Why did God allow war, sickness, pain, everything bad to happen?
3 reasons why there are evil in the worlda) People's choices
Evil is not God's fault. If it is, repentance will be ridiculous and unreasonable.
God create evil and yet require us to repent across it.
Romans 5:12,
Therefore, just as through one man (adam) sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.
Why couldn't God step in and stop all this insanity and instantly make the world a place of peace to live in?
Because of how much He love us.
Evil is allowed in the world because our freewill is more precious (valuable)
than not having evil in the world. If God steps in now, He is forcing
whereas relationships should be out of freewill since it is relational by nature.
There can be no relationships with robots, mechanical machines, toys etc.
The freewill to choose to return or not return love is the basis of relationship.
b) God's commitment to justice.
If God is so powerful, why did He still allow evil in the world?
If you see a girl going to be knock down by a car, why is He silent about it?
God cannot stop one war without every war, or stopping one evil without getting rid of every evil.
Isaiah 53:10,
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
The "Him" is refering to Jesus and this is written hundred of years before Jesus came and died (for us) on the Cross.
In temptation, when you choose God instead of your temptation (old ways), in God's sight, that is very precious!
c) God is Wise.
Religion forces you to live a life of holy life by works, rules, laws etc. But God He let you choose!
You decide what motivates you.
I learnt this in school a couple of days ago and i'm once again blown away by God's love for us all!
This lesson is one good lesson!
Hope it will bless you too!!!
