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This is an important question to ask, as long as we ask it with no assumptions – why did God create a situation where man could disobey Him? Why did He create anything at all?

Everything was created to ultimately serve and please God, and we were created with that purpose as well. He gave us the ability to choose to disobey Him, and this was also given to us to serve God’s purposes. Adam and Eve knew God and walk with Him in the garden where He had placed them. They could eat from any other tree in the garden. They chose in a selfish moment to do the one thing God told them not to do (Gen 2:15-17). Thus, Sin was brought into the world.

Adam and Eve did not trust God, even though He had created them. They did not treasure their relationship with Him. They thought they could do better than He. We are similiar in many ways. Do we see our proper position to God?

In the bible, Job 15:7-16 records God speaking to Job to put him in his proper place: “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have? The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father. Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you? Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?”

We must see God for who he really is. We must trust God in what he says, in His plans and promises. God is good and is sovereign over all things, thus he has chosen things for his divine purposes and for his own glory(Romans 7:7-12, Romans 8:28-29, Romans 9:21, Romans 16:25-27, 1 Thessalonians 1:3-4, 2 Timothy 2:20). It’s really amazing what God has done to bring us back to Him.

It is important for us to take into account the purpose, genre and context of the scripture. Ecclesiastes is known to be a part of the ‘wisdom literature’ genre in the Bible, along with Proverbs. A method commonly used in these books is to state apparently contradictory principles (e.g., Prov 26:4-5) and leave it to the listener to work out which principle applies in a given situation. In Ecclesiastes, the writer also shows the complexities of life in a fallen world, which may result in individual exceptions to the conventions of biblical wisdom. Read Full Answer.

The birth, life, death on the cross and resurrection of Jesus are all important for the Christian. They reveal God to us, demonstrate how God redeems us from our sins, and gives us an example of how we should live our lives. However, in 1 Corinthians 15:1-6, Paul does tell us that the matter of ‘first importance’ Read Full Answer.

Many people are in fact concerned about the meaning of life: it is just that they derive their meaning of life from their lives (what they do). This is largely the result of materialist thinking and postmodern thinking. Therefore for many, what we primarily pursue that defines us, and therefore gives us meaning in life.

A workaholic pursues the success of his work as the work gives him meaning. It is likewise for a mother: her children can give her the meaning when she sees them growing up and becoming successful one day. A rich man may find some meaning in his wealth, a courageous man in his honor, a wise man in his acquired knowledge. The question is: are these good measures of meaning? Read Full Answer.

The bible tells us that when we die, we immediately enter into the presence of God. We will be fully conscious.

The Bible tells the story of Lazarus dying and immediately being carried to ‘Abraham’s side’ (Luke 16:22). What is ‘Abraham’s side’? Jesus makes much of the fact that Abraham is alive (and was Read Full Answer.

No one knows exactly when they will die. This is out of our hands, but we can rest knowing that since God is over all things, our death is in His hands. We should prepare for that day.

Let us examine two passages from the bible. Read Full Answer.