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Why people blame God all the evils in the world?
Is it not people deserve chastening or punishment?
What God have said about pestilence:
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast, -Ezekiel 14:19
even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness. -Ezekiel 14:20
Have we or our sons and daughters had righteousness like Noah, Daniel and Job ???
Have we understood why God’s wrath upon the land with blood ?
Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they would not walk,
and whose law they would not obey? -Isaiah 42:24
So He ( God) poured on him ( on the people of the land )
the heat of His anger
and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around,
but he did not understand;
it burned him up,
but he did not take it to heart. -Isaiah 42:25
God’s wrath come because we have sinned against the Lord ;
we have not walked according to God’s ways, that is, to imitate God by being merciful, compassionate, slow to anger, and rich in grace and truth toward others.
We have sinned against the Lord by not obeying God’s law of Spirit, that is,
By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He ( God ) condemned sin in the flesh, -Romans 8:3
in order that
the righteous requirement of the law of the Spirit
might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not according to the flesh
but according to the Spirit. -Romans 8:4
What manner God wants us to walk in the Spirit?
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. -Romans 8:5
When we set our minds on the things of the Spirit, that is, when we walk in the Spirit !
Why God wants us to set our minds on the Spirit ?
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. -Romans 8:6
God do not want us to die or face death !
God want us to have life and peace that comes from Him.
What God have said about it is hostile and makes Him angry to find out that our minds set on the things of flesh !!
As it is written:
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God,
for it does not submit to
God's law of Spirit ;
indeed, it cannot. -Romans 8:7
When our minds do not submit to God’s law of Spirit, there is danger of God’s wrath !!
What does it mean when God pour on the people of the land the might of the battle ?-Isaiah 42:25
It is explained in Psalm 7:11-13
God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation ( anger ) every day.
-Psalms 7:11
If a man does not repent,
God will whet His sword;
He has bent and readied His bow; -Psalms 7:12
He has prepared for him His deadly weapons, making His arrows fiery shafts. -Psalms 7:13
Yes, God is angry every day when a person does not repent.
Yes, God make a person who does not repent His enemies and God pours the might of the battle on that person;
You see what is said that God whet His sword，ready His bow and prepared deadly weapons and making His arrows fiery shafts.
Who can rise challenge God and live ?
With His power He rules forever,
His eyes keep watch on the nations,
let not rebel arise to challenge Him. -Psalms 66:7 CJB
The question come to how we can have righteousness like Noah, Daniel and Job ?
Why ?
There is a wise saying in Proverbs:
Riches do not profit in the day of ( God’s) wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. -Proverbs 11:4
What the apostle Paul have been saying to us :
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ,
BE RECONCILED to GOD. -2 Corinthians 5:20
For our sake He ( God) made Him ( Christ Jesus) to be sin ( sin offering) who knew no sin,
so that in Him ( Christ ) we might become the righteousness of God. -2 Corinthians 5:21
Yes, the importance to have righteousness that deliver us from death is to be reconciled to God.
When we repent in true contrition,
He ( God ) will not always chide ( criticize),
nor will He keep His anger forever. -Psalms 103:9
He ( God ) does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities. -Psalms 103:10
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His ( God’s ) steadfast love toward those who fear Him ( God) ; -Psalms 103:11
as far as the east is from the west, so far does He ( God ) remove
our transgressions from us. -Psalms 103:12
How much You have done, Lord my God!
Your wonders and your thoughts toward us —
none can compare with You! -Psalm 40:5 CJB
We are thankful that the perfect and righteous sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ at the cross, we can come to be reconciled and be made peace with God and become righteous.
This is the assurance we receive from the Lord our God:
The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. -Psalms 37:39
The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in Him. -Psalms 37:40
Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ that we receive our salvation from You.
You are our stronghold in the time of trouble of Coronavirus.
The LORD helps us and delivers us;
Yes our Lord delivers us from the wicked and saves us,
because we take refuge in our Lord our God, Christ Jesus.
Amen
Lord Jesus Christ,
our God,
we will not blame You for the trouble of Coronavirus or plagued of calamities.
But we thank You for Your blessings that You are chastening us for our good
and prepare us for Heavenly glory.
We put our trust in You;
We believe Your steadfast love surround us.
We believe that we can taste and see Your goodness.
How blessed we who take refuge in You.
Thank you Lord that You have ordered Your angels to care for us,
that Your angels will carry us in their hands so that we will not trip a stone.
Thank You, Lord for Your love.
We love You, Lord.
