"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
But wise and honest questioning can be
dangerous; questioning obliges a truthful man to accept new truths and cast
away old fables; this is both unpleasant and humbling. Maybe this is why few
ask questions anymore.
Let me give you an example.
Matthew 5:30 "And if thy right hand
offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee
that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be
cast into hell."
Matthew 18:8 "Wherefore if thy hand or
thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for
thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two
feet to be cast into everlasting fire."
It's a popular belief that no Christians can
go to hell; it's just utterly impossible, they insist. They believe Christ
Jesus has saved His people from hell. (No, the Scriptures say Christ has saved
His people from the lake of fire, Rev 20:15. Hell and the lake of fire are
distinct, Rev 20:14. I hope you are aware of both!)
Why did the Lord Jesus Christ so solemnly
warn His disciples to take drastic measures against sins in order to avoid
hell/everlasting fire?
Have you stopped questioning?
Another example.
"The just shall live by faith" is
repeated in the Scriptures: Hab 2:4, Rom 1:17, Gal 3:11, Heb 10:38.
Since it's "the just shall live by
faith," then how is it that the condemned is justified by faith?
(I assume you know that it is the condemned
who needs to be justified by God the Judge, and the unjustified is incapable of
faith.)
If a condemned man is "justified freely
by the grace of God" (Rom 3:24), then what's the fable of justification by
faith alone in the same sense?
How does God justify a condemned man?
How does faith justify a believing man?
Are they the same?
Have you stopped questioning?
