QUESTIONS EXPOSE YOU

QUESTIONS EXPOSE YOU

BY DR. MERVYN ABREO

          Quest for the questioner whose questions quicken.

          Jesus was one such Person!

                                                          

          When He was twelve years of age His wisdom and understanding of the Scriptures was gauged more by the questions He asked, as well as the by the answers He gave. (Luke 2: 46, 47).

          There are different levels of questions asked about God and the Bible.

                                                                                           

          A commonly asked question by beginners is that Adam and Eve had two sons. Then how did the human lineage come about? Of course the explanation is that there were several more sons and daughters, who are not mentioned.

          When I was around ten years of age I asked my father, “What is it that God cannot do?”

          “Sin!” my father answered.

          “No! It’s not sin. It’s something He wished He could do, because it would increase His power. God is unable to change the past!” Today armed with the knowledge of ‘time-space-matter’ we know He can change the past. (PS. That’s how He forgives sin).

          Then there are other questions I asked: After His death, Jesus’ body was wrapped with strips of linen. As He resurrected, they were left behind and found later. (John 19:40).

                                    

           After His resurrection He appeared to Mary Magdalene. (John 20:10–18). Obviously He wasn't naked, so from where did he get the cloth he was wearing?!

          And of course, my famous question: Jesus, like any other human being, possessed forty-six chromosomes. He received twenty-three from Mary. Then from where did He receive the remaining twenty-three chromosomes?

(Read: “Genetics of Jesus Christ in question”).

JESUS WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS COUNTER QUESTIONS:

                                                         

          On one occasion Jesus was challenged by the Jewish religious leaders regarding His ministry. They asked Him: “By what authority are You doing these things?”

          His reply! A question: “John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from men? Tell Me.”

          They were unable to answer Jesus because His question had boxed them in! (Mark 11: 27-33).

          On another occasion, after much hounding by the religious leaders, with questions, to prove that He was not the Christ, He put a counter question to them: How is it that they say the Christ is the son of David, when David himself calls Him ‘Lord’?

          They were unable to fathom that Jesus Christ was God, and therefore He was called ‘Lord’. But as a human being, born in the lineage of David, He became David’s son!

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          Dear friend,

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