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Satan is Gods strange servant to do the will of God by afflicting Job with suffering Older liberal commentators take the easy way out of splitting Job into a part in which God causes Jobs sufferings and a part in which Satan causes them. But God has provided a rescue in the Person of His Son Jesus Christ.
The God I believe in permeates the universe as the ground of all being.
God causes all suffering humor quotes. Listed below are my top 15 Christian quotes about pain and suffering. 15 Beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as though some strange thing happened unto you. But rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings.
That when his glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also with exceeding joy 1 Peter 412-13. 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.
The LORD has made everything for its purpose even the wicked for the day of trouble. 164 Gods wrath is righteous. For a certainty God does not act wickedly Job 3412.
Some say that everything that happens is Gods will. Thus they believe that God causes us to suffer. When natural disasters strike for instance they think that these events are Gods way of punishing those who have sinned.
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. They assume that only a God who knows all causes all and rewards and punishes us for our deeds is worthy of the name God. The God I believe in permeates the universe as the ground of all being.
God is beyond human conception so all our images and metaphors for God are a reflection of our human glimpses of that which is unfathomable. God Paid Attention To Them God Sending His Son Sensitivity Taskmasters God All knowing Hearing God Seeing Their Affliction Receptiveness Cries Of Distress To God Afflictions The Lord said I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters for I am aware of their sufferings. But as we see if we read the book carefully he is not the ultimate cause.
Satan is Gods strange servant to do the will of God by afflicting Job with suffering Older liberal commentators take the easy way out of splitting Job into a part in which God causes Jobs sufferings and a part in which Satan causes them. Disobeying God causes suffering and death to millions of humans and billions of animals every year at the hands of our fellow human beings. Unfortunately most people think that they know better than the Lord.
This includes indulging in things that are against the heavenly will of God which is a form of disobeying God. God is the author of everything in the created universe. Evil is not a thing or a substance.
It is a privation or lack in things blindness is lack of sight pain is lack of health hate or murder is lack of love. Therefore God did not create evil. Why doesnt God end all evil immediately.
To end evil God would have to destroy the cause of evil people. It is true that God sometimes takes more direct credit for suffering. Sometimes God causes suffering as a judgment against the wicked or as a call to the wicked to repent such as with the plagues in Egypt or the end-times judgments described in Revelation.
We see God enact consequences upon Israel for their disobedienceconsequences we would call suffering. It is Satan not God who causes people to suffer. Only a heartless diabolical evildoer would cause innocent people to suffer.
By contrast the Bible says. God is love 1 John 48 In harmony with his loving personality it is unthinkable for the true God to act wickedly for the Almighty to do wrong. Suffering is a part of Gods divine plan for the saints as well as for lost sinners.
Suffering is included among the all things God causes to work together for His glory and our good Romans 828. And thus it is a blessed privilege. But suffering is also a choice.
Despite all the blessings given to the human by God the human being is unappreciative. A little reminder in the shape of hardship or adversity may hopefully remind the human not to take Gods blessings for granted. If you were to count Gods blessings you could not encompass them all.
The human being is indeed transgressing unappreciative. God will ultimately defeat evil. God is all good all powerful and all knowing.
He hates evil and will ultimately judge evildoers and remove evil and suffering after accomplishing a greater eternal good. Prepare for times of suffering by studying the Word of God. God may not have a specific lesson to teach us every time we suffer but He does have a good purpose in view.
In Romans 828 we read. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God to those who are called according to His purpose We quote this verse in times of suffering and rightly so. Evil and suffering present a problem for believing in an all-loving and all-powerful God.
If God has these characteristics why do evil and suffering exist in the world. The problem of evil. So now we will turn our attention to the various causes of suffering.
Fallen World The World. If you live in this world believer or not you will experience the tragic results of. If your spirit is separated from God for eternity it will be lost forever.
The Bible teaches that Satan is the author of sin. Sin is the reason that we have afflictions including death. All of our problems and our suffering including death itself are a result of mans rebellion against God.
But God has provided a rescue in the Person of His Son Jesus Christ. Allows us to suffer for the cause of Christ 9. Keeps down pride 10.
Suffering can come because of anothers sin 11. Suffering can come because we are part of a fallen race 12. Because we reap what we sow 13.
Because of the sovereignty of God 15. Because our enemy wants us to suffer 16. For reasons known only to God.
How Can God Allow So Much Evil and Suffering. Probably one of the greatest challenges faced by Christianity and Christians is the reality of evil and suffering. At times even great thinkers are baffled by the seeming contradiction between the existence of a.
We all face suffering in some way shape or form. In our pain we long to know why God allows grief and hardship into our lives. Its common to wonder if.