Sermons on Doubt (Page 2)

Sermons on Doubt (Page 2)

Q8 – “How do Adam and Eve fit in with evolution?”

The Bible is not an encyclopaedia of science, but rather God’s message to mankind about how they can be re-united to Him, and know true meaning and real forgiveness for their lives. It does not set out to teach us about gravity, electricity, chemistry or biology. However, it does have a lot to tell us about our origin. We need to say what we mean by the word “evolution”. Few, if any, people deny the fact of evolution by selection…

Q7 – “If God has a plan for everyone, does he know some people will choose not to be Christians?”

God created mankind with the capacity for free choice. He did not want a race of robots who would say “Yes God, I love you and will always obey you.” Creatures like that would not really be human, just pre-programmed animals. You could say that He was prepared to take the risk of His creatures turning their backs on Him. In ways mysterious to us, He knows everything before it happens. He is not inside Time as we are, but…

Q6 – “What kind of ministry can a local church offer Christians battling with strongholds of fear anger or other crippling spiritual bondages?”

I think with this question we also need to include non-Christians, and there is a first step for a non-Christian, in that for someone who doesn’t know God yet, and doesn’t know that Jesus is their Saviour, as a local church we want to share with them the good news of the Gospel, the fact that God loves them, the fact the He sent His Son to die for them. But as a local church how do we help those…

Q5 – “Why did Jesus work as a carpenter in his father’s joinery before his ministry and him being the Son of God as well?”

I think there are 3 things involved in this question. The first thing is that the Bible talks about there being a first Adam and a last, or second, Adam. The first Adam is the one who by his turning away from God injected the curse into the world, including all the problems we have been talking about. The second Adam is Jesus, the last Adam, and He pulls the fangs of the curse and reverses things. Now that is…