I’m not sure what “get anywhere in his complaint” means. The response he got was considerably more than he had bargained for. Could you please explain?
Habakkuk asks God how he can let Israel’s immorality continue. The Lord responds by saying he isn’t letting it continue, because he is sending an army to conquer Israel. Habakkuk responds by asking how it’s just to use immoral people to punish immoral people, and God basically says he can do what he thinks best.
Yeah, He also wouldn’t have put Job and half the Psalms into the Bible.
If Thomas wouldn’t have asked his question in John 14…we wouldn’t have John 14, 15 and 16.
So excuse me if I ask questions and refuse to take Francis Chan’s opinion as the final authoritative word on the matter. He isn’t Jesus.
Sometimes I think it’s more humble to ask helpful questions and wait for Jesus’ response than pretend to be the “answer man” based on a few obscure Biblical passages.
Forgive me, but your comment seems like hubris too. Is the main theme of the whole Bible not to trust our God with all of our heart, soul, and mind? Clearly, biblical writers argued with God in both honesty and out of their own pride, but it’s another thing entirely to believe we see the world better than the one who made it.
I find two ways of testing God in Scripture. There is the Test of Faith, such as is commanded in Malachi 3:10. This is obeying his commands to such an extent that our good fortune is dependent upon God fulfilling his promises. Then there is the test of doubt, condemned in Deuteronomy 6:16. This is asking God to prove himself before we trust him, or as the people of Israel did at the Waters of Massah, assuming God meant them evil the moment things weren’t to their liking.
We see the same break between questions of faith and questions of doubt. Zachariah doubted the angel who told him about the coming of John the Baptist. In Luke 1:18 he asked, “How shall I know this?” and was struck dumb for his lack of faith. Later in the same chapter, Mary asked the similar question, “How will this be?” when told she was to bear God’s son Jesus. She was rewarded with an answer outlining upcoming events so she could respond appropriately. Zachariah’s question expressed doubt that God’s promise was true or that it could be fulfilled. Mary’s question asked for more understanding of how she would know the promise was fulfilled and what her role and response was to be.
Very inspiring, but if God didn’t want us to argue with Him, He wouldn’t have put the story in Genesis 18 into the Torah.
Sure, but we must argue with deep, deep humility. Where does Habakkuk get anywhere in his complaint?
I’m not sure what “get anywhere in his complaint” means. The response he got was considerably more than he had bargained for. Could you please explain?
You know, sometimes I think I can’t write at all.
Habakkuk asks God how he can let Israel’s immorality continue. The Lord responds by saying he isn’t letting it continue, because he is sending an army to conquer Israel. Habakkuk responds by asking how it’s just to use immoral people to punish immoral people, and God basically says he can do what he thinks best.
“The LORD is in his holy temple;
let all the earth be silent before him.”
Yeah, He also wouldn’t have put Job and half the Psalms into the Bible.
If Thomas wouldn’t have asked his question in John 14…we wouldn’t have John 14, 15 and 16.
So excuse me if I ask questions and refuse to take Francis Chan’s opinion as the final authoritative word on the matter. He isn’t Jesus.
Sometimes I think it’s more humble to ask helpful questions and wait for Jesus’ response than pretend to be the “answer man” based on a few obscure Biblical passages.
This book is a hubris project.
Forgive me, but your comment seems like hubris too. Is the main theme of the whole Bible not to trust our God with all of our heart, soul, and mind? Clearly, biblical writers argued with God in both honesty and out of their own pride, but it’s another thing entirely to believe we see the world better than the one who made it.
I find two ways of testing God in Scripture. There is the Test of Faith, such as is commanded in Malachi 3:10. This is obeying his commands to such an extent that our good fortune is dependent upon God fulfilling his promises. Then there is the test of doubt, condemned in Deuteronomy 6:16. This is asking God to prove himself before we trust him, or as the people of Israel did at the Waters of Massah, assuming God meant them evil the moment things weren’t to their liking.
We see the same break between questions of faith and questions of doubt. Zachariah doubted the angel who told him about the coming of John the Baptist. In Luke 1:18 he asked, “How shall I know this?” and was struck dumb for his lack of faith. Later in the same chapter, Mary asked the similar question, “How will this be?” when told she was to bear God’s son Jesus. She was rewarded with an answer outlining upcoming events so she could respond appropriately. Zachariah’s question expressed doubt that God’s promise was true or that it could be fulfilled. Mary’s question asked for more understanding of how she would know the promise was fulfilled and what her role and response was to be.