Re: [FamilyofGod] i feel hopeless
According to the Bible, wherein God speaks for Himself, earthquakes are acts of the Devil, God's archenemy, and a fallen world. Ditto for hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones, floods (For an explanation of the Flood in Noah's time, click here.), famines (from not enough rain), and all other destructive "natural" events. This is in keeping with Jesus' statement in John 10:10 that Satan's goals relative to mankind are to "steal, kill, and destroy." Is that what earthquakes do? Yes—just ask the residents of Haiti and other counties that have been hit hard by an earthquake.
Are there any biblical records of destructive "natural" disasters happening to good people or innocent bystanders? Good question, and it is answered by incidents in the Gospels such as Luke 8:22 and following, where Jesus and his disciples were on a boat crossing the Sea of Galilee. He fell asleep en route, and a huge storm arose that threatened to sink them.
Now, if that storm was an "act of God," Jesus was not a very good Son, because instead of going along with the program and drowning, he rebuked the wind and the waves and stilled them, thus messing up what His Father was trying to do. But why would his own Father try to kill him on the lake, when his death on the Cross was the only hope for mankind?
And what about the record in Acts 27, when a terrible storm raged for days and days and threatened to kill the Apostle Paul, one of the key figures in the early Church and the man who at that time was still to pen those magnificent Church Epistles that he later wrote in a Roman prison? What happened in that situation? God sent an angel to tell Paul that he and all those on board would safely make it to land. If God sent the storm, why would He then save the people from it?
Shirley La Fave
From: Wanda Ward <angelina56p47@
To: FamilyofGod@
Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 7:25:29 AM
Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] i feel hopeless
wanda
Prov.28:13- he that covereth his sin shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them , shall have mercy.
From: marthacoreus <marthacoreus@ yahoo.com>
To: FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Wed, February 3, 2010 7:13:17 PM
Subject: [FamilyofGod] i feel hopeless
their are many needs out there and i pray for all of them i feel beaten down lately my older son been sick my husband and i both have been having problems at work financial burdens stress from family i dont know what to do were praying going to church i feel so hopeless i'm tired i really feel like just giving up i cant do this anymore.
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