Pondering Questions God Asks in The Bible?


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Will you sin and then stand before Me?

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Jeremiah 7:9,10,11
The Context: God commanded Jeremiah to stand in the gate of the Lord’s house and tell the people of God’s pending judgment because of their hypocrisy of claiming to worship God while living awfully with one another and with Him.

God Asks Us: "Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord."

JNE: Do we really believe that we can be hypocrites with regard to our spiritual lives and still expect God’s blessing? It does no good to recognize and point out the hypocrisy I see in others if I do not repent of my own. What sins do I most easily see in other people? Could it be because those are the sins of my own heart to which I am self-righteously blind? To think lightly of or ignore God’s questions perhaps reveals some self-righteousness in me.

WHY GOD ASKS QUESTIONS?

It is easy to read the Bible and see only stories and rules. Even if a person can see the Bible as a revelation of Who God is and what He is like it can be difficult to fully realize that in the Bible God invites us to the amazing adventure of an eternal and perfect relationship with Him.

How often do we wish we could ask God questions and have Him give us a plain answer? God, why did You let my father die? God, why am I not getting well? God, why aren’t my plans working? And the questions go on and on and on. The questions aren’t always doubting or complaining, but sometimes simply curiosity. I assume that it is a surprise to most of us that in the Bible God asks us more than 500 questions.

Why does God ask us questions? Surely if God is GOD He knows the answer to all His questions. God does not need us to inform Him of our circumstances, thoughts or motives. God’s questions are always in a context and the reason for them is to prompt us to think more seriously about our lives. So really, the reason God asks us questions is because He cares so much about us.

More than just seeking to probe what we know or think, God's questions can:
>> motivate our curiosity.
>> prompt us to reevaluate the way we think and behave.
>> help us see things from a different perspective.
>> help us dig deeper into really important issues.
>> help us discover what we truly believe.
>> demonstrate that God is dynamically interested in us.
God asks us questions because He wants us to grow.
How important are God’s questions to you?

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