Why did GOD let all those children die of hunger? Why did GOD let 911 happen? Why does GOD let evil prevail? He’s all powerful but didn’t do anything! Does that sound familiar or have you said or thought that at some point in your life! I see it on the internet a lot. These social media theologians blame GOD for stealing, killing and destruction and yet their accusations show they don’t know Him! Even worse than that is when a public figure blames the very GOD they deny through their life and actions.
I have it on the highest authority, they are blaming the wrong one! JESUS said, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 KJV). But you can’t use scriptures to prove GOD’s righteousness! That’s the problem, the world is seeking wisdom from another source than the Bible! “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In him was life; and the life was the light of men” (1:1-4 KJV) and “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (John 1:14 KJV). JESUS is GOD and He and the WORD are one, so if you want to know GOD, read the WORD. What does that change? Everything! JESUS came to give us abundant life and they accuse Him of bringing death!
Who did it then? Unbelievers, because the “god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Cor 4:4 KJV). That’s talking about salvation, we are talking about hunger, death, and evil winning. There is no separating sin and death or salvation and life. That’s why there is so much emphasis on salvation. Salvation gets you into Heaven and a changed heart affects how you think and what you do! “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Prov 9:10 KJV) and that wisdom helps you “love the Lord thy God” and “love thy neighbour” (Mat 22:37-39 KJV).
Why isn’t GOD’s plan working? GOD’s plan is working but people have been given a free will and they choose to follow the thief (John 10:10) “for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (Mat 7:13-14 KJV). With 150,000 people dying every day, and that many are entering hell is more than we can understand because it doesn’t have to happen!
GOD has got to do something! He did! “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:16-17 KJV). Now you can ask, “Why did GOD do that?” but you should do what He commanded you to do. “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” because “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned” (Mark 15-16 KJV).
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