Why do Christians relish in the pain of the accused?
"In a way Im glad all this is happening, Lord bless her. She'll finally realize how wrong she was to walk away from God." "Sometimes God lets you hit rock bottom because he knows that's the only thing that will get you to change." "I hope it gets bad enough that he finally realizes he needs Jesus." Do any of these statements feel familiar? It's what I grew up believing about God. I grew up thinking that punishment was God's way of bringing us back to him. I thought he would do anything—no matter how cruel, to bring me back. And because of this, I'd see a disaster or a calamity happen in the life of someone who had "slighted" God, and I'd feel happy. "Finally, they'll see how WRONG they were! Finally they'll be broken enough to come back into the church." The problem was that a lot of times, the people wouldn't change. "Too rebellious I guess. I hope their bad decisions lead to even more ru...