Why does God allow evil?

Question

I have seen multiple questions on this subject in the last 3 weeks I been here. I have answered the ones I saw, but folks aren't hearing it.

When I was in the military I had a room mate who was a preacher's son. He hated God because his best friend died in accident. His dad the preacher told him that God took his friend home, thus putting the death on God.

And so he became bitter. Reasonably so, based on that falehood.. Once I shared teh follow truth with him, he was no longer angry with God.

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Q. Why do bad things happen? Accidents, death... does God kill?

A. Jesus said,

John 10: MKJV
10 The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

When the world was made it was perfect. God gave Adam authority over the earth, but Adam sinned and gave the authority to satan.

God no longer can control the world, until all things are fulfilled when Jesus is given authority over the earth. If God tried to take control, He would break his own laws. For order to exist there must be laws. Example, without the law of gravity we would not be here. Is God therefore limited by gravity? No, he created it to bring order. Order without law would be an empty creation. And that was what was before God created. Therefore He made laws so His creation would exist in harmony.

All creation is in sin, including the babies who are born are in sin. Once a person is saved, then they have protection from satan and bad things. But only to the extent of their obedience. God does at times cover us with His grace and protects us beyond our obedience, due to our maturity in Christ. A toddler does need extra protection! He also protects us in His grace beyond our obedience for other reasons. But we should not tempt God and put ourselves in danger.

Here are some scriptures concerning these truths:

2 Cor 4: MKJV
4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them.

This shows that satan is now in control of the world, and not the true God.

Rom 8: MKJV
22 And we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

This shows that even the world and universe has experienced pain from sin.

Job 1: MKJV
10 Have You not made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

This shows that God's people have a wall of protection.

Eccl 10: MKJV
8 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks a hedge, a snake shall bite him.

This shows if you stick your hand through that wall, a demon will hurt you.

Psalms 91 MKJV
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty.

A great chapter of scripture that shows us to live in God for our protection.

In Romans it talks about what is sin and what isn't. Basically it's the faith of the individual. To protect yourself and loved ones, don't take part in anything you don't have faith for.

Rom 14: NKJV
23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

Just remember when bad things happen, it is from satan, not God. I don't care what minister or book says otherwise; the Bible says satan comes to steal, kill, & destroy. Jesus (God) brings life. God made a way for protection, but man is rebellious and won't submit to God. Our rebellion opens the door to bad things. Sin produces death. God has little He can do to protect the innocent children. Even the children are born in sin.

If God broke a law to protect anyone, He would cease from being a good God, because He would then have broken His own Word. For His law is His Word. It even states in the Bible that He put His Word above His own name!

Psalm 138:2 MKJV ... for You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

Jesus made a way to save any and all who will accept the way, the truth, and the life.

Answer 1

Adam and Eve decided not to listen to Jehovah and to rule themselves under the guidance and direction of Satan the Devil.
If Jehovah intervenes before mankind has had a opportunity to prove to itself that the bible is correct, Jeremiah 10:23, then he would be helping Satan prove that mankind can rule themselves with just a small amount of intervention from Jehovah.
The bible is correct!
We were created to worship Jehovah, we need to obey willing and out of love for Jehovah.
The universal issue of Sovereignty is at stake and as a benefit, we will gave everlasting life for our faithfulness.
Christendom has mislead many into believing that all things are Gods fault when the truth is, the fault belongs to Satan, Adam, Eve, our own imperfections and time and unforeseen occurrence.

Answer 2

I always asked this question when I was younger. If Jill brakes Tony's toy who would most people hold responsible. Jill, for breaking the toy or her parents(who perhaps were watching the two kids play), for not preventing the act in some way? Of course it would be Jill.

I think that too many times we ask god why this and that happens (as if he is somehow responsible for everything that goes on) while totally forgetting that its PEOPLE who are responsible for their actions NOT A GOD and therefore they should be the ones questioned(if their actions brought on the evil)

EDIT: Death is part of life. It will happen and it will suck for the loved ones that have lost the person. Accidents happen mostly due to human errors or natural causes. Its all part of life. I think we should learn to embrace both the good and the bad aspects of it instead of wondering about them.

Answer 3

Evil or at least the possibility of evil exists because humans exist. We were created to have free will, which is the ability to chose evil over God. To create a world with freedom but no potential for sin is a self-contradiction. To create a world without human freedom is to create a world without humans. A world without evil, no suffering, no hate and inversely without real love. By giving us the choice to love God and chose to love one another, there is the possibility that some will not chose God, but chose to hate. In the US, we have our greatest strength - we have freedom; we also have a weakness and that is our freedom. If you use force to prevent evil, you take away freedom.
Jesus' words in John 16:33 says we will have trials and tribulations but have courage. Jesus conquered death, he not only rose from the dead, but he changed the meaning of death. Those who chose to love him will be with him; those who chose to be apart from him will be given their choice and be separated away. That is where our tears will be wiped away, along with death and mourning and pain.
While suffering through this world now, know that God is there for you, "no matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still."

