Results 1 - 4 of 4
|
|
|||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1 | Why God allows such tragedy | Rom 8:28 | ngkh | 140834 | ||
I have asked the following question before in my early days of being a christian and studying the Bible. "Why did God kills" i.e. re Amalakites,etc and have accepted the probable reasons explained then. Perhaps they really deserve to be wiped out. I am asking the same question again with the recent events happening in South East Asia i.e. the high number of death in the tsunami tragedy. If God is so full of grace and that He loves us so much that I believe Him to be, why is He allowing such massive deaths to happen? Please teach me how to explain to a non believer that God loves us that he sacrificed His son for our sins but then he still allowed such tragedy to happen. When I saw a news footage of a man on CNN who lost everything, wife, kids, house, I asked myself. Why? |
||||||
2 | Why God allows such tragedy | Rom 8:28 | Pastor Glenn | 140840 | ||
Amen and Amen EdB! ngkh, I wanted to share a few scriptures concerning how much God cares, but men fail to repent even when disaster strikes: Jer 9 23 Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; 24But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the LORD. It is so good to know that God delights in exercising lovingkindness, judgement, and righteousness in the earth. Also, notice how people in Jesus' day didn't know how to respond to tragedy either: Luke 13 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." This condition gets worse in times of great sin: Revelation 16:11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds. Revelation 16:21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great. If people would repent there would be less tragedy in this world, but death is still sure in this life. God is offering eternal peace, without pain or tears for the next life. It was Adam that brought sin and death into the world, but we Christians need to seek a close relationship to God to make things better: 2 Chronicles 7 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. The Question should not be why did God allow such tragedy. The question ought to be why arn't many of God's people "... which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; ". Pastor Glenn |
||||||
3 | Gods Will and Natural Disaster? | Rom 8:28 | Just Read Mark | 141047 | ||
Greetings. I have found this thread helpful, as I consider God's sovereignty and grace. We speak about "natural disasters." Are there any natural disasters recorded in the Bible? All of the "mountains falling into the sea" etc. seem to be caused by God - and generally as punishment for sin. I certainly doubt those people have any greater sin than those in other parts of the world! If the Bible shapes our entire worldview, however, there doesn't seem to be room for the "natural disaster." JRM |
||||||
4 | Gods Will and Natural Disaster? | Rom 8:28 | JCrichton | 141048 | ||
Hi, JRM! I think that you are tackling various points simultaneously... * Biblical Record vs. Historical Record * God's Wrath (which includes natural disasters)unleashed on those who stubbornly are in constant rebellion and denial of His Authority * God's Power as Creator and Guardian Biblical Record... Scripture is Salvation History, hence much of what we would want to find in Scripture is missing (historical accounts, recepies, technical, medical, and scientific information, rituals (baptism, marriage, birthdays, commerce, social intercourse...); much of what is found, outside of direct pertinent matter (Worship, genealogies, Israel's History as it pertains to God's Promise, the various prophecies, the Messiah, the Coming of the Kingdom, Salvation in God, the struggle of the flesh against God's Will...); yet, within Scripture we will find basic information that will lead us to understand that there are rituals and other occurrences which the people of God have experienced or will experience! God's Wrath -- Throughout the Old Testament we find Yahweh warning Israel about the suffering that will befall them if they abandon the One True God... there are many direct statements that foretell of Israel's future disobedience and the loss of God's Protection! This is where man-made disasters and natural disaster converge: God removes His Protection from the people so that the rebellious and wicked fall by the sword, famine and other disasters without the Protection that God had provided in His Mercy and Patience! More than once we hear God tell us that He does not desire the death of anyone... more than once we hear Him plea with Israel to turn back to Him before it is too late and disaster falls upon them... He speaks of decades of suffering through mankind's disobedience, of exhausting His Patience allowing man to turn to Him... He is our Creator and our Benefactor; He is our Guardian and our Provider... but, He is also our Judge and our Teacher who sets boundaries and goals for our corporial and spiritual existence... Jesus foretold of wars (man-made disasters) and famines and earthquakes (natural disasters) that would befall the earth... yet, as our Guardian and Benefactor God will not allow all of these disasters to transpire all at once... it is His Patience and Mercy revealing themselves for the sake of the elect (the ones to be saved in Christ: those who Believe in Him!); it is the Lord's Power that sustains the world and all of its ecological systems; it is His Will that keeps humanity, specially those who Believe from being iradicated from the face of the earth! Just recently the world suffer an assault... terrible as it was, once released, there was nothing humanity could do to stop it... I see the hand of God not in the indiscriminate destruction that occurred, but in the individual people that survived--creatures as fragile and as vulnerable as those that perished--that by shear logic should not have been spared... perhaps as a warning to Christians and the world God decided to Protect them... it is His Might that Saves both from physical death and destruction and from spiritual death and destruction! Note that Christ was not so much concerned with the various periods of disasters that we would face but that we would understand our total dependence on God! (Matthew 24:13) As you said, those who die do not necessarily have committed graver sins than those who are alive... but God does Protects those He Loves! God Bless! Angel |
||||||