Jesus warned that the storms of this life fall on the just and the unjust:
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall” (Matthew 7:24-26).
The difference between the two is seen in whether or not the house falls.
Everything good we have comes from God—the rain, the sunshine, our health, our food, cute kittens, super-cute puppies, beautiful babies, pure white driven snow, deep blue sea filled with tasty fish, cool water to drink, succulent fruit to eat, and fresh air to breathe: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17). However, instead of having a heart-felt thankfulness to God for all these undeserved blessings, this wicked world ignores His will, blasphemes His name, kills unborn children, fornicates and commits adultery, glorifies pornography, mocks the Word of God, promotes homosexuality, despises His gospel, and says that evolution gave us all these blessings of life. But the irony is that when tragedy strikes, they intuitively remember God and ask, “What did I do to deserve this?”
Continued tomorrow...
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