Eleven Reasons Why God Allows Pain and Suffering 1. Every evil act of man or men has been allowed by God as part of the gift of free will that God has given mankind. God will not tamper with our free will because if he did then we would be robots and therefore not responsible for our actions. Furthermore, free will is a requirement in order for a being to be able to love in the agape sense of the word. Love is a choice, and choices can only be made by beings of free will. God made a promise to man to give him dominion over the earth, and God cannot go back on his promises. Mankind could have continued in paradise, but man’s sins have made our earth full of suffering and misery. While evil seems to run rampant in our world today; ultimately, no one gets away with anything. There will be a payday one day. 2. Pain and suffering will make us go to God, but good times, blessings and prosperity usually keep us distracted from God. So if pain and suffering turns a person towards God it would seem logical that God allows the consequences of sin to run its normal course; into pain and suffering. Moral evil is the result of humans with free will acting on their selfish, sinful desires and lusts. 3. Just like a muscle needs resistance to be able to be built up, so likewise adverse circumstances are needed for the building up and testing of our faith in Christ and the Bible. Pain and suffering are a result of adverse circumstances. 4. God wants mankind to learn experientially that in spite of a man recognizing the truth about sin and his self-determination to be good, sin inside of man inhibits the ability to be good. No matter who a person is or where they are in the world, if they were to examine themselves and all of mankind and be honest, they would realize everyone has inherent selfishness that cannot be overcome by education, training, medications, or any other way. 5. God has allowed sin to continue so that the consequences of sin can be seen in the lives of people throughout history. The history of the human race is a testimony as to why sin is so bad that it cannot be allowed to continue into eternity; that’s why sin must be eternally separated from those who are holy. That’s why hell is real and eternal. 6. People will talk at length about the existence of God as an intellectual philosophical exercise but pain and suffering make people more serious about understanding and seeking God. Pain and suffering can draw a person to God OR a person’s pain and suffering can cause their anger to lash out and blame God. But it seems like no one wants to blame the devil for anything. 7. The choice to sin by Satan, Adam and Eve gives God an opportunity to display his attributes of mercy, forgiveness and grace. God uses what is selfish and sinful and is working it out for ultimate good and for His glory. Everything that has happened and will happen is being used by God for an ultimate purpose. 8. One reason God allows evil to run its horrible course through human history is to give a glimpse of how bad the universe would get without God to intervene against sin. Do we believe God’s Word that says the sufferings in the world are temporary? Our life on earth is but a vapor. 9. The physical world that we live in is a temporary stage of existence by which we have the opportunity to develop a faith relationship with God. The way we are now, the way we think and act towards God and others in our mortal bodies will be the way we think and act towards God and others in our immortal bodies. Do we believe God that all things are for our good even if everything appears to be bad and out of control? 10. For Christians, God sometimes uses pain and suffering to move us into action or to change. 11. If we have truly accepted Christ and are seeking to love others unselfishly and sacrificially then we will follow Christ’s example. We will embrace sacrifice and suffering to benefit others even if they reject and fight us because we love them enough to want what is eternally best for them. Jesus embraced his cross and did not shrink back. We will accept the injustice and evil perpetrated against us as we uphold and proclaim the truth of the Gospel and the Bible. We will forgive them and not curse them because they don’t understand what they are doing. We could not learn this and demonstrate that we are willing to do this unless pain and suffering were in the world. No greater love has anyone but this - that a man (or woman) lay down their life for those they love. That’s why Jesus says to take up your cross and follow after me. Deny your self. If we love Jesus with our whole heart then we will love the world by telling them the truth of the Gospel even if they reject, persecute and kill us. These things we could never understand or learn except when there is pain and suffering from sin in the world.
Without evil you and I wouldn't be able to choose righteousness ( Jesus ).
Frank Turek is a titan of logical discourse.
Fantastic
Hello please make this video downloadable in your channel. Thanks!
