When we make the false and formulaic assumption that pain and suffering are always a punishment for a specific sin, we end up making the ways of God sound more like karma. Yes, there is such a thing as reaping what we sow, and there is such a thing as suffering the consequences of our actions. But the idea that all sickness and sad circumstances are the result of specific sins positions God, not as a love Father who oversees our suffering and comforts us IN it, but as an abusive Father who administers our suffering and stands over us with a hair-trigger temper. But God does NOT play tit for tat with his children. And the Bible flat-out says we are not destined for wrath. - Jud Wilhite Torn
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 23:17:41 +0000
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