2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound
toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to
every good work
God is able. That
doesn't say YOU are able to make all grace abound towards yourself. GOD IS ABLE.
Now this next part
may have some people up in arms about the fact there are starving, destitute
Christians who are NOT sufficient in all things so they may abound to every
good work.
That is a lie, even the destitute are
sufficient.
But honestly, there
are those who will do all in their power to discredit God and God's word. There
are those who refuse to comprehend that God's understanding of our needs are
different than ours, that we MOSTLY only consider the here and now, rather than
the eternal. If a Christian dies of starvation does that mean God didn't supply
the grace He needed? I suppose we can go
as far as to say if a Christian dies at all God hasn't supplied the grace that
person needed, their life ended in some fashion- heart failure etc. We can
truly take things that far if we are so completely void of faith in God that we
want to do so.
God's grace is
sufficient in all things and it will abound towards us so we may live for Him
no matter our situation.
Christians do die of
starvation. Christians are tortured. Christians are subjected to all of our
earthly woes. This does NOT mean God
doesn't exist. It does mean the MAGIC GENIE God that some people want God to be
doesn't exist. Way too many want that magic genie god, but that is not the God
I worship, not at all.
The God I worship
comprehends the need for freedom to choose, making us something MORE than
slaves to a master, puppets to a puppet master. God never wanted puppets, He
wanted counterparts and to be a real counterpart that freedom to choose had to
be involved and that freedom made sin possible.
The results of sin became known and our God made a way possible to
escape the penalty that sin demanded, that disobedience demanded. This is the love of our God to forgive when
the only other option was complete and utter annihilation of the creatures HE
created.
By the grace of God
may we abound in HIS GRACE always!
In the name of our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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