Why does God Allow Bad Things to Happen?
(Part 4)
Quoting from the webpage: The Bible Answer Stand Ministry:
"He is able to fulfill His plan by directing the minds and hearts of those willing to hear His voice, and will obediently follow after Him."
Below are more quotes of The Plan.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The path. The way to that pefect day. And the perfect day is the ultimate goal of The Plan
5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.There's that word again: Path. The path. The Construction Plan.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Unfortunately, because of all the bad stuff going on, and people not being taught the correct teachings for the past hundreds of years, people have turned away from God. The further we walk away from Him, the hardest it is for us to see Him, and the longer it takes to walk on the path to reach the end (See Isaiah 59 on how FUBAR we are again).
And it's taking even LONGER because we are now at a point where we no longer can hear Him.
Even in the Bible, it came down to people just seeing angels and having dreams. They didn't talk to, or listen to, God anymore..at least just a very small percentage.
The Book of Job addresses all of the short comings of Job's life and how he stood steadfast on God's side...despite it all. God allowed Satan to take away everything that Job possessed. I know. I know. Here's a PERFECT example of God ALLOWING bad things to happen. However, having to work within the "New System" of a World of Sin, after everything was Good before, it is necessary to have harsh and cruel examples. Job becomes another message, another Messenger, of how to overcome. It's all a part of a plan...that we still can't understand.
So, God, seeing our paths and what we're doing to the land, beasts, and to each other, sent His Son down to explain things to us. And mankind couldn't understand Jesus either.
Jesus tried to explain how to get to Heaven by being born again, and they questioned, "How can an old man be born again?" And Jesus explained about the water and the spirit and people were like, "Huh? Whatchatalkin 'bout Jesus?" It didn't make sense. And so Jesus says that when he spoke of earthly things, we didn't understand, so how could they expect to understand heavenly things? (John 3:3-14). Heck, I read that verse and still don't understand it. So, I can understand why we wouldn't be able to understand God's plan. It's WAY beyond our understanding.
What I do understand is that God HAS a plan.
And EVERYONE wants to follow The Man With The Plan.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)You want to get out of here? You talk to me.
So, I don't know about you, but I say: "God? You know how to get me out of this mess? Heck. I'll follow you. Just tell me what to do and I will listen. Hook a sistah UP!"
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