Conclusion: Keep Asking

You’ve reached the end of this book, but I hope not the end of your questions. Some may feel answered for now, others unfinished, and you probably have new ones this book never touched.

That’s fine. Questions aren’t a wall between you and God. They can be a road towards Him.

Think about the people in the Bible who asked hard questions: Job, who asked why he was suffering; the psalmists, who asked God how long He would stay silent; Thomas, who wanted to see the nail marks; the father who cried, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). God didn’t send any of them away. Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). And God promised through Jeremiah: “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

So keep asking. Just make sure you keep asking Him, and not only the internet.

The question underneath all the others

Underneath every question in this book is a bigger one: Who is Jesus, and what will I do about Him?

Here’s the heart of what Christians believe. God made you, knows you and loves you. But all of us have turned away from Him: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). That means hearts that want to run our lives without Him, not just bad things we do. And sin has a cost: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

But God didn’t leave us there. “But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Jesus, fully God and fully man, lived the life we couldn’t live, died on the cross in our place, and rose bodily from the dead on the third day. Because of that, forgiveness and new life are offered as a gift, not a reward: “For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8–9).

You don’t receive a gift by earning it. You receive it by taking it. The Bible puts it simply: “if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).

If you’ve never trusted Jesus for yourself, you can do that today. You don’t need perfect words or to have every question answered. You just need to come to Him honestly, turn from going your own way, and trust Him. And if you do, please tell a Christian you trust, so they can help you take the next steps.

If you already follow Jesus, keep going. Your questions don’t disqualify you. They can deepen your roots.

Where to go next

The Ochorus library is full of Christians who asked your questions before you. If you haven’t yet, read the Anchored books, thirty days at a time. If you want to think hard about whether Christianity is true, try Orthodoxy or The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton, or Pascal’s Pensées. If you want a story, read The Pilgrim’s Progress (For Teens). If you want to see faith lived out under pressure, read the lives of Corrie ten Boom, Mary Slessor or Samuel Ajayi Crowther. And keep reading the Bible itself, especially the Gospels. Peter once said to Jesus, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). Keep going back to those words.

And don’t do this alone. Find a church, a Christian adult you can ask anything, and friends who will keep asking with you.

Keep asking. He’s not tired of your questions.

Lord Jesus, thank You that I can bring You every question I have. Thank You for loving me before I understood anything, and for dying and rising again for me. Where I believe, make my faith stronger. Where I doubt, help my unbelief. Where I’m hurting, come close. Lead me into the truth, keep me close to You, and give me people to walk with. I want to follow You for real. In Your name, Amen.