Some of you hate God, or are confused about spiritual things because some Christian taught you terrible theology. They told you that God controls everything that happens to everyone, and NOTHING happens outside of His will. But that’s simply not true according to the Bible.
In Ezekiel 13:22 God is speaking against false prophets and says, “You have discouraged the righteous with your lies, but I did not want them sad.”
Here we PLAINLY have stated by God Himself that something on earth was happening in His own children that He did NOT want happening. It was outside His will for them. Another translation of this verse says, “…whom I have not made sad or disheartened,“.
God didn’t do it. Yet He gets blamed for things of this nature all the time, including sickness and disease in the righteous, by people who wrongly believe “God is in control.”
We see in 2 Peter 3:9 that God’s desire is that NONE would perish. Yet we also know from Scripture that many will. God does not control the outcome. Though He desires all to choose Him, He knows not all will—and He will not force it as there can never be true love without free choice.
God’s end time plans will ultimately come to pass as prophesied because He found enough prophets fully submitted to Him who were willing to declare His Word/will in regard to it. (Amos 3:7)
But that does not mean God is controlling every little thing that happens to every single person. We all have free choice to discover and take advantage of the promises of God and align (or not). God won’t do it for us. Jesus already did everything that needed to be done. It is up to us to learn what is ours in Christ and hold tightly to it!
John 10:10 says, “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.”-John 10:10
This should encourage you that when bad things happen, it’s not God attacking you! But for the righteous, He will take every seemingly bad situation, every trial and tribulation that comes your way—and specifically allow them at times—to bring about your greater good! (Romans 8:28)
