WHY GOD ALLOWS OR SENDS DISASTERS - IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS
Key Passages: Genesis 6, 18 and John 11
God created the Earth and introduced humanity in it out of His great love. It has never been His enduring intention to cause suffering among humanity for it's own sake. He sends troubles always because of sins. His aim is SALVATION before JUDGEMENT. People of God need to understand our role in God's drastic moves.
WHY DISASTERS
God sends or allows disasters for three related reasons:
God sends or allows disasters for three related reasons:
1. Because of Unbearable Sin
2. To Exact Temporary Judgment to Preserve the Earth until the Appointed Judgment Day
3. To Empower His People (Those Who Walk in His Ways) to Preach His Message
2. To Exact Temporary Judgment to Preserve the Earth until the Appointed Judgment Day
3. To Empower His People (Those Who Walk in His Ways) to Preach His Message
UNREPENTANT SINNERS IN DISASTERS
In times of disaster sinful people may react in three key ways:
In times of disaster sinful people may react in three key ways:
1. They pretend to be upright and compliant, to buy time to return to their evil ways.
2. They throw up their hands in despair, yet refuse to call upon God for mercy
3. They wail (rather than mourn) in their 'prayers', seeking to unjustly accuse God of abandoning His beloved creation.
2. They throw up their hands in despair, yet refuse to call upon God for mercy
3. They wail (rather than mourn) in their 'prayers', seeking to unjustly accuse God of abandoning His beloved creation.
THE RIGHTEOUS IN TIMES OF DISASTER
In times of disaster, God's people are expected to react in three key ways:
In times of disaster, God's people are expected to react in three key ways:
1. Uphold the justice of God by continuous obedience to Him in a life of righteousness.
2. Intercede for mitigation of God's justice with mercy
3. Preach REPENTANCE and RIGHTEOUSNESS as never before.
2. Intercede for mitigation of God's justice with mercy
3. Preach REPENTANCE and RIGHTEOUSNESS as never before.
CONCLUSION
No disaster is outside the control or full knowledge of the One Maker of Heaven and Earth. Like in the cases of the global flood and the scorching of Sodom and Gomorrah, He sends disaster so that mankind will desist from a path of self-destruction before His appointed time. We dare not be ignorant if this to join the rest of the Earth in despair, as if God has finally lost it! It's always a period of empowerment for righteousness. Let's not just pray for mercy. Let's also preach repentance and righteousness and warn against the ultimate disaster of Hellfire.
No disaster is outside the control or full knowledge of the One Maker of Heaven and Earth. Like in the cases of the global flood and the scorching of Sodom and Gomorrah, He sends disaster so that mankind will desist from a path of self-destruction before His appointed time. We dare not be ignorant if this to join the rest of the Earth in despair, as if God has finally lost it! It's always a period of empowerment for righteousness. Let's not just pray for mercy. Let's also preach repentance and righteousness and warn against the ultimate disaster of Hellfire.
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