Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Good vs. Dead Children and HIV Positive


Job 11-14

Life is a vexing proposition and Job is learning it the hard way.  His next friend, Zophar, steps up and arrogantly insists that Job’s plight is a result of sin. 

This is a continual struggle for Christians.  We often believe that bad things happen to believers as a result of sin in their lives.  Obviously this can be the case as proved by Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5.  It’s also true that sin has consequences that believers often have to suffer with.  I recently heard the testimony of a believer who came to know Christ after years involved in homosexuality.  He is HIV positive. 

Even though God has a right to and sometimes does punish us for sin, and although sin does have consequences, neither is true in Job’s situation. 

There is only one truth that is assured as true every time and in every circumstance.   

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.  Romans 8:28 

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