Where Was God Sept. 11, 2001?
Where Was God Sept. 11, 2001?
Where Was God Sept. 11, 2001?
We hear protests that God could have forced the terrorists to steer
away from the Pentagon in Washington and The World Trade Center in New
York, Sept. 11, but He didn't. The net result was 3,000 innocent deaths. Why
didn't He intervene? Hmm! Well, try this answer on for size.
The Bible says that God allows sinful man to choose to accomplish
horrible atrocities, but that He is grieved when they happen. It is not what
He wants for us.
There are several times in the Bible when God expressed sadness and
anger over the conduct of His creation.
2. God was grieved about the whining Israelites after He led them out
of slavery in Egypt to Canaan (Israel) with Moses at the helm. Psalms 95:10-
11 states, "For forty years I watched them in disgust. They were a nation
whose thoughts and heart were far away from me. They refused to accept
my laws."
3. God became ticked with the holy-joe Pharisees as told in Mark 3:5.
Jesus is talking: "Looking around at the them angrily, for he was deeply
disturbed by their indifference to human need..."
6. When Jesus saw the wailing at the news of the death of Lazarus and
seeing that Mary nor the Jewish leaders exhibited no hope that Jesus could
(but did) bring him back to life, "Jesus wept." That, the shortest verse in the
Bible, is found in John 11:35.
7. God became fed up with the sinfulness of Sodom and, in this case,
took direct action and destroyed the city by fire. Genesis 18:19 says, "Their
sin is very grievous."
"I believe that God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but
for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of
government and to get out of our lives," Graham said.
"And being the gentleman that He is, I believe that He calmly backed
out. How can we expect God to give us his blessing and His protection if we
demand that He leave us alone?"
“Rap and rock lyrics praise Satan, applaud drugs, rape, murder, and
suicide. We put up with it.
“And we wonder why many kids—and adults—today kill their
classmates and strangers for no apparent good reason!
The Bible is bang on when it states that, "We reap what we sow."
We have indeed sold out!”
If a student today were to ask God why He didn't save the child shot
in a classroom, God would be justified in replying, "Dear Concerned
Student, I am not allowed in schools. Sincerely, God."
Bizarre? Is it?! Apply the logic of cause and affect, and this scenario
computes quite nicely.
It's odd that we trash God and then wonder why the world's going to
hell. It's strange why we believe what TV and the newspapers say, but
deeply question what the Bible says.
It's ridiculous how someone can say, "I believe in God", but follows
Satan who, by the way, also "believes" in God but is going to Hell.
It makes no sense that we will not forward stories like this because we
are concerned that friends might think we're freaky.
It seems we are more worried about what people will think of us than
what God will think of us.
We would rather sit back and continue complaining about the bad
shape the world is in and wonder why no one is standing up for the truth?
Let's get some guts and share stuff like this around!
Don't forget, God cares for us despite what we cause in this sin-
ridden, God-rejecting world.