Questions Deserving Thought

There are questions in the Bible that are profound enough to justify pulling them briefly out of their original context in order to ask them of ourselves.

“But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)

Jesus asked his disciples who people thought he was. After the disciples gave various answers, he gave them the chance to answer for themselves. He does the same for us today. Leave aside what others say of Him, who do you say that Jesus is?

“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?” (Mark 8:36)

Two thousand years after Jesus said this, it’s still easy to identify people who’ve “succeeded” in life while losing their souls in the process. We should ask ourselves this question before it’s too late to rewind our own lives.

“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46)

There’s no good answer we could have to this question Jesus asked. It is the oddest thing that we would call Jesus “Lord” when there’s no indication of our being in compliance with His will. It’s like British citizens calling Charles their king when they actually don’t want him telling them what to do. Jesus came to be our master, not our mascot.

“Is anything too difficult for the LORD?” (from Genesis 18:14)

This is another way of asking, “Is anything impossible for the Lord?” Jesus already answered for us when he said that with God all things are possible.

“How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” (from 1 Kings 18:21)

The prophet Elijah asked this question of his fellow Israelites, but it pertains to us today. There are gods of our own desires that entice us to slow down in following the Lord. We need to recognize that hesitating to follow and refusing to follow are ways of not following. And it’s “not following” that’s the problem.

“Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” (from Job 2:10)

This is the question posed by Job to his wife after she suggested that his string of calamities was sufficient reason for him to give up on God. It’s a good thing for us that Jesus thought more like Job than like his wife.

“What is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him?” (Psalm 8:4)

We could spend a very long time pondering this question before we could adequately answer it. What is it about us that God thought it was worth donning human flesh to live like us, treat us like royalty, and, as His reward, get treated worse than dirt for His efforts? Yes, it’s uncomfortable to focus on a question like this because, if we’re honest, it arouses in us an awareness of just how pathetic we are. But, hey, if He wants to love us anyway, I’m not going to try to argue Him out of it.

There are many more thought-provoking questions like this in the Bible. Why don’t you choose a Christ-Centered Bible reading plan for yourself and start discovering them?

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11/10/25