Bible Question:
John9:1-12 and Job 1-2, what situations might blindness at birth be due to the sins of the parents, God do not punish us by making us sick? |
Bible Answer: Dear Sweet, Concerning John 9: 1-12- It was customary in the days that Jesus walked this earth as a man, that people reasoned that if a child were born deformed in any way or was born with any kind of handicap that God was punishing the parents' sin. The child in that case could not yet have done anything worthy of punishment. This passage was to let them know that this was NOT the case. It never said that it ever was God's policy (so to speak) to punish anyone because of their parents' sin. In the case of Job, all I know that this was a time before the grace of Messiah had come to us. Though all his children were taken, it does not say that they did not ultimately end up in heaven. It was a testing for Job when he was quite old enough and had walked righteously with God for many years. I think this story was more to encourage us that no matter how bad it gets, we should still have hope in God as He still may be merciful and in fact bless us yet.(read Romans 15:4) I have a friend who had German Measles when she was pregnant with her third child, her first son. Because of this, he was born deaf. For years she felt guilty and responsible for her son's handicap. It caused her to seek spiritual answers until she finally was saved and has a marvelous walk with Jesus Christ today. A couple of years ago, her son who is in his late thirties and has two children now, received an implant and now he knows his mother's voice, his father's voice and the voices of his wife and children. God has turned what had once seemed sad and awful into something truly beautiful in her's and her family's life. I hope this is helpful to you. Itiswritten |
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