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WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?
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:
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
MANKIND REBELLED AGAINST GOD
SIN AND EVIL ENTERED THE WORLD
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!
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!
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
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!
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
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