TQ Week 2

Last week at Fuel we answered questions relating to knowing how God speaks and if we're in his will or not. If we want to know how he communicates to us we have to first ask the question, 'Do we know God?' We can't truly know the heart of people, recognize their voice, or understand what they're saying unless we're in relationship with them and the same is true of God. So we pray and we listen. We read the Bible not to find a solution to our problems but to know the character of our God. As we invest in our relationship with God it becomes easier and easier to recognize his leading and direction in our life. Check out John 10:1-5 and ask God to help you recognize how he communicates to you.

As promised we'll answer a few more Tough Questions on the blog this week.


1. "If Adam and Eve had 2 sons...where did all the girls come from?
Genesis 4 records the birth of Cain and Abel but they aren't the only kids Adam and Eve had. Genesis 5:3-5 says, 'When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.'
So while Cain and Abel are the most famous, Adam and Eve probably had dozens of kids - including girls- which is what God had told them to do. In fact - since there was no birth control - Adam and Eve could have had several hundred kids over the 930 years he lived.

2. 'In the story of Jesus' birth, what exactly did the Innkeeper say?'

If you were at the Fuel Christmas party you may remember the Christmas quiz we did and how so many things we believe about Christmas aren't actually recorded in the Bible. This is one of them. There is no mention of an Innkeeper anywhere in scripture. Luke 2:7 mentions that there was no room for them at the inn but doesn't say anything about an Innkeeper.