The Two Questions That Changed the Church

Every generation must still answer the same two questions.

• The first is the question of authority.

That began in the Garden when the serpent asked, "Did God actually say...?" His strategy hasn’t changed. Every false religion, theological error, and moral compromise begins by questioning what God has said.

Our generation faces the same temptation. Culture tells us truth is personal. Feelings compete with Scripture. Public opinion constantly changes. Even the Church is tempted to reshape the Bible to fit the culture instead of allowing the Bible to shape the Church. The issue has never been a lack of voices. The issue is deciding which voice has the final word.

• The second is the question of salvation.

People are still searching for acceptance. Some seek it through religion. Others through success, morality, or personal achievement.

Yet every one of those efforts is another version of what Adam and Eve did in the Garden. After they sinned, they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. We have been sewing fig leaves ever since, trying to cover sin through our own efforts instead of receiving the covering God has provided through Christ.