THE ISSUE OF EVIL AND SUFFERING IN THE WORLD

The world is dangerous and filled with so much evil

How can you say this is God?! Seeing all the evil and suffering in the world

People can’t conceptualize the biblical God in a world filled with chaos, scandals and sufferings. They just can’t resolve it!

Most people can’t resolve a God who is all powerful in a world full of chaos; hence they diminish God!

People therefore tend to find excuses for the evil in the world, holding Adam and Evil responsible; blaming the devil for the evil, chaos and calamities and yet wondering why God created them in the first place!

There’s no way we can give a legitimate answers to all the sufferings without pointing back to God as being responsible!

There’re however different kinds of evil:

• Supernatural evil – distorting the truth of God’s word
• Moral evil – sin and iniquities present in the heart of every being born into this world; human beings are morally corrupt
• Natural evil – calamities, diseases, volcanoes, earthquakes, troubles, tsunamis etc
  The concept of natural evil
  
  
  Things just going wrong
  Things just going against you
  
  
  Important things to note about natural evil
  • Evil exists in this world
  
  
  • God exists; He’s sovereign and in control of everything
  Many people see God as a God that’s not in control of things; a God in the process of getting better
  Any concept of God that He couldn’t anticipate what is going to happen or that your will is greater than that of God is not a God of the bible. 1Chr 29:11, Psalm 115:3
  God does what He likes, whatever He chooses to do
  Daniel 4:35, Exodus 4:11, Psalm 105:16, 2Kings 17:25, Lam 3:37-38
  God exists as sovereign and He allows evil. 1Tim6:16, Job 33:13, Psalm 33:9-11, Psalm 103:19, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 46: 9-10
  The greatest evil ever done to man on earth was the crucifixion of Jesus and it was orchestrated by Good
  Evil doesn’t disrupt God’s purpose, it compliments Amos 3:6
  
  
  • God wills for evil to exist, otherwise, evil will not exist
  
  
  If evil exists and God is sovereign, that means He wills it Isaiah 45:5-12
  The reason why there’s evil and calamity in the world is for God’s glory!
  And this can be seen in the story of Job: Job asked questions like we would ask and God responded with His sovereignty Job 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42
  Also, the story of Habakkuk, Habb 1, Habb 2:1-4