What happened to the GOOD NEWS?

Today I was righteously angered when I heard the following song playing on the Christian radio station ... No wonder people aren't eager to be Christians! Will someone please tell me how this is the Gospel/GOOD NEWS?????????

Held
Two months is too little
They let him go
They had no sudden healing
To Think That Providence
Would take a child from his mother
While she prays, is appalling


Who told us we’d be rescued
What has changed and
Why should we be saved from nightmares?
Were asking why this happens to us
Who have died to live, it’s unfair


Chorus:
This is what it means to be held
How it feels, when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive
This is what it is to be loved and know
That the promise was when everything fell
We’d be held


This hand is bitterness
We want to taste it and
Let the hatred numb our sorrows
The wise hand opens slowly
To lilies of the valley and tomorrow


If hope is born of suffering
If this is only the beginning
Can we not wait, for one hour?
Watching for our Savior

This is not the GOOD NEWS!!!!! God's Word is full of GOOD promises, but that aside, the whole belief that God sends suffering and affliction our way to shape us and mold us can be proven COMPLETELY UNBIBLICAL and nothing more than MAN's doctrine by simply studying a few verses.

First, look at Jeremiah 29:11 a verse we commonly see on graduation gifts, but tend to forget when we face hardships and believe the source of those hardships to be God, but look closely at what this verse says. The New Living Translation seems to say it clearly, “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” What did God say His plans for us were? Disaster? Suffering? Death? Sickness and Disease? NO!!!! He said HIS plans for us were for GOOD, to give us a future AND a hope! Nowhere in there did He say, “For I know the plans I have for you, they are for your good. My plans are to break you, rob you, strip you of all that you hold dear so that then, and only then can you truly love and appreciate me!” He never said anything remotely close to that, yet every Sunday we have preachers all over the world getting up behind a pulpit and preaching that that is exactly what God does.

Second, let’s look at John 10:10. In John Jesus states that, “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” What did Jesus say? Oh, that’s right He said that I have come to steal all you hold dear, kill everyone you love, and destroy your life, didn’t He? Oh, wait silly me that’s not what He said at all is it? Jesus didn’t leave any room for argument. He said the THIEF aka the DEVIL, SATAN, so forth and so on… not GOD! Jesus told us plainly who is behind anything bad, evil, or sad in your life. He made it VERY simple. If anything Steals from you, Kills, or Destroys then according to JESUS it is NOT of GOD! Those who preach otherwise are preaching contrary to the SON of GOD and are thus purporting a FALSE Gospel of suffering. This belief has switched the roles of God and Satan. According to such doctrines if your son dies at 5 years old of cancer, God did it to Him because he was trying to teach YOU a lesson. So, a loving God would MURDER an innocent life in order to teach someone a lesson? Well that sounds all high and philosophical because the common human mind cannot comprehend such a twisted belief that they need “educated” people to instruct them. I must say that I find it rather disturbing that people believe such fallacies. Were God’s promises not applicable to that 5 year old little boy? Of course they were! He promised that little boy a FUTURE and LONG LIFE! To believe such doctrine is to say that God is a fickle God and His promise only apply to whomever He deems worthy. God’s promises are for ALL His children, when He says that he came to give life, and to give it in abundance, for us to ENJOY – He MEANS IT!!!

Third, let’s look at John 14:9 where Jesus said, “… Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father…” Jesus told us that anyone who has seen Him has seen the Father. In the scriptures did we ever see Jesus put leprosy, palsy, or blindness on people who loved the Lord God with all their heart? Did we ever see Him send anyone to the grave that was young and had their whole bright future ahead of them? No, not once did we see Jesus do ANY of these things. Instead, everywhere you look in the scriptures Jesus “… continued His circuits through all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity.” (Matt. 9:35) He went around healing the sick, casting out devils, raising the dead up and bringing them back to life! He did GOOD things, not evil. He desires to do ONLY GOOD things for us. He desires to give us good gifts and to give us abundant life.

Know that no matter what has happened in your life, if it stole from you, brought death, or destroyed you or something you hold dear, it was NOT from GOD. No matter what some PhD or preacher told you!!!! God doesn’t Steal, Kill, or Destroy to bring about some greater purpose in your life, He GIVES you LIFE, and overflowing life in abundance to bring about His GOOD purpose and plan for your life! If something in your life is causing anything outside of life then it is from the Devil and you use your authority in Christ Jesus to curse it and cast it out of your life! If you remember anything from this blog post, remember this: Suffering is not of God, it is from the Devil! God’s desire is to bless you and shower you in LIFE and His Love. He desires for you to live a life of health, prosperity, and VICTORY! He wants you to be a beacon of HOPE to a lost a dying world! So let your light shine brightly and share the GOOD NEWS with all who cross your path!



Until Next time,
JRT




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