Lee Strobel – Faith Under Fire
- God is not the creator of evil and suffering
Genesis 1:31
Love isn’t love without a choice
Evil and Suffering are many times the results of our own hand.
From Strobel
- Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering that comes because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful, and abusive.
Romans 3:23
- Natural Evil/ Fallen World
Genesis 3:18
Romans 8:22
God did not create evil and suffering and death.
- God Can Use Pain and Suffering to Accomplish Good
- God uses pain to draw people to Christ
2 Corinthians 7:10
- God uses Pain to Develop our Character ; Help us become more Christlike
- God uses Pain to Correct and Lovingly Discipline His Children for their own good
Hebrews 12:10–11
- God uses the Cross to show His love while we are suffering and in pain.
1 Present Pain
2 Permanent Pain