Psalm 139 verse 21; Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
Matthew 22 verses 36-40; “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Occasionally there has been discussions with people who profess not to believe in God, and on such occasions, these people have made statements or posed questions such as: If there is a God, why does He allow bad/evil things to happen? Such as the killing of 6 million Jews by the Nazi’s during the second world war.
There have been people who experienced terrible things, accidents and victims of horrendous crimes; one of the most common statements or questions from these people is: why me? A pastor once while preaching a sermon, said that his reply to such a question from his parishioner; is: if not you, then should it be me?
Bad things happen to good people, bad people and to God. Yes, to God. Surprising isn’t, well it does, otherwise King David, under the influence of the Holy Spirit wouldn’t have stated it in Psalm 139 verse 21. There are those who hate God. Jesus Christ said the most important commandment is to Love God. Which means to break the most important commandment, is to commit the greatest sin.
The Ten commandments in Exodus 20 verses 1-17; And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before[a] me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labour and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 12 “Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 13 “You shall not murder. 14 “You shall not commit adultery. 15 “You shall not steal. 16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour. 17 “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.”
People worship their children, spouses, money, power, gods created by themselves, elements such as earth, wind, water and fire, stars, constellations, seers, practitioners of dark arts, angels, demons, spiritual entities and others.
People have for thousand of years claimed to speak for God, and people continue to claim to have messages from God and do things and have done things in the name of God.
People have and continue to desecrate the things of God, such as the day that God said should be set aside, to be Holy, day of rest, shops are opened on Sundays in many Western countries nowadays.
In the Gospel of Matthew chapter 23 verse 9, Jesus Christ said; And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. People dishonour God, and some people share God’s honour by setting themselves up as spiritual fathers to others.
In most societies, the greatest crime possible to commit is murder. People have murdered God. It sounds jarring to the ear, but that is a fact, when our Lord Jesus Christ was murdered, crucified, that is plain simple murder. Remember Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son, born of the Holy Spirit. God the Son.
People have committed adultery; this is not adultery in the sense that a married person sleeping with the spouse of another. This is in the sense of a people betrothed to God, being involved with another false god: an example of which is in the book of Hosea chapter 3 verse 1; The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”
People have stolen from God and do continue to steal from God, an example of which can be found in the book of Malachi, chapter 3 verse 8; “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.”
People give false testimony against God, regularly, such as Prophet Hananiah giving a false testimony against God, prophesying things that God did not say, contradicting Prophet Jeremiah in the book of Jeremiah chapters 27 and 28.
Lastly, others have coveted things that belong to God, such as praise and Glory, the devil has, and other agents of the devil has and still do.
Therefore, when all these Laws are broken, when all these sins are committed against God, the Creator of all things, whether accidentally or wilfully, then of course these bad things are bound to happen and have happened to people.
Another perspective to the question: why God allows these bad things to happen, is because God is love, He loves us all. God loves the creation of His Hands. He does not desire the death of the sinner, but that we should repent and return to Him. He continues to give us chance after chance, opportunity after opportunity, to change, to truly repent and return unto Him. God is humble, gentle, kind, faithful, compassionate, merciful, though Holy, righteous and just, but at the same time forgiving, persevering, persistent, exhausting all means possible and ever enduring and He will leave ninety-nine sheep to search for one lost sheep to bring back to the fold. By His Grace, we are saved. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God (that is in Christ Jesus) and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit (God is Holy and desires fellowship with us), be with us now and forever more. Amen.
