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The issue is not whether you raise a question. Questions are fine. The real issue is where you go for the answers. | The issue is not whether you raise a question. Questions are fine. The real issue is where you go for the answers. | ||
Going to scripture and the evidence is the Biblical model. Ignoring the evidence or relying on what some | Going to scripture and the evidence is the Biblical model. Ignoring the evidence or relying on what some minister, or even William Branham himself, tells you is definitely not how questions should be dealt with. | ||
==The | Jesus never turned people away that had questions. And neither should we. | ||
==The New Testament does not say to ignore questions== | |||
Many in the message ignore the many issues we have raised in this website and, when challenged, refuse to engage in any meaningful discussion or even attempt to answer the questions raised. | Many in the message ignore the many issues we have raised in this website and, when challenged, refuse to engage in any meaningful discussion or even attempt to answer the questions raised. | ||
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Why is it that there is a refusal to obey scripture? Is it because they know that they don't have any answers? | Why is it that there is a refusal to obey scripture? Is it because they know that they don't have any answers? | ||
In fact, there were some Jews that were very good at asking questions and they were commended for their diligence in Acts 17:11: | |||
:''Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ac 17:11.</ref> | |||
Paul stated in 1 Thessalonians 5:20-21: | |||
:''Do not scoff at prophecies, but test everything that is said.<ref>Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2013), 1 Th 5:20–21.</ref> | |||
How do you test something without asking questions? | |||
=The Confusion= | =The Confusion= | ||