filled with His goodness, where humanity would live in a perfect relationship with Him, experiencing love, peace, worship, and eternal life in His presence.
However, the Bible teaches that sin entered the world through humanity’s disobedience to God. Sin brought brokenness into creation and disrupted the perfect relationship between God, humanity, and the world He created. The suffering, pain, evil, and death we see today are the consequences of living in a fallen world and humans abusing their free will.
God does not delight in evil or suffering. Rather, suffering exists because sin damaged the harmony God originally intended. Yet even in a broken world, God has not abandoned His creation. God continues to show His love, offer redemption, and work through suffering to accomplish His purposes.
The greatest example of this is Jesus Christ. God entered into human suffering through His Son, who experienced rejection, pain, and death on the cross. Through Jesus’ resurrection, Christians believe God provided the ultimate answer to sin and suffering by offering forgiveness, hope, and the promise of restoration.
The Bible teaches that suffering is not the final chapter. God promises a future where He will remove suffering, pain, and death. “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Suffering reminds us that the world is not as God originally created it to be, but it also points us toward the hope of God’s promise to restore all things for those who truly believe in Jesus Christ.
Free will is the ability God gave people to make their own choices. Instead of forcing everyone to be like robots and obey Him, God allows each person to decide whether to follow Jesus or not. This means people can choose to do what is right or wrong, and they are responsible for the results of their actions.
Free will is important because it makes love, faith, and obedience real choices instead of something people are forced to do. Free will allows people to build a real relationship with God based on trust, love, and personal choice rather than fear or force. However, free will can also be misused. When people choose to sin, their actions can harm others, create conflict, and contribute to the brokenness and injustice seen in the world. The suffering and imbalance in human relationships and the world is the result of people choosing to act against God’s will.
Jesus had the freedom to choose, He chose love over hate, extreme pain over comfort, obedience over avoidance, and sacrifice over self-preservation to save humanity. What a privilege it is to use our free will to believe, follow and share Jesus.
Yes. God’s Word is trustworthy because it reveals who God is, His plan for humanity, and His promises throughout history.One reason many to trust the Bible is the fulfillment of prophecy. The Bible contains hundreds of prophecies that have been fulfilled, including many that point to the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. These prophecies include details about His birth, ministry, suffering, death, and resurrection.
Another reason is historical and archaeological evidence. Many places, people, cultures, and events mentioned in the Bible have been supported by archaeological discoveries. While archaeology does not prove every spiritual claim, it has shown that the Bible is deeply connected to real historical settings.
The Bible also describes events that reveal God’s power and judgment, such as the account of Noah’s Flood. Discoveries of marine fossils and seashells in high mountain regions show that those areas were once underwater, which we see as consistent with the biblical account.
Ultimately, trust in the Bible is based not only on evidence but also on faith in the God who inspired it. The Bible is more than an ancient book, it is God’s revealed Word and a guide for life.
The Bible says of some, “professing to be wise they became fools”. These scientist with their theories attempt to explain how the universe and life developed without a Creator. Yet they do not provide a definitive answer to why anything exists in the first place or where the original matter, energy, and the laws governing the universe came from.
While science can help us understand how the natural world works, it cannot prove that God does not exist. When discussing these topics, it’s reasonable to ask what evidence supports a particular claim. Science relies on observations and models that are continually tested and refined, but many questions about the ultimate origin of the universe remain unanswered.
Christians should see those unanswered questions or answers based on assumptions as pointing to the necessity of a Creator rather than to a universe that came into existence on its own.
This is one of the deepest questions people ask about God. The answer begins with understanding both God’s love and God’s justice.The Bible teaches that God is loving and desires that people be saved. God does not delight in sending people to hell, He offers forgiveness and reconciliation through Jesus Christ.
At the same time, the Bible teaches that God is perfectly holy and just. Sin separates humanity from God because God cannot ignore or approve of evil. Hell is understood as the result of rejecting God, the source of life, goodness, and love, not because God takes pleasure in punishment.
The Bible teaches that hell is the ultimate consequence of freely turning away from God. God created humans with the ability to choose, and love requires that choice to be genuine. A relationship with God cannot be forced. God invites people to accept His grace.
Jesus’ death on the cross demonstrates God’s love because God provided a way for people to be forgiven rather than receive the judgment they deserve. So Hell is not evidence that God lacks love. Instead, it reflects the seriousness of sin, the reality of human choices, and that God has made a way for everyone to receive mercy through Jesus Christ.
This is a “why” that is very close to my heart.
I served the first graders at church, then one day they were talking about their favorite superheroes, I asked them, “How about Jesus?” One boy quickly replied, “Jesus is not a superhero.” I smiled and told him, “Dude, Jesus is the Hero of all time!”
That moment stayed with me. It reminded me that we need to teach our children from a very young age that Jesus is their true Hero, the greatest Hero of all time. Our children need to get rooted in Jesus the Hero early.
Jesus is the Hero of the world. Why?
Because He came to reconcile us to God and restore the relationship that sin had broken. He came for all of us, even for those who do not yet believe in Him. We have discovered that we need forgiveness, hope, love, faith, and salvation. Jesus brings all of these things. He does not simply point us toward a better life, He gives us new life.
A hero is someone willing to give their life, service, and sacrifice for a greater cause. Jesus gave everything He had for the ultimate cause: our salvation. He willingly laid down His life for us because of His great love for humanity.
Jesus also taught us that what we ultimately need is not more religion, political power, wealth, or human achievement. What we need is Him. In the book of John Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Jesus is not simply another hero among many. He is the ultimate Hero who gave Himself completely for us. His life was marked by love, compassion, truth, courage, sacrifice, and obedience to the Father.
The world may give us many people to admire, many causes to pursue, and many things to chase. But Jesus calls us to something greater: to know Him, follow Him, and give our lives to His cause. He gave us His full devotion. As His followers, we are called to give Him our devotion.
Jesus is the Hero of all time, not because He conquered the world by power, but because He gave His life to save it.