Why did Jesus send demons into pigs?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez.

This is the radio program where we answered your questions about the Bible and the Christian

life every day. You can call us with your question at 8333-the-core. That's one, 833-843-24-273. You might want to

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First up today, let's go to John in St. Louis, Missouri.

John, what's your question for Pastor Adriel?

Hey, John, are you there?

I think we lost John. All right. Let's go to an email question that we received from one of our listeners.

This is from Linda, and she says, how do you know if you're struggling

because God is testing you or because he's telling you not to go down a certain path?

That's a great question. So one, well, what have God said in his word? What is his revealed

will according to his law? Sometimes we do struggle because we

break God's law. We're disciplined when we sin. And this is one of the wonderful things about the

Lord. It doesn't just let us go down the wrong path in disobedience to his law without disciplining us

as his children. This is something you see in the Old Testament, the New

Testament, as well. But then sometimes we experience hardships in life, and we're not sure,

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