Why does God allow suffering?
Why do children die of cancer?
Why do families die of starvation?
Why do people who are going about their daily lives get killed by terrorists?
Why is our world full of tragic suffering and senseless death?
People who believe in the Christian God believe that He is all-knowing, all-loving and all-powerful.
But if He knows about the suffering and if He loves the people who are suffering, why
doesn't He use His power to stop the suffering?
We have more to learn about who God is and what He is doing.
Many people have theories about why God allows suffering.
But the authoritative answer is found in God's Word, the Holy Bible.
The Apostle Paul described the age we live in as "this present evil world."
Who is the god of this "present evil world"?
The answer might surprise you.
Ezekiel 28:12 describes a magnificent archangel who was "full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty."
Isaiah 14:13 tells us that God gave this angel authority to rule over the Earth.
But then he turned to evil and tried to seize God's throne.
This angel's name was Lucifer.
After he rebelled, God changed his name to Satan.
And notice: God cast him back down to Earth.
The Bible says Satan is real!
Not only that, but he has deceived the whole world.
But that's not all.
The Bible also makes this shocking statement: Satan is, in fact, "the GOD OF THIS WORLD"!
Does the world around you begin to make a little more sense when you realize that the
god of this world is actually Satan?
But why is God allowing this?
There is a valuable reason: God is teaching us something.
The sadness, the misery, the tragedy that surrounds us is not something to ignore.
It's something we must face up to-and learn from.
Jesus Christ faced these facts.
In his day, a building had collapsed, crushing 18 people in a tragic accidental death.
"[T]hink ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
-Luke 13:4-5
Jesus Christ Himself said that human beings suffer and die-even though they are no more
sinful than those who continue to live.
Romans 3:23 says that all human beings are guilty of sin.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 says that time and chance happen to everyone.
Jesus said that, one way or another, we will "all likewise perish"-unless we repent!
Repenting means giving up your entire way of life and submitting to God's way of life.
It means turning to the true God and allowing Him to rule you.
Jesus showed that the disasters people are suffering are warnings to those who believe
in God.
One way or another, your brief existence will come to an end-unless you repent of your sins
and turn to God!
The most fundamental lesson a human being can learn is to face the truth, to recognize
his own helplessness apart from God.
But what about those who died?
They cannot learn any lessons from their own deaths.
What does the bible say?
"Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into
you, and ye shall live;" -Ezekiel 37:5
"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God ..."
-Revelation 20:12 The plain truth of the Bible is that all those
who have died will live again!
They will be resurrected to physical life at a time when Jesus Christ has replaced Satan
as the god of this world!
"God shall wipe all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain."
-Revelation 21:4
Satan is the god of this world.
God allows him to wreak suffering and death to teach a valuable, eternal lesson to those
who will repent.
In the future, God will replace Satan as ruler over the world, He will resurrect those who
have died, and He will give them the opportunity to repent and have a relationship with Him.
Why does God allow suffering?
This is God's answer, from the Bible.
You have the opportunity to learn the lesson Jesus Christ taught and to truly repent of
your sins and turn to God now "Begin your journey toward repentance and a relationship
with God by requesting Repentance toward God.
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