Questions! Questions! Questions!
(Deuteronomy 6:20-21) Life is full of questions that ebb and flow with the times. However, God has given us His Word to provide eternal answers. Join us as we start a unique study! (08271241111) Automated Transcript: Life is full of questions. Ironically, they begin very early. Most children start by asking why a lot. And you think that as you get older, some of the questions will be answered. But in fact, for some of us who've lived a little while, I think we could all testify that the questions don't go away. They may change. Maybe, we're still asking why, but, even later in life, you have questions, questions, questions, questions. The, real question is not will we have questions? The real question is, what will we do with them? Where do you go for answers? Today, we are beginning a series that will have no end. That's right, a series that there will be no end to, because I want to begin talking to you about current questions and Bible answers. You see, when you come to the Bible to find answers, you're coming to eternal answers. So the questions, they ebb and flow. They may change. they may be different at different seasons. every current question comes from the context we're living in. But the Word of God, it's eternal. It's forever settled in heaven. It is the one thing that never changes, and it speaks in every situation and in every generation. So my intention is to lay a little groundwork for this series to look with you at what God's word says about questions, and then we'll begin to tackle them one at a time. Questions, submitted from listeners will give you an opportunity to ask your questions. questions that may be bearing on our mind or bearing on society at this particular time and periodically on enjoying the journey. We will set aside a few days just to take some current questions and go to the Word of God for answers. I want to begin this study in Deuteronomy chapter six. Now, if you know Deuteronomy, chapter six, you know that this is the classic passage about parents teaching their children. In fact, in the opening verses, we have, I think, some of the greatest summary, statements in all of the Word of God about loving the Lord with all your heart, all your soul, all your might, and then teaching God's truth diligently to your own children. Pastor Sexton, who I served under for so long, used to take this passage and talk about the golden moments in life. When you walk, by the way, when you sit in your house, when you lie down, when you rise up. He said, don't miss those moments. May I testify as a father for just a moment, whose children are grown, the moments go so quickly. Time passes. Life moves on. Don't miss the little window of opportunity you have right where you are to instill God's truth in your children. But this is what I want to bring you to. The passage we're going to look at today is at the end of Deuteronomy 6. It's after the teaching. It's after the training. It's after the rearing. You see, our work doesn't stop at the beginning of Deuteronomy chapter 6. Once we've told them the truth. It really starts at the end of the chapter when they begin to ask questions. You see, questions are opportunities to teach. And God gave very explicit instructions to Israel about what to say when your children ask. And every parent, can say with me right now, ask. They will be certain that young people are going to ask questions. And sometimes we don't want to hear the questions because we haven't fully found the answer ourselves. You can't give an answer that you haven't already discovered. And so we've got to learn what to do with our questions. Begin here. Deuteronomy chapter 6. And verse number 20 says, "And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying what mean the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments which the Lord our God hath commanded you, then thou shalt say unto thy Son..." Now, let's pause here for just a moment. Let me point out two or three very obvious things. The
