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Verse Concepts. “From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you. Proverbs 1:26-27. I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, When your dread comes like a storm. And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
God has a cause, a reason, for the calamities He causes or allows. It is safe to say that the basic reason for a disaster is sin —somewhere. But we need to be careful about deciding which sin or whose sin was the cause. In Luke 13, Christ's response was to get his listeners' focus off the details of the immediate calamity and on to each ...
Sep 17, 2001 · Many Christians are speaking this way about the murderous destruction of the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. God did not cause it, but he can use it for good. There are two reasons I do not say this. One is that it goes beyond, and is contrary to, what the Bible teaches. The other is that it undermines the very hope it wants to offer.
Feb 18, 2024 · An example of a calamity in the context of the Bible is the story of the Great Flood in the book of Genesis. In this event, God sends a catastrophic flood to cleanse the earth of wickedness, destroying all life except for Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark. This calamity serves as a warning of God’s judgment against sin and ...
Apr 7, 2024 · In the Old Testament, calamity is often described as a punishment from God for the wickedness of the people. In the book of Amos, God warns of impending calamity if the people do not repent and turn back to Him. Similarly, in the book of Jeremiah, the prophet foretells the calamity that will befall the nation of Judah if they continue in their ...
Summing up the calamity of a world apostatizing into foolishness, filthiness, and sin, the Doctrine and Covenants is unequivocal: “And the whole world lieth in sin, and groaneth under darkness and under the bondage of sin . . . because they come not unto me” (D&C 84:49–50). Put succinctly another way, “as it was in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the coming of the Son of Man ...
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Feb 27, 2013 · No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.” And, in case they miss his meaning, he adds his own story of recent calamity and repeats his point: tragedy is not a punishment for sin. Good news. Sort of. Because some calamity is a result of sin.
