Why does God allow Suffering, |
Created Date: 11-May-2016 |
and not stop it? |
Last updated: 15-Apr-2022 |
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1 | Most People Are Aware | 2 | Two Questions Asked By Unbelievers |
3 | God's Perfection | 4 | Evil in the World |
5 | Does Suffering Have a Godly Purpose? |
This is an excerpt from the topic on
Suffering: There are three types of suffering we observe:
This author would state that if we, as Christians, are not experiencing suffering then we are not a threat to the Satanic World. The MOST IMPORTANT points to ALWAYS KNOW:
As a further point, God absolutely and uses 100% of suffering for His Purposes that we may not understand fully until after the Judgment Seat of Christ and Great White Thrown of Judgment. |
Most people are familiar with the basic premises of Christianity. In a very broad sweeping summary, Jesus Christ came to pay the price for man's predicament of separation from God. The very high-level timeline of points is:
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The Gospel is the "Good News":
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 | 1 Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, 2 by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures; |
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 | 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; 15 and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again. |
Romans 10:9-11 | 9 because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: 10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame. |
There are predominately two questions being asked by those who do not believe there is a God or do not believe it is the God of the Bible:
Before continuing, a good preface is to see the topic on Kingdom of God. There are many Biblical Commentaries that detail how God is perfectly handling
where these three points are a summary:
By God handling perfectly all of these three points, then this is additionally showing absolutely every Angel and every human-being
This is an excerpt from the
Purpose of all History topic: The purpose of all history can be stated is how can God, who is:
show Perfect Love to a world that is destined to eternal separation from God without a Savior? The answer is given to us in Ephesians 2:4-7, and is often called the purpose of God in all of history and the purpose of eternity future:
In the next verse 8, we will understand that it was by nothing we could have done to inherit and deserve the rewards of Heaven, which will lead us to a greater love of God for eternity.
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When all of us, who have Salvation, when we arrive and experience so many wondrous things:
we will know in eternity that we did not deserve to be there except by the great sacrifice Jesus Christ did for us so we will always love Him for the gift given.
Restating, as read above in this topic in a very broad ranging summary, this is how God can show His perfection in love. We will spend eternity learning about God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
In Matthew 13:24-30 there is the "Parable of the Wheat and the Tares". This parable helps us to understand that God:
Matthew 13:24-30 | 24 Another parable He (Jesus) put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares? 28 He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Do you want us then to go and gather them up? 29 But he said, No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. |
In some other important possibilities that the scriptures elude:
Yes, suffering does serve a purpose in the Believer's life and for our benefits that leads to Rewards in Heaven which gives God's Glory. See the topic on suffering for more detailed information.
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