Asking For a Friend: Week 2
Part of Asking For A Friend 2025—Finding Answers to Tough Questions
June 8, 2025

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I. When Jesus told the man on the cross “today you will be with me in paradise”, did Jesus go to Paradise first and then to hell?
• God as three divine and eternal

in one made this statement in not .
• God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit experiences their variant roles in totality rather than just due to the Trinity.


II. If someone was attending West Ridge Church and you discovered they were in the US illegally would you report them to government authorities?
• We are to the governing authorities unless the authorities the laws of God’s word in the Bible.
• As Christians on mission our focus is on a person’s over their .
• A seeks to keep truth from another by or to dehumanize them for self-exaltation purposes.


III. How do I know if God is calling me to do something? Especially in the moment, when I only have a few minutes to sit and pray about it? How do I hear God’s voice?
• According to communication experts there are four universally recognized modes of communication: , , , and .
• There are several ways God communicates with us: 1. (2Tim. 3:16) 2. (Jas. 1:5-7) 3. (Jn. 16:7-14) 4. (1 Cor. 12:4-7) 5. (Prov. 16:9) 6. (Acts 2:17) 7. (Ex. 19:9-19)
• The Holy Spirit will us into, us of, our speech with, and our missteps with God’s truth. (Jn. 16:13, 14:26, Lk. 12:11-12, Rom. 8:28)
• Peace is the “ ” that is the evidence we are moving or God’s will and truth.


IV. Is “Giving it to God” a part of submission?
• Submission is never until we do not with the decision of the “authority” over us.
• Jesus in Gethsemane teaches us not to pray away God’s or wish away God’s .


V. What is a biblical view of transgenderism? If a Christian is in relationship with a person struggling with gender dysphoria should the Christian use the person’s preferred pronouns?
• Sex and gender identity is pre-programmed by God via DNA and via the spirit. (Mk. 16:5, Zech. 5:5-11)
• Nature is which means we can determine by design; therefore we cannot identity but we can or it.
• When our feelings are incongruent with and we need to resist our .
• The use of pronouns is a disputable matter due to for some believers with and for some believers with . (Rom. 14:1-10, Jn. 2:7-10, Mk. 2:16, Acts 17:16-23, 1 Cor. 9:22)


VI. How do I grow in my relationship with God in the busyness of life?
• The devil’s main weapons of warfare against people of faith are , , , , and .
• There is no substitute for and which is why all people and what matters.
• Pick and prioritize and you will grow, but collision moments will reveal your love priority.