Sermon 9-11-05 Job 1:13-25
when Lee Greenwood sang this song, he probably never thought that so many would experience the trial that he described……….
If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,And I had to start again with just my children and my wife,I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,’Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away.I’m proud to be an American ………………
Job
Job had it all, then lost it all
Yet In all things he trusted God
[repeat scripture portion]
“ Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there.The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away;Blessed be the name of the LORD.” 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
It is bound to happen
Someone wants to blame God [last week on the news]
Comic: Swirling…..Hurricane Katrina
And they call this intelligent design
Presupposes the idea
that life should be a rose garden….bad things should not happen.
This is only possible in a pretend world. In a world where freewill matters, my choices have to mean something.
If God pushes all the buttons, our lives are meaningless
I want you to tell your friends this
You don’t get cancer or hurricaned because God pushed a button.
Sometimes bad things just happen. They are a part of our world
Someone wants to blame the people down there in the south
Mt 5:45 He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Are they worse then we are? Are the people In the powerpoint church worse then we are? Were the 9-11 victims worse than we are.
Bad things happen.
God does not give us what we deserve.
If we all got what we deserved, where would we be?
I want you to tell your friends this
You don’t get cancer or hurricaned because you are a bad person.
Bad things happen
Faith teachers are in trouble…their theology doesn’t work in this situation
No matter how good you are you are still going to face trouble in this life
John 16: 33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Sept 11 was not something God did, it did not happen because the people in NY were bad…it happened because in this case, bad people did bad things
We are not always going to understand why. If we did, then we wouldn’t need God. We are going to live and die with questions about Gods wonderful world.
The story for Christians is not the why, but what now?
What to do now?
You can close the door to caring
Lets take our toilet paper in and then go back to our life as it was
Ocala- homeowners assn wont allow residents to house evacuees
You can choose to be-Angry, bitterness, its not fair
Whether huge hurts as Katrina victims face or our everyday hurts, we have a choice.
We can hold on to anger and it will keep us from focusing on God.
Movie clara’s heart
You don’t have to die for the rest of your life to prove that you were hurt….
Christians have something to give in a time of trouble
This can be a growing point for me… Something to learn…
Someone to help out there, lets rally our hearts
I can choose to not be overcome by evil, but I can over come evil with good – Ro 12:21
No matter what, I can trust God, I can praise him. Take eyes off of circumstances, get my eyes on him
Song-Blessed be the name Blessed be Your name In the land that is plentifulWhere Your streams of abundance flow Blessed be Your name And blessed be Your name When I’m found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Blessed be Your nameBlessed be Your name When the sun’s shining down on me When the world’s all as it should be Blessed be Your nameAnd blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there’s pain in the offering Blessed be Your name You give and take away You give and take awayMy heart will choose to say Lord blessed be Your name
when Lee Greenwood sang this song, he probably never thought that so many would experience the trial that he described……….
If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,And I had to start again with just my children and my wife,I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,’Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away.I’m proud to be an American ………………
Job
Job had it all, then lost it all
Yet In all things he trusted God
[repeat scripture portion]
“ Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there.The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away;Blessed be the name of the LORD.” 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
It is bound to happen
Someone wants to blame God [last week on the news]
Comic: Swirling…..Hurricane Katrina
And they call this intelligent design
Presupposes the idea
that life should be a rose garden….bad things should not happen.
This is only possible in a pretend world. In a world where freewill matters, my choices have to mean something.
If God pushes all the buttons, our lives are meaningless
I want you to tell your friends this
You don’t get cancer or hurricaned because God pushed a button.
Sometimes bad things just happen. They are a part of our world
Someone wants to blame the people down there in the south
Mt 5:45 He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Are they worse then we are? Are the people In the powerpoint church worse then we are? Were the 9-11 victims worse than we are.
Bad things happen.
God does not give us what we deserve.
If we all got what we deserved, where would we be?
I want you to tell your friends this
You don’t get cancer or hurricaned because you are a bad person.
Bad things happen
Faith teachers are in trouble…their theology doesn’t work in this situation
No matter how good you are you are still going to face trouble in this life
John 16: 33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Sept 11 was not something God did, it did not happen because the people in NY were bad…it happened because in this case, bad people did bad things
We are not always going to understand why. If we did, then we wouldn’t need God. We are going to live and die with questions about Gods wonderful world.
The story for Christians is not the why, but what now?
What to do now?
You can close the door to caring
Lets take our toilet paper in and then go back to our life as it was
Ocala- homeowners assn wont allow residents to house evacuees
You can choose to be-Angry, bitterness, its not fair
Whether huge hurts as Katrina victims face or our everyday hurts, we have a choice.
We can hold on to anger and it will keep us from focusing on God.
Movie clara’s heart
You don’t have to die for the rest of your life to prove that you were hurt….
Christians have something to give in a time of trouble
This can be a growing point for me… Something to learn…
Someone to help out there, lets rally our hearts
I can choose to not be overcome by evil, but I can over come evil with good – Ro 12:21
No matter what, I can trust God, I can praise him. Take eyes off of circumstances, get my eyes on him
Song-Blessed be the name Blessed be Your name In the land that is plentifulWhere Your streams of abundance flow Blessed be Your name And blessed be Your name When I’m found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Blessed be Your nameBlessed be Your name When the sun’s shining down on me When the world’s all as it should be Blessed be Your nameAnd blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there’s pain in the offering Blessed be Your name You give and take away You give and take awayMy heart will choose to say Lord blessed be Your name
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