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WHY WOULD A
LOVING GOD ALLOW INNOCENT CHILDREN TO SUFFER AND DIE?
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WHY WOULD A
LOVING GOD LET PEOPLE DIE? WHY WOULD GOD LET PEOPLE GO
TO HELL?
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HOW CAN HE BE
A LOVING GOD? WHY DID GOD ALLOW MILLIONS TO BE KILLED
IN WAR?
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IF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS,
WILL THEY GO TO HELL WHEN THEY DIE?
*READ TO FIND THE
ANSWERS*
Although I can understand how you feel, I will give
you a couple of things to consider that may or may not
change your point of view. I will make it clear right
off that I don’t have all the answers or know Gods
reasons for doing everything he does. (Just your luck,
you picked the one preacher that doesn’t know
everything! Yep, I’m that guy you’ve heard about)
Ask yourself, what can we (his creation) possibly
give to God that would be of value? What can we give God
that he can’t just snap his fingers and make appear?
Believe it or not, there "is" something we can give to
God that he can not create for himself. Something of
great value. You’ve heard the old saying: "what gift do
you give to the guy who has everything?" (Be patient and
I will tell you)
Try for a moment to put yourself in Gods place. What
separates God from us, the angels or even Satan? It is
his ability to create. Not even Satan can create, only
the creator can do that. Thus it makes him unique, one
of a kind and awesome.
Let's say your name is "John Doe". If you built a
robot and programmed it to say: "John is the greatest! I
Love John, John I dedicate my life to you . . etc.."
Hearing this praise come from the robot that you created
would be meaningless. Why? Because "free will" was not
involved. However, if your spouse or any other earthly
person with free will said the same thing to you, it
would touch your heart deeply. Why? Because they don’t
have to feel that way, but chose too.
Evil is a necessary part of free will. Without the
evil, there is no choice. If good is the only choice,
then there is no choice at all. It would mean that God
simply programmed us to be a certain way that is pleasing
to him. If that were the case, even our praise and
obedience to him would be meaningless. In which case
there would be absolutely nothing we could give to God.
"Nothing".
You have heard thousands of times preachers from
every denomination quote Acts 10:34, that "God is no
respecter of persons".
Acts 10:34
- Then Peter opened
his mouth, and said,
Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of
persons:
Preachers commonly throw this scripture out there
whenever it suits their immediate purpose and more times
than not, it’s out of context. This scripture simply
means that salvation is for "everyone", not just the
Jews. (No more, no less)
Forgive me, but I’ll be bold enough to say that: God
"is" definitely a respecter of persons! He favors those
that love, worship and fear him. I have heard preachers
say that God has never intervened in our affairs here on
earth unless someone prayed about it first. Truthfully,
I have not researched this but assume it to be true.
This means that God gives us free will and does not
intrude unless we specifically ask him to.
So, why did God allow David the "apple of his eye" to
kill tens of thousands of people, even children? The
answer is because Israel and David as a people called
out to God and asked for protection and victory. God did
just that! Offered them protection and victory. The
other people did not. (God does not interfere unless we
ask him! ("Free will")
If your family (children and all) were at war with
another family (children and all) who would you choose
to be the victor if it were within your power?) Why did
Gideon defeat the Medians with only 300 soldiers. God
"is" a respecter of persons and he does help those who
call out to him.
Can we truly blame God when people die? Even little
children? God gives us free will yet he stands by ready
to protect us, yet "We don’t ask him!" We as a people
don’t call out to him! Do you pray for your spouse or
family every time they get in the car and leave for work
or other places? I do, every day! Do you pray for your
children while they are at school? I do! Every day.
Call me a fanatic, but I even go out and anoint my
wife’s car with oil and pray protection over it. I do
the same over my house, the children’s bedrooms and
every other room. I pray for protection against
spiritual forces concerning my family and myself. It
seems like allot of trouble I know, but when disaster
strikes, you’ll wish you had. (Better to start now)
If we were given the gift of free will and God
respects that enough to "not" interfere in our lives
unless we ask him, isn’t it "our" duty to protect the
children and pray Gods protection on them? God made this
so easy for us, that a chimpanzee could do it, yet we
don’t, and still blame God.
