Questions??

People have lots of questions about Christianity that many times stumps them up and causes them to reject or fall away from the gospel.  Questions abound when it comes to the things of God.  He's God!  There is no way we can completely discover the full depth of Him or His ways.  He has given us one book not because that's all there is but because it is all that is needed for us to seek Him and find Him.  I'm not saying questions are bad.  But I am saying that some questions will not be answered here in this life.  That's where faith and trust come in.  That's where God's Word to us (which great minds have not exhausted) comes in and carries us through to the end.   I will not go into the many questions that men have about God.  But what I would like to do is share a devotion I read this week about such things and challenge believers with important questions that do not need to be neglected.

This devotion is from Charles Spurgeon, November 19th, morning:
"Avoid foolish questions."  Titus 3:9
"Our days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance...  Our business is neither to ask nor answer foolish questions, but to avoid them altogether... if we observe [the verse] to be careful to maintain good works, we shall find ourselves far too much occupied with profitable business to take much interest in unworthy, contentious, and needless strivings."

He goes on to list the questions we should be asking:  "Do I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?  Am I renewed in the spirit of my mind?  Am I walking not after the flesh, but after the Spirit?  Am I growing in grace?  Does my conversation adorn the doctrine of God my Savior?  Am I looking for the coming of the Lord, and watching as a servant should do who expects his master?  What more can I do for Jesus?  Such enquiries as these urgently demand our attention; and if we have been at all given to cavilling, [whine, nag, gripe, bellyache] let us now turn our critical abilities to a service so much more profitable.  Let us be peacemakers, and endeavour to lead others both by our precept and example, to 'avoid foolish questions'."