Responding to Tragedy
Posted in Job on Apr 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Job 1:1-22
What a shame it is that Christians who ought to know better end up saying things about God that greatly misrepresent who He really is. This lack of the knowledge of God is more obvious whenever a national tragedy occurs, such as the horrible campus massacre last week at Virginia Tech University. There are two primary errors that are made about God and His character in light of human suffering. The Greek philosopher Epicurus put the problem this way – He reasoned that “If God is good, He must not be able to stop the suffering in the world. If He is able but does not stop it, He is not good. Therefore, it is impossible to believe in an omnipotent God who loves them as a father.” Often people either limit God’s goodness or they limit His sovereignty and power. Christians today often choose the latter error. People who claim to know the Lord will say that He has nothing to do with the evil deeds of men or of the calamities of nature. They end up saying that God has no control over these things. They may not realize what they are doing, but they are in fact limiting God’s sovereignty and His power.
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