The following is an excerpt from a blog (http://vanillatea.blogspot.com/) which frequently raises hoopla in my room due to its many wild theological propositions, embracement of heretics and obvious manipulation of scripture:
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"The God I worship doesn't cause illness. He doesn't like watching suffering because it's some kind of divine plan.
The God I worship doesn't cause illness; He heals.
He hurts as we hurt. He asks us to heal the hurt of others. He sends His Spirit to empower us to fight brokenness.
Because the world isn't right. And God didn't plan for it to be this way.
So it terrifies me - it terrifies me - when people say, "God gave me cancer", as though they've accepted that.
God didn't give you cancer.
Cancer is part of the world's brokenness. And God wants you to join Him in fighting it.
God didn't even cause your home foreclosure. You know what? You might have put yourself in a bad situation. Or greedy banks might have done something stupid. But the system of economic recession which is hurting people andcontributing to brokenness isn't part of God's plan."
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Ma’am, your god is limited by your desires and understanding, and I beg of you to repent and believe in the God of all Creation, the Unchanging, Holy, Wise and Perfect Lord and Savior. Your god is false, and you are its prophet. The Christian God is Sovereign.
You, “you speak as one of the foolish women would speak!” The Christian God allows and purposes suffering so that He might be glorified. The Christian God causes illness to “happen so that the work of God might be displayed.” He is so incredibly gracious allowing us (Christians) to suffer in the shadow of all the disciples who have come before. He wills suffering so that we might be able to understand His will and desire Him more. We suffer just as Jesus, His twelve apostles, Paul, and all of Christianity has suffered. We are promised suffering, trials and tribulation by scripture. The Christian God knows and sees all, bringing suffering, pain and illness and we praise Him for His Sovereignty and Goodness. The Christian God gives and takes; all we have and are, is for Him. “Shall we receive good from God, and not evil?”
Praise God for the maturity of those who recognize their suffering as an opportunity to love and worship the Lord!
God gives suffering. He allows pain. God doesn’t need anyone’s help to fight anything; He is almighty! God’s plan is. His will is done. Your god is false; propagated by your evil desires and idolatry of your own morality. The Christian God is sovereign and planned to use His suffering for our salvation; I’m pretty sure (certain) we can praise Him for the inconvenient “suffering” we endure, for He is “completing a good work in us.”
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John 9:1-3 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
Julie is right.
Bob is right.
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