Welcome to the Dabreep podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown, where we take your real questions about faith, the Bible, and culture, and give you honest, practical advice you can trust.

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Well, hey, debrief listeners. Welcome back to another episode where Matthew Stephen Brown, your pastor, my husband will answer some really challenging and great questions.

Yeah, these ones are really challenging.

We always want this to be a place where you guys can ask real questions, even if they're embarrassing, even if they're difficult, even if they're challenging,

if they're vulnerable, this is a place. And Matt actually really loves those kind of questions.

And this question will not disappoint. I actually respect this question so much. It's very complicated. It's long, but we're going to dive right into it, okay? Yeah.

First one, this one comes from Renee, who is a student in Honolulu, Hawaii.

We had to cut this down just a little bit, so we'll get some context during it.

But I'm going to read this question because I don't want to leave any part of it out.

She says this, When I attended Easter

service and I heard about how extremely thankful we all should be that Jesus died on the cross

for our sins, I did not feel grateful. Instead, I almost felt resentful. A long time ago, I had a

conversation with my father and he said that I should be thankful that he provided me with a roof over my head, clothes on my back, and food in my belly.

I am very thankful, but I told him that as a parent, that is what you're supposed to do.

That's the bare minimum of what a parent is supposed to do.

I did not ask to be born.

You wanted the child.

It's your responsibility to take care of it. Seems fair.

Moving on, goes on to say, similarly, I did not ask for God to create me. Yet here I am. So my point is,

God is my father and for whatever reason he created us. So why should I be so thankful that he sent Jesus to die for us?

Had he never created us, Jesus wouldn't have had to die for our sins.

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