In this series, “Asking for a Friend”, we encourage you to really press into some of the difficult questions of faith. Read the scripture for the day and follow the promptings. It is our hope that you will intentionally meditate on what the Bible has to say about some of these difficult topics. Then, be honest about your doubts and worries, giving them over to God. In recognizing that we don’t have all of the answers and sometimes wrestle with questions of our own, we can press into our Heavenly Father and choose to trust Him all the more.
Grab your Bible, a journal, and a pen to reflect on what God is teaching you through this section of scripture. Here is the format that we will follow:
Be Still: As you read, write out the Bible verse or verses that stick out to you most.
Abide: What truth can you learn? Are there any principles or commands present? What is the overall theme of the text?
Adore: What does the text reveal about God and His character?
Apply: How does this Scripture apply to your life today? How does the truth of God’s Word change your daily perspective? How can you live differently in light of this truth?
Pray: Pray God’s Word back to Him. Turn these thoughts into prayer. Ask the Lord to show you how to meditate on and apply this Scripture to your life.
For consideration as you read: This week, we are taking a look at the topic of hell. Questions around if hell is real and if a good God would really send people there are prevalent. Throughout the Bible, hell is talked about.
Often people ask how a loving God can condemn anyone to hell. God is a just God, and today’s passage shows that hell was prepared to bring justice to Satan and his demons, ultimately for their rebellion against and rejection of God’s sovereignty. Without evil being punished, there is no justice. As you read through the passages of scripture and verses for today, take heart in remembering that Jesus is all-powerful and will defeat Satan once and for all.
Scripture: Revelation 20:7-10 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
1 John 3:8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