Answer 4

Why do bad things happen to good people? How could you possibly know what people are good and what people are not? You would have to know their heart. Just because you think they are good, doesn't mean they are..Remember how many Mothers never knew their Son was a rapist or serial killer? Or how about the simple little preacher's wife who pulls our a gun and kills her husband one day? No one would have thought that of her.

You cannot know who is good and who is bad or will turn out bad if they live...Only God can know that. And maybe, like someone said above,,,it is a wake up call...some people say, bad things turn out to be a blessing.

Answer 5

i ask your self the comparable component because of the fact the mum of my in basic terms little ones dumped the relatives to deliver greater money living house to her nearby usa. God ought to in no way have allowed that. this is incredibly not what truthfully each and every person else in the relatives would have needed. consistent with the Bible, the evil is often obtainable. however, the Bible additionally tells of countless memories i don't have faith, inclusive of Noah's ark, and contradicts itself in places. there is likewise a ton of solid (and undesirable) people who are not Christian, yet have faith in another form of religion, or whom stay agnostic finding for greater solutions. Are they incorrect? i don't have faith so. you are able to't convince me Billy Graham would have chanced on Christianity if he'd been born in Bandar Abbas. the base line will become whether you will lead a solid existence in spite of the inconsistency of religions. the base line comes from interior YOU. So do the excellent you are able to with the presents you have, everywhere they'd have come from. and don't enable the negatives outweigh the positives.

Answer 6

Evil is a perception, not a force. Bad things happen and people do bad things. There is nothing out there driving it. People can choose to do things that are bad. But then who defines what is bad. Certainly not some mythical being nor some 2000 year book of BS. In reality no one can define what is bad, we can only perceive it as the beholder. What you might define as bad could be perfectly acceptable to me.

Answer 7

As much as I would like to have God fix all of our problems, I know that if he did, we would learn nothing.

Part of living is experiencing the good, the bad and learning from our mistakes.

For me, the journey we take in this life, helps prepare us for the next life.

Answer 8

God created good and evil! but where is everybody faith in him! What have you done for God? Ever body lives their life believing in God with their lips but not of their heart.

If you have faith in him you would be obedient to him. Things are going to continue in this world but the bad things that happen are to make you stronger, to buil your character and when you are obedient to him, he will put a hedge around you to protect you but you need to show your obedience. You can not question God about someone Else's faith in God. Worry about you own faith in God.

DO THE WILL OF GOD
You need to find a home church, be obedient, follow his word, be baptized with the holy spirit, show your self approved and do the will of God (Mark 16: 15 - 18)

MY EXPERIENCES

I experienced God many of times, when you fellowship with him. I received the Holy Spirit one day before I came to the church that I am attending now. The power of the Holy Spirit was so powerful that it was a force that rippled from my feet through my body and up to my head. It removed the pain and depression that I had at the time and it caused a great sensation of peace (to this day, I was never water baptized). He will be there for you; he knows your needs and wants. One night after doing the will of God (ministering to someone against the book of James) I was driving back home and I continued to fall asleep on the fwy. On the third time, my ears popped opened, like a loud explosion, I felt a rush of pins and needles swirling around the inside of my head, I felt pins and needles from my elbows to my hands and then I was wide awake, like I had slept for days. I knew it was God and I drove all the way home and when I got into the driveway I started to fall a sleep again. Once he picked me and my motorcycle up, while riding in the mountains after I was about to crash. I blacked out and when he set me back on the path, I woke up. Once he sent an angel down to stop me from doing something stupid, this angel looked like a human but when I turned away for a second and then back he vanished. I can go on and on. Have faith, sit in a church and learn God's word. You need to find a home church, be obedient, follow his word, be baptized with the holy spirit, show your self approved and do the will of God (Mark 16: 15 - 18)

Answer 9

All of the above is religious superstition . When are we ever going to be intelligent enough to depend on ourselves , not on imaginary "gods" ?
When something bad happens , there is a sensible , natural explanation for it . When something good occurs , there is a sensible , natural explanation for it .
Gods have no control over us , but we have complete control over them . Drop all superstitions - - - gods , devils ,angels , spells , curses ,demons , spirits , souls ,zombies , and begin enjoying life free of superaturals .

Answer 10

Death is but the beginning of life for the righteous. The soul can't die. Death of the soul is referred to as eternal damnation, the second death. As for evil that would be Satan and his minion and even they serve Gods purpose. Maybe not his Davine will, but his purpose.