Post by Johnny Gotham on Mar 2, 2005 1:30:08 GMT -5
Yes, God controls the weather. He created the atmosphere, the water, and the earth, so it makes sense that he controls them all. Psalm 148:8 declares that storms "do his bidding." Job 37:3,6,10-13, Psalm 147:8,16-18, Jeremiah 10:13, and Amos 4:7 attribute all expressions of weather to God.
This includes natural disasters and bad weather. Why would a loving God create those? Because of his righteneous. Job 37:13 informs us that sometimes sends storms to punish people, like the Epoch in the days of Noah. They may also serve a variety of other purposes that we may fail to see. That is why it is important to read your Bible and pray, so that you may know how to properly discern God's actions. Of course, sometimes God lets some of the details of his divine plan remain hidden. We must learn to trust his divine purposes. As Job's testimony shows us, trial's must be used to bring us closer to God rather than drive us away. "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21 KJV).
Does this mean that all weather patterns and natural disasters have some sort of deep significance? Not at all. Christians have long ago realized that just because God controls the weather, it doesn't mean that events don't 'just happen'. Look at the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19. A great wind, an earthquake, and a great fire all came, but God was in none of them. These events all transpired and none of them were signs from God. They 'just happened' like many disasters today. God is still in control of the weather, but somethings just have no signifigance. Christianity is not superstitious as some skeptics claim.
"Now wait just a minute," says the scoffer, "science tells us that nature is behind the weather, not God." People who say this usually subsribe to the theory of naturalism, which denies the presence of a supernatural God. This is an irrational position because it assumes that if "science" (which according to them cannot include the supernatural) can't validate something, then it cannot be true. This is unreasonable because science, though a noble profession, has it's limits. I have neither the time nor the space to explore this in full, so I will link to an excellent article by Doy Moyer at www.suite101.com/article.cfm/biblical_apologetics/48937. Besides, just because we can explain something scientifically doesn't mean God isn't involved. God created a set of physical laws which govern nature acording to his will. We can measure and study these physical laws through science. In other words, the Bible explains why God does something in nature, and science helps us to understand how he does it. There is no conflict at all, and it's a shame so few people can see that. Besides, there is too much order in nature for it all to have occured by random chance.
This includes natural disasters and bad weather. Why would a loving God create those? Because of his righteneous. Job 37:13 informs us that sometimes sends storms to punish people, like the Epoch in the days of Noah. They may also serve a variety of other purposes that we may fail to see. That is why it is important to read your Bible and pray, so that you may know how to properly discern God's actions. Of course, sometimes God lets some of the details of his divine plan remain hidden. We must learn to trust his divine purposes. As Job's testimony shows us, trial's must be used to bring us closer to God rather than drive us away. "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21 KJV).
Does this mean that all weather patterns and natural disasters have some sort of deep significance? Not at all. Christians have long ago realized that just because God controls the weather, it doesn't mean that events don't 'just happen'. Look at the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19. A great wind, an earthquake, and a great fire all came, but God was in none of them. These events all transpired and none of them were signs from God. They 'just happened' like many disasters today. God is still in control of the weather, but somethings just have no signifigance. Christianity is not superstitious as some skeptics claim.
"Now wait just a minute," says the scoffer, "science tells us that nature is behind the weather, not God." People who say this usually subsribe to the theory of naturalism, which denies the presence of a supernatural God. This is an irrational position because it assumes that if "science" (which according to them cannot include the supernatural) can't validate something, then it cannot be true. This is unreasonable because science, though a noble profession, has it's limits. I have neither the time nor the space to explore this in full, so I will link to an excellent article by Doy Moyer at www.suite101.com/article.cfm/biblical_apologetics/48937. Besides, just because we can explain something scientifically doesn't mean God isn't involved. God created a set of physical laws which govern nature acording to his will. We can measure and study these physical laws through science. In other words, the Bible explains why God does something in nature, and science helps us to understand how he does it. There is no conflict at all, and it's a shame so few people can see that. Besides, there is too much order in nature for it all to have occured by random chance.