Sometimes, Jehovah lets woes befall us

[Jim Jam]

At any time Jehovah could have stopped Cain from murdering his brother.

At any time Jehovah could have prevented the Jews from killing Isaiah in such a horrific way.

At any time Jehovah could have stepped to save his own Son on the torture stake.

 

Some in the congregation may experience pain. We ourselves may also experience pain. Such as the pattern of the Witnesses of God. Witness in Greek is μάρτυς, from which we got the word 'martyr'.

But never must you believe that it means Jehovah has abandonned you or does not care about you. All of your acts of long suffering are written in his book. Your hardships are not in vain, they are a response to Satan who claimed that he can make each and every individual to turn away from Jehovah the moment we face hardship. Satan's challenge involves you personnaly.

 

Will you prove him to be a liar and sanctify the God of righteoussness?

 

Edited yesterday at 06:22 PM by Jim Jam

[Nnaemeka]

When I was younger I quarreled with the idea that Jehovah lets or allowed evil sometimes to happen. I have been thinking about it. Is it reasonable? Is it loving? Let me share my experience with you. Maybe my conclusion might not cover every case because of the complexity of life, but it might help you understand why it's the reasonable thing to do both from a human and divine standpoint.

Scenario 1:

You are in charge of 10 people. You have to care for everything they need to carry out a project. So imagine you have provided all the materials they need, the training they need and are paying them well. 

So which would be loving:

Giving them the freedom to carry out their work unless they ask for help, or micromanaging every thing they do and it has to be vetoed by you?

Which would be inconvenient for them? Which would be wise and fair?

 

Scenario 2:

Now extend that population to a million people and a thousand projects. You have provided everything they would need including training such that nothing would go wrong unless they disobey you. 

Which would be loving, or wise, or fair?

Freedom within limits or micromanaging them?

 

I know I am not covering every case. Because we still have mental health, sickness, and imperfections which it doesn't cover. But this scenario covers whether it would be reasonable for Jehovah to intervene in everything humans do. Or he would allow events sometimes to take their natural course.

 

If I was Jehovah, which I don't hope to be, because of the enormous responsibility involved, but if, I would go for freedom within limits. 

One of my limits would be if an event would make any of my word come false and I cannot lie. 

For example, if the preaching work has to be preached all over the earth before the end, then I would intervene to stop anyone who desires to make that invalid.

Or if I tell Satan to test Job and not take his life. Then I would intervene if Satan oversteps his side of the agreement by going after Jobs life.

Why? Because these are principles on which the freedom within limits relies on.

Just my 2 cents.