Why?
“If God exists how come there is hunger, disease, and suffering?”
Most of us have asked at one time or another: “Why do bad things happen to good people?”
This question has many shapes and maybe you’ve asked it in other forms.
“Why is this happening to me God?”
“Why did SHE get cancer?”
“I did everything right; how could this be?”
It’s one of the most common questions asked not only by believers but by unbelievers.
“If God exists how come there is hunger, disease, and suffering?”
It’s hard to wrap our mind around such questions and provide an adequate answer to others or ourselves. In fact, there will be many times we just won’t know the answer. But to help mitigate and provide some understanding this week, we will examine some common reasons as to why suffering exists.
What you need to know today, however, is one thing that provides a foundation for all the answers to all your questions regarding suffering: God’s original design was good and operated without suffering.
It wasn’t until sin entered the equation that suffering did as well. And since God cannot sin, nor does HE tempt anyone, suffering is not His original design for your life. In fact, as James declares, every good thing comes from Him.
Suffering is a by-product of the sins of man; every good thing is from God. Although bad things may happen God will find a way to use it for His glory.
We are going to explore over the next few days some reasons why God allows suffering for His use, and what our response should be towards it.
Jas 1:12 Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive [the victor's] crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him.
Jas 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted from God; for God is incapable of being tempted by [what is] evil and He Himself tempts no one.
Jas 1:14 But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions).
Jas 1:15 Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death.
Jas 1:16 Do not be misled, my beloved brethren.
Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].
Jas 1:18 And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].
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