What is wrong with the world? You, well me too, but mainly you. We are hostile in mind and engaged in evil deeds. What is wrong with the world? We are the crowning glory of God’s creation, we were created to live and to bring glory and honor to the Lord Jesus Christ, and instead we are hostile to the one for whom and by whom we were created and that is what is wrong with the world. You know, I have people come up to me all the time, or I will have younger Christians who have been asked something along these lines and ask how to respond to the following question, “If God is so powerful and so good why do bad things happen to good people?” I look at them and say that question is formed improperly. I get the puzzled look and the “What? What do you mean that question is formed improperly? That question seems to be about God but is centered on man. In order to ask the question properly you need to ask, “How can a righteous and holy God know what I did, said, and thought yesterday and not kill in my sleep last night?” When you view the question that way then we can talk but until you ask the question that way, you do not 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 individuals, 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, “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 then you understand the issue. When you ask it the other way, you believe in the supremacy of man, it is like saying, “How dare God not employ His power on behalf of almighty man?” When you flip the question around, you believe in the supremacy of Christ. The problem with the world is me. The problem is that I do not acknowledge the supremacy of Christ. The problem is that I start with me as the measure of all things. The problem is that I judge God based upon how well He carries out my agenda for the world and I believe in the supremacy of me. As a result, I want a God who is omnipotent but not sovereign. If I have a God who is omnipotent and not sovereign then I can wield his power. If my God is both omnipotent and sovereign then I am at His mercy. Who am I, the crowning glory of the creation of God. Why am I here, to bring glory and honor to the lord Jesus Christ. What is wrong with the world, me, I do not do what I was meant to do.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:13:21 +0000
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