Why do people get into such horrible circumstances?
People get into horrible circumstances because they evidently never understood that the answers to all of life's dilemmas are in this book. Obedience to the things of God allows believers to avoid most of those troubles, though not all, since we are still flesh and human. Understanding our position as believers helps us avoid so much.
Les explains that people get into horrible circumstances because they never understood that the answer to all of life's dilemmas is right here in this book. He says all we have to do is be obedient to the things of God, and we will avoid most of those troubles—not all, because we are flesh and human, but we can avoid so much if we understand our position as believers. He ties this to the Lord's promise of life more abundantly, both eternal and physical, and to the fact that as born-ones, sons of God, God precipitates all spiritual action. He illustrates with an Orthodox Jew and Israel at the Red Sea, who could do nothing.