Why Evil Exists in the World Today, Part 7

We see evil all around us today. TV, newspapers, and radio all chronicle the ravages of evil. I am continuing a new series today, taking a break from my current series, “Armor of God.”

If you wanted someone to love you, wouldn’t you want them to love you of their own free will, rather than because they had no other choice?
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The angelic rebellion led by Satan

You may notice that it was Satan who caused Job’s difficulties. Yet God said that Satan had moved Him against Job without cause. This means that it was God’s power that Satan was using.

Satan has a multitude of angelic followers (devils or demons). In revelation 12:4 they are referred to as the stars of heaven. They could not be the stars that shine in the sky for they would destroy the earth if even one hit it. Also, they are so far away they could never reach the earth within a short amount of time. .

Revelation 12:1-9, “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

Satan caused a third of God’s angels to follow him. They came to earth and are deceiving people into doing what Satan wants. Don’t be one of those fooled by Satan. Realize that following deception is one of the causes of evil on the earth.

Considering Haiti – another perspective

Sam wrote an article, "Considering Haiti," yesterday, where he commented on the outcry against Pat Robertson’s assessment of the possible causes surrounding the devastating Haiti earthquake last week.

Surely the pact that Haiti made with Satan had a role to play in her current impoverishment and decadence. The Satanic influence in the Voodoo ‘religion’ continues to deeply influence that troubled land. Her primary problem is a spiritual one and not a physical or social one.

Connie Schultz, writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper typifies the sentiment of the radical left, which she and her husband, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) never to be confused with the somewhat conservative and Massachusetts’s next U.S. Senator, Scott Brown. She wrote an article on Sunday, “Drowning out Pat Robertson’s message of hate on Haiti with the voices of faith in our common humanity.” Yes, that is what the secularist put their hope and trust in –“our common humanity.” Therein lies the rub, man is fallen. He is desperately wicked apart from salvation, redemption through a personal relationship with God the Son, Jesus Christ.

The peoples of Haiti, individually and collectively, have rejected Jesus Christ, God’s sole provision for restoration of the depraved human condition, is the major cause for that land’s impoverishment. It is the lack of faith and trust in God that is the root cause of Haiti’s problems. It is not that America has not provided enough money from its seemingly unending desire to give away money that it does not have.

The radical leftist media, as epitomized by pundits like Schultz, shoot the messenger (Robertson) and miss completely the message. Schultz distorts the truth. She claims that Robertson “heartlessly claimed the earthquake was God’s revenge.” Robertson never said that. That message is the truth. See and read Robertson’s comments for yourself in the video and the transcript below.



Here is a partial transcript of the video above:

PAT ROBERTSON: And, you know, Kristi, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, "We will serve you if you will get us free from the French." True story. And so, the devil said, "OK, it's a deal."And they kicked the French out. You know, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other. Desperately poor. That island of Hispaniola is one island. It's cut down the middle. On the one side is Haiti; on the other side is the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, et cetera. Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island. They need to have and we need to pray for them a great turning to God. And out of this tragedy, I'm optimistic something good may come. But right now, we're helping the suffering people, and the suffering is unimaginable.

KRISTI WATTS (co-host): Absolutely, Pat.

Schultz viciously attacks Robertson, writing, “What a foolish, hurtful man,” for referring to Haiti’s past pact with Satan. It is Schultz and her ilk that are foolish and hurtful people. “Our common humanity” is not the source of hope; it is the source of rebellion against God. The people building the Tower of Babel (Scriptural account) were united in their desire to reach heaven by their own power, but God intervened and confused their language causing them to be scattered across the earth. God refuses to share His power and glory with mere mortals.

Like Sam said yesterday, rejecting God is dangerous. It was dangerous for Haiti and it is dangerous for any nation to reject God. The current leaders in power here in American continue to reject God and are leading this nation on the same path of destruction as Haiti . . . unless we repent individually and collective of our sins.