As a preface to this article, I want
to state why I chose this title.
Whenever a tragedy like “The Newtown
School
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye
will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
As I remember, the first time I ever
heard this question, “Why God,” was on Mother’s Day, 1951. I was nine years old, and my Mother asked
this very question upon receiving the news that my Father had died in Korea. It is a question that has haunted me for
years, and I never understood the answer.
Even now I can only surmise the answer.
After I accepted Jesus The Christ as
my personal Savior, January 19, 1993, I purchased my first King James
Bible. I didn’t purchase the Bible just
to possess it, but to read it, and to study it.
In the ensuing months and years, it became evident that The Bible tells the
answer.
The complete answer is in The Bible,
but we are required to be observant of our surroundings, and what is happening
within the world around us. In doing so,
we can find the “Why” all around us.
God created Man, then Woman, and
then marriage. In so doing, He created
The Home. After The Home, He created The
Church after His Son Jesus The Christ.
When we look at these God created institutions (as they stand today,) we
should be able to see the “Why.”
[1] The Bible teaches that God has two institutions
- the HOME and the CHURCH. Nothing
should be more important to a Christian than these two places, for they are sacred.
In this dissertation, we will look
at these two Creations: The Home, and
The Church, in relation to our question, “Why God?”
THE
HOME:
The Home is created when a Man and a
Woman unite in Holy Matrimony. (They
become one in this union.) God’s intent is
that Marriage be an inseparable union, once created, only to be dissolved by
the death of one.
Jesus tells us in (Matthew
19:4-6) …and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them
at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and
shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one
flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
We
can look at the world and see the attacks on our marriages, (the redefining of
marriage, the divorces, and the casualness of living together as if married.) My first thoughts are the world has redefined
marriage. We see this attack as a total defilement of God’s Word.
(Many are redefining marriage.) The first and the one most loudly championed are
the sodomites who want a multi-sexual definition of marriage. The other prominent redefiner are those who
use the casualness of “living together” as if they are married to define
marriage.
Concerning sodomites: God tells us plainly that sodomy is an abomination
towards God.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them
have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall
be upon them.
[2]“Abomination
= 1. Extreme hatred;
detestation. 2. The object of
detestation, a common signification in scripture.”
I
am not advocating that sodomites be put to death. We, as Christians must make a sincere attempt
to lead them to Jesus, (who will give them the ability to repent of their sin
and no longer be an abomination to God.)
God hates sodomy, and the sin it perpetrates. (God never said, “He hates
sodomites.” It is their sin He hates.)
God defines marriage as a union
between a Man and a Woman.
Matthew 19:5 And said, For
this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife:
and they twain shall be one flesh
Those
who foster their redefinition are walking against, and are in enmity with God.
The world’s second redefinition is: choosing to “try each other out” by living
together. Men (boys) have made our
daughters whores, and we as Fathers are doing nothing about it. (We allow our daughters to dress and act like
Hollywood whorettes. Many wives have followed suit.)
The Family is a unit made up of a
Man and a Woman, and their offspring. (This
Family is created in a marriage of a Man and a Woman.) A Family is never two men and their
offspring, nor can it be two women and their offspring.
THE
CHURCH:
The church is defined as: [3] "a
company of people called out to a specific place for a specific purpose."
It
is a local body of people who have received Jesus Christ as their Savior, those
who deliberately, by their faith, accepted Him, and in obedience were Baptized
into a local assembly.
The Church is not “the building”
where believers assemble, but “each individually and collectively” are the
church.
1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God
The Church has come under attack
primarily from our Government through The Judicial System. Judges have quarantined The Ten Commandments in
a locked closet in a courthouse basement in Georgia
Our biggest problem is what is
happening within the confines of the worship service. Sin and repentant preaching has been tempered
by a prosperity and forgiveness preaching.
We no longer want to hear about our sins, and of course, we do not want
to change (repent) from our involvement in our sin. Our music has been changed to “seven verses, eleven
times.” The music of these 7/11 songs
sounds as if they came from the world’s bar room, not a Godly mind.
The Bible has been changed so many
times, solely to soften sin, and soften The Deity of Jesus. No one wants to hear He is God, and all powerful.
The Church is being “killed from
within” by some who “call” themselves Christian. They may be sincere as they are bringing
people in. However, are their souls
being won for the Lord, or for the world?
