Why is there so much pain, suffering, death and destruction in this world?
I have often wondered why God allows evil, pain and suffering and in all honesty no one has been able to explain the reasons satisfactorily to me. If the Bible says that "all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28)" then why do things work out really bad for some people who love God with their lives and everything they have? Why does God allow the pain, suffering and death of children? If God is a loving father, why does he allow all these? I don't know a really loving father who will stand by and let his children suffer lack, pain, sickness and destruction. I don't know a loving father who will allow evil things happen to the children he loves and who loves, worships and obey him with everything they do in return. Look at what's happening in Syria and other parts of the world now. Why is God allowing innocent children go through horrors of wars like that? Why did he kill thousands of people in the recent Philippines disaster? I believe in God and i love him. But i just don't understand why he feels the need to watch/make his children suffer and lack the good things of life.
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Asked November 27 2013
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Paul Wood
Happy Thanksgiving Colin and thank you for your 'pain' story. I shared it on my fb stream; I hope that was okay.
Colin Wong
Hey Paul. Go for it. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family too!
Nicole Hutton
I think that God gave us freewill to do good or bad so if we choose good we are following God, but if we do bad we are just disappointing Him
Bridget Casey
I used to share your sentiment. Then, I received the best explanation I had ever heard.
It was explained to me, that when Adam & Eve ate from the tree of good & evil, Adam handed over the world to Satan.
It was then, that all control beneath the heavens belonged to the devil. Proof of this is in the Bible. When Jesus was in the belly of the earth, Satan flashed all the world before Jesus's eyes, & told Him that just as the world was handed over to him, he could hand it over to Jesus!
In my belief, I feel it in my gut that it's true, that God our true Father would NEVER do anything to hurt us, or anything to harm us! He's a VERY loving, caring, GIVING Father! He would NEVER take anything, let alone ANYONE from us!!! We have to realize, that anything that our earthly father wouldn't do to hurt us, our Father GOD wouldn't do to hurt us!
Our Father God gave us life, & life everlasting through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ! Does it seem logical then, that He would test us, hurt us (or let us get hurt), or TAKE from us for that matter? I don't believe that He would!
If everything beneath the heavens belongs to the devil. Then one could deduce that the weather is controlled by the devil, that includes natural disasters. Everything that is negative belongs to Satan, & everything positive belongs to our Father. GOD does not TAKE from His children!
Adam let the curse over the world out when he gave the world to Satan. If you are born again, then the curse passes over you.