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Sep 17, 2001 · For some, all they want to say, in denying that God "caused" the calamity, is that God is not a sinner and that God does not remove human accountability and that God is compassionate. That is true - and precious beyond words.
In reality, God cared about far more important things than the hunger pangs the Israelites endured. People frequently blame God with little understanding and in the wrong attitude. He indeed may be "guilty" of causing the calamity.
Apr 10, 2023 · As Ruler of the universe, God sometimes creates calamity to accomplish His will. He brought disaster to discipline His people when they turned their backs on Him and refused to repent (Jeremiah 18:17).
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Jul 1, 2013 · We can therefore surmise that God permits disaster, calamity or unpleasant circumstances to punish his people for evil or disobedience (1 Kings 9:9; Daniel 9:14) and to cause His divine purposes to be accomplished (Romans 8:28) but God is certainly not the author of evil (1 John 1:5, James 1:13).
George Mason, whose great influence can be seen in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution, wrote that sin "brings the judgment of heaven upon a country. . . . By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence [God] punishes national sin by national calamities."
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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.