Living Springs Q&a

Q&A #114 - Praying for government, Are we gods?, Images of God, Faith, and Capital Punishment 1. My question was Why don't we have corporate prayer in church for our govt and leaders? Especially since we are told to do so in Timothy and also with everything we are facing here with 2 elections etc. Not to pray a certain party wins but that God would Be glorified in our elections. Just wondering. Thanks! 2. In John 10:34, why does Jesus tell the Pharisees that it is written in the Law that "you are gods"? 3. Exodus 20:4  says -  “You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.”   So is all art and sculpture wrong?  (Except for maybe abstract art) 4. In John 4:46 to 4:53, Jesus’s response to the noble man’s request to come and heal his son seems strange or insensitive, can you explain Jesus’s response? 5. What does God think of the death penalty?