"Why, God?" | Famous Last Words | Week 2

3/24/2024

Week 2 -"Why, God?" | Speaker: Stephen Cox


..."My God, my God, why...?" 

– Matthew 27:46 NIV

Why, God?

Theological Question: Why God?

Philosophical Question: Why? What is the reason behind all this?

Emotional Question: Why in the world?

Personal Question: Why me? Why her? Why now? Why does it have to be this way for us?

A Jesus follower believes:

A) God is all-powerful, all-wise, and all-present.

B) God is all-loving.

C) Evil exists.

IF A and B are true, C cannot be true.

It's a valid argument, but it's not Biblical.

"...not my will, but yours be done."

– Luke 22:42 NIV

3 Common Responses to Why We "Why?":

- It's your fault.

- It's Satan's fault.

- It's God's will.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

 – Psalm 22:1 NIV

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)

– Matthew 27:46 NIV

SIN

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

– John 3:16-17 NIV

6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

– Romans 5:6-8 NIV

God turned His back on Jesus because Jesus became sin.

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

– 2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV

Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.

– Habbakuk 1:13 NIV

God turned His back on Jesus so He didn't have to turn His back on you.

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

– 1 Peter 2:24 NIV

no – where

now – here

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.

– Amos 8:9 NIV

no – where

now – here