Dan Mohler - Perversions of our view of God
Dan Mohler on perversions of our view of God:
“If God loved me why did He let so many people do me wrong?” That has nothing to do with God that has to do with people. Why are you letting people define God and define you? You’re looking [in] the wrong place. And the devil has deceived us. And we think that every bad thing gets blamed on God. And the devil loves when you believe that. Because when the good news comes your heart is hard and there’s nothing good about it. Now you’re mad at God and He sent His Son. Now you’re mad at God and while you were guilty He took the rap to get you innocent. Now you are mad at God. And all of the sudden you covet life at the cost of Him and He’s the one that gave you life. [It] doesn’t make sense guys. In the fall of man, in the foolishness of pride, we’ve been deceived. How can you be mad at God? Because you rationalize it, “Well I lost a child. I lost my spouse. I got divorced. I lost my job. I lost everything.” God didn’t do any of that. All God did was make man in His image. And when man chose apart from truth, and fell into something he was never created to be, God took the Lamb already slain before the foundation of the world, put Him on a cross to get you out of the mess and back into truth. That’s all God did was pay the price to make it all right again. And we think that everything that happens is God. There’s a thief on the earth. There’s lies on the earth. There’s people reaping what they’ve sown. There’s power of death and life in your tongue. And sometimes you spoke yourself right into the mess and you want to turn and blame it on God. That’s deception. He is amazing. He is a Father. While we were yet sinners He sent the Son. He is not playing charades with us. He’s not standing us up to slap us down. That is deception.2