Was the earthquake in Haiti God’s judgement (sic) for practicing voodoo?
Calamity, sickness, and tragedy are NOT a SURE sign of God’s judgment. The gospel of John, chapter 9, points out that a man born blind at birth was not the result of anyone’s sin, but so “the works of God might be displayed in him.”
There is another interesting account in Luke 13 where Jesus clearly states that eighteen people, who lost their lives when a tower collapsed, didn’t die because they were greater sinners than anyone else. Jesus then makes the point that we are ALL sinners but not every disaster is the result of that sin.
Passages like these should prevent us from arrogantly declaring that a calamity like Katrina was the judgment of God because of Mardi Gras, or that AIDS is a judgment for immoral sexual practices, or fires in California are judgment on Hollywood, or an earthquake in Haiti is judgment for voodoo practices.
But let’s also be very clear, we should not let these passages overshadow the fact that there are consequences for our sins.
Calamity, sickness, and tragedy are NOT a SURE sign of God’s judgment. The gospel of John, chapter 9, points out that a man born blind at birth was not the result of anyone’s sin, but so “the works of God might be displayed in him.”
There is another interesting account in Luke 13 where Jesus clearly states that eighteen people, who lost their lives when a tower collapsed, didn’t die because they were greater sinners than anyone else. Jesus then makes the point that we are ALL sinners but not every disaster is the result of that sin.
Passages like these should prevent us from arrogantly declaring that a calamity like Katrina was the judgment of God because of Mardi Gras, or that AIDS is a judgment for immoral sexual practices, or fires in California are judgment on Hollywood, or an earthquake in Haiti is judgment for voodoo practices.
But let’s also be very clear, we should not let these passages overshadow the fact that there are consequences for our sins.
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