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WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?

WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?

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ALL SUFFERING IS A RESULT OF EVIL!

Wars, violence, corruption, addiction etc. can all be traced to the sin of mankind.

But so can all sickness, disease, plague etc.

And so called acts of nature are rooted in evil!

PLEASE LET ME EXPLAIN:

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GOD CREATED A PERFECT WORLD

THERE WAS NO DEATH OR DECAY.THERE WAS NO DEATH OR DECAY.

PERFECT COMMUNION BETWEEN MAN PERFECT COMMUNION BETWEEN MAN & WOMAN & THEIR GOD.& WOMAN & THEIR GOD.

NO VIOLENCE BETWEEN MAN AND THE NO VIOLENCE BETWEEN MAN AND THE ANIMALS GOD CREATED.ANIMALS GOD CREATED.

ALL WAS PEACE AND ORDER.ALL WAS PEACE AND ORDER.

BUT SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG

BUT SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG

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MANKIND REBELLED AGAINST GOD

SIN AND EVIL ENTERED THE WORLD

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WHAT HAPPENED TO MANKIND?

From Genesis 3:1f:

1 SICKNESS, DISEASE AND DEATH.

2 PAIN IN CHILD BEARING.

3 THE EARTH IS CURSED

4 TOIL AND HARDSHIP IN PRODUCING FOOD.

BUT MORE THAN THIS, FROM ROMANS 8:18-25 WE SEE THAT THE

WHOLE OF CREATION WAS AFFECTED!

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DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT GOD WHO CALLED GOD WHO CALLED HISHIS

CREATION VERY GOOD ALSO CREATION VERY GOOD ALSO CREATED THESE?CREATED THESE?

DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT GOD WHO CALLED GOD WHO CALLED HISHIS

CREATION VERY GOOD ALSO CREATION VERY GOOD ALSO CREATED THESE?CREATED THESE?

SIN AND EVIL

AFFECTED THE

WHOLE OF CREATION

AS WELL!

SIN AND EVIL

AFFECTED THE

WHOLE OF CREATION

AS WELL!

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WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?

WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?

BECAUSE HE LOVES HIS CREATION

LET ME EXPLAIN:

GOD CAN QUITE SIMPLY REMOVE ALL SUFFERING FROM THIS

WORLD RIGHT NOW

ALL HE HAS TO DO IS REMOVE THE SOURCE OF SUFFERING –

ALL EVIL AND SIN

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Rom 3:23 (NIV) 23 for all have SINNED and fall short of the glory of God,

 1 John 1:8 (NIV) 8 If we claim to be without SIN, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

BECAUSE OF THESE TWO VERSES:

GOD WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE ALL OF MANKIND!

YOU AND ME!

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GOD LOVES US, HE HAS NOT INTERVENED BECAUSE:

2 Pet 3:9 (NIV) 9 ….He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

GOD WANTS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED!

THIS IS WHY GOD ALLOWS SUFFERING IN THE WORLD

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GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO FIND SALVATION

If you want to know more or how to become a Christian, then contact me through my web site:

www.drministries.talktalk.net