| Because our sins have an affect on the world, often on innocent people.
It is this fact which causes us to desire not to sin. If our sins had no
effect on anyone, then there would be no motivation in our attempt to stop
sinning. For example, if I decided to go and steal someone's car, the person
whose car I stole would by hurt by my decision. But if God intervened and
made it so that my decision to steal someone's car would have no affect on
that person, then there would be no motivation for me to NOT steal someone's
car. The first question, according to the Bible, that man ever asked God
was when Cain, after murdering his brother and denying the murder before
God, asks, "Am I my brother's keeper?" (Genesis 4:9). That question practically
sums up what the rest of the Bible is about. Are we our brothers' (and sisters')
keepers? Are we responsible for what happens in this world, or is God? Who's
causing all the problems? Not God. Man. Yet why is God always taking the
blame? Because it's easier to blame God that to blame ourselves. Sometimes
I think things might be better for God if He never performed any miracles,
because so many people blame God when a miracle doesn't happen. They ask
why, if God could resurrect Lazarus, He doesn't resurrect their loved ones
who have died. If God performed a miracle every time, intervened every time
someone was about to die, we would no longer be our brothers' keepers. We'd
stop caring. We'd stop looking out for each other. We'd stop loving. |