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WHY DOESN'T GOD?
 This
question is more in the minds of thinking
people than any other. The problem of the
innocent who suffer for the guilty; the apparent
hopeless confusion of world affairs; the collapse
of any standard of right or wrong – all
cause a great number of people to doubt God,
even to question His existence.
It seems clear that when you ask why God
does not stop the trouble His ability is not
in doubt, but He does not seem to act. So
then, why does God apparently do nothing about
it?
Think a minute, what is it that He has to
stop? It's people. It's hatred, violence,
lust, selfishness, jealousy, dishonesty and
a whole host of other things. Very well then
the question is "are you prepared to
let God stop them in you?" Yes, that
is where the rub comes – the whole issue
is essentially a personal one. What about
your selfishness, your jealousy, your sin?
To be brutally frank, if you are not prepared
for God to start there, you can never again
ask the question 'Why doesn't God stop the
trouble?"
One thing is certain – that God will
stop it all, that He will break into world
affairs in the Person of His Son to destroy
everything that is evil in the world. If we
refuse to be separated from that which God
must judge, namely the sin in our lives, then
inevitably we become involved in it's judgment.
If He appears to be silent now, it is because
He longs to be able to deal with men in mercy
instead of judgment (1)
When you ask, "Why doesn't God Stop
the Troubles'" Have you ever thought
about the Cross?
Why didn't He stop it there? Why didn't God
deliver His Son from murder at the hands of
wicked men?
There is only one answer to that: "He
was wounded for our transgressions, He was
bruised for our iniquities" (Isaiah 53:5)
God allowed it in order that the judgment
of human sin should be borne at the Cross,
He is therefore, now able to deal with me
in mercy because judgment has been met. Yes,
all will be judged, The only difference is
this, that all who put their faith in Christ,
Crucified and Risen, are able to say that
judgment for them is not future but past.
The wonderful thing is that in response to
repentance, which means a change of attitude
towards the thing that is rotten; and faith,
which means that you trust Christ who died
for you – in response to this, God can
give you power to stop the trouble in your
own life. He Himself will impart His life
and power to you. (2)
Here is a prayer you can use:
“O God, I admit I have sinned, I am willing
to turn from my sin. I take Jesus Christ to
be my personal Saviour and Lord.”
Author : Alan Redpath
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(1) 2 Peter 3:9 (2) John 1 12
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