{"id":6586,"date":"2025-03-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satchurch.lv\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2015-02-16T21:26:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T19:26:11","slug":"sin-the-source-of-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/sin-the-source-of-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"How some people sins caused pain and suffering in other people"},"content":{"rendered":"Hello, dear friends! Thanks God for this wonderful day! Thank God for another opportunity to get filled with His living word!\r\n\r\nToday I would like to expand some biblical examples that show us how some people sins caused pain and suffering in other people. Bible tells us many stories of the whole nations, innocent people and children who suffered because of the sins or selfishness of other people.\r\n\r\nLet\u00b4s begin with the Joseph who suffered a lot from cruel behaviour and anger of his own brothers. Their brothers hated him because he had favour in the eyes of their father. They were so envious about Joseph that one day tried to kill him, thanks to one of the brothers who prevented the others from committing this sin.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00abHis brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn\u2019t speak peaceably to him. Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more. He said to them, \u201cPlease hear this dream which I have dreamed: for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.\u201d His brothers said to him, \u201cWill you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?\u201d They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.\u00a0They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. They said one to another, \u201cBehold, this dreamer comes. Come now therefore, and let\u2019s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, \u2018An evil animal has devoured him.\u2019 We will see what will become of his dreams.\u201d Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, \u201cLet\u2019s not take his life.\u201d Reuben said to them, \u201cShed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him\u201d – that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.\u00bb\u00a0(Genesis 37:4-8; 18-22)<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nBrothers were afraid that Joseph could gain an authority among them, therefore, they decided to get rid of him, so that it never happens. They lied to their father saying Joseph had been devoured by a beast.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00abReuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn\u2019t in the pit; and he tore his clothes. He returned to his brothers, and said, \u201cThe child is no more; and I, where will I go?\u201d They took Joseph\u2019s coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, \u201cWe have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son\u2019s coat or not.\u201d He recognized it, and said, \u201cIt is my son\u2019s coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.\u201d Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, \u201cFor I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning.\u201d His father wept for him. The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh\u2019s, the captain of the guard.\u00bb.\u00a0(Genesis 37:29-36).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nJacob, the father of Joseph had grieved so much that nothing could comfort him. Grief and sorrow filled his heart as he got to know about the \u201cdeath\u201d of Joseph, the son he gave birth to in his old years. That grief and sorrow entered his life because of the sins of his own children. It caused distress and suffering in Jacob.\r\n\r\nThe death of Abel.\r\n\r\nJealousy to his brother Abel made Cain a cold-blooded killer. Look how much pain and sufferings we have in our families due to hatred, jealousy and rivalry today!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00abThe man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, \u201cI have gotten a man with Yahweh\u2019s help.\u201d Again she gave birth, to Cain\u2019s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground. Abel also brought some of the first-born of his flock and of the fat of it. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering, but he didn\u2019t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell. Yahweh said to Cain, \u201cWhy are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen? If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don\u2019t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.\u201d Cain said to Abel, his brother, \u201cLet\u2019s go into the field.\u201d It happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.\u00bb\u00a0(Genesis\u00a04:1-8)<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nApostle John invites us to love each other instead of following Cain who murdered his brother.\r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00abIn this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn\u2019t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn\u2019t love his brother. For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother\u2019s righteous.\u00bb.\u00a0(1st\u00a0John 3:10-12).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nJesus also encouraged us to love our enemies.\r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00ab\u201cYou have heard that it was said, \u2018You shall love your neighbour, and hate your enemy.\u2019 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.\u00bb.\u00a0(Matthew\u00a05:43-45).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nIf only all people lived according to the commandments of love there would be much less pain and tragedies on Earth. There would be much less tears on Earth if people took care for each other instead of seeking their own benefits.\r\n\r\nLet\u00b4s continue tomorrow.\r\n\r\nGod bless you all!\r\n\r\nRufus Adjiboje, pastor","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u201cYou have heard that it was said, \u2018You shall love your neighbour, and hate your enemy.\u2019 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.\u00bb. (Matthew 5:43-45).\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIf only all people lived according to the commandments of love there would be much less pain and tragedies on Earth. There would be much less tears on Earth if people took care for each other instead of seeking their own benefits.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-word"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":12,"label":"Daily Word"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-photo-5699864-1024x683.jpeg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Pastor Rufus Ajiboye","author_link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/author\/rufus-ajiboye\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":12,"name":"Daily Word","slug":"daily-word","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":12,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","parent":0,"count":650,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":12,"category_count":650,"category_description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","cat_name":"Daily Word","category_nicename":"daily-word","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39092,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586\/revisions\/39092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}