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Matthew 6.25-2825 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more
important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away
in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not
much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a
single hour to his life? 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field
grow. They do not labor or spin.
Scripture Reading
Why
Matthew 6.25-2825 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more
important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away
in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not
much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a
single hour to his life? 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field
grow. They do not labor or spin.
Matthew 6, mc 6.19-34, vv 6.25-28
Why was I born?
Why am I here?
Why do I have to work?
Who do I have pain?
Why do I suffer?
Why can’t I sleep?
Why do I feel bad?
Why am I a Christian?
Why am I not a Christian?
Why do I do what I do?
Why 72 Gospels
14 Acts
16 Epistles
0 Revelation
102 New Testament
180 Old Testament
282 about 4x per book
It is okay to ask “Why”
Bible Is about Asking “Why”
Matthew 6.25-2825 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more
important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away
in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not
much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a
single hour to his life? 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field
grow. They do not labor or spin.
Matthew 6, mc 6.19-34, vv 6.25-28
Matthew 7.1-51 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you
judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it
will be measured to you. 3 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and
pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to
your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the
time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the
plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove
the speck from your brother's eye.
Matthew 7, mc 7.1-12, vv 7.1-5
Matthew 8.23-2723 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24Without
warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves
swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples went
and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!" 26He
replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up
and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. 27 The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even
the winds and the waves obey him!"
Matthew 8, mc 8.14-34, vv 8.23-27
Matthew 15.1-31 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from
Jerusalem and asked, 2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of
the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!" 3 Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the
sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15, mc 15.1-20, vv 15.1-3
Matthew 16.5-85 When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread.
6"Be careful," Jesus said to them. "Be on your guard against the
yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 7They discussed this
among themselves and said, "It is because we didn't bring any
bread." 8 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, "You of little faith, why are
you talking among yourselves about having no bread?
Matthew 16, mc 16.1-12, vv 16.5-8
Matthew 19.16-1716 Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing
must I do to get eternal life?" 17 "Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is
only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the
commandments."
KJV – “Why callest thou me good?”
Matthew 19, mc 19.13-20.16, vv 19.16-17
Matthew 20.3-63 "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the
marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, 'You also go and work in
my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' 5So they went.
"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did
the same thing.
6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing
around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day
long doing nothing?'
Matthew 20.1-16 Is a Parable
Matthew 19, mc 19.13-20.16, vv 20.3-6
Matthew 22.15-1815 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. "Teacher,"
they said, "we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach
the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by
men, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17Tell us then,
what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are
you trying to trap me?
Matthew 22, mc 22.15-24.1, vv 22.15-18
Matthew 26.6-106 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon
the Leper, 7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very
expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was
reclining at the table. 8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?"
they asked. 9"This perfume could have been sold at a high price and
the money given to the poor." 10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this
woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
Matthew 26, mc 26.1-46, vv 26.6-10
Matthew 27.45-4645 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the
land.
46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?"
Consider Hebrews 13.5
“I will never leave you nor forsake you”
Matthew 27, mc 26.47-27.56, vv 27.45-46
God and YouIt is okay to ask “why”
God and YouIt is okay to ask “why”
Some “why” questions
are not fully answerable
God and YouIt is okay to ask “why”
Some “why” questions
are not fully answerable
“Why” is a question aimed at:
contemplation, meditation,
and self-reflection
God and YouIt is okay to ask “why”
Some “why” questions
are not fully answerable
“Why” is a question aimed at:
contemplation, meditation,
and self-reflection
Some “why” questions change:
who you are
how you act
how you talk
God and YouIt is okay to ask “why”
Some “why” questions
are not fully answerable
“Why” is a question aimed at:
contemplation, meditation,
and self-reflection
Some “why” questions change:
who you are
how you act
how you talk
Mark 2.8, 4.40; Luke 6.46
Endnotes
Lesson: Why. Why! Why?
Presented: March 7, 2010
Author: Raymond Harris www.raymondharris.com
All Scripture Quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version; used from www.biblegateway.com.
“why” counts King James word Search, e-Sword version 8.0.6.
“why” there are five Greek words that the KJV translates as “why” (ordered by Strong’s number): gar (G1063), diati (G1302), hinati (G2444), hoti (G3754), and tis (G5101); there is also one English phrase “why say” from lego (G3004); King James word search, and Strong’s Numbering, e-Sword version 8.0.6.
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Lesson: Why. Why! Why?
Presented: March 7, 2010
Author: Raymond Harris www.raymondharris.com
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