Some try to peddle the falsehood that because there is some \u201cbad stuff\u201d in the Bible that it is God who is promoting or responsible for it. Bad stuff is different for different people. Some don\u2019t like God\u2019s judging of homosexuals. Some think that because bad people did bad things like rape or murder it must be God\u2019s fault because He didn\u2019t stop it. But every person who makes this kind of judgment gets it wrong. They blame God when they should be blaming people for not following what God, the source of life and love, commands.<\/p>\n
If a person thinks God is hard, or mean, or unjust, or approves evil, it\u2019s because those things are in their own hearts. The Bible merely reflects what is inside. Since God doesn\u2019t sit or roll over or jump through hoops or bark on command like a circus dog for them, they pass judgment on His methods and motives as if they were in His place. Secretly they buy into Satan\u2019s vision of \u201cbe like God,\u201d and judging Him is one way of trying to get there.<\/p>\n
People have one of two reactions when they read His Word \u2013 humility or pride. The prideful heart looks in the mirror, rejects the reflection of his own heart, judges God and says, \u201cI will not accept what you are saying about me.\u201d The humble heart sees his evil reflected and says, \u201cFather, have mercy on me a sinner. Forgive me for the sake of your Son\u2019s sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. (Isaiah 66:2<\/a>, ESV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some try to peddle the falsehood that because there is some \u201cbad stuff\u201d in the Bible that it is God who is promoting or responsible for it. Bad stuff is different for different people. Some don\u2019t like God\u2019s judging of … read more