In the wake of the devastation in Haiti, Pat Robertson has emerged with a theory as to the cause of the massive devastation–”a pact with the devil.” Roberston declared the quake a result of a curse due to “a pact with the devil.”
“Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,” he said on Christian Broadcasting Network’s “The 700 Club.” “They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you’ll get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it’s a deal.”
Robertson said that “ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other” and he contrasted Haiti with its neighbor, the Dominican Republic.
“That island of Hispaniola is one island. It is cut down the middle; on the one side is Haiti on the other is the Dominican Republic,” he said. “Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etc. Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island. They need to have and we need to pray for them a great turning to god and out of this tragedy I’m optimistic something good may come. But right now we are helping the suffering people and the suffering is unimaginable.”
What I think is so interesting about his comments is the fact that an individual that is supposed to be an accomplished Bible scholar is implying that one can actually sell their soul to the devil. Robertson even reiterated attempted to validate his theory by adding, “true story” to his commentary. The Bible has no instance of a person “selling his soul” to Satan, and it never implies that making a bargain with the devil is possible. Even individuals that seem to dedicate their lives to the work of Satan still have the opportunity to accept Jesus as Lord.
Each day Pat Robertson enters the homes of millions of Americans through The 700 Club. For many years he has been the self-proclaimed voice of American evangelicals. He has used his platform on The 700 Club to impress his opinion, and what he believes should be the opinion of all good Christians, with the his viewing audience.
In the past he has made controversial comments that seem to contort scripture to fit his agenda. I recently stopped watching The 700 Club after Robertson’s intentional disrespect of President Obama by continually calling him Obama and encouraging Americans to pray for the failure of their president. It seems that he has forgotten that Romans 13 states,
Romans 13:1-2 (NKJV)
1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.
We should be increasingly more concerned when we continually hear these types of comments from the same source. Isaiah 29:13: The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.”
Blessings…
