Shall A Faultfinder Contend With The Almighty?
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Job 40:2 The Context: Job was experiencing sever suffering. Others attributed the suffering to Job’s sin. Job himself questioned God’s allowing the suffering. We can understand Job feeling like God had forsaken and forgotten him. After all the questions by Job and others, God begins to speak. God had heard all the doubts and complaints of Job and his friends. So …
God Asks Us: "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?" He who argues with God, let him answer it.
JNE: We have all doubted God and even argued with the way we see Him acting (or not acting) in our lives. Fundamentally we are forgetting Who it is we are finding fault with. It is sort of like a child finding fault with a parent; or a student with a teacher; or more accurately a pot finding fault with the potter. Only our finding fault with God is infinitely worse. Think about it, the creature disagreeing with with the Creator. On what basis, really, can I claim to find fault with God? The times I have argued with God I usually find out that I was simply wanting my own way or seriously misunderstanding why or what God was doing.
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Job 40:2 The Context: Job was experiencing sever suffering. Others attributed the suffering to Job’s sin. Job himself questioned God’s allowing the suffering. We can understand Job feeling like God had forsaken and forgotten him. After all the questions by Job and others, God begins to speak. God had heard all the doubts and complaints of Job and his friends. So …
God Asks Us: "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?" He who argues with God, let him answer it.
JNE: We have all doubted God and even argued with the way we see Him acting (or not acting) in our lives. Fundamentally we are forgetting Who it is we are finding fault with. It is sort of like a child finding fault with a parent; or a student with a teacher; or more accurately a pot finding fault with the potter. Only our finding fault with God is infinitely worse. Think about it, the creature disagreeing with with the Creator. On what basis, really, can I claim to find fault with God? The times I have argued with God I usually find out that I was simply wanting my own way or seriously misunderstanding why or what God was doing.
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