Hope in Action/Answers
The thief comes to steal. Jesus comes to give life.
Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen?
Does God allow bad things? This is the question that has wrecked more faith than almost any other. A child gets sick. A marriage breaks. A storm hits. Someone says, “God allowed it,” and it sounds like He signed the order. That is not the God Jesus revealed.
God is not the source of the pain
James 1:17 says every good and perfect gift is from above. If it is stealing, killing, or destroying, Jesus already named the culprit: the thief. Blaming the Father for the devil’s work will always make God look unsafe and the devil look like a servant.
God gave mankind authority in the earth. When that authority was handed over in the garden, a stolen world became the battlefield. God did not lose His power. He honored His Word. Then He sent Jesus to take back what was stolen.
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
John 10:10 (NKJV)
You are not called to submit to the attack
Religion often tells suffering people to accept it as God’s mysterious plan. The New Testament tells us to resist the devil, stand in faith, and receive the life Jesus already paid for. Those are not the same messages.
Does that mean every situation turns around in a week? No. It means you have a covenant, a Helper, and a church family that will not baptize the attack as the will of God. We will stand with you for life.
“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”
James 4:7 (NKJV)
You do not have to figure this out alone
Come sit with people who are living this out.
Church Four Eighteen is a family in Titusville learning to receive what Jesus already finished — and to put hope in action. Saturdays at 5:00 PM. Kids are welcome. Come as you are.