"Whose Fault Is It ?"

 

Genesis 2:15-17 "And the LORD GOD took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD GOD commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the Garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

     Everything was going well. Work was steady and profitable; the kids were actually behaving themselves and doing well in school; the mortgage was paid off; and, overall, life was progressing just as hoped. But then suddenly everything began to go wrong. The car broke down; junior needed to have an emergency appendectomy; and, on top of it all, Grandma died. What happened ? "GOD, why did YOU do this ?" It is interesting that when things go our way, we tend to take the credit for it and ignore GOD, but when something out of our control comes along, we quickly accuse the LORD. "GOD, why do YOU allow innocent people to suffer ?" "Why did YOU let Grandma die ?" "Why didn't YOU answer my prayer like I had asked ?" The truth is that HE is not to blame. Human beings are always trying to find someone else to impugn when things go wrong, and the LORD is the convenient choice. But is it really HIS fault ?

     In the Garden of Eden, the LORD told Adam and Eve HIS clear guidelines for living. Can you imagine, they had just one rule ! HE gave them freedom to eat of every tree of the Garden except the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (vv.16-17 pictured above). But Adam and Eve chose to disobey GOD's way, and the result was both immediate spiritual death and eventual physical death. It is man's fault that weeds, crime, pain, sickness, and death exist, not GOD's. It is because of man's sin that all these terrible things happen. "Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned" (Romans 5:12 picture above). We all have a choice - either choose the LORD and HIS way and live, or blame GOD, reject HIS salvation, and die. The fault is ours alone if we make the wrong choice ! PNF

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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