Ain't No One to Blame

Here's a common way of thinking:
I'm upset/hurt/angry/humiliated/etc., and it must be someone else's fault, and if I can't pin the blame on someone, it's on me or on God [assuming you believe in (a) higher being/power(s)].

However, the bible teaches us that God is righteous and just, and is in control of all circumstances, good or evil. He does not sin, neither does He tempt us to do wrong. When we choose to do wrong, we assert our own free will to do what we please, and humans therefore suffer as a consequence of our own, or someone else's wrongdoing. While negative events sometimes occur for seemingly no reason at all (like natural disasters, unexpected deaths, losses, etc.), God allows them to happen to develop and strengthen our character and faith in Him, yet at the same time He does not give us trials so great that we cannot bear them. God hears the inner cries of our soul and spirit, but will we allow Him to take control of every part of our lives (and thereby be at peace with our Creator and love all we flawed and unlovable people on earth), or choose to keep Him out?


The thing is, all of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. No one is perfect, except Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Word that existed with God since the beginning of time.

Since Adam and Eve first sinned against God, them and all of their offspring henceforth suffer from the ailments of death and mortality. In our inner conscience, our soul cries out for justice because we were made in God's image, and our soul/essence bears His imprint - His command for righteousness, holiness and purity. We know deep down that this world is broken and that we don't belong, but many of us don't know how or why it has gotten this way.

But if you do believe that Jesus (God Himself) suffered and died on the cross to pay the punishment for the sins of all mankind once and for all, then we realise how much God loves us to do such a strange and unthinkable act and there is hope of our redemption and salvation after our death on earth.

But if we choose not to believe in such a God, who loves immeasurably yet demands true justice, then how can we demand justice in this world when the meaning of life is simply a survival of the fittest? If moral laws are determined by the society, then would a cannibal in a society of cannibals be considered innocent?

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