Skip to main content

God Does Not Defend Himself




A curious thing about God is that He never seems to defend Himself! This is important for us to understand as we face the daily spiritual battle. Humans usually interpret silence on the part of someone being accused as guilt. But this is wrong when God is accused. Jesus never argued with anyone. God gave His Word. You either believe it or you don't. God doesn't beg you to believe in Him, or try to convince you against your will.

 MARK 15:3-5 NKJ 3 And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing. 4 Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, "Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You!" 5 But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled. Although the Gospel of John says Jesus talked some with Pilate, He did not in any way defend Himself.

Who do you think tells us that God is bad? Who puts those thoughts in your mind? REVELATION 12:10 NKJ 10 . . . for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. The Bible reveals satan is the accuser. The devil accuses us before God, and accuses God to us. We need to learn, like God, to ignore what the devil says. Ignoring what the devil says is a way to resist him. When he brings thoughts of doubt to us, but we don't act on his lies or speak them, we are resisting the devil.

We cast down whatever is against God's Word by not accepting it or speaking it. It is probably safe to say that satan is either author or supporter of all thoughts which accuse God of wrong. Because satan is behind accusations against God, you can see why God would not stoop to defend Himself against them. God's loving actions throughout history, including dying on the cross for us, speak in God's defense. He has no need of any other defense for an honest, searching person open to truth. We should not blame God for evil and bad things. God is not guilty!

 JOB 40:2,8 NLT 2 "Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?" 8 "Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right? Throughout the book of Job many negative things were said about God, questioning His justice. But when God came on the scene He did not respond to any of the accusations (Job 38-42). God did not defend Himself nor explain Himself. All God said was basically, "Who are you?" and "What do you know?" Instead of responding to the negative accusations, God turned the focus to whether humans are really qualified to judge God. Job's response was to repent and admit he didn't know what he had been talking about (Job 42:3,6). If we are honest, we have to admit there is much we don't know, and we are not now fully qualified to judge God. Just because we don't understand everything that happens is no reason for us to condemn God.

 Imagine trying to explain something complicated to a one-year- old child. No matter how smart we may think we are, compared to God we are no doubt very much like a one-year-old child in our understanding of many things. Because God does not defend Himself, and we lack total understanding, our faith is sometimes tested. Doubts arise in our minds. But we should never doubt that God is good and just. He deserves our faith.

 We may not understand, but that is not proof that God is guilty. Why should God defend Himself? He is the judge, and He knows He is innocent! Also, God knows all the accusations against Him originate with His enemy, the devil. In the Bible, God has already revealed the truth about who is responsible for all the bad things that happen. We need to go to the Bible for our answers. God has already revealed truth to us through His written Word, so why should He repeat Himself? One day God may defend Himself and explain all that He has done. But it will be at a time when we are able to fully comprehend. It won't be because God has to defend Himself, but rather because He enjoys sharing with His children.

 SAY THIS: God has no need to defend Himself. He is perfect!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

join the community of Faith

Acts 2:42-47 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.  On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit of God blew into the hearts and lives of common, ordinary followers of Jesus and the church was born. On that first day, Peter stood up and preached a very basic message pointing people to Jesus. He called them to repent and be baptized. On that day, about three thousand people came to faith! So what do you do with three thousand new...
Post a Comment
Read more

You Have The Victory!

 Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.  If God’s Word says that we are more than conquerors through Christ, then we are. We are not going to become, we already are. We may be experiencing some failures or setbacks in life right now, but only good will come out of our situations because God says that “in all these things we are more than conquerors”. We have the victory! You see, God has placed us in Christ, whom He has exalted to the highest place in the universe. We are not trying to get to victory ground. We are already on victory ground. We don’t confess God’s Word to get victory. We confess His Word because we already have the victory. We don’t fight for victory. We fight from victory.  The devil will try to steal our victory. He will come against us with lies and fears, and cause us to be conscious of our failures, weaknesses and symptoms in areas such as our health. But we are not trying to be healed...
Post a Comment
Read more

The God to Whom We Pray

Nehemiah 1:1-11 Nehemiah demonstrates power in prayer. As a servant to King Artaxerxes of Persia, he had no right to request leave to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls, much less to requisition materials and protection. Yet knowing the nature of the God he served, Nehemiah did not hesitate to act boldly and ask the king for what was needed.  His prayer began, “I beseech You, O lord God of heaven” (Neh. 1:5). Lord, when it appears in all capital letters, denotes the word Jehovah (a form of Yahweh, the Hebrew name for God). It means “God who is eternal in His being”—conveying that everything everywhere is in His presence. So, when God makes a promise, He knows how He will keep it. That is why Nehemiah called Him “the awesome God who preserves the covenant.” He knew God was committed to bringing repentant Israelites back to their homeland to dwell in His presence (Neh. 1:9). Another Hebrew name used to refer to God, Elohim, is translated “He who is absolutely sovereign.” If He...
Post a Comment
Read more