Why are we in the world if we are just tiny specks to God?

Curiously Kaitlyn

Phil Vischer

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Keith Johnson joins Kaitlyn to answer the question: Why are we in the world if we are just tiny specks to God? Dr. Johnson teaches us about creation, why God does anything, and if we actually are just “tiny specks” to God. Plus, he answers an even thornier question: Why did God make us in the first place, especially if he knew we would sin?

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0:00.0	Welcome to Curiously, Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense.
0:04.9	Each week, we will hear a kid question about God, theology, or the Bible, and find a scholar who can answer it.
0:12.7	I don't know.
0:16.3	That doesn't make any sense.
0:19.2	What?
0:20.5	Curiously, Kate, yeah.
0:25.7	Dr. Keith Johnson, thank you so much for joining me today.
0:29.1	Thanks for having me, Caitlin.
0:30.7	This is Dr. Keith Johnson.
0:32.5	He is Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, and the author or editor of several books,
0:37.0	including Theology
0:38.2	as Discipleship, and The Essential Carl Bart, a reader and commentary.
0:43.7	All right, let's hear our kid question today.
0:47.6	Why are we in the world if we have lost tiny specs to God?
0:53.1	I just, it's very sweet question and very sweet little voice.
0:57.1	Dr. Johnson, what is your just initial reaction to this question?
1:00.8	I love it.
1:02.2	I love the, the spirit behind it in some ways because you have a sense of God's greatness.
1:08.8	You also have a sense of our relationship with God and a sense
1:12.7	of question. How does this great, great God relate to little old me, this child who's just becoming
1:18.6	aware of their place in the world and their life is often defined by being smaller than others.
1:23.5	So it makes sense that they would think of God like that. And I like it because it opens up a lot of
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