Subject: Suffering and God's providence |
Bible Note: Hey atdcross, Hope this day finds you well and blessed of God. I will agree with you we are all perpetrators of sin (Romans 3:23).I dont see anything that says we are victims.Do we deal with consequences of sin,ours or some one elses? Yes,every day.The consequence and result of Adam and Eve's sin was death. Its something that if the Lord tareys long enough we will all have to face. Heb 9:27. When Saul was sent out to destroy the Amalekites God told him to utterly destroy all. He didnt fully comply. We know the rest. Saul attempted to shift the blame. In a sense he may have looked like a victim.Not! He made his choice and chose to not deal with his sin. I've heard this refered to as the Saul syndrome at times.Because of what jesus Christ did there are no victims. There are those who repent Acts 2:38,1 John 1:9 and there are those who dont or wont repent.There are no victims here. I will say this we can fall victim to circumstance,even consequence totally not of our doing. But we can claim Ephesians 3:20 on a daily basis. Somtimes I think there are alot of us suffering from the Saul syndrome,myself included.We are not victims,we can repent,we can deal with our sin,we can trust God.We can trust God to help get us through lifes daily challenges.Philippians 4:13. No one has to have a victims mentality. In Christ, lionheart |