Are We Really The Cause Of Our Own Anguish

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A large part of the suffering on earth is due to the humans living uponit. Humans create pollution, act dishonestly and greedily, fight wars and other deeds that are detestable to God. When humans do such things they hurt not only themselves, but others as well. Should humans expect to be unaffected from the consequences of what they do?

Proverbs 1:30-33 They did not consent to my counsel; they disrespected all my reproof. So they will eat from the fruitage of their way, and they will be glutted with their own counsels. As for the one listening to me, he will reside in security and be undisturbed from the dread of calamity.

Galatians 6:7 Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap.

The encouragement from wicked spirits is another cause of suffering as is stated in the Gospel. Due to this fact, many people blame God for their anguish, but this is actually not the case at all.

Revelation 12:12 On this account be glad, you heavens and you who reside in them! Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.

Acts 10:38 namely, Jesus who was from Nazareth, how God anointed him with holy spirit and power, and he went through the land doing good and healing those oppressed by the Devil; because God was with him.

Why does God permit such anguish if He is, indeed, a truly loving God? Perusal of the following scripture will provide some insight to this question.

Genesis 2:16,17 And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.

Genesis 3:1-6 Now the serpent proved to be the most cautious of all the wild beasts of the field that Jehovah God had made. So it began to say to the woman: Is it really so that God has said that you must not eat from every tree of the garden? At this the woman said to the serpent: Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat. But as for eating of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You must not eat from it, no, you must not touch it that you do not die. At this the serpent said to the woman: You positively will not die. For God knows that in the very day of your eating from it your eyes will be opened and you are bound to be like God, knowing good and bad.

When the serpent said, You positively will not die, this is when sin entered the world; and when Eve actually took a bite of the apple is when sin entered the body of man. Yet, the sin did not come from the apple. The sin was actually the product of Satan's active disrespect of God and His word.

Creating the Bible as a sort of User‘s Manual, Jehovah God has presented upon us a way to avoid much of the strife in the world. God’s word is the very best counsel on living. The correct application of God’s word to our lives can provide lives filled with meaning, an end to needless physical suffering, a happy family life and close association with people that actually love one another.

2 Timothy 3:16,17 All scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

The Bible shows us why these conditions exist today.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 And I myself returned that I might see all the acts of oppression that are being done under the sun, and, look! The tears of those being oppressed but they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, so that they had no comforter.

Matthew 24:37-39 For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be. For as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be.

The important issues presented in this article are: There is nothing earthly that can save us from our oppression and be ever vigilant for the return of the King. The Bible also shows us that God knows that we are suffering and what He plans to do about it.

Psalms 72:12,14 For he will deliver the poor one crying for help, Also the afflicted one and whoever has no helper. From oppression and violence he will redeem their soul, And their blood will be precious in his eyes.

The scripture presented herein lay a foundation upon which understanding of why suffering is allowed and what God has planned to do about it.
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