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Most Relevant Verses. Isaiah 45:7. Verse Concepts. The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these. Psalm 18:18.
Repentance is only necessary when there is sin. Proverbs 26:2 says that the "curse causeless does not come." 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 ...
Aug 18, 2007 · Second, Boyd sees the sacrifice of Christ as sufficient for turning away God’s punishment through catastrophe. The cross ushers in an economy where God has the right to punish by catastrophe but doesn’t because Christ’s death for sin was sufficient for the whole world (1 John 2:2).
Silence in the face of such calamity is sin! But to an otherwise gloomy picture there is a bright side—the coming of our Lord in all his glory. His coming will be both glorious and terrible, depending on the spiritual condition of those who remain.
Feb 18, 2024 · God sometimes allows or even causes calamity to occur as a form of punishment for sin or disobedience. Throughout the Bible, there are numerous examples of God bringing calamity upon individuals, nations, or even the whole world as a means of correction or judgment.
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.
Using famine, drought, crop failure, epidemics, and "natural" disasters as examples of divine wake-up calls, He says, "Yet you have not returned to Me" (verses 6, 8-11). For a people who know God, calamity is not haphazard! God allows it to happen to inspire repentance and revival of true worship.
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