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Or on the Image Above to Download the .Pdf E-Book Vindicating God A unique daily devotional that defends God against false accusations made against Him By Troy J. Edwards Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. Vindicating God A unique daily devotional that defends God against false accusations made against Him Troy J. Edwards Copyright © 2015 by Troy J. Edwards Cover design by the artistically creative team of Teri Mayumi Edwards and Takako Edwards Published by Vindicating God Ministries The author gives permission to have any portion of this book copied if it will assist other believers in receiving all that God has for them and/or if it will lead someone to Christ. The material here is for the edification of the body of Christ. However, it is a violation of Christian ethics to use the author’s material for personal profit gain. Remember that we must all stand before the judgment seat of Christ to give an account for the deeds that are done in the body (1 Cor. 3:8-15). Therefore, please comply within the limits of this permission statement. 2 Introduction Over the centuries there have been many attacks on the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. However, God’s character has never been more maligned than it has been in this century. Atheists, agnostics, Satan worshippers, and pretentious politicians have blasphemed the God worshipped by true Christians and have accused Him and His people of all sorts of malicious acts. Many of these critics have cherry-picked through the Bible, misquoted the Word of God, and have misrepresented God to others. Those who do not take the time to know God intimately and study His Word for themselves become easy prey to these denigrators. Even churches and pastors have fallen for the deception promoted by God’s enemies. They have become embarrassed by the Bible and many of them deny the truth that it is God’s written revelation to man. Denying the Bible has led to acceptance of practices that this book forbids and teachings about God that are blasphemous. Many of our theologians have not been helpful either. On the contrary they have exacerbated the problem. Erroneous predestination theology has made God to look like a puppet master who manipulates all of the events in the world for an egotistical glory that we are not allowed to comprehend or question. From this false teaching God is said to be the inflictor of sickness, the creator of disaster, and the chooser of who goes to heaven or hell after death. According to them, freedom of choice is irrelevant. They claim that if you accept Jesus as your Savior then it is only because God chose you. You had no choice in the matter. If you rejected Him this too is God’s choice and not yours. He supposedly created you for the express purpose of sending you to hell. Naturally men rebel at such presentations of God’s character. This ideology has created many of the enemies of God and the church that we have today. Yet, the predestinarian groups are not alone in misrepresenting God. There are the extreme Fundamentalists who hold up signs saying, “God hates fags.” This is a “fundamentalism” devoid of love that forgets that God loves the sinner while hating the sin (John 3:16). This type of preaching has also denigrated God’s character and made Him to appear austere and unloving. Few desire to know a God who is this hateful. 3 If this were not enough, some of our theologians present a God who is quite stingy. He works no miracles today and rarely, if ever, answers prayer. If they believe that God does work miracles, even that is rare. His healing power for our bodies is only for a select few so we should not expect Him to remove pain. He is said to have sent such trials to build us up and make us stronger. This too has served to make many atheists and agnostics from some who were once believers. When one has prayed, their child dies and then they are “comforted” with the idea that God took the child (or the child’s father, etc.) for His own personal reasons, many shun such a cruel deity. Finally, there are sincere worshippers of Christ who love Him dearly but are quite ignorant of how to deal with difficult passages in the Bible that might be used by God’s enemies to paint a false picture of Him. Many remain confused as to how to deal with passages that seem to go against what they know by their experience is a loving God. I believe that these daily devotions can assist believers in this endeavor. When one meditates daily on the truth of God’s character then they will not be easily swayed by those who speak against it. They will see that there are better ways to understand the passages often presented by those who choose to denigrate God’s character. Not everyone can read a more than 200 page book committed to defending God’s character, but most can read a daily devotion or meditation. I would encourage you to read these devotions with an open Bible and a pen. Let God speak to you. If you read these devotions and you begin to see that God is a loving God and you even come to like Him more, then I have fulfilled my purpose in writing them. Blessings to you dear reader. 4 January 1 Do all Things Happen for a Reason? “Did you notice my servant Job?” the Lord asked. “There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He worships me and is careful not to do anything evil. You persuaded me to let you attack him for no reason at all, but Job is still as faithful as ever.” (Job 2:3; Good News Translation) A friend is diagnosed with cancer, several teenagers are killed in a car accident on their way to college, a child is killed by a stray bullet in a drive by shooting, a man breaks into an apartment and brutally rapes a woman, a child is molested and killed by a pedophile, a great marriage is ending in divorce due to infidelity, a company goes bankrupt and the sole provider of the home loses his job…. The list can go on. Bad things happen to so many people. There is more negative than positive in this world. When these things happen we feel that we need something to say that brings comfort. One of many phrases chosen by our comforters (both Christian and non-Christian) is, “Well, all things happen for a reason”. The statement usually means that God caused, planned or purposefully allowed someone to suffer a misfortune for an undetermined reason. One may not discover the reason in this life, but in the “sweet-by- and-by” all things will be made clear. Job suffered a number of misfortunes: his children, his property, and the loss of his health. The first two chapters in Job reveal that Satan was the agent of destruction. Many claim that God had a divine secret plan for all of this and that Satan was merely doing God’s bidding. However, God says that there was no good reason for any of this to happen to Job. God did not design these satanic attacks. Satan, by falsely accusing God and Job, provoked and instigated the whole thing. There was no divine plan. God has been blamed for Satan’s work even when it was clear that Satan was the culprit. We blame God by saying that He had a reason for allowing it. But God says that there was no particular reason for Job to suffer as he did. He places the whole plan for Job’s ruin on Satan. Let us stop looking for some mystical good in evil situations. Satan’s work is what it is and is to be resisted, not embraced (James 4:7). Let us stop blaming God by assigning divine reasons for things that God says are completely Satan’s doing and not His. 5 January 2 Do all Things Work Together for Good? And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Rom. 8:28; King James Version) During tragic events we hear statements such as “God is in control,” or “all things happen for a reason.” Romans 8:28 is referenced in support. Children are on drugs? Husband was killed by a stray bullet? An unsaved family member dies and goes to hell? Somehow, “All things work together for good.” I have found this to be a terrible application of this verse. Yet, the KJV and other translations render it in a way that leads us to believe that all the above has been ordained by God for our good. The James Moffat Translation renders the passage differently: “We know also that those who love God, those who have been called in terms of his purpose, have his aid and interest in everything.” Romans 8:28 is teaching us that God comes to supply His aid and interest in everything. However, He is “a gentleman” and does not force His aid upon us. He requires our cooperation. In his commentary on Romans, C. H. Dodd comments on the Moffat translation: ….the familiar translation is not an admissible rendering of the Greek. Paul did not write: ‘All things work together for good to them that love God.’ The literal translation is: ‘With those who love God, He' (or, according to the other reading, ‘God’) ‘co- operates in all respects for good.’ Dr.
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