Some ask, Why didn’t God create a world where there
was no suffering?
He Did! Remember the Garden of Eden?
There are two kinds of evil in this world.
A.
Man-made evil, where we do
things that hurt others.
Some
estimate that 95% of all the pain and suffering in this world is the result of
things we do to each other. For instance, we see pictures of a famine the world
and we say to ourselves, “How could God allow that?” And yet every year we
produce enough food on the planet to feed every man, woman, boy and girl 3,000
calories a day.
It’s not
fair to blame God for our negligence
B.
Natural evil. Things like
earthquakes and tornadoes and outbreaks of disease and such.
And as odd
as it sounds initially, natural evil is a result of sin having been allowed in
the world through free choice as well. One author put it this way:
When
we humans told God to shove off, He partially honored our request. Nature was
cursed. Genetic breakdown and disease began. Pain and death became part of the
human experience.
Be wise today and always - realize love and salvation are found only in Christ.
