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Should God get the "credit" when bad things happen?
Todd Clippard
Topic(s): Christian Life, God's Will, Pain & Suffering
We are to be thankful in ALL things, good and bad. Consider the following scriptures:
"In every thing <give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thess 5:18 KJV
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." Phil 4:6 KJV
"Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." Eph 5:20 KJV
When men succumb to and suffer for sin, God cannot be blamed for such, "for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither does He tempt any man" (James 1:13). Four verses later, James writes, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights."
Some things, both good and bad, happen through no credit or fault of our own. Some things happen because of the laws of nature (tornado, flood, etc). Some things happen due to sins of others (death at the hands of a drunk driver, etc). We must trust that the will of God will be done in all things.
