God Is Not To Blame
Many blame God for all the suffering in this world as if they had no part in all of it or as if there was no Devil. Actually all of the suffering inthe world is due to not listening to God. It is when we break God’s laws that we break our own hearts. He did not make rules to show His authority. He made rules because He cares and He knows that we can never be happy doing whatever we want whenever we want. We would not bring up our children like that so would our Heavenly father allow His children to grow up without correcting them and without showing them the proper way?
Let me give some scenarios to illustrate what I am saying.
(1) God said "Don't eat a certain fruit or else you will die." Adam and Eve went and ate the fruit that ushered in sin, suffering and death into the world. We are even told in that while Eve was deceived Adam knew full well what he was doing. Should we blame God?
(2) God said not to drink wine that is alcoholic in the book of Proverbs more than once. People disregard that and drink alcoholic wine. When there is an accident through drunken driving they blame the drunkard only. They go so far as to think that Jesus contradicted the Bible by turning water into alcoholic wine at the wedding feast. But there are two types of wine. Seerelijournal.com/christianity/should-christians-drink-wine/. Do not blame God. Do not just blame the drunk. Blame the drink the drunk drank.
(3) God said in the Psalms not to go to bed too late. People disregard that and get killed in the wee hours of the morning coming back from a late night party and then blame God.
(4) God said do not commit adultery. People commit adultery and then blame God that their husband left them, all the kids and all the bills. They then blame God for their situation.
(5) God said to train your children to love God and His Word. Parents neglect to do that. Often they send them to church while they stay home. They forbid them to curse while they curse. They forbid them to smoke while they smoke. They live like the world (which is against what Jesus said to do) and go to God’s house only on special occasions and when their children become criminals or grow up hard, unfeeling, and boisterous they blame God that all their hard work has gone down the drain. They say that they brought them up right but that you can make a child but not his mind. They never think about their own influence in turning the child’s mind from his Creator. These parents never realized that their example for evil was greater than their best words. They blame God.
(6) God said that all you have to do for Jesus to return to this earth the second time and end suffering is to tell everybody about Jesus. In fact, Paul in reached the whole of Asia in just two years. But most Christians do not tell anyone about Jesus and not on a continuous basis with any kind of zeal. The one thing that would stop all the sickness, suffering and tragedy in the world and they refuse to do it continuously. Go on Facebook which has over 700 million people and you will see Christians talking about everything under the sun except God – socializing and not evangelizing, gossiping and not spreading the gospel. People then blame God for all the sadness and tragedies in the world when simply telling the world about Him will result in Him coming to raise the dead from their tombs and wipe all the tears from every righteous eye, and carrying all the faithful to Heaven.
I have often said that sadly the difference between atheists and professing Christians is this:
“An atheist does not believe IN God. A nominal Christian does not believe God.” (I guess there are much more atheists than we first thought). Too often nominal Christians love the world more than the Word. They love their own way rather than The Way. They love lamb chops but not The Lamb. They love Jesus as Savior but not as Lord and Master. Do not blame God. Blame the Devil and blame you know who.
For more faith-building material peruse this blog and be sure to check out:
The Divine Inspiration Of The Bible (Resources)
Let me give some scenarios to illustrate what I am saying.
(1) God said "Don't eat a certain fruit or else you will die." Adam and Eve went and ate the fruit that ushered in sin, suffering and death into the world. We are even told in that while Eve was deceived Adam knew full well what he was doing. Should we blame God?
(2) God said not to drink wine that is alcoholic in the book of Proverbs more than once. People disregard that and drink alcoholic wine. When there is an accident through drunken driving they blame the drunkard only. They go so far as to think that Jesus contradicted the Bible by turning water into alcoholic wine at the wedding feast. But there are two types of wine. Seerelijournal.com/christianity/should-christians-drink-wine/. Do not blame God. Do not just blame the drunk. Blame the drink the drunk drank.
(3) God said in the Psalms not to go to bed too late. People disregard that and get killed in the wee hours of the morning coming back from a late night party and then blame God.
(4) God said do not commit adultery. People commit adultery and then blame God that their husband left them, all the kids and all the bills. They then blame God for their situation.
(5) God said to train your children to love God and His Word. Parents neglect to do that. Often they send them to church while they stay home. They forbid them to curse while they curse. They forbid them to smoke while they smoke. They live like the world (which is against what Jesus said to do) and go to God’s house only on special occasions and when their children become criminals or grow up hard, unfeeling, and boisterous they blame God that all their hard work has gone down the drain. They say that they brought them up right but that you can make a child but not his mind. They never think about their own influence in turning the child’s mind from his Creator. These parents never realized that their example for evil was greater than their best words. They blame God.
(6) God said that all you have to do for Jesus to return to this earth the second time and end suffering is to tell everybody about Jesus. In fact, Paul in reached the whole of Asia in just two years. But most Christians do not tell anyone about Jesus and not on a continuous basis with any kind of zeal. The one thing that would stop all the sickness, suffering and tragedy in the world and they refuse to do it continuously. Go on Facebook which has over 700 million people and you will see Christians talking about everything under the sun except God – socializing and not evangelizing, gossiping and not spreading the gospel. People then blame God for all the sadness and tragedies in the world when simply telling the world about Him will result in Him coming to raise the dead from their tombs and wipe all the tears from every righteous eye, and carrying all the faithful to Heaven.
I have often said that sadly the difference between atheists and professing Christians is this:
“An atheist does not believe IN God. A nominal Christian does not believe God.” (I guess there are much more atheists than we first thought). Too often nominal Christians love the world more than the Word. They love their own way rather than The Way. They love lamb chops but not The Lamb. They love Jesus as Savior but not as Lord and Master. Do not blame God. Blame the Devil and blame you know who.
For more faith-building material peruse this blog and be sure to check out:
The Divine Inspiration Of The Bible (Resources)