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If there’s a God, why is there so much
evil?
Wow! I bet that is what you are saying to
yourself! You are probably wondering how I can have the gall to
address such a topic! I will just say this from the get-go, anybody
who is or wants to become a Christian has at one time or another (or
will) contemplate this question.
Before we get started let me say this, God is
God, and I am ‘man’ (woman).
“For my
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD. “As the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways and my thoughts than
your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8 & 9
We will never think or be completely like God
on this side of eternity, but Jesus tells us to be perfect as our
heavenly Father is perfect (Matt. 5:48). So how can that be?! The
mark is high that we must strive to reach, not to be better than
everyone we know…. but to be as perfect as God. At the end of the
day we must remember that we are dust, the only reason we are any
good at all is because of God. He formed us together and helps us to
be good….. if we chose to allow Him. God gives us the choice to
follow Him or not. Evil entering the world was all us, deciding to
go our own way instead of His way. One day, things will be all good
again! When Jesus returns for His church!
I feel compelled to let scripture speak for
itself for a little bit:
“Praise
the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise His holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not
all His benefits—
who forgives all your sins and heals all
your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit and
crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good
things
so that your youth is renewed
like the eagle’s.
The LORD works righteousness and justice
for all the oppressed.
He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds
to the people of Israel:
The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not
always accuse, nor will He harbor
His anger forever,
He does not treat us as our sins deserve or
repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the
earth,
so great is His love for those who fear
Him:
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed our transgressions
from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who
fear Him;
for he knows how we are formed He remembers
that we are dust.” Psalm
103:1-14
“And we know that in all things God works
for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according
to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome
evil with good.” Romans 12:21
That last passage is especially intriguing to
me. My God, the God of the Bible, doesn’t call us to do anything
that He doesn’t do Himself. So we can infer that God is not overcome
with evil, but overcomes evil with good. God gave everything for us…
including His Son. There were lots of times throughout history that
God could have just wiped us off the planet and the planet out the
solar system and the solar system out the milky way and the milky
way out of the universe, etc. God did not though, why, because He
loves us. The worst thing that His creation did (does) was to not
accept His Son when He sent Him down to show us the way. You know
what we did (notice I said we, because every time I sin… I help!),
we wiped Him off the planet. We killed Him on the cross. God could
have once again destroyed mankind…. but He didn’t, instead He
overcame evil with good! He raised the perfect sacrifice, Jesus,
from the dead, and let us live, so that anyone who chooses can live
a new life. (Romans 6:3 & 4)
Main point: If there is a God why or how is
there so much evil in this world?
It takes God, the God
of the Bible, to make good come out of all the evil in this world!
*My thoughts were
stirred by watching “A Case for Faith,” I encourage
you
to watch it also!*
God is soooooooo good and I am very thankful
that He has decided to contend with ‘man’ a little longer so that
more of us can come to know Him! Please pray that He will reveal
Himself to you if you don’t know Him yet!
Love because of
Him!
Cathie |
