The questions are transcribed below just as the children wrote them.
Q. Why are some people jealous?
A. People get jealous when they really want what you have got, and wish that you didn't have it! People become jealous when they forget to love God and trust Him to provide for them all that they need to make them completely happy!! (Proverbs 3:5,6). Remember, we can trust God, because He loves us! (John 3:16).
Q. What is special about god
A. The answer to this question could go on forever, because there is so much that is special about God! Let me write just a few things:
1. He made the whole universe. (Genesis 1:1)
2. He is totally in control on the whole universe. (Proverbs 16:4)
3. He never does anything bad or wrong. (1 Peter 1:16)
4. He is 100% love. (1 John 4:8)
5. He is forgiving. (Mark 2:10; 3:28,29)
6. He even gave His own Son Jesus to die instead of us so that we could go to heaven. (John 3:16; Romans 5:8).
Isn't that special!!
Q. How do we die!
A. Every human has the breath of God in them (cf Genesis 2:7). That's what keeps us alive. God gives life, and God takes it away (cf Job 1:21). If God takes the breath of life from you, even if your body seems totally healthy, you will stop living and die.
But our bodies are also decaying. That means, things in our body start to wear out and break down, and cells don't repair themselves anymore. If this gets too bad, the whole body shuts down and dies as well.
Q. Who sowed god?
A. [I don't understand this question]
Q. How old is Juse?
A. The Bible teaches that Jesus is actually the "Word of God" which became a human being (John 1:1-4,14). That means that Jesus actually existed before He was born, but not as a human being - He was equal to God from eternity. But as a human being on earth, He lived to the age of approximately 33 years old (cf Luke 3:23), and then He was killed by crucifixion. After three days He came back to life again, and then after another 40 days He went back to heaven. So Jesus is still alive today. But He is not "2000 years old"!!
Q. do you love me Peter?
A. I want to love everyone and show them God's love. So yes, I do love you, whoever you are!
Q. Is god sexy?
A. "Sexy" is a word that people have made up to describe other people (or even things) that "turn them on" and make them feel sexually attracted.
When Jesus was on earth, He was just an ordinary man and there was nothing sexy about him. The Bible says: "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2). When people were attracted to Jesus, it was because of what He taught (Matthew 7:28-8:1) and the forgiving love He showed (eg Luke 7:36-50). I believe God didn't want us to be attracted to Jesus with our bodies, but with our hearts.
Q. Wot year did god diey?
A. Jesus was about 33 years old when He died on the cross (cf Luke 3:23). Because He was born around 4BC, that means He died around 30AD. (Note: we are living in 2004AD).
(Note: our calendars were invented by a monk who calculated from the information he had available when Jesus should have been born, and he thought it was a good idea that we should count our years from that date. 'AD' stands for 'Anno Domini' which means 'In the year of our Lord' in Latin. But years later it was discovered that he miscalculated the date by about 4 years. That's why Jesus was born 4BC and not 0AD).
Q. Why are some people hogs?
A. Because they don't want to share, or are too proud, and think they are better or deserve better than others. Actually, just about every person suffers from the same problem more or less, but thank God the more we know Jesus and God's love, the more kind and sharing we become!
Q. What is the difference between Law and Rules?
A. From God's perspective, Law describes the way things are, whether we like it or not!, and they cannot be changed. And if we break the Law, there are big consequences. Rules are instructions or guidelines that we make up to help us live our lives, or play games, decently and in order. We can change the rules if we find that they are not working well, or are not fair.
There are some rules that humans have made up which the government makes a "law" in the land to help everyone in a country. Sometimes these human laws match God's Law, and sometimes they don't!
Q. Why do people think there sexy?
A. Often because other people tell them they are, or because they look or dress like others on T.V. whom others think are sexy! People so often are copycats of others just to try to get attention!
Q. Why does god hate nauthy people
A. God does not hate naughty people - He loves them! In actual fact, He loves them so much, that He sent His own Son Jesus to die instead of them on the cross. (Romans 6:8). Why? God wants all people to go to heaven, but because He hates everything wrong, and a penalty must be paid for that wrong, He paid the penalty Himself!! Therefore, the only thing that now can keep you out of heaven is if you reject Jesus and say "No, I don't want Him." If you say that, God has no choice but to send you to hell.
Q. Is there such thing as Hell?
A. Yes, Jesus warned very strongly about it. It was designed for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41), but all people who reject Jesus and God's love and don't want to follow Him are going there, too. (Matthew 25:41-46; Revelation 20:10-15).