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- The first point of light: God is not the creator of evil and suffering. This answers the question you hear so often: “Why didn’t God merely create a world where tragedy and suffering didn’t exist?” The answer is: He did! Genesis 1:31 says: “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.”
www.biblegateway.com/blog/2012/07/why-does-god-allow-tragedy-and-suffering/Why Does God Allow Tragedy and Suffering? - Bible Gateway Blog
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Jul 25, 2012 · The first point of light: God is not the creator of evil and suffering. This answers the question you hear so often: “Why didn’t God merely create a world where tragedy and suffering didn’t exist?” The answer is: He did! Genesis 1:31 says: “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.”
The existence of evil and suffering is important because it can cause problems for Christians’ belief in God. God is described as all-loving, as stated in. Psalms. 103:8: The Lord is ...
Mar 31, 2016 · Since God is omniscient, God knew humanity would use this capacity for evil. Despite being all-powerful, God doesn’t seem very interested in interceding to stop this evil.
- Chris Bodenner
- Why Evil Exists
- God’s Answer to Evil
- Understanding God’s Ways
- Deliverance from Evil
When God created mankind, He intended for us to live in perfect harmony with Him, without pain, suffering or evil. To maintain this way of life, God instructed the first man (Adam) to avoid doing one thing: eating fruit from a certain tree in the Garden of Eden where he lived. God warned Adam saying, “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and ev...
Though sin puts a barrier between us and God, He provided a solution: His Son, Jesus Christ. Imagine two cliffs facing each other. On one side is God and on the other is mankind. The gaping hole in between is sin. When Jesus willingly died on the cross, He filled the gap so that we could be forgiven of our sins and have full access to God again. Wh...
When considering why God allows evil, it’s important to remember what seems unfair to us is not unfair by God’s standard. The Bible says God’s ways are not our ways—and God’s ways are always best. For our own good, God desires for every person to follow His commands. But He did not create robots; He gave us a choice to obey or disobey, to believe o...
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. Rejecting God and His way of life causes evil to continue in the world.But accepting God and His Son into your life ensures evil and death will ultimately have no power over you. Rather than ask, “Why doe...
Jan 4, 2022 · God did not create evil, but He does allow evil. If God had not allowed for the possibility of evil, both mankind and angels would be serving God out of obligation, not choice. He did not want “robots” that simply did what He wanted them to do because of their “programming.”.
Did God Create Evil, or Does He Just Allow It? Although God may sometimes use physical evils to accomplish His purposes, the Bible says that God does not cause sin or moral evils ( James 1:13-15 , 1 John 3:2-6 , 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ).
God had protected His people from evil and death. But in choosing to step out from under His protection, where they enjoyed eternal life, Adam and Eve brought death and suffering into the world for the first time. Revelation, the last book of the Bible, tells us about the new creation God will make in the future.
