Q&A Sunday July 2019 - Audio

Pastor Emmanuel Akognon answers questions submitted by members in the monthly Question and Answer Sunday. 1. If God has forgiven us for our sin and he’s cast them as far as the east is from the west: Then when we stand in front of him on judgment day what will we be judged for? 2. Will you explain what Jesus means when he says he has forgiven us? What he means about judgment? And what he means about accountability for the sins we have committed? 3. I had a conversation with some Christians who believed that not homeschooling your kids was a sin because they will become disciples of the Babylonian world system. They will be taught to think like the world. They said Christian parents shouldn't enroll their kids because of reasons like “Public indoctrinations (LGBTQ, gender fluidity, inaccurate assessments of curriculum rigor, etc.), evolution, secularism, and sexual promiscuity, a lack of parental involvement, and literally a whole host and myriad of things that come with the public sphere.” 4. Others pointed to passages like Proverbs 22:6, and Deuteronomy 6 saying it’s the parents’ job to train our children. They also used Romans 13 saying it’s the government’s responsibility to keep peace by bearing the sword, not provide education. 5. So how should Christian parents think about education for their kids? Does the responsibility fall on the parents or the government? 6. What was the first language spoken in the Bible? Was Paul a gentile? Why does it seem like our reverent fear of God is at a low level than what we see in the lives of the people of God in the Bible? It does not seem like we honor, revere, and recognize the holiness and the righteousness of God. What do you think?