" I HATE GOD”
Jesu i
I t was the terrifying roar of a wide-open jet fighter in an al most vertical dive. There was the moment of impact, then the silent, ugly column of black smoke surging skyward. There on foreign soil a young captain died in the service of his coun try. And back home in Penn sylvania the captain’s wife read the telegram. Her pain was be yond tears and her full young lips trembled only slightly when she spoke the full feeling of her heart: “ I hate God.” Here’s a problem that is as old as man. If God is a loving God why does He allow tragic incidents? To some degree we have all experienced what this young captain’s wife experi enced. Something happens to us or a loved one and we clench our fists and cry why? why? why? And there is no complete an swer. By definition God is that which nothing greater can be. Our minds cannot understand God. We cannot take in the over all scheme of things. But God has not left us alone in a vast and friendless universe. While in this life we will never under stand many things, still we need not despair. We need not hate God. We need not fear Him. Though we cannot understand
Him we can understand all we need to understand about Him as revealed in Jesus Christ. This is the reason God came to earth in the form of a man—that we might understand what we need to know about God and be right ly related to Him. If we would understand God we must come to Christ. Listen to Christ speaking as recorded in the Bible: “ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” “ I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” “ I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” “ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground with out your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all num bered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.” “He said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man con demned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.” This is a picture of God. He cares about every single event that has or will ever happen in our life. Why tragedy then? We don’t fully know. But perhaps part of the answer is that be cause He loves us, He has given us the wonderful gift of freedom of choice. And often the conse quence of our choice is tragedy. But no tragedy is hopeless if we but cast ourselves on Him. We can either choose to clench our fists and go it alone, or come with every care and problem and sorrow to Jesus Christ. When no one else understands He does. He loves us with a love that is big enough to meet our deepest need. END.
I n the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the begin ning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in dark ness; and the darkness compre hended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. T here was a man of the Phari sees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by
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