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Why Have These Things Happened to Me?

Psalm 22:1-2

Introduction: God is the absolute sovereign who is unique in heaven and under heaven. That is why He does everything as He pleases. No one can question Him about what He does.


1. Questions that people ask God

혻혻 1) Why have you made a tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden?
혻혻혻혻혻 Why did you let the devil tempt Adam and Eve? (1Ti 4:4)
2) Why did you especially choose Abraham and make the Jews your chosen people?
(Ge 12:2-3; Dt 7:7-8)
3) The question that Jesus asked God - My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
(Ps 22:1)
4) Why were you silent when Adolf Hitler cruelly slaughtered six million Jews during the Second World혻War? - We cannot answer these questions clearly as a defender of God.
혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻혻 (Mt 27:24-25; Isa 59:1-2; La 5:7)


2. The eternal plan and providence of almighty God

1) When a kindergarten child asks a question about applied mathematics?쫤e must be silent혻without any response.혻혻혻혻혻혻
혻혻 2) When we who are ignorant of physics ask about Albert Einstein's theory of relativity
혻혻 3) When human beings comment on almighty God with limited knowledge
혻혻혻혻혻 - Human beings are products of limited time and space (Ps 103:15; Job 42:2-3)
혻혻혻혻혻혻혻 How can human beings understand the heart of God who is immortal and eternal? (Isa 55:8)
When we can't make an ignorant person understand, we can't help laughing and being혻silent
(Ps 2:4)


3. Our attitude toward unanswerable questions

혻혻 1) Abraham didn't understand why God asked him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice.
혻혻혻혻혻 - He obeyed God, trusting in God's absolute goodness (Heb 11:17-19)
혻혻 2) Joseph didn't understand the will of God whenever he faced trouble
혻혻혻혻혻 - Human beings can't understand God, but they just believe in Him (Ge 37:28)
혻혻 3) We don't understand the reason why six million Jews were slaughtered.
- Faith is not understanding but just believing. God knows everything, and we only believe that혻our omniscient God is right, no matter what He does (Ps 123:2; Heb 10:38; Ro 8:38-39)
4) In His everlasting providence, God is perfectly good, and what He does is good and kind
(Ps 23:6). ?쏯ow we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face??(1Co 13:12).


Conclusion: There are too many things we cannot understand in this world. We may lament over our personal matters, asking why they happen to us. However, one thing we know is that God is love, and we believe that His providence is good and kind. We believe that weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.