WHY DOES GOD STILL LOVE US...?

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Hi H.......,

Q. "Why does God still love us when we destroy the earth every day by pollution, wars, etc?"

Tell me, don't your parents still love you no matter what you do?...even if you damage something precious? Wouldn't they be more hurt if you just ignored them, like people ignore God who loves them so much?

John was the disciple who really felt so loved by Jesus and he tells us: "Let us love one another; because love is of God....God is love....Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent His Son a propitiation (atonement) for our sins."

Destroying the Earth is a bad thing but ignoring the Owner (God) is worse.

 

 

Goddess Athena

Hi P......,

Q. "Why do people travel the world to talk about God, when they believe in statues instead?"
 Yeah, good question. It really makes you wonder whether they know the one true God or do they just believe in some god of their own imagination. Remember how we discussed God being so offended by us comparing Him to some pathetic statue, even if it's gold and 28 metres high. In fact, he scoffs at people carving a wooden god and saying:"I have burned half of it in the fire, yes, I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it....shall I fall down before a block of wood?" 
How stupid!...burn half then worship the other half!

 

 

Q. "What does Noah mean?"
Noah means 'rest'.  Let me tell you about Noah in the Bible....
He was a just man....he walked with God.
God warned him about a coming global flood so he moved with 'godly fear' and made an ark to save his family.
If Noah hadn't done that we wouldn't be here; everybody on Earth today has Noah (and Mrs. Noah) in their family tree! 
The name Noah reminds us to fear God like Mr. Noah did.

 

 

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3 PLUS 1 IN A HOT SPOT

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More great questions - this time from Year 3/4 girls at a 3rd school........ 

 

Hi girls,

"...the fourth is like a Son of God!"

Your question today: "How long did it take for Jesus to get to the furnace? and...how did He get there?"
I don't know how 'the Son of God' got to the furnace but it was real quick! No sooner had the 3 men fallen down in the furnace, king Nebuchadnezzar has jumped to his feet, saying: "Didn't we throw three men bound into the middle of the fire?...Look! I see four men loose and walking in the fire; they're not hurt... ".
As for the king, after 7 years of serious mental illness (predicted in another dream!) he finally realized God is the Boss.
He praised 'the King of heaven': "No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have you done?'.... all of whose works are truth and His ways justice. Those who walk in pride He is able to put down."

 

 

"Bow the knee? Not us!"

Hi girls,

You were asking: "Why didn't Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego bow to the statue?"
First of all, 'well done' for spelling their names correctly!
They said to the king: "We do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the golden image which you have set up." Why did they say that?
God had given the Israel people 10 laws and the first was: "I am the Lord your God...you shall have no other gods before me."
The 2nd law was: "You shall not make for yourself a carved image...you shall not bow down to them or serve them."
The penalty for breaking these laws was death!...so they obeyed God rather than man.

Hi ........,

You asked: "Why did king Neb want the statue gold?"
Gold has always been the most prized precious metal. It is beautiful and doesn't rust or even tarnish. The Babylonian empire was known for its gold.
Did you know they coat astronaut visors and aircraft windscreens with gold?
But that's nothing....when God delivers the new holy city it will be made of pure gold! 

Hi .......,

You asked: "How did all the people find the gold to make the statue?"
The Bible doesn't actually tell us but in those days the kings either went to war to steal another country's gold or they got their own people to donate gold things. 

Hi ............,

You asked: "Does God forgive you if you say something mean about Him?"
I thought the best way to answer you was tell you what the apostle Paul said about himself:
".....I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."

What's he saying?

'I was an arrogant man who said bad things about God and hurt His people but I have been forgiven - I didn't realize what I was doing.'
If you're feeling angry with God about something, say it to Him, not to others - just like you might complain to your dad rather than bagging him to other people.

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DID GOD CREATE THE ICE AGE?

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G'day H.........,

Q. "Did God create the Ice Age?" 
The Bible doesn't tell us clearly about the Ice Age but I understand that it would be expected with warm oceans and volcanic ash in the skies after the Great Flood.
Later on, Job lived in the Middle East in the land of Uz where his friend Elihu reminded him:
"By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen."
...then God showed up to ask Job:
"From whose womb comes the ice? and the frost of heaven who gives it birth? The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen."

How much sea-ice is in the Middle East these days? None? So yes, I think God did cause the Ice Age.
By the way, water is one of the very few substances that expands as it cools - if it didn't we wouldn't be here.  What amazing stuff!

 

G'day L........,

Q1. "What will happen at the end of time?"
"...they (heavens and Earth) will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak you will change them and they will be changed. But You are the Same, and Your years will have no end."
...and there's this one:
"...the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up...Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells."

Interesting hey?...everything is winding down just like Science tells us (entropy) and there is a 'Big Bang'.........at the end!

Q2 So you want to know another random fact about God and Jesus?

Jesus was born in Bethlehem by a virgin, betrayed by a friend for 30 pieces of silver, flogged, clothes stolen, crucified with criminals, speared, buried in a rich man's tomb, raised from the dead...all foretold in the Bible hundreds of years before!.... even the date He would enter Jerusalem on a donkey!

G'day K.....,

Q1 "How old was God when He died on the cross?"
Jesus was only 33 years old when he was crucified and that was predicted hundreds of years before in the Bible!
"Oh my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days..."

"...who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living..."
(He died young violently so who can tell us about His family?)

"Messiah shall be cut off, and shall have nothing..." (He will die young violently, and lose everything - even His clothes!)


G'day M.....,

Yet to happen - Man's empires smashed! 

Q1 "Why did we have to do a crossword?"
 It was good revision for you to see how much you could remember about that important lesson: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream. Why so important? 
It is Israel's view of the world from 606BC to the end of time - so that includes you and me in 2014!...plus it is about trusting in God who is in control even if we think He doesn't exist. Don't forget - history has proved this dream to be very accurate!

Q2 "How was God born? Who is God? How can He do everything and give things and make things?"

Aw mate, that's too hard for me! It's like being a little baby looking up at Dad (or Mum), thinking...who are you?...where did you come from?...how can you do such amazing things?
What I do know is that God is real, we are surrounded by evidence of Him everywhere we look, He loves you and me oh so much, He is awesome, and the Bible says God has been and will be around forever! He is the great I AM.
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WHO INSPIRED YOU?

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G'day Brad,

Q. "Who inspired you to become a Scripture teacher?"
  
Did I tell you about the little wooden plaque that hung over my bed as a 6 year old? 
It said: "Suffer the children to come to me." 
That's now my role in life!
The disciples of Jesus were telling the kids to get lost: "Go on, buzz off - the Teacher hasn't got time for you lot." ...but Jesus was quite angry about that.
Yes, it was Jesus that inspired me.

Also I am inspired by you boys and girls because you are each a unique miracle and it is an immense privilege for me to be able to teach you from the Bible. I see you as young people in your own right, not just schoolchildren, so I don't 'dumb down' the lessons for you.

I am sure there will be eternal results!
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