A PREVIEW OF WHEN GOD ENDS SUFFERING (1 OF 2)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Habakkuk 2:2-20
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A Preview of When God Ends Suffering (1 of 2)
Series: Majoring in the Minors
Scott Maze
Habakkuk 2:2-20
As most of you know, an eighteen-year-old young man took twenty-one lives at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX, on Tuesday. Nineteen of these lives were elementary-aged children. This is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history and it’s incomprehensible to me that we have such a category. Some of us have heard and watched reports of parents pleading with the police to enter the building earlier. I have thought about the parents of those elementary-aged children. Not that many years ago, Traci and I were dropping off little ones in public schools. I cannot imagine the heartache and the anger these parents are feeling for this awful, heinous deed. Satan filled this young eighteen-year-old young man in this shooting rampage. We are dealing with mental illness in our country but we are also dealing with an unmitigated evil. We are wondering how we can protect our loved ones? How can we ensure guns do not go into the hands of such hate-filled, evil people? There are so many questions that should be asked of our legislators, community leaders, and also in our homes. But the questions are not just of us but we wonder of God Himself. And we want to know why God is allowing such violence. We are not the first to ask this question as the prophet Habakkuk asked this question 2,600 years ago:
‘‘O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you ‘‘Violence!’’ and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. 4 So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted’’ (Habakkuk 1:2-4).
Note his words, ‘‘the law is paralyzed,’’ in verse four. The prophet is weary - weary with the word as it is. Habakkuk sees open robbery go unpunished and the poor be ...
Series: Majoring in the Minors
Scott Maze
Habakkuk 2:2-20
As most of you know, an eighteen-year-old young man took twenty-one lives at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX, on Tuesday. Nineteen of these lives were elementary-aged children. This is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history and it’s incomprehensible to me that we have such a category. Some of us have heard and watched reports of parents pleading with the police to enter the building earlier. I have thought about the parents of those elementary-aged children. Not that many years ago, Traci and I were dropping off little ones in public schools. I cannot imagine the heartache and the anger these parents are feeling for this awful, heinous deed. Satan filled this young eighteen-year-old young man in this shooting rampage. We are dealing with mental illness in our country but we are also dealing with an unmitigated evil. We are wondering how we can protect our loved ones? How can we ensure guns do not go into the hands of such hate-filled, evil people? There are so many questions that should be asked of our legislators, community leaders, and also in our homes. But the questions are not just of us but we wonder of God Himself. And we want to know why God is allowing such violence. We are not the first to ask this question as the prophet Habakkuk asked this question 2,600 years ago:
‘‘O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you ‘‘Violence!’’ and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. 4 So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted’’ (Habakkuk 1:2-4).
Note his words, ‘‘the law is paralyzed,’’ in verse four. The prophet is weary - weary with the word as it is. Habakkuk sees open robbery go unpunished and the poor be ...
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