Opinion › Feature Article       18.03.2016

Why do we ask questions of God when we don’t want to obey His commands?

It is a question that every true apostle wants to ask the children of the Kingdom. If you do not obey God’s will for your life, then why would you expect God to even talk to you when you persist in disobedience? God is righteous and does not allow fools to use and abuse Him or His name in unrighteousness. This article will deal with unrighteousness among Christians and the matter of how to address questions in the Evhe language.

Seven question indicators in Evhe or Nyabiabiawo amɛ adrɛ lɛ Eʋegbɛ mɛ/Nyabiabia adrɛawo lɛ Eʋegbɛ mɛ

Here are seven question indicators of the Evhe language with their English counterparts. Consider carefully as you pose each one to the living God each day. And ask yourself if you really know the answers to your questions for certain. Here we go.

  1. nuka meaning what
  2. amɛka meaning who
  3. aleke meaning how
  4. ɣekaɣi or wokawoe meaning when
  5. nukata meaning why
  6. afika or ganɛ meaning where
  7. nenie or nɛnɛ meaning how much

These question indicators are intended to precede the questions we pose to anyone. Why do we even ask questions at all? It is because often, we want answers to our problems and solutions that will show favour in our situations.

A question that I would like to pose to you today is whether people understand that Yahweh is the maker of everything? Well, He is. Why? It is because He is, based on His evidence of creation having been created for humanity to enjoy their lives while on earth.

Today, there are so many people who are not enjoying life despite the fact of Yahweh’s righteous creation that was supposed to do “good” for man. This situation creates the impression that God is not righteous in that people suffer. This should not be the case. Suffering in life is supposed to breed intellectual development that leads to the overcoming of trials given by God. It is only lazy Christians who do not allow their intellects to develop when they are faced with challenges in life. In addition, lazy Christians mostly refuse to adopt righteous principles as a means to overcoming trials.

Questioning God in Unrighteousness: A National Pastime of the Heathen

People who love God naturally pose questions to Him every day. These are not heathen questions.

At the same time, there is a person who genuinely does not obey God righteously and yet constantly looks for reasons to consider Him unrighteous because He does not do their will by doing unrighteousness to benefit their cause. This is why I have said that most Christians today are heathen. Many DO NOT even consider that the Father’s Word says “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD [Yahweh], and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Yeshayahu/Isaiah 55:7-9). Clearly, God thinks differently than man; He is not heathen and therefore believes very much in His own words.

God’s Commands are part of His covenant

His covenant or agreement with His people of righteousness has been written as a legal contract in blood. That blood is the blood of Yeshua that was spilt as a result of the sins of a generation of false believers in Yahweh. Like today’s Christians, Yahweh’s nation of old, Yisrael, did not even consider that Yeshua was a righteous man, at first. It took many people’s testimony to convince the nation of who Yeshua claimed to be. If they had just believed in the scriptures, they would have been able to righteously discern the truth of who he is more easily.

When we do not obey God’s commands, it leads to a situation where, as human beings, we lose our ability to discern what is right and wrong. In addition, disobedience to God’s commands leads to the posing of heathen questions to the God of Abrakham, Yitsak and Yakob. These questions stem from unbelief in the consequences of sin in the lives of people who do this. Now let us turn our attention to Evhe. Here are some questions in the Evhe language.

  1. Nuka dzɔ? | What happened?
  2. Amɛka yo? | Who is it? (NOTE: yo is a particle from the Tɔŋu/Tongu dialect meaning it is.)
  3. Aleke milɛ egblɔ ge? | How shall we say it?
  4. Wokawoe nèlɛ yiyi ge ‘hã? | When are you going to go?
  5. Nukata ɖɛvia lɛ avi fam? | Why is the child crying?
  6. Afika Kanaɖa lɛ? | Where is Canada?
  7. Nenie nyɛ xɔ ƒɛ asi la? | What is the price of the house?

I hope this article has explained why so many believers in the gospel are simply deceiving NOBODY except themselves when they point the finger at God for the very things they have been doing to harm themselves by practicing sin and unrighteousness.

Conclusion: Righteousness Exalts a Nation
In our modern standard, it remains to be seen whether there will be a need for righteousness to reign in every area of endeavour. In this case, I am also considering that there is a need for more books and funding of Evhe language materials that promote truth.

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