Why Do People Blame God?
Reason 1. People do not know or understand God.
Just think for a moment - many people may think they know you and yet you could hear them make a comment about you, about what THEY think you think and it is so far from the truth. You could feel upset, offended, disappointed. Why? Simply because you have shared enough of yourself for them to know better. Or, it could be that you don't have a relationship with them so, really, what right do they have to say anything about you anyway? They DO NOT know you!
It is the same with God. Many people have heard of God. They speak about Him. They even talk to HIm. Yes, they have their perceptions about Him but, really, how many have taken the time to know AND understand Him? That's His desire - for people to know and understand Him. Why? Well, whenever you love someone, you want to share your heart, you want to share yourself with that person. Jer 9:23-24 says "This is what the LORD says: "Don't let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches. But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
So, when people blame God for giving them sickness, for taking their loved ones from the earth and for the wars that take place it is from a wrong perspective of Who God is, what He is like, His nature, His intentions. God demonstrates unfailing love and brings justice and righteousness to the earth. These are the things God delights in.
So, if it's not God Who gives sickness, death and pain to people, why are these things happening?
It is because God gave human beings the strategy and lifestyle so they would experience His love, as well as love amongst themselves. He told them how to live on this earth, to express the blessing they were and that they had receieved. He gave instruction they should obey. BUT...! Sadly, the first humans - Adam and Eve - were deceived into thinking God did not want the best for them. The deceiver was and remains the enemy of God, satan. He goes around lying, deceiving, blinding people's hearts and minds against God. He is the one killing, making your life misery, making you think life is not worth living, deceiving people into thinking God does not really love them.
At the end of the day, if you give instructions to your children or anyone else how to conduct themselves to get the best results but they decide to go against your good instruction, there will be consequences. Are you to blame for others disobeying you? Didn't you do your best to give good guidance? Yet, people have a choice and if they choose to go against you, why will you be blamed for their actions?
Human beings chose to disobey God and to obey satan instead. That is why sin is freely expressed on the earth and its symptoms are death, depression, lying, immorality plus many other things.
So, please, I pray you have an understanding that God delights in expressing unfailing love, kindness, justice, mercy but people do keep choosing satan instead of God. He is not a bully. He is love. God does love you - whether you ever acnowledge Him or not. However, please do not mistake His love to mean that He does not have standards. He does!
Will be in touch again soon with Reason No.2 for people blaming God. In the meantime, think about it...God loves you but will let you have your choice. Who are you choosing: God or satan? There is no middle ground. We are all making a choice each moment, each day.
Just think for a moment - many people may think they know you and yet you could hear them make a comment about you, about what THEY think you think and it is so far from the truth. You could feel upset, offended, disappointed. Why? Simply because you have shared enough of yourself for them to know better. Or, it could be that you don't have a relationship with them so, really, what right do they have to say anything about you anyway? They DO NOT know you!
It is the same with God. Many people have heard of God. They speak about Him. They even talk to HIm. Yes, they have their perceptions about Him but, really, how many have taken the time to know AND understand Him? That's His desire - for people to know and understand Him. Why? Well, whenever you love someone, you want to share your heart, you want to share yourself with that person. Jer 9:23-24 says "This is what the LORD says: "Don't let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches. But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
So, when people blame God for giving them sickness, for taking their loved ones from the earth and for the wars that take place it is from a wrong perspective of Who God is, what He is like, His nature, His intentions. God demonstrates unfailing love and brings justice and righteousness to the earth. These are the things God delights in.
So, if it's not God Who gives sickness, death and pain to people, why are these things happening?
It is because God gave human beings the strategy and lifestyle so they would experience His love, as well as love amongst themselves. He told them how to live on this earth, to express the blessing they were and that they had receieved. He gave instruction they should obey. BUT...! Sadly, the first humans - Adam and Eve - were deceived into thinking God did not want the best for them. The deceiver was and remains the enemy of God, satan. He goes around lying, deceiving, blinding people's hearts and minds against God. He is the one killing, making your life misery, making you think life is not worth living, deceiving people into thinking God does not really love them.
At the end of the day, if you give instructions to your children or anyone else how to conduct themselves to get the best results but they decide to go against your good instruction, there will be consequences. Are you to blame for others disobeying you? Didn't you do your best to give good guidance? Yet, people have a choice and if they choose to go against you, why will you be blamed for their actions?
Human beings chose to disobey God and to obey satan instead. That is why sin is freely expressed on the earth and its symptoms are death, depression, lying, immorality plus many other things.
So, please, I pray you have an understanding that God delights in expressing unfailing love, kindness, justice, mercy but people do keep choosing satan instead of God. He is not a bully. He is love. God does love you - whether you ever acnowledge Him or not. However, please do not mistake His love to mean that He does not have standards. He does!
Will be in touch again soon with Reason No.2 for people blaming God. In the meantime, think about it...God loves you but will let you have your choice. Who are you choosing: God or satan? There is no middle ground. We are all making a choice each moment, each day.
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