Acts 7:1-51 \/ 10<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.<\/i><\/p>\n
Hebrews 13:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.<\/i><\/p>\n
It would seem appropriate to write that good times come and go.\u00a0 Yet although that would seem to be obviously true there is another statement that must first be considered \u201cWho are we to say what is good or what is bad?\u201d\u00a0 It would seem obvious to state that the \u201closs\u201d of a loved one is bad.\u00a0 Yet that is not a blanket truth.\u00a0 Sometimes, even those who loved the one who passed on, will admit that it was time and now they are resting, or out of pain and with the Lord.\u00a0 Sometimes we get it.\u00a0 How about the other times when it does not seem so obvious to us?<\/p>\n
Do we believe God is in control?\u00a0 If one truly believes that then does one also believe that God is good all the time and that He truly loves us?\u00a0 If we believe, truly believe, this basic truth about God and if we believe that God is in control, do we then struggle with rectifying something seemingly horrific?\u00a0 Maybe we ought not to question the goodness and love of God but instead remember a basic truth and ask a different question.<\/p>\n
The truth to consider is that God did not bring sin into this world.\u00a0 Man brought sin into this world (Adam and Eve). \u00a0The original sin progressed to the fullness of sin we now have and will continue to descend until Jesus comes back.\u00a0 Also, we remember that Adam and Eve were given rule over all of creation and when Adam and Eve fell, so did all of their creation.\u00a0 So even tragic natural disasters can be traced back to the sin of our ancestors Adam and Eve.\u00a0 So whether it is the evil that man can do, the diseases that plague mankind, or the natural disasters that can kill, all of it is traceable to original sin, to man himself.<\/p>\n
The question is not whether God allowed evil things to happen to us, but whether or not what happened was evil or good.\u00a0 Are we qualified to declare what is evil?\u00a0 Certainly we can see the clearly biblical acts of evil. \u00a0We can say that evil definitely happens.\u00a0 But does evil then have the victory?\u00a0 Did the devil score one for the bad side?\u00a0 Or does God still have the final victory?\u00a0 Can anyone of us know all possible reasons for a death or does only God know all?\u00a0 If I should die and someone should then consider their own mortality and come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord, is that a bad thing or a good thing?\u00a0 If a child should go to be brought home to heaven, and again someone considers their own mortality and comes to be rescued by Jesus, is that a bad or a good thing?\u00a0 Both the child and the person who came to Jesus are in heaven, where there is no pain or suffering, is that a good thing or a bad thing?\u00a0 Surely the child with Jesus, if we think honestly and beyond emotion, and the one who came to Jesus are both better off.\u00a0 The point is, God knows all things and we do not.\u00a0 So who are we to accuse God of being bad because of some tragedy?\u00a0 He did not bring disasters to this world, but man did.\u00a0\u00a0 He did not bring death to this world, but man did.\u00a0 And \u201cnatural disasters\u201d were not brought to this world by God but by man.\u00a0\u00a0 None of these things had to be if man would not have betrayed God.\u00a0 So the question is not how could a good and loving God bring the disaster, but rather why doesn\u2019t all of mankind yield and repent to God so that all these type of things stop happening.<\/p>\n
Surely people would say that what happened to Joseph was evil.\u00a0 What his brothers did to him was evil.\u00a0 But ultimately, while not excusing the bad the brothers did, God turned what they did to be bring ultimate good to Joseph and his people.\u00a0 As Joseph would say to his brothers \u201cYou intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.<\/i>\u201d (Genesis 50:20<\/b>)\u00a0 God always wins and so that means that ultimately, we always win!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n
Family, God is good all the time and He loves us.\u00a0 Let that be the great truth we know and let us not allow any event in life, ours or others, challenge that fact.\u00a0 Let us trust God and know that even in great evil God will have the final victory.\u00a0 We just don\u2019t understand or know everything, but He does.\u00a0 Rather than challenge God, let\u2019s continue to steadfastly and unshakably cling to our sure knowledge of Him.\u00a0 Knowing and having God fully is knowing and having peace fully!\u00a0 All praise and honor to our good and loving God!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n
Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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