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so why'd He ask?

Posted by Bryan

Questions to which God Knew the Answers before He Asked


1. To Adam: "Where are you?"


2. To Cain: "Where is Abel your brother?


3. To Jacob: What is your name?


4. To Pharoah: "How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me?"


5. To Balaam: "Who are these men with you?"


6. To Solomon: "What shall I give you?"


7. To Satan: "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?"


8. To Job: "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?"


9. To Isaiah: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?"


10. To Peter: "Who do you say I am?"


11. Also to Peter: "Do you love me?"


12. To the Jews, about Lazarus: "Where have they laid him?"


13. To Saul: "Why are you persecuting me?"

There's certainly a sermon here for every question asked, but the simple life lesson is that God never asks a question to which He doesn't already know the answer.

Why does He ask? The possibilities are likely endless. Simple answers are:

• He loves you and wants to talk with you


• He's using a common parental tactic to get you to confess to your mistake or transgression


• He's asking you so you'll give the obvious answer and be in accordance with Him


• He reveals His passion for His children by asking a question rather than making a statement.


• He brings Himself glory by asking a question and then answering it, or even being the answer.

Make no misktake about it....God knows the answers. He doesn't ask because He doesn't know. He doesn't need your help getting to a solution. He asks for your benefit and for His glory. If you find yourself being questioned by God....you can be pretty certain it's not to fill Him in on the details. January 10, 2004 7:33 PM | TrackBack