Extreme Weather -Can the Bible Help You to Cope?

 Today's extreme weather is not punishment from God

The Bible teaches that God is not responsible for the suffering people experience. It assures us that  "with evil things God cannot be tried, nor does he himself try anyone." (James 1:13) This means that heis not behind the extreme weather people are experiencing today.  

The Bible does not record occasions when God used natural forces to punish wicked people. But those events were unlike destructicve weather today, which comes withouit warning and strikes the good as well as the bad.   In contrast, the Bible accounts show that God always protected the innocent, gave advanced warning, and explained the reasons for his actions.  For example, God explained why he was bringing the global Flood in Noah's day, provided advance warning before he did so, and protected Noah and his family. - GENESIS 6:13; 2 PETER 2:5.

To learn more about how we know that today's natural disasters are not punishment from God, see the article "What Does the Bible Say About Natural Disasters?" 

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