Questions, Questions, Questions, Questions, Questions, part 4Questions, part 4

Sunday October 7, 2012Sunday October 7, 2012

Questions, Questions,

Questions, pt. 4

• Message Title: Questions pt. 4

• Message Thesis: We have questions, God has answers.

• Message objective: To deal with some of the questions that trouble us.

Ask, Seek, KnockMatthew 7:7-8

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Myth #1

People say: Don’t question God.

The bible says: Jeremiah 33:3

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee,

and shew thee great and mighty things,

which thou knowest not.”

Myth #1People say: Don’t question God.

The bible says: Matthew 7:7-8

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Matthew 7:7-8

Myth #1People say: Don’t question God.

The bible says: Jeremiah 29:11-13For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith

the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give

you an expected end. 12Then shall ye call upon me,

and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken

unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when

Ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will

be found of you, saith the LORD.

Ask

To call on for an answer. To

seek information. To make a

request.

James 1:5

Seek

To go in search of. To try to

discover.

Jeremiah 29:13

Knock

To strike something with a

sharp blow as in opening a

door.

This denotes effort. Going after

truth with diligence.

Jeremiah 29:13

Why?

• do bad things happen to good people?

• am I having so much trouble in life?

• is there so much sickness in life?

• does God allow natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes?

• does God allow tragedies?

Another question:

Why is there so much sickness in life?

Sickness: Ill health. A disordered,

weakened, or unsound condition. A

specific disease.

Why sickness?

Sickness comes:

1.Because we now live in a disorderly system.

2.When we eat for pleasure only.

3.When we are victims of a greedy culture.

4.When certain genetic and or hereditary factors are present.

Questions, Questions, Questions, Questions, Questions, part 3Questions, part 3

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