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How Can You Say?

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Matthew 07:03-04 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 04 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?
Read the context: Matthew 7

Ponder:
1. Who is the "you" Jesus is talking too,
2. Why does Jesus use the comparison between a "
speck" and a "log?"
3. What is the difference between "
seeing" a speck in someones eye and "saying" let me take the speck out of your eye?
4. Why does Jesus' need to ask the questions?
5. What does it take for a person (like me, like you) to really hear and honestly answer Jesus' question?

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WHY GOD ASKS QUESTIONS?

It is easy to read the Bible and see only stories and rules. Even if a person can see the Bible as a revelation of Who God is and what He is like it can be difficult to fully realize that in the Bible God invites us to the amazing adventure of an eternal and perfect relationship with Him.

How often do we wish we could ask God questions and have Him give us a plain answer? God, why did You let my father die? God, why am I not getting well? God, why aren’t my plans working? And the questions go on and on and on. The questions aren’t always doubting or complaining, but sometimes simply curiosity. I assume that it is a surprise to most of us that in the Bible God asks us more than 500 questions.

Why does God ask us questions? Surely if God is GOD He knows the answer to all His questions. God does not need us to inform Him of our circumstances, thoughts or motives. God’s questions are always in a context and the reason for them is to prompt us to think more seriously about our lives. So really, the reason God asks us questions is because He cares so much about us.

More than just seeking to probe what we know or think, God's questions can:
>> motivate our curiosity.
>> prompt us to reevaluate the way we think and behave.
>> help us see things from a different perspective.
>> help us dig deeper into really important issues.
>> help us discover what we truly believe.
>> demonstrate that God is dynamically interested in us.
God asks us questions because He wants us to grow.
How important are God’s questions to you?

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