Why Did God Allow It? Understanding antisemitism, slavery, and troubled marriages

Why Did God Allow it? Understanding antisemitism, slavery, and troubled marriages.

It’s not what you're going through, but how you’re going through it.

The past year in the United States has seen a sharp rise in antisemitism on college campuses. Throughout their history, Jews have suffered persecution. God has always been watching how they respond. In Exodus 23:21, God set broad boundaries for Israel far greater than “From the River to the Sea” that is the battle-cry of their enemies today. The Jews have fought many wars to keep far less land than God gave them originally. When you don't understand with your mind, remember that understanding comes from the heart.

Blacks are still mad at white people and their racial tendencies. When they fuss about Whites, I tell them, “You'll have to fuss at God first.” Why? Because God talks favorably about slavery. Abraham was a patriarch, yet he had slaves. How could God allow that? God didn’t make anybody slaves, except slaves of God, but He allowed it. In Colossians 3, he doesn't tell slave masters to free their slaves. He tells slaves how to treat their masters.

God considers something that is way more important than your conditions. It’s your behavior in the conditions. Your response is more important to God than your circumstances. He could fix slavery in a fiat, but He wants to fix you.

A husband could respond angrily when a wife does the Sistah thing to show her disrespect, but God wants him to respond with love and humility. That takes Christlike character. I learned to humble myself when my wife was not happy with me. No one in my background taught me that. I had to see the principles in Scripture and learn to live them out.

When you go to God and ask, “Why did you allow it?” open your heart. Ask Him to show you His answers in the Word. That will take you to another world. Relationships look a lot different from the view of eternity.

Recorded at the Leadership Meeting of Advance Church, Washington, DC, pastored by FOIC Bishop Bruce Clark. Recorded by Carrington Adkins.

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