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Natural Free

Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2011 in Uncategorized



Natural Free
How can you explain a benevolent God’s allowance of suffering related to natural causes not free choice?

Many argue that God allows suffering in the world because he created us with free choice. But how do you account for suffering caused outside of human choice (natural disasters, genetic deformities, disease etc.)?

I think that the answer is two-fold. One, ultimately, no one is innocent. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23) and are by nature children of wrath (Eph. 2:3). There is none innocent. Though this is biblically accurate, it does not satisfy the question emotionally. Why do little babies suffer for things they have not done? I must acknowledge that I do not know. Ultimately, we must trust God who knows the beginning from the end and sees the grand picture. He will have the final word and He will be vindicated.

Conclusion
Suffering is the result of human sin. The world is not the way that God created it and because of that, all are vulnerable to the effects of sin in the world. Why does one person suffer and another does not? Why do catastrophes happen to some and not to others? It is because sin is in the world. But there will come a day when the Lord will return and cleanse this world of all sin and all suffering.

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away,” (Rev. 21:4).

http://www.carm.org/questions/about-doctrine/why-there-evil-and-suffering-world

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