Amen
Is it not people deserve chastening or punishment?
What God have said about pestilence:
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast, -Ezekiel 14:19
even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness. -Ezekiel 14:20
Have we or our sons and daughters had righteousness like Noah, Daniel and Job ???
Have we understood why God’s wrath upon the land with blood ?
Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they would not walk,
and whose law they would not obey? -Isaiah 42:24
So He ( God) poured on him ( on the people of the land )
the heat of His anger
and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around,
but he did not understand;
it burned him up,
but he did not take it to heart. -Isaiah 42:25
God’s wrath come because we have sinned against the Lord ;
we have not walked according to God’s ways, that is, to imitate God by being merciful, compassionate, slow to anger, and rich in grace and truth toward others.
We have sinned against the Lord by not obeying God’s law of Spirit, that is,
By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He ( God ) condemned sin in the flesh, -Romans 8:3
in order that
the righteous requirement of the law of the Spirit
might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not according to the flesh
but according to the Spirit. -Romans 8:4
What manner God wants us to walk in the Spirit?
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. -Romans 8:5
When we set our minds on the things of the Spirit, that is, when we walk in the Spirit !
Why God wants us to set our minds on the Spirit ?
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. -Romans 8:6
God do not want us to die or face death !
God want us to have life and peace that comes from Him.
What God have said about it is hostile and makes Him angry to find out that our minds set on the things of flesh !!
As it is written:
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God,
for it does not submit to
God's law of Spirit ;
indeed, it cannot. -Romans 8:7
When our minds do not submit to God’s law of Spirit, there is danger of God’s wrath !!
What does it mean when God pour on the people of the land the might of the battle ?-Isaiah 42:25
It is explained in Psalm 7:11-13
God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation ( anger ) every day.
-Psalms 7:11
If a man does not repent,
God will whet His sword;
He has bent and readied His bow; -Psalms 7:12
He has prepared for him His deadly weapons, making His arrows fiery shafts. -Psalms 7:13
Yes, God is angry every day when a person does not repent.
Yes, God make a person who does not repent His enemies and God pours the might of the battle on that person;
You see what is said that God whet His sword，ready His bow and prepared deadly weapons and making His arrows fiery shafts.
Who can rise challenge God and live ?
With His power He rules forever,
His eyes keep watch on the nations,
let not rebel arise to challenge Him. -Psalms 66:7 CJB
The question come to how we can have righteousness like Noah, Daniel and Job ?
Why ?
There is a wise saying in Proverbs:
Riches do not profit in the day of ( God’s) wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. -Proverbs 11:4
What the apostle Paul have been saying to us :
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ,
BE RECONCILED to GOD. -2 Corinthians 5:20
For our sake He ( God) made Him ( Christ Jesus) to be sin ( sin offering) who knew no sin,
so that in Him ( Christ ) we might become the righteousness of God. -2 Corinthians 5:21
Yes, the importance to have righteousness that deliver us from death is to be reconciled to God.
When we repent in true contrition,
He ( God ) will not always chide ( criticize),
nor will He keep His anger forever. -Psalms 103:9
He ( God ) does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities. -Psalms 103:10
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His ( God’s ) steadfast love toward those who fear Him ( God) ; -Psalms 103:11
as far as the east is from the west, so far does He ( God ) remove
our transgressions from us. -Psalms 103:12
How much You have done, Lord my God!
Your wonders and your thoughts toward us —
none can compare with You! -Psalm 40:5 CJB
We are thankful that the perfect and righteous sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ at the cross, we can come to be reconciled and be made peace with God and become righteous.
This is the assurance we receive from the Lord our God:
The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. -Psalms 37:39
The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in Him. -Psalms 37:40
Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ that we receive our salvation from You.
You are our stronghold in the time of trouble of Coronavirus.
The LORD helps us and delivers us;
Yes our Lord delivers us from the wicked and saves us,
because we take refuge in our Lord our God, Christ Jesus.
Amen
Lord Jesus Christ,
our God,
we will not blame You for the trouble of Coronavirus or plagued of calamities.
But we thank You for Your blessings that You are chastening us for our good
and prepare us for Heavenly glory.
We put our trust in You;
We believe Your steadfast love surround us.
We believe that we can taste and see Your goodness.
How blessed we who take refuge in You.
Thank you Lord that You have ordered Your angels to care for us,
that Your angels will carry us in their hands so that we will not trip a stone.
Thank You, Lord for Your love.
We love You, Lord.
Amen
