Why do bad things happen to godly people?

Question

Who s the creator of evil. Man himself or someone else?

Answer 1

Bad things happen mostly because of choices. God doesn't test his people. He allows us to go through terrible things to make us better people that completely reflect his image and character. No one can say when something bad happens, it's God's fault. It's how we react to the situation that will make us better people.

Answer 2

god test them so that they can be ministers in the heaven after death. If it is so it's cooool,
actual thing is that godly people live with there own rules and regulations and in present world the situations are such that a person need to have a flexible attitude so that he can treat any practical situation in better way.

Answer 3

Good and Bad things, both happen to each one of us. But, godly people don't buckle under pressure when bad things turn up their way..they overcome that pressure and keep smiling at the end of it..only due to the faith they have in their God. Like it ?

Answer 4

Because antidivine forces are always trying to do bad to godly people

Answer 5

God is not Of this world and Godly people are therefore not of this world. Because Satan is the prince of this world, satan wants to possess this world 100% but he cannot because Godly people are in the world therefore Satan will do anything bad to get our attention on him instead of God.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Don`t be too hard on yourself. Bad things experienced by godly people are just tests, trials, challenges to God`s children, best ways for them to learn and whether they can withstand it to become God`s elite angels and best children of God. Those who succeed on those trials will become best leaders of God. God won`t do it to the weak people of faith because it is to God`s destruction. If it is done to you and anybody you know, be assured, they`ll be the best children of God and the most closest to Him. Do you know of "Potter`s hand"...it is similar.
Have you seen the elite guard in military? The Prestigious Seal? and other branches of military arms? or the best athletes in history? in any country? They`re the most trained personalities who withstand the highest treshold of pain and training? In terms of physical.
...all same, from successful training from tests, trials, challenges...but for God ( deals with maturity in faith, belief, acceptance, purity of heart)

Answer 7

If it was Adam’s decision to disobey God that brought sin into the world, why do we ALL have to suffer punishment?
If we are honest with ourselves, we will realize that Adam is a fair representative for all of us. If a perfect person in a perfect place decided to disobey God’s rules, none of us would have done better. Romans 5:12 says, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” We all inherit Adam’s sin nature. We all sin, so we all deserve to die and suffer eternal punishment in hell. We must understand that not one of us is innocent before God. Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Not one of us is worthy to stand before the Creator of the universe because we would each bring a sinful, rebellious nature into His presence.
In the beginning God completely sustained His creation without blemish. That’s why it was perfect. He held every atom together in a perfect state. He kept the planets in their orbits. He kept animals from tripping and breaking their necks. He did not allow people to suffer and die.
Deuteronomy 8:4 gives us a little glimpse of how things might have been in the original creation. “Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.” God is omnipotent and perfectly capable of sustaining and protecting his creation.
When Adam sinned, however, the Lord cursed the universe. In essence there was a change and along with that change God seemingly took away a little bit of his sustaining power and allowed things like suffering and death into His creation. Now He permits bad things to happen—and this is a reminder that sin has consequences and that the world needs a Savior. Romans 8:22 says, “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”

God took pleasure in all of His creation ("http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=revelation+4:11&version=NKJV"), but He loved people most of all. He allowed the created universe to deteriorate so we would see the consequences of our sin. If we did not see the consequences of our sin, we would never see that we need salvation from our sin, and we would never accept His offer of mercy for our sin. Most people easily recognize that there is a problem in the world. This can be used to show them that there is one who has overcome this problem of death and suffering—Jesus Christ.

Answer 8

Why do bad things happen to godly people? Because god tests their faith and see how well they will do.

Answer 9

Well if u read the bible, in the story of Job. Job was a VERy good man..god blessed him LOADS...but then the devil said that job beleives in you (God) because HE keeps blessing him..so got said do whatever you want to Job but you cant kill him..after that Job suffered but he still believed ni God..finally the devil gave up and God blessed Job a hundred times more!

same way..if your good, God wants to know why your good. are good because he blesses you or good because you believe in him.

Answer 10

Because there is a devil loose!!!!!!!!!! The devil reeks havoc, and hates the Godly so he attacks them but God will take what the devil meant for evil and work it out for the good of those who love him!