Judgment and Repentance

Two phrases that have come up since this pandemic has been "God's judgment" and "repentance." I don't have a problem with since they are Biblical. However, I take serious issue with how they are often presented. "God's judgment" is often presented as God being a stern judge who has decided to supernaturally send (or work through "secondary causes") a killer virus to kill a few thousand people. Then He wants us to fall on our knees, scream and cry in "repentance" (be sure to have plenty of tears and snot running down your nose or it is NOT true repentance).

God did NOT send this pandemic nor did He want it. Jesus died to free us from sickness and disease. But if we want to reject what Christ has done for us and persist in sin then God allows us to have what we want ("judgment) until we see that we don't like what we initially wanted, turn back to God (repentance), and then God steps in to deliver.

I hope to be able to do a thorough Bible study on this subject next week. In the meantime, I highly recommend some of our material on this subject. One of them being my book, "How? A look at God’s character in light of Biblical passages that are inconsistent with love."

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