Chapter One: What Is the Truth About God?

 Does God really care?

What is God like? Does he have a name?

Is it possible to get close to God?

HAVE you ever noticed the way children ask questions?  Many start asking as soon as they learn to speak. With wide, eager eyes, they look up at you and  ask such things as: Why is the sky blue? What are the stars made of? Who taught the birds to sing?  You may try hard to answer, but it is not always easy. Even  your best answer may lead to yet another question: Why?

Children are not the only one who ask questions. As we grow up, we keep asking.  We do this in order to find our way, to learn of dangers that we need to avoid, or to satisfy our curiosity.  But many people seem to stop asking questions, especially the most important ones. At least, they stop searching for answers. 

Think about the question on the cover of this book, the questions raised  in the preface, or those at the beginning of this  chapter.  These are some of the most important questions you can ask. Yet, many people have given up trying to find the answers. Why? Doe the Bible have the answers?  Some feel that  its answers are too hard to understand. Others worry that asking questions could lead to shame or embarrassment. And some decide that such questions are left to religious leaders and teachers.  What about you?

Very likely you are interested in getting answers to life's big questions. No doubt you sometimes wonder:  'What is the purpose of life?  Is this life all there is?  What is God really like?' It is good to ask questions, and it is important that you do not give up until you find satisfying reliable answers. The famous teacher Jesus Christ said:  "Keep on asking, and it will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you." -Matthew 7:7.

If you "keep on seeking" for answers to the important questions, you will find that the search can be very rewarding.  (Proverbs 2:1-5)  Despite what other people may have told you, there are answers and you can find them-in the Bible.  The answers are not too hard to understand.  Better yet, they bring hope and joy. And they can help you to live a satisfying life right now.  To begin, let us consider a question that troubled many people.  

Next time:CHAPTER ONE:  What Is the Truth About God?/IS GOD UNCARING AN  HARDHEARTED?

From the book WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY TEACH?