Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Why do bad things happen to good people?
At this year's Desiring God conference, Voddie Baucham addressed this issue:
It's, of course, even better to hear him say it.
Here is how you ask that question properly: You look me in my eyes and you ask me this: “How, on earth, can a holy and righteous God know what I did and thought and said on yesterday and not kill me in my sleep last night?” You ask it that way and we can talk. But until you ask the question that way, you don’t understand the issue. Until you ask the question that way, you believe the problem is out there. Until you ask the question that way, you believe that there are somehow, some individuals who in and of themselves deserve something other than the wrath of Almighty God. Until you ask me the question that way, until you flip the script and ask the question this way and say, “Why is it that we are here today? Why has He not consumed and devoured each and every one of us? Why? Why, oh God, does your judgment and your wrath tarry?” When you ask it that way, you understand the issue. When you ask it the other way, you believe in the supremacy of man. “How dare God not employ his power on behalf of almighty man?” You flip the question around when you believe in the supremacy of Christ.
It's, of course, even better to hear him say it.




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