Why Do Innocent People Suffer?
Friday June 29, 2018
A parent dies when a child is very young. Sexual abuse is inflicted on an innocent child or adult. A sibling is brutally murdered. A spouse is killed in a workplace accident. Stories of famine and injustice fill our newscasts. In the face of these circumstances, many people ask, “If there is a loving God, how could He allow such things to happen?”
God created humans to live in a loving eternal relationship with Him. God never intended that humans would know evil let alone experience it. God warned Adam that he would die if he ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When Adam and his wife were deceived by Satan into eating the fruit, they did not physically die, but died spiritually and their relationship with God was broken. The mixture of good and evil in their knowledge base led them to make choices that resulted in harmful behaviour. The rest of us have followed in their footsteps and made our own bad choices and suffered more than we could ever have imagined. Satan continues to work tirelessly to steal, kill, and destroy the lives of those who are made in the image of God.
You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we’re in—first sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death. That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone. We’re all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost. We’ve all done our own thing, gone our own way, and God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong, on him. (Romans 5:12, Isaiah 53:6 MSG)
He [God]will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. (Revelation 21:3-4 NLT)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, You care about the suffering I have endured in my life and the suffering of those around the world. Thank You for sending Jesus to bring forgiveness and healing to all. Use me to spread this message of hope to others who suffer. Amen
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