Why Does God Allow Suffering | 3 Reasons: Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen | Job Bible Study

Why does God allow Suffering? Why does God allow pain and evil? Here are 3 REASONS that answer, why does God allow bad things to happen.

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When facing pain and suffering, some are tempted to ask, why does God hate me? In this short Bible devotion / Bible Study, Pastor Nelson offers 3 reasons that help to answer the quesions so many struggle with.


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*** Scriptures on Pain and Suffering:

Job 1:21 (ESV)
“The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Matthew 22:37–39
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Romans 5:3–4
3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

2 Corinthians 1:3–4
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.



*** Transcript:

Why does God allow suffering? Why does bad things happen to good people? You can’t but help to ask those questions as you read the book of Job. Here’s a man, who experienced a kind of suffering most struggle even to imagine. But if God is good, if God is all powerful, why does God allow suffering?

There’s several reasons, but here’s three:

( 1 Freewill :: Matthew 22:37-39 )
First, in a world cursed by sin, filled with humans who sin, pain and suffering from one to another inevitable. The only way to stop that, would be to remove our freewill, and control us like robots preprogramed never to do wrong. But because God is love, and He desires us to genuinely love Him and others, He has given us freewill, a great gift… but with the potential of great consequences.

( 2 Strengthen :: Romans 5:3-4 )
A Second, reason why God allows suffering is that, He uses those times to strengthen our faith. Like a muscle, to grow, it has to be stretched and stressed, even torn, because when it heals, it heals stronger. Faith is no different. By going to God, seeking his will and strength, our struggles become our tools, to grow closer to God, and grow in Christ likeness.

( 3 Help Others :: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 )
Third, and I believe this one is key to understanding why God allowed Job to suffer so much, is God allows suffering in our lives so that we can help others who suffer. When a Christian experiences the pain of losing a child, the struggle of addiction, or that injustice of crimes committed against them, and they turn to God for help and healing, they learn a lesson no text book can teach. Their experience, allows them the ability to instruct others how to trust God through life’s darkest storms. Just think of how many have been helped through Job’s suffering.

No matter what you face, pray for the strength to face it like Job saying: “The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” (Job 1:21)

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