Lk13:2Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
Lk13:4 do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?
Do we sometimes think, that we are better than other believers, who suffer?? Do we sometimes think: "Oh, so many bad things have happened to him - he must have sinned!"?? Or do we think, that because we are so strong in faith and that we are so holy, nothing happens to us??
Thats not the way we should think. We cannot say that if anyone suffers, he has sinned (e.g. the case Job). I think that in Germany or in Europe the church members don't think in this way anymore.
But I heard that in Taiwan some people still put suffering and sinning together.
Someone had a car accident. After he went to church and told them about this accident (it was not a very serious one... I think he was just a bit hurt) they immediately said to him: "Oh, what have you done! You have to repent for what you have done!" But the brother was thinking: "But I haven't done anything..."
I hope that we do not judge people by this. But what is very important for everything is to think about it critically (very important!!!).
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ja, after something bad happen we can care about it but not accuse or suspect in the beginning.
Maybe it is also important how we as the person to whom this inconvenience things happened react, think and behave after this incident.
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