Will sin and its evil results ever appear again?
Answer
"What do ye imagine against the Lord? He will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second
time." Nahum 1: 9. "There shall be no more death." "And there shall be no more curse." Rev. 21: 4; 22: 3.
NOTE-That sin exists none can deny. Why it was permitted has perplexed many minds. But He who can
bring light out of darkness (2 Cor. 4: 6), make the wrath of man to praise Him (Ps. 76:10), and turn a curse
into a blessing (Deut. 23: 5), can bring good out of evil, and turn mistakes and downfalls into steppingstones to higher ground. Heaven will be happier for the sorrows of earth. "Sorrows remembered sweeten
present joy," says Robert Pollok, in "The Course of Time," Book i. In the final outcome it will be seen that
all things have worked together for good to them that love God. Rom. 8: 28. Cowper, despondent and
about to drown himself, was carried the wrong way by his driver, and went home to write the inspiring
hymnGOD moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up His bright designs,
And works His sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings o'er your head.
judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain-William Cowper.
In what other way is God's love sometimes shown?
8. How did Christ show from the Scriptures that the promised Saviour of the world must be both human and divine?
Through whom are repentance and forgiveness granted?
Were the gifts of the Spirit to continue forever?
What was to he accomplished at the close of the seventy weeks?
To whom does the Sabbath belong?
4. And when the new heavens and the new earth have appeared, and the holy city, New Jerusalem, then he made?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle