One of the most common and vexing questions about God is why He allows bad things to happen to good people. Bill Clark examines this question in light of the truth that we are never disconnected from the love of God.
One of the most common and vexing questions about God is why He allows bad things to happen to good people. Bill Clark examines this question in light of the truth that we are never disconnected from the love of God.
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Why? | Week 2
January 13, 2019 | Bill Clark
Why do bad things happen to good people?
John 21:25 NIV
Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
Philippians 4:11-12 NIV
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
Denial
Anger
Blame
Acts 14:22 NIV
We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.
1 | Suffering is a necessary part of the Christian life.
Romans 8:18 NIV
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
2 | Suffering and pain awaken us to God.
3 | No matter what happens to us, we are never disconnected from the love of God.
Romans 8:38 NIV
…neither death nor life…will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
4 | When bad things happen, our faith instructs us to get through it.
"Pain insists on being attended to. God whispers in our pleasures, speaks to our consciences, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world." - C.S. Lewis