Question:
What would you say to a non-christian that has something bad happen to him, and he blames God?

Answer:
It’s important to let them know that we care, with deep concern and sympathy for them in their problem. Job’s friends did this for him: “So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great” (Job 2:13).

Then, let the Lord open up the way to tell them the truth they need (1 Timothy 6:3-10). The unsaved are only looking at the things they can see. Verse 7 says that we haven’t brought anything into the world, so we won’t take anything with us when we leave this life. The person should be confronted with the fact that he needs eternal life. He needs to see how uncertain life is here on earth. “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the Word of our God shall stand for ever” (Isaiah 40:8, 1 Peter 1:23-25). Sin introduced sorrow into the world (Genesis 3). We must learn that apart from God’s strength, we have none. We should turn to God in repentance of our sins, and ask Him for salvation, claiming His promise that “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21).