What About the Unfaithful?
“What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: So that you may be proved right when you speak, and prevail when you judge.” (Romans 3:3-4) Human unbelief does not prevent God from being faithful to humans. That would make God a human. He uses human unbelief as a CONTRAST to His faithfulness. He also uses human evil as a contrast to his goodness. He uses the mortality of fleshly human death to contrast with His gift of spiritual immortal life. He uses our failure (sin) to contrast his success. He uses our hate to contrast with His love. He uses our sickness to contrast His health. I could go on and on. THE REASON FOR EVIL IN THIS LIFE IS TO ALLOW HUMANITY TO APPRECIATE ITS ABSENCE IN THE NEXT! But instead of seeing the contrast and glorifying God, many Christians just do not get it. Why? Because they have believed the lie and decided that it is their “free will” that ...