It's Supernatural with Sid Roth

[Psalmangel]

A sexually assualted and illiterate lady recieves a blessing and is gifted as a saleswoman. God let's these things happen so we become weak, so it can be turned to strength and spill out a lot of blessings. Yes, I'm talking about poeple who have been taken advantage of. I'm talking about victims, but not of sexual abuse alone, but of other types of abuse, as well. Don't ever let this slow you done or put you down completely, but turn this experience so it can benefit you and give you strength. It can be used to save others by helping other victims. Then the victims will see how wonderful the Lord is and will want to turn to him.
These things are allowed to happen so the Lord can show his love and mercy.

 

[makkulu]

Hi Psalmangel - thanks for sharing, but (excuse this ignorant Aussie) who is Sid Roth, and where is this from?

I think the reasons for why abuse happens are as numerous as the amount of abuse itself and incredibly complex. I also believe that God is not a sadist and that it wounds him deeply each and everytime (and after all, Jesus is in us, and thus enduring it with us - an interesting thought). I have no doubt though, that it can be used for some kind of good - and can strengthen and deepen us as people just as other forms of suffering can. However I don't believe that God sets it up that way deliberately, but rather brings restoration and healing because He is committed to ensuring that it doesn't rob us of the life He has promised us.

Just my thoughts

Makk

 

[Psalmangel]

Hi Psalmangel - thanks for sharing, but (excuse this ignorant Aussie) who is Sid Roth, and where is this from?

I think the reasons for why abuse happens are as numerous as the amount of abuse itself and incredibly complex. I also believe that God is not a sadist and that it wounds him deeply each and everytime (and after all, Jesus is in us, and thus enduring it with us - an interesting thought). I have no doubt though, that it can be used for some kind of good - and can strengthen and deepen us as people just as other forms of suffering can. However I don't believe that God sets it up that way deliberately, but rather brings restoration and healing because He is committed to ensuring that it doesn't rob us of the life He has promised us.

Just my thoughts

Makk

Indeed, you may be right. I mean, yeah, he doesn't ste it up delibaretly but some pweople ask that if God has the pwer to prevent it... to prevent the devil from tempting the perp then why doesn't use it. People sometimes ask themselves, "why, if he's all that powerful, did he not stop it". The answer to that is because he can use it to his and your advantage... not to mention to others. Because he also has the power to turn that into a strength and a gift that would help the lost and helpless. Bless you, Makk. 'It's supernatural' is ministered and hosted by Sid Roth, on Daystar. You may or may not find more info on www.daystar.com. Roth's ministries interview people who were once hopeless, but were given hope thanks to God's supernatural ability to give out miracles. Today, Roth interveiwed an illiterate who learned to read the moment she started to read the bible from the beginning to the end, just as the Lord promised. She once lived in poverty, but her athiestic friend when to every church in the little town yelling anmd bugging the priests and/or pastors that she knew that somewhere in the bible it does say that they should care for the needy. Supernaturally, she (not her athiestic friend) is now a salewomen... second to top, i think.
She was also a victim. But she didn't let that stop her. She even managed to forgive him.

 

[flautist]

God does not allow this to happen. He hates it as much as we do, he cries with us every time it happens. It happens because people have free will, and some people use that free will to harm others. However, I do agree that God can take what happened and turn it into something good. Such as the survivors that go on to help others. But he doesn't allow it to happen just because of that. I think that's God's way of letting the perp. know that he can't win on the side that he has chosen, and it's God's way of dealing with His pain.