Some of us who call ourselves
“Christians” walk a walk, and talk a talk that is pure blasphemy to God.
[4] “Blaspheme To speak of the
Supreme Being in terms of impious irreverence; to revile or speak reproachfully
of God, or the Holy Spirit.”
1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God
If we are the “temple of God
CONCLUSION:
My first question I must quell is
that my answer to the question, “Why God?” is not that I am answering for
God. (His answer may not be what I have
penned.) However, from a Biblical stand
point, I believe the answer that I have derived is, in part of God. (I am not purporting a new scripture, just my
heart.)
The question, “Why God?” is answered
in their defined attacks. The HOME is
under attack through many avenues. Too
many HOMES lack a Father figure, a leader, a disciplinarian.
Sodomites are creating un-Biblical
homes with single gender “families.” Two
“Fathers” are not the answer. A child
needs the nurturing of a Mother, and the spiritual leadership of a Father.
The HOME is also being redefined by those
who agree to “live together,” and have no commitment towards each other. “Trial living” sometimes ends with an unwed
Mother and a child. (Does the Mother bring up the child or hand him over to
Grandma to rear? There is no commitment
to Family or to the HOME.)
Divorce has become another attack on
the HOME. Too many who marry lack the
determination that their marriage is for “the long haul.” (Something more attractive or exciting comes
along, and it is time to change to a defiled bed.)
I understand that much of what I
have written concerning our HOME is an extreme, over simplification of our
problem. However, we as Christians must determine
that God has never allowed a redefinition of the HOME.
[5] The Bible teaches that God has two institutions
- the HOME and the CHURCH. Nothing
should be more important to a Christian than these two places, for they are sacred.
After
Christ, our spouse must be our most precious, most loved person. (Our spouse must be sacred to us. Our HOME must also be a sacred place for us.)
(We as Christians must refuse the
carnality of the world.) As Christians, our
real problem is we have left the door open to the world. We have accepted “sodomites” as normal, and
they are not. We have accepted our children
“shacking up” living in a life of sin.
We are even “prideful” with no visible shame when our unwed daughters
come home pregnant.
We call this normal, but then ask,
“Why God?” We (in the HOME) have turned
our backs on His created institution of the HOME, but expect His Blessings, and
question the motives of what He allows. (We
have turned our backs on God, allowing these redefinitions. This happens to the family when God, His Son
Jesus, and The Holy Spirit are no longer allowed in The Home and in our
schools.) (How do we have the gaul to
ask of God, “Why?”)
Our Churches have required our
Pastors (The Preachers, The Watchmen, The Prophets,) to quit harping on
sin. (Quit telling us we are heading to
Hell.) We insist they use a watered down
bible, leaving God’s Word on the printers cutting table.
Our Churches: those who are preaching the fundamentals of
The Word of God are mocked and ignored: Our King James “Old Fashioned” Bible along
with our modest clothing choices are mocked.
However, when a tragedy happens: (children are murdered, a tsunami kills
thousands, an earthquake, a tornado, a hurricane, or any other man made or natural
devastation,) we ask, “Why God?”
I understand why those of us who do
not know God will ask this question. (They
usually give “Mother Nature” the credit for the “natural devastation.”) However, when it comes to evil happening,
they go to God.
But, Christians also ask God,
“Why?” Christians, “Why are you asking
God a question, when you should know the answer? Have you sincerely, (with a convicted heart)
asked Jesus to be your Saviour? Do you
love Him for what He has given you? Do
you follow His precepts, His commands?”
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
If
you love Him, and you do believe, turn back to Him, and walk in His path.
The question, “Why God?” will then be
answered for you. (It really means you
will never ask the question again because God is still waiting for the rest of
the world to “see” Him.)
Tell others that God wants each and every
one of us. He wants all of us to live
eternally with Him and His Son Jesus.
Bro John R. E Chastain
Baptist Evangelist
<www.johnchastain.com>
[1] Copied from “The ABC’s of
Christian Growth” Robert Sanger, Bible Baptist Church Publications, Oak Harbor
WA, 1986 Chapter “Church”
[2] Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
[3] Copied from “The ABC’s of
Christian Growth” Robert Sanger, Bible Baptist Church Publications, Oak Harbor
WA, 1986 Chapter “Church”
[4] Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
[5] Copied from “The ABC’s of
Christian Growth” Robert Sanger, Bible Baptist Church Publications, Oak Harbor
WA, 1986 Chapter “Church”
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