Don't Blame God

I read a little booklet not long ago by Kenneth E. Hagin, entitled, "Don't Blame God", thus the name for this blog post.  The copyright date was 1979, but this book is so pertinet to this year in the aftermath of April's Fury.  The tornadoes that ravaged our nation, particularly Alabama, had a lot of people trying to find an answer to the death and devastation.  As usual, when people can't find an answer to the question of, "why me?" they just blame God.

As long as questions crowd your mind, there will be doubts.  And as long as you have doubts, your faith will be hindered, as Brother Hagin points out in his booklet.  Remember what the disciples thought of the man who was blind from birth?  They even asked Jesus, "Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?"  John 9:2  Jesus explained to them that neither the man had sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.  When people read this passage they tend to think, he is just sick so God can heal him.  Wouldn't that be a terrible thing to accuse God of?  I wouldn't be interested in serving a God like that.  But thank God, that is not true!

Jesus healed the man.  That is why he came:  to save, heal, and set the captive free.  Many people believe the lie that it is not God's will to heal them, yet it is illogical to believe that God heals, and at the same time believe He won't heal you.  God would be a respector of persons, and the Bible clearly states He is not.  He loves us all.

Christians do not take advantage of what belongs to them.  Either they do not know how to take advantage of the blessings, or they do not know what blessings belong to them.  Faith says, "I have it now", according to Hebrew 11:1.  Now faith is.....

God laid on Jesus not only our sin, but our sickness and disease and what He bore, we do not need to bear.  He did it all!  And I know my loving Heavenly Father, does not cause sickness, death, disease, tornadoes, or other bad thing you can think of.  He sent His only begotten Son into this world to deliver us!  So don't blame God!  Blame the devil.  Why do people never blame the devil?  He's the one who came to kill, steal, and destroy, not my God!