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- Yes, God allows evil. But He is still loving, merciful and compassionate. God promises evil will not go unpunished, and He does not overlook sin.
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Sep 11, 2023 · Here are sixteen Bible passages that help us understand why God allows the presence of evil and suffering in the world: God has a purpose in everything he allows. 1.
- Evil Is Real.Link
- All Have Sinned and Fall Short of The Glory of God.Link
- God Is Good.Link
- God Ordains All Things That Come to Pass, Including Evil.Link
- Man Is Responsible For His Actions.Link
- God Did Not Spare His Own Son.Link
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That is to say, we distort the Bible and do ourselves a profound disservice by minimizing the existence of suffering. God invites us to acknowledge our pain. The Psalmist wrote, "I believed, even when I spoke, 'I am greatly afflicted'" (Psalm 116:10).
In some ways, talking about a "problem of evil" is a false start. A better quandary to start with would be the problem of sin. How quickly we rush to raise a self-righteous fist while our other hand digs in the cookie jar. "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are ...
Whatever we say about God's sovereignty over evil (and say we will; see below), we must never imply that God is corrupt, that he somehow nurses a dark side. "Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God,' for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one" (James 1:13).
God does whatever he pleases (Psalm 135:6). To be sure, this means he clothes lilies and feeds birds (Matthew 6:26, 28). But he also makes lightning (Psalm 135:7). He strikes down firstborn children and kills mighty kings (Psalm 135:8). Our God holds sway over the good, the bad, and the ugly. "I form light and create darkness," he says. "I make wel...
Lest we fall into fatalism, we should remember that God's sovereignty never excuses wrongdoing. When a man commits murder, the blood is on his hands. "For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!" (Luke 22:22).
The cross speaks to our theology of suffering in at least two ways. First, it shows us that God can will something to happen that he opposes. Proverbs 6:16-17 tells us that God hates "hands that shed innocent blood." And yet he sent his Son to suffer precisely that fate. Is this a mystery? Absolutely. But it is not nonsense. We can look at evil and...
C. S. Lewis writes in The Great Divorce, "They say of some temporal suffering, 'No future bliss can make up for it,' not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory." Lewis is not being novel here. He is simply restating what Christians have hoped in for centuries, the promise that gives all our suf...
Feb 2, 2024 · Considering all the evil in the world, does God really care about us? Not only does He care, but He cares enough to have sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to suffer and die for us. Because of God’s great love and sacrifice, we now have a way to be reconciled with Him through Christ.
Jan 23, 2024 · The question of God and evil is often used in philosophical debates to suggest that belief in God is unreasonable. Yet, it is also a question that Christians often find troubling. If God is good, loving, holy, and all-powerful, why is it that he allows evil and human suffering?
- Satan is just God’s lackey. Satan is called “the ruler of this world” in John 12:31. However, other texts say things like this: “The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”
- Unclean spirits obey Jesus. Although unclean spirits are everywhere in the world, doing deceptive and murderous things, Jesus Christ is described as having all authority in heaven and on earth.
- God determines our suffering. Satan is described as a roaring lion, prowling and seeking to devour people. And Peter says in 1 Peter 5:9, Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
- Only God gives and takes life. Satan is a murderer from beginning to end. He’s a murderer. Has the Devil, since his fall, taken out of the hand of the Almighty the gift of life and death?
Aug 3, 2021 · When bad things happen in the world, God is often blamed. Understanding why He allows evil and suffering isn’t easy. Even Billy Graham couldn’t fully explain it. But we can find hope in God’s promise that one day, evil will end.
The short answer to this dilemma is that God allowed evil into the world because He desired humans to be able to love. True love requires choice. God made humans in His own image, which includes giving humans individual agency to make moral choices. When God introduced moral choice into the world, He introduced the real potential for evil.
