Why Did God Do That? Discovering God’s Goodness in the Hard Passages of ScriptureSample

A good God has good reasons for filling his stories with morally flawed people. Through their failures, his grace is on full display.

The Bible is astoundingly honest. It doesn’t skirt over the moral flaws of people. It reports both triumph and defeat, progress and setback. It doesn’t paint the perfect picture that we might hope to see; rather, it paints a picture that makes sense only when we see God as the true superhero in a massive movement of redemption through the whole Bible. If we miss this point, we miss everything.

The Bible is astoundingly realistic. If all the “heroes” of the Bible were polished, proper, and flawless, we would have interesting stories that we'd still find difficult to relate to. We know, from our own personal life experiences, that every person has flaws. No one is perfect. Yet these Bible characters give us more than meets the eye. They show us that change is needed. Something that stops the cycle of sin.

Take Samson, for example. The Bible ends his story by pointing out that he killed more at the time of his death than during his life (Judges 16:30). But Samson’s act of salvation for Israel was only a temporary fix.

The permanent salvation of God's people would require the heroism of another man who would also stretch out his arms to die. Only this man would be without Samson’s moral flaws. This man would be perfect. This man would become the world’s only true superhero. Jesus! Our LORD and Savior.

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