Eleven Reasons Why God Allows Pain and Suffering
1. Every evil act of man or men has been allowed by God as part of the gift of free will that God has given mankind. God will not
tamper with our free will because if he did then we would be robots and therefore not responsible for our actions. Furthermore, free
will is a requirement in order for a being to be able to love in the agape sense of the word. Love is a choice, and choices can only be
made by beings of free will. God made a promise to man to give him dominion over the earth, and God cannot go back on his
promises. Mankind could have continued in paradise, but man’s sins have made our earth full of suffering and misery. While evil
seems to run rampant in our world today; ultimately, no one gets away with anything. There will be a payday one day.
2. Pain and suffering will make us go to God, but good times, blessings and prosperity usually keep us distracted from God. So if pain
and suffering turns a person towards God it would seem logical that God allows the consequences of sin to run its normal course; into
pain and suffering. Moral evil is the result of humans with free will acting on their selfish, sinful desires and lusts.
3. Just like a muscle needs resistance to be able to be built up, so likewise adverse circumstances are needed for the building up and
testing of our faith in Christ and the Bible. Pain and suffering are a result of adverse circumstances.
4. God wants mankind to learn experientially that in spite of a man recognizing the truth about sin and his self-determination to be
good, sin inside of man inhibits the ability to be good. No matter who a person is or where they are in the world, if they were to
examine themselves and all of mankind and be honest, they would realize everyone has inherent selfishness that cannot be overcome
by education, training, medications, or any other way.
5. God has allowed sin to continue so that the consequences of sin can be seen in the lives of people throughout history. The history of
the human race is a testimony as to why sin is so bad that it cannot be allowed to continue into eternity; that’s why sin must be
eternally separated from those who are holy. That’s why hell is real and eternal.
6. People will talk at length about the existence of God as an intellectual philosophical exercise but pain and suffering make people
more serious about understanding and seeking God. Pain and suffering can draw a person to God OR a person’s pain and suffering can
cause their anger to lash out and blame God. But it seems like no one wants to blame the devil for anything.
7. The choice to sin by Satan, Adam and Eve gives God an opportunity to display his attributes of mercy, forgiveness and grace. God
uses what is selfish and sinful and is working it out for ultimate good and for His glory. Everything that has happened and will happen
is being used by God for an ultimate purpose.
8. One reason God allows evil to run its horrible course through human history is to give a glimpse of how bad the universe would get
without God to intervene against sin. Do we believe God’s Word that says the sufferings in the world are temporary? Our life on earth
is but a vapor.
9. The physical world that we live in is a temporary stage of existence by which we have the opportunity to develop a faith
relationship with God. The way we are now, the way we think and act towards God and others in our mortal bodies will be the way we
think and act towards God and others in our immortal bodies. Do we believe God that all things are for our good even if everything
appears to be bad and out of control?
10. For Christians, God sometimes uses pain and suffering to move us into action or to change.
11. If we have truly accepted Christ and are seeking to love others unselfishly and sacrificially then we will follow Christ’s example.
We will embrace sacrifice and suffering to benefit others even if they reject and fight us because we love them enough to want what is
eternally best for them. Jesus embraced his cross and did not shrink back. We will accept the injustice and evil perpetrated against us
as we uphold and proclaim the truth of the Gospel and the Bible. We will forgive them and not curse them because they don’t
understand what they are doing. We could not learn this and demonstrate that we are willing to do this unless pain and suffering were
in the world.
No greater love has anyone but this - that a man (or woman) lay down their life for those they love. That’s why Jesus says to
take up your cross and follow after me. Deny your self. If we love Jesus with our whole heart then we will love the world by telling
them the truth of the Gospel even if they reject, persecute and kill us. These things we could never understand or learn except when
there is pain and suffering from sin in the world.
Wow! You guys got Frank Turek?!
We would've had it very easy if we really had a real God instead of this very evil God we have now.