EPISODE 76:  Kids’ Q&A

Date: 05/12/2021

Lighting Round: All

1. A riddle: Johnny’s mom has 3 children. One is named Jan. The other is named Feb. What is the other child’s name? Cohen, Age 7

Questions

1. Why didn’t God just make us perfect? Why did he make sin a thing? Emma, Age 8 / Why didn’t Jesus just say, “Satan, go away” and then there would be no sin forever? Levi, Age 6
   1. God did make us perfect.
   2. God didn’t make sin; we chose to sin and rebel against God.
   3. What God has done, in sending Jesus, is to rescue us from sin.
   4. Jesus did tell Satan to go away. In the gospels, Satan tempted Jesus three times and Jesus tells Satan to go away.

2. How does baptizing purify us? Hudson, Age 10
   1. Water baptism doesn’t purify us. It’s a symbol of the Spirit’s inward baptism of us that does cleanse us of our sin.

3. Could you explain the Trinity and how they are one person but different people at the same time? How can Jesus be praying to God when he is God? Claire, Age 10
   1. One God. Three persons (not one person; three people).
   2. The Trinity is a mystery. Meaning, we can both understand it, but it will always be difficult to understand at the same time. 
   3. Things to avoid:
      1. Thinking that the Father, Son, and Spirit are three different gods.
      2. Thinking that the Father, Son, and Spirit are three different versions of the same God (not distinct persons; sometimes God shows up as the Father, sometimes as the Son, sometimes as the Spirit).
   4. Jesus prayed to his Father because they are two distinct people, this was how Jesus could communicate with his Father while here on earth.

4. Why was Jesus the one who had to die on the cross? -Cooper, Age 9 / Why couldn’t Jesus die peacefully and come back? Mitchell, Age 11 / Why didn’t God just get rid of our sins and not have Jesus die on the cross? Elaine, Age 11 / When did Jesus die on the cross? Boone, Age 7
   1. Before time began, the Father, Son, and Spirit had decided that Jesus would die for our sin.
   2. Jesus didn’t die peacefully because the people hated him so much for telling the truth.
   3. Only perfect people can be in the presence of God. For us imperfect people to be in his presence, means we needed a perfect substitute to die in our place, pay the penalty for our sin, and experience the judgement we deserve. Jesus is the only perfect human to have lived, thus he died in our place because he loves us.
   4. He died sometime around 30-33AD.

5. How do we get in heaven? Cora, Age 9 ½
   1. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. It’s both simple and complex. Simple because it’s really that easy. Complex because true belief means living a life fully devoted to living for God.

6. They say that God can do everything but then they say God has never sinned, so can God sin? Max, Age 10
   1. Technically, God can’t do everything. Like you said, he can’t sin because it goes against his nature (he is holy and without sin).
   2. Another example, God can’t make a math mistake. He knows everything (that’s his nature), so math mistakes are something he can’t do.
   3. He can’t make a rock so big that he can’t lift it. Because he’s all-powerful. Yet he’s also a Creator. 

7. When is God not with us? Emma, Age 10 / Is God ever not with us? Cora, Age 9
   1. God is always with us. Jesus promised that he will never leave us.

8. How did Jesus raise from the dead? Colton, Age 6
   1. By the power of God. 

9. How old do you have to be when you want to be a pastor? -Malachi, Age 8
   1. There’s no set age.
   2. A couple of things to consider:
      1. It’s a good idea to get a Bible degree. And a seminary education (pastor school).
      2. Be active in the church as you grow up. Serve. Grow. Be involved.
      3. You may want to consider working on a church staff or interning so you see what it’s like being in ministry.
      4. Know that there are many ways to serve God — both in and outside of the church.