I begin this message with the following excerpt from an
article on the Genesis© website.
“With the wickedness of this particular virus, people often
wonder where God is amid all this death, disease, pain, and suffering. It is
imperative to understand several key concepts as we approach an answer to this
question. First, we must understand the goodness of God. The psalmist writes,
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good” (Psalm 107:1). We must, therefore,
also be committed to the idea of God’s goodness. The idea of God’s goodness
emanates from Him in the Creation Week. God uses the word good to describe the
original creation six times (every day was pronounced “good” except for Day
Two) and the last verse of Genesis 1 describes the original creation as “very
good” after God had created man in His image. God’s goodness can sometimes be
difficult to see in some created things (e.g., viruses in general, but Ebola
specifically).” Dr.
Andrew Fabich on October 13, 2014 © 2014 Answers in Genesis
I take notice of the words, “First, we must understand the
goodness of God.” Now as far as my opinion goes the answer the doc goes on to
give is not supported by those words. To quote him, “God’s goodness can
sometimes be difficult to see in some created things,” such as viruses he says.
Before you think I am bashing this guy let me say that is not why I am writing.
The message I would have you get is this; we have abused God’s goodness. Let me
quote you what someone else wrote in regards to God’s goodness being inspired
by God Himself to have it written.
“However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not
carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these
curses will come on you and overtake you: You will be cursed in the city and
cursed in the country. Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed. The
fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves
of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. You will be cursed when you come in
and cursed when you go out. The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and
rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to
sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him. The Lord will
plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are
entering to possess.” The author was Moses. Read the entire chapters of
Deuteronomy 28 and 29 to get the whole story. I know that God was talking to
Israel but He is also talking to us as He gave us His word too.
This “goodness of God” message that we have all preached for
years in order not to offend people in order to get them to come to Him has
been misconstrued sometimes. What about the judgments of God? What about the wrath
of God? If there is nothing attributed to God other than goodness then we would
have no need for a Savior who came and took away the wrath of God upon sin, by way
of the Cross, and then imputes His goodness unto those who are willing to accept
that we have no “goodness of our own” and need His righteousness.
Ebola, Aids, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Enterovirus,
and all the other pestilences that Jesus spoke of in the last days are all the
results of a corrupted human nature that began in Eden, or as Dr. Fabich also
said, “Yet in this sin-cursed world, much
has gone wrong, and many organisms not designed to be pathogenic have become
so.” All these diseases have one
thing in common; they cannot “kill” the soul. Therefore if you fear catching
Ebola or dying from cancer then focus your attention on your soul, because it
will live on after death of the body. Here is another quote for you to
consider: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live,
even though he may die; and whoever lives
and believes in Me will never die.” ~
Jesus Christ
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