Sam Storms writes Biblically and compassionately about the tornado in Oklahoma. I commend the article to you. Here are his opening line and main points:
“I’m inclined to
think the best way to respond to the tragedy that struck our community today is
simply to say nothing. I have little patience for those who feel the need to
theologize about such events, as if anyone possessed sufficient wisdom to
discern God’s purpose. On the other hand, people will inevitably ask questions
and are looking for encouragement and comfort…”
(1) It will not accomplish
anything good to deny what Scripture so clearly asserts, that God
is absolutely sovereign over all of nature…(2) God is sovereign, not Satan…
(3) Great natural disasters such as this tell us nothing about the comparative sinfulness of those who are its victims…
(4) Events such as this should remind us that no place on earth is safe and that we will all one day die (unless Jesus returns first)…
(5) We should not look upon such events and conclude that the Second Coming of Christ and the end of history are at hand, but neither should we conclude that the Second Coming of Christ and the end of history are not at hand…
(6) We must learn to weep with those who weep…
(7) Pray that God will use such an event to open the hearts and eyes of a city and a state immersed in unbelief and idolatry (and I have in mind not merely Oklahoma, but also America as a whole), to see the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and turn in faith to him, lest something infinitely worse than a tornado befall them: Eternal condemnation. Eternal suffering.
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