God Has Done Nothing Wrong!

God Has Done Nothing Wrong

"Many times have I heard this blasphemous accusation, that, "God has a lot to answer for!" "What is man" (Psalm 8:4) to point a finger at God? How can any man blame "the Only Wise God our Saviour" (Jude 25) for the awful mess that man, himself, has made of his own life and world? "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Genesis 1:31). There is one thing that the righteous definitely know about God, and that is, thankfully, that 'God is NOT A MAN, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent' (Numbers 23:19). Hallelujah! For, IF the LORD acts in the same way that man does, then God would treat us in the same unjust way that we treat Him! For instance,

IF God acted as a man, then God would lie to us!
'The serpent [Satan] was more subtle than any beast... and he said...Yea, hath God said...?' (Genesis 3:1).

IF God acted as a man, then God would falsely accuse us!
'The accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night' (Revelation 12:10).

IF God acted as a man, then God would deny we exist!
'The LORD turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the Word of the LORD, how He had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice' (Luke 22:61). 'He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan' (Matthew 16:23)."

Preface
In point of fact, it is only God that has done all things well! "Thou art Good, and doest good; teach me Thy Statutes" (Psalm 119:68). Even more, "There is none good but One, that is, God" (Mark 10:18). Many times have I heard this blasphemous accusation, that, "God has a lot to answer for!" "What is man" (Psalm 8:4) to point a finger at God? How can any man blame "the Only Wise God our Saviour" (Jude 25) for the awful mess that man, himself, has made of his own life and world? "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Genesis 1:31). "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7). From what poisoned well does a man draw from to make such a culpable fabrication? It comes forth from the heart of a man, "for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" (Matthew 12:34). The heart of man "is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked" (Jeremiah 17:9). When men refuse to accept responsibility for their sin, the folly of their pride condemns God for the outcome. "Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud"(Psalm 123:4).

Who is Man?
We are created beings, for the "LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul" (Genesis 2:7). For the time we have on this Earth, He made us "a little lower than the angels" (Psalm 8:5). We were given "dominion over the works of [God's] hands; [and God] hast put all things under [our] feet" (8:6). But man usually forgets that these gifts of life and dominion are "from Above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights" (James 1:17).

We have no virtue in, nor of, our own selves, for "we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness's are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf" (Isaiah 64:6). All good is from Him, for "there is none good but One, that is, God" (Mark 10:18). Therefore, who do we think we are when we accuse Him in such a manner: "God has a lot to answer for!"? Obviously, the unrepentant caught saying this must think themselves to be God! To them, as to their demon father, shall their lot be all the same. "13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God... 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to Hell, to the sides of The Pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the Earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms" (Isaiah 14:13-16).

And so, man, who was originally "created... in the Image of God" (Genesis 1:27), instead of choosing to grow in the LORD by being increasingly "changed into the Same Image from Glory to Glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD" (2Corinthians 3:18), mocks God by thinking themselves greater than God. "21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools"(Romans 1:21-22). Everything that man receives from God becomes perverted as man claims authorship of his own divinity. "Who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?" (1Corinthians 4:7). As man conceitedly proclaims, "If there is a God, He has a lot to answer for! I could do better than Him!," they inadvertently prove that the Scripture is correct, because "folly is joy to him that is destitute of Wisdom"(Proverbs 15:21). Who does rebelling man think he is? He thinks he is God!

"15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and Who knoweth us? 16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of Him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of Him that framed it, He had no Understanding?... 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!" (Isaiah 29:15-16; 45:9).

A meek man doesn't want to be God. "Who is a wise man and endued with Knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of Wisdom" (James 3:13). A meek man does not defend himself. His goal in life is to defend God. "Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the Earth" (Numbers 12:3). And, when a man will "draw nigh to God", God "will draw nigh to [man]. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded"(James 4:8), for the LORD is "Good, and Ready To Forgive; and Plenteous In Mercy unto all them that call upon [Him]" (Psalm 86:5). To stand in defense of God-- not self-- is true humility. "The meek also shall increase their Joy in the LORD" (Isaiah 29:19). "The LORD taketh pleasure in His people: He will beautify the meek with Salvation" (Psalm 149:4).