Mark 11:24 - "Therefore I say to you, all things for
which you pray and ask, believe that you have received
them, and they will be granted you.
Matthew 21:22 - "And all things you ask in prayer,
believing, you will receive."
Matthew 7:7 - "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek,
and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Psalms 37:4 - Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will
give you the desires of your heart.
James 4:2 - You lust and do not have; so you
commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so
you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do
not ask.
James 4:3 - You ask and do not receive, because you ask
with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on
your pleasures.
There are many more verses concerning this, these
were only a few.
WILL PEOPLE WHO
HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS CHRIST GO TO HELL?
As far as the people who have not yet heard the good
news, who is to say? You and I both have run across
people in our lifetimes that we are quick to say: "She
is going to Heaven" or "He is going to Hell". Like
creation, that is reserved for the Father only. We can
not say who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. Only
God can!
I would think only the people who have heard, but
rejected the good news have to worry, not those who are
ignorant of it.
Here are some scriptures that you might find
interesting. One refers to the good news of Jesus being
given to the dead, the other refers to Jesus himself
preaching to the dead.
1 Peter 4:6
- For this was the reason why
the
good news of Jesus was given even to the dead,
so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but
might be living before God in the spirit.
Many scholars have many different points of view
concerning these scriptures. One point of view was that
it refers to the sinners of the old world, expressing a
hope that some of them might be saved;
1Peter 3:18
- Because
Christ once went
through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place
of sinners, so that through him we might come back to
God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in
the Spirit;
1Peter 3:19 -
By whom he went to the spirits in prison,
preaching to those
1Peter 3:20 -
Who, in the days of Noah, went
against God's orders;
but God in his mercy kept
back the punishment, while Noah got ready the
ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight
persons, got salvation through water:
I have underlined the key words above.
"Christ" - (the one who went to the spirits in
prison)
"Spirits" - (not flesh, but dead)
"in the days of Noah" - (meaning hundreds or
thousands of years before Christ - they were dead and
had not heard of Jesus Christ)
"but God in his mercy kept back the punishment"
- (God can be merciful to who he wills as he wishes)
The point is, "we don’t know". The scriptures are not
crystal clear on this particular issue. God "is" a
loving God, so why not trust him on this and give him
the benefit of the doubt.
However, for God to be God, there is only one
requirement, that he has the power that he has! That’s
it! He is under no obligation to fit into our neat
little box just the way we want him to fit. The fact
that he is a good and loving God is simply a bonus for
us. (How blessed we are)
If this particular topic disturbs you, the question
you should be asking yourself is: "What are you
going to do about it?" Jesus commanded us to go into all
the world and preach the gospel.
Mark 16:15
- And He said to them, "Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to all creation.
Mark 16:16 -
"He who has believed and has been
baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved
shall be condemned.
I will point out that, people who have never heard of
Jesus neither believe "or" disbelieve. As for myself, I
am just trusting God, that he has everything under
control.
God is like this: A man has two sons. One is
rebellious and disrespectful, the other is obedient and
striving to be just like the father. It is clear which
one will receive the fathers inheritance.
Loving God? YES! He loved you so much that he made it
incredibly easy for you to enter the kingdom of heaven.
So easy, that all you have to do is accept his son who
died on the cross for you. Your entry to heaven is
guaranteed. However, while you are here on earth, if you
want things to go better for you, it will require a
little action and faith on your part.
Just go pick someone at random on the street and
expect them to love and protect you. It won’t work.
However, pick the same person, prove and show love,
loyalty and respect to them, and you will get quite a
different reaction from them. God is no different in
that respect.
So, the long awaited answer to the question: "What
can I give to God that he can not create for himself?"
The answer is: "You!" It is a gift he treasures and
protects more than gold and diamonds. Give God a gift
today!
Did this help? Let me know
God Bless You
Dan Douglass
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