Why does bad things happen to good people?Here in Israel, we live our day-to-day lives against the background of almost daily terror attacks and emergency situations. Even during Coronavirus there have been terror attacks.
This wave of terror and threats of more terror are fueled by a culture of incitement in Palestinian society and a revision of history that denies the Jewish People rights to the holiest site in the world, the Temple Mount.[/font]
the Jewish People rights to the holiest site in the worldThe argument over LAND – NATIONAL RIGHTS – ONE NATION against them ALL – WITNESSING TO THEM ALL
When you deny 1948 Israel – you deny the calling of the Jewish people and their role in the end-of-days
Elsewhere in the Middle East, Believers in Yeshua (Christians) are perishing at the hands of Muslim radicals.ELSEWHERE – gentiles – Christians – attacked by Islam
ISN’T the ARAB ISRAEL conflict – between Jews and Muslims – why focuse their attack upon Christians?
How do we make sense of such senseless tragedies? If God is sovereign, why does He allow suffering? Why do bad things happen to good people?Gen 3:15 – Deut 8:2 – James 1:3 – on and on In response to suffering, he wrote the book When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Kushner concludes that God is not the immediate cause of tragedy
A Jewish Rabbi quoting agl/NT scriptureJas 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
and that asking questions such as “Why did this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this?” is pointless. Such questions, he believes, are unanswerable.
Except – Christian know – because we have the agl/NTJas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Jas 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Man is tempted by the WORLD “Let me suggest that the bad things that happen to us in our lives do not have a meaning when they happen to us. They do not happen for any good reason which would cause us to accept them willingly. But we can give them a meaning. We can redeem these tragedies from senselessness by imposing meaning on them,”
Senseless tragedies = LIFE ON EARTH – Gen 3:15 – WORLD – war – earthquake – meteor impact = all WORLD “The painful things that happen to us are not punishments for our misbehavior,
ABSOLUTELY AGREE – the punishment come after death
What happen here is just WORLD – and life is hard – Gen 3:15nor are they in any way part of some grand design on God’s part.
Gen 3:15 IS A CURSE and a PROMISE
Because the tragedy is not God’s will,
Correct – it is just WORLD – life in a mortal bodywe need not feel hurt or betrayed by God when tragedy strikes. We can turn to Him for help in overcoming it, precisely because we can tell ourselves that God is as outraged by it as we are.”
Jas 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Jas 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Jas 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
It is not uncommon for Orthodox Jews, for instance, to equate suffering with the will of God. They point to the Book of Job and, in particular, the verse in which Job tells his wife, “Should we accept only good from God and not accept evil?” (Job 2:10)
In this sense, perhaps, Job sees his afflictions as an act of the Almighty and trusts Him fully.
YES - AGREEOn the other hand, the Jewish midrashic teaching (Genesis Rabba 22:4) suggests that the first murder in the Bible, the killing of Abel, came at the free will of Cain and not the will of God.
YES - YES – and YES - from Man 100% selfish (yester ra)
Followed by DUH – DUH – and DUHIn other words, when a person dies at the hands of a killer, it is the will of the murderer not of God.
YES - YES – and YES - from Man 100% selfish (yester ra)
Followed by DUH – DUH – and DUHGod has granted humankind freedom of choice, and while sin “crouches at the door,” God allows each person to exercise his or her sovereign will.
YES - YES – and YES - from Man 100% selfish (yester ra)
Followed by DUH – DUH – and DUH
YES – God LOVE is unrequited – he loves us enough to let us goThus, tragedies are not the work of God but of those who carry out these horrendous acts.
YES - YES – and YES - from Man 100% selfish (yester ra)It is unwise to equate these horrible actions with God’s will and assume that He is using them to punish
us for some undesired acts.
Who teaches this Robert – is this my teaching here?His is a spiritual strategy. Instead of returning evil with evil, he suggests:
What is a spiritual strategy – you deny the spiritResponding to the murder of a Jewish boy in religious neighborhood of Borough Park, New York, Rabbi Tzvi Freeman notes that we must not be satisfied to attach a meaning to suffering, but be outraged and bring our protests to God.
If we are not outraged, but complacent and satisfied to stamp someone’s suffering with a pat answer, we will not work toward healing the world from evil.
100% AMISH GRACE – it meant nothing special to youHolocaust survivor Bart Stern tells the story of a man robbed of his daily ration in Auschwitz. Because of the starvation conditions under which they were living, this was tantamount to a death sentence. In response, Bart, who was also starving, gave the man some of his rations.
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
After the Holocaust, he moved to Los Angeles where he regularly invited young people on the street to his home for a Shabbat dinner on Friday night. His suffering in Auschwitz didn’t make him bitter but better. (Aish)
Gen 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
The Bible acknowledges the reality of tragedy, pain, and suffering. Yeshua (Jesus) said, “You will have suffering in this world.” (John 16:33)
Suffering is no illusion. It is real and it is caused by sin.
YES – Absolutely AgreeRom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Gen 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Although the world was without tragedy and suffering when it was created, since the Fall of man (Genesis 3) until today, every person experiences personal tragedy, either natural or man-made. Sometimes those tragedies are sicknesses, which were also brought into the world through sin.
Correct – before Gen 3:6 Adam and Eve lived in Eden – Paradise ---------------
Suffering also occurs in natural events such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and tsunamis. Sin brought this kind of suffering into the world, too, and even nature is longing to be redeemed.
Rob notes: The Messanic Jews write the RA affects come from SIN....
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.” (Romans 8:22)
Until that day, the world will grow progressively worse, with an increase in sin caused by our own selfishness, arrogance, and hatred.
OH NO - NOT ENTROPY!Though God is sovereign, He gave us free will so that we can choose to love or not to love. Having given us that choice, He will not rescind it.
So, while the love of many grows ever colder, we can choose for the love in our own hearts to grow ever warmer.
YEP - beliefs can grow or be forgettenWhatever is happening in our lives, we must remember that God is sovereign, and He may allow suffering to transform us into the image of His son. (Charisma)
The Believers' Response to Tragedy
1. Release the grief.
2. Receive from others.
3. Refuse to be bitter.
4. Remember what is important.
5. Rely on Messiah
Believers are not alone and without hope. We can turn to the Messiah. Remember that He is our Rock, our hiding place. Even in the darkest hours of our life, we can rely on Him. Trust Him for direction.
Nice sermon – I like this version betterPsa 23:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psa 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psa 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psa 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Yeshua warned His followers that in this world we would have tribulation. Nevertheless, we have hope that we can overcome it through the Messiah who has overcome the world.
WORLD + WORLD“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
WORLDWhat does it mean to us that Yeshua has overcome the world? As one commentator writes, Yeshua is saying,
“I have overcome the world, and I will come and put My overcoming Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh] into your weakness, and fill you with My own victorious life, and make your hands strong to war and your fingers to fight; and be in you the conquering and omnipotent Power.” (MacLaren’s Expositions: John 16:33)
WOW – Jews teaching the promised Comforter – so coolWhen the Ruach abides in us, we have access to everything that Yeshua has. Therefore, instead of living in daily fear and anxiety, we can place our life in His hands and partner with His Ruach.
WOW – Jews teaching the promised Comforter – and the baptism of the Holy Spirit - so coolRob, help us bring this Good News to the Jewish People.
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www.ellenwhite.info/predictions.htmThere have been many clairvoyants that have been correct
She claims inspiration then contradicts scripture – old and new
I find this is the best way to prove she was NOT inspired.