John Crowder - From The Cosmos Reborn
Our rationalistic Greek culture is obsessed with figuring out everything logically. “Why do some not believe?” How am I going to explain logically something as illogical as the sin of unbelief? You cannot explain evil. It is not logical. God never gives us an explanation of evil – he only gives us the answer to it. All we have before us is the mystery. If there were no bottomless pit of evil, then Christ’s cross was pointless. He would not have come to be the atoning sacrifice for sins. No He doesn’t explain evil; He just deals with it. He deals decisively and completely with darkness by entering that dark, hopeless void that separated us from Him and bridged the gap in His own life, death and resurrection.
He doesn’t say: Why no faith? He says: Here’s the Answer.
He doesn’t say: Why are you sick? He says: Here’s the Answer.
He doesn’t say: Why are you poor? He says: Here’s the Answer.
He doesn’t say: Why is your marriage broken? He says: Here’s the Answer.
Having spent years in healing ministry, I’ve seen the whole machine become obsessed with looking for roots and causes to the problems of sickness, rather than resting in the simple reality that by His stripes we are already healed. The Gospel is always the antidote. Let’s start with the answer, not the problem. It is the higher reality to which we continually appeal, even when circumstances fly seemingly opposite.
John Crowder - The Cosmos Reborn
