Re: God Is Merciful

Read The Bible said:

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Bill wrote:
There are 12,000 known ailments and diseases that
torture and kill men, women and CHILDREN of all
religious persuasions.

Whom Satan hath bound... Luke 13:16

Great multitudes followed (Jesus), and he healed
them all... Matthew 12:15

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak. O LORD,
heal me... Psalms 6:2

With his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5-6

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Bill wrote:
Why would this omnificent all loving omnificent
creator be so brutal and uncaring?

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run
among the hills; they give drink to every beast of
the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. By
them shall the fowls of the heaven have their
habitation, which sing among the branches. He
watereth the hills from his chambers; the earth is
satisfied with the fruit of thy works. He causeth the
grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the
service of man, that he may bring forth food out of
the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of
man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread
which strengtheneth man's heart. The trees of the
LORD are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon, which
he hath planted, where the birds make their nests.
As for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The
high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the
rocks for the conies. Psalms 104:10-18

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Bill wrote:
Just one example of ridiculous ailments is a
parasitic worm in West Africa that bores through
the eyes of innocent children and causes total
blindness for the rest of their lives. This is the
work of an all caring and loving god creator???

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath
sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind... Luke 4:18

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them
those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many
others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he
healed them... Matthew 15:30

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Bill wrote:
Why does this all powerful and caring god permit
totally innocent children to die at birth? Or
worse, be born lacking eyesight, a fully developed
brain, deaf and dumb, missing limbs etc.? Why are
some born idiots and others with super
intelligence? Why are some born into wealth and
others pauper poor? Why does he permit 2,000,000
TOTALLY INNOCENT CHILDREN to suffer and die of
starvation each year and many more to suffer and
die from punishing diseases? Why are his human
creations designed to deteriorate into a miserable
and devastating old age?

By one man sin entered into the world, and death by
sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned... Romans 5:12

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my
mother conceive me. Psalms 51:5

(In the future🙂

There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor
crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the
former things are passed away. And he that sat upon
the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And
he said unto me, Write, for these words are true and
faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give
unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water
of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my
son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have
their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone, which is the second death.
Revelation 21:4-8

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Bill wrote:
Why did this all powerful and loving creator create
things like sharks, jelly fish, octopus, lions,
tigers, rhinoceros, poisonous snakes, stinging and
poisonous insects, poisonous plants etc.? Why did
this caring benevolent god create animals
(including man) that need to kill and eat other
animals to survive?

(Before the Fall🙂

God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing
seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and
every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to
every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the
air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
wherein there is life, I have given every green herb
for meat: and it was so. And God saw every thing that
he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
Genesis 1:29-31

(In the future🙂

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and
the young lion and the fatling together; and a little
child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall
feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and
the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking
child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the
weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice'
den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain, for the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:6-9

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bob wrote:
And a good many eat their prey whilst it is still
alive.

(In the future🙂

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the
lion shall eat straw like the bullock, and dust shall
be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 65:25

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bob wrote:
some 'loving god' !

In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only begotten Son into the
world, that we might live through him. Herein is
love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us,
and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:9-10

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not
yet appear what we shall be, but we know that, when
he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall
see him as he is. 1 John 3:2

The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for
the manifestation of the sons of God. For the
creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly,
but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in
hope, because the creature itself also shall be
delivered from the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the children of God.
Romans 8:19-21

God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not his
Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the
world through him might be saved. He that believeth
on him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is
condemned already because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the
condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than light because their
deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light, neither cometh to the light lest his deeds
should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to
the light, that his deeds may be made manifest that
they are wrought in God. John 3:16-21

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Lion... wrote:
Yeah, but you're forgetting all about ice-cream
and chocolate-chip cookies.
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Just how do you explain those?

The living God, who giveth us richly all things to
enjoy... 1 Timothy 6:17

He left not himself without witness, in that he did
good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful
seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Acts 14:17

Amen and amen !

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newsgroups in Jesus' most precious and holy name.

Amen ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Prayerfully in Christ's love,

Andrew
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