"If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?" (Amos 3:6)
Not "has the Lord not allowed it?" Oftentimes you can hear people say that God allows trouble and calamity, but Scripture says otherwise. Though God is not the author of evil, still what happens is under his control, and by his plan.
“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
“So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
“I smote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord. (Amos 4:6–9)
So God does not simply allow trouble or calamity, I understand why people will say this, but this detracts from the sovereignty of God. And his plan is good, and for a good purpose.
“I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name. (Amos 4:11–13)
Blessings,
Lee
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?" (Amos 3:6)
Not "has the Lord not allowed it?" Oftentimes you can hear people say that God allows trouble and calamity, but Scripture says otherwise. Though God is not the author of evil, still what happens is under his control, and by his plan.
“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
“So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
“I smote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord. (Amos 4:6–9)
So God does not simply allow trouble or calamity, I understand why people will say this, but this detracts from the sovereignty of God. And his plan is good, and for a good purpose.
“I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name. (Amos 4:11–13)
Blessings,
Lee
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