“Outside Of God's Good Graces”

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

     It troubles me that God caused an evil spirit to come on King Saul.  I don't know another place in Scripture that says He does this.  Does God do that today?

Sincerely,
God Is Good

Dear God Is Good,

God caused that evil spirit to come upon Saul because Saul had turned away from the Lord (1 Sam 16:14).  Saul had failed to serve the Lord, and God withdrew His blessings from him and rejected Saul as king (1 Sam 16:1).  God didn’t randomly curse Saul; Saul had made choices that earned punishment.  As far as whether God does that today, Rom 1:21 says that God allows the hearts of the wicked to be darkened, and He removes His protection from them. How God does that, we don't know, but He does warn that He punishes the wicked.

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