October 25, 2015 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Miracles, Healings and Justice (the conclusion)

Why did God let 9-11 happen? I was praying for my friend’s healing, and he died—Why? If God is all-powerful, why doesn’t He take sickness out of this world? If Jesus really did die for me and took away sin and sickness, why is there so much pain and suffering today?

I had a person ask me after 9-11, “Where was God on that day?” My response was, “What were you doing that day?” We often want God to fix all the problems in today’s society, as well as, our personal troubles. We want God to fix them—period. But, we often take no responsibility in the problem or the solution.

Of course, God knew what was about to happen on 9-11, and I am sure He wanted a life-saving solution. But, man in all his pride, arrogance, and unwillingness to have God make the decisions, deters God from ever acting in and responding to evil around us.

Does God allow sickness and evil to happen each and everyday since Christ’s death—you bet! Does God condone sin and evil—absolutely not! Is there an answer to all the sickness and sin in the world—yes! Jesus made a final and definitive way for all of this to be addressed: “He forgave all our sins and healed all our diseases.”

Got sin, yes. Got sickness, yes. Is there a way for deliverance from these ills—only through the acknowledgement of Jesus Christ as Lord.

Evil brought about sin and sickness into this world and only the truths that come from God can remedy this problem. When God gives us the abilities and knowledge to resolve the consequences of sin or the healing of sickness, we ought to take notice. When the answer to these issues is for ‘direct intervention of God’ then we ought to respond to what God wants us to do. We need to be an active participant through faith, wisdom and justice.

We will always have sin and sickness until God creates a new heaven and earth. He will at that time take away all our tears and no longer will there be sickness. Until then, the evil-one will only continue doing his work and creating tragedy and sorrow in the earth. Our fight is with the devil, not God, and how we confront what evil Satan has created is our task on this earth.

I choose to pray (exercise faith, wisdom, and justice) as if everything depends on God, and then work (do everything and anything possible) as if it depends on me. I will show you my faith and love by my works, but my works will not, and never will, produce a faith that makes all things possible.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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