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Voddie Baucham - Why Do Bad Things Happen To God's People · Voddie Baucham Sermons

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  Speaker 1: Yes, this is a tale of two gods, but only
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  Speaker 1: one of them is God. Nebuchadnezzar's gods are not God.
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  Speaker 1: And throughout this, what do we see? That God is
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  Speaker 1: in control. But here's the question. If God is in control,
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  Speaker 1: why are Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and all the other
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  Speaker 1: young men taken away, castrated away? and then made to
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  Speaker 1: serve a pagan king. Why? For that we go outside.
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  Speaker 1: The judgment of God against Israel. Habakkuk 1.5. I did
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  Speaker 1: an event a while back. This is several years ago.
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  Speaker 1: And it was a missions conference. And they had as
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  Speaker 1: their theme, their theme was beyond belief. And it came
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  Speaker 1: from Habakkuk 1.5. Again, theme of the conference is beyond belief.
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  Speaker 1: And their theme verse is Habakkuk 1.5. Look among the
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  Speaker 1: nations and see, wonder and be astounded. For I am
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  Speaker 1: doing a work in your days that you would not
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  Speaker 1: believe even if someone told you. Wow. Missions conference. Beyond belief.
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  Speaker 1: Look among the nations. I'm doing something that you wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: believe even if someone told you. And so they wanted
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  Speaker 1: me to preach from Habakkuk 1.5 at the missions conference.
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  Speaker 1: Small problem. I kept reading. Listen to 6 through 11.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, what's the thing that God is doing that
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  Speaker 1: you wouldn't believe even if somebody told you? Look among
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  Speaker 1: the nations. There's something happening that you wouldn't believe even
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  Speaker 1: if somebody told you. For behold, I am raising up
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  Speaker 1: the Chaldeans. There's Babylon. That bitter and hasty nation. who
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  Speaker 1: march through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings
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  Speaker 1: not their own. They are dreaded and fearsome. Their justice
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  Speaker 1: and dignity go forth from themselves. Their horses are swifter
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  Speaker 1: than leopards, more fierce than the evening wolves. their horsemen
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  Speaker 1: press proudly on their horsemen come from afar they fly
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  Speaker 1: like an eagle swift to devour they all come for
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  Speaker 1: violence all their faces forward they gather captives like sand
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  Speaker 1: at the king they scoff at the rulers they laugh
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  Speaker 1: they laugh at every fortress for they pile up earth
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  Speaker 1: and take it then they sweep by like the wind
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  Speaker 1: and go on guilty men whose own might is their
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  Speaker 1: god What's the thing that God's doing that you wouldn't believe?
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to bring a wicked king to judge my people.
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  Speaker 1: But wait a minute, God. We're your people. How are
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  Speaker 1: you going to use a godless nation to punish your people?
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  Speaker 1: Is there another godly one? Find me a godly one
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  Speaker 1: and I'll use them. Oh, you can't? Okay, here come
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  Speaker 1: the Babylonians. Jeremiah 5.15 Behold, I am bringing against you
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  Speaker 1: a nation from afar. O house of Israel, declares the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: It is an enduring nation. It is an ancient nation.
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  Speaker 1: A nation whose language you do not know. Nor can
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  Speaker 1: you understand what they say. We could go on. And
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  Speaker 1: on and on and on. They're here because of wickedness
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  Speaker 1: and sin. They're here because of kings like Jehoiakim. They're
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  Speaker 1: here because of idolatry. Here's the irony. They serve the
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  Speaker 1: one true and living God and for whatever reason they
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  Speaker 1: keep going after other gods. And God says, you want
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  Speaker 1: to go after other gods? I can arrange that. God,
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  Speaker 1: we want a king so that we can be like
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  Speaker 1: the other nations. Really? You want to be like the
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  Speaker 1: other nations? I can arrange that. They were wicked. And
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  Speaker 1: God judged them. Remember those two questions. The first question,
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  Speaker 1: is our God really God? That's the first question. Is
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  Speaker 1: our God God? really God? The answer is yes. And
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  Speaker 1: he proves that even in the midst of the most
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  Speaker 1: horrible circumstances. Have you ever been there? Is our God
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  Speaker 1: really God? I know you've asked that question. I've prayed
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  Speaker 1: with some of you as you've asked that question. Why
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  Speaker 1: is this happening if God is really God? But understand
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  Speaker 1: the theology on the other side of that question. Here's
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  Speaker 1: the theology on the other side of that question. If
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  Speaker 1: God's really God, then bad stuff shouldn't happen to people
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  Speaker 1: who belong to Him. Really? The spotless Sinless lamb of
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  Speaker 1: God was crushed and killed by the father for the
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  Speaker 1: father's glory, but you shouldn't experience bad stuff. Who do
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  Speaker 1: you think you are? Do you have any idea what
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  Speaker 1: you deserve? Do you have any idea what justice would
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  Speaker 1: look like in your life today based on what you thought, said,
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  Speaker 1: and did on yesterday? Okay. Have you any idea? We
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  Speaker 1: still live in a fallen world. God owes us nothing.
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  Speaker 1: He is sovereign over all things. Like I said, the
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  Speaker 1: last time I checked, the death rate was one per person.
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  Speaker 1: It awaits us all. It awaits us all. The question is,
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  Speaker 1: Is our God truly God? It's not answered by your circumstances.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel screams that to us. Is our God really God? Really,
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  Speaker 1: you asking that question? Because Nebuchadnezzar's got all these guys
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  Speaker 1: and they can't figure out his dreams. Who can? God's
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  Speaker 1: people can. Really, you're asking if God's really God? God?
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  Speaker 1: They throw us in the fiery furnace and we didn't burn.
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  Speaker 1: And we weren't alone, by the way. And you're asking
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  Speaker 1: if our God is really God? Are you serious? Really?
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  Speaker 1: They threw Daniel in a lion's den with lions who
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  Speaker 1: were hungry and they did not eat him. Really? Is
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  Speaker 1: our God really God? Yes, he is. Yes, he is.
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  Speaker 1: the creator and sustainer of the universe, and nothing catches
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  Speaker 1: him by surprise. And he will even turn your trials
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  Speaker 1: into a testimony. This is the only thing that keeps
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  Speaker 1: us from spiraling out of control when difficulties come. Amen? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: our God is God. Yea, though I walk through the
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  Speaker 1: valley of the shadow of death, you are with me.