Why do bad things happen to good people

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Why do bad things happen to good people?

• The Source of Suffering

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The Source of Suffering

• GOD the general sense (GEN 316-19)
• GOD the specific sense (Job, Paul)
• Satan (Job, Paul)
• Sin (PRO 1315)
• Righteousness (MATT 510)

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There is no GOD.

• GOD is all-knowing.
• GOD is all-powerful.
• GOD is all-loving.

• If GOD does not know about all this suffering,
  then He is not all-knowing.
• If GOD knows about all this suffering, then He is
  not all-powerful.
• If GOD knows about it and is all-powerful, but
  does not put a stop to it, then He is not
  all-loving.

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Why do bad things happen to good people?

• The Service of Suffering

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GOD Uses Suffering to Bless Us

• Suffering serves to remind us that something is
  wrong.

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The Physical World

• The Physical World is in constant upheaval
  against humanity.

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The Physical World

• Natural Calamities
• Floods
• Drought
• Volcanoes
• Hurricanes
• Tornados
• Earthquakes
• Raging Fires
• These bring suffering death people die.
• Drown
• Starve
• Burn
• Freeze

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The Physical World

• Romans 819-22
• The Creation groans and suffers.
• It is longing for a better situation.
• Genesis 317-19
• Thorns and thistles are a far cry from floods and
  hurricanes, but only in the amount of pain and
  suffering they cause.
• The world is saying, this is not the way it was
  supposed to be.

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Humanity

• Everyday
• Evil
• Murder
• Killing
• Rape
• Stealing
• Child Abuse
• Divorce
• Satan does evil to men through men.
• Evil doesnt just happen to a certain people.

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Me

• I mean me, Jason Cicero.
• The Law of Reaping and Sowing (Galatians 67).
• Choices bring pain into our lives
• Cancer most are traced to a lifestyle
• Build a house on a fault-line run risk of
  earthquake destroying home
• Drive fast and run risk of getting hurt

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Me

• If there is pain in my life because of decisions
  Ive made, what do I want GOD to do about it?
• Do I want Him to start the intervention with me?
• Spooning out ice cream stop that?
• Wake me up go for a walk?
• Stop me from speaking?
• No to that in my life, no to that in the life of
  others.
• GOD should stop the people who do those things
  well, thats me magnitude different, but the
  problem is the same.

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We are all terminal.

• Physical
• Emotional
• Social
• Mental
• Spiritual

• Something will bring me to my knees.

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The Service of Suffering

• He has put eternity in their hearts
  (Ecclesiastes 311 NKJV)

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The Service of Suffering

• Allow your suffering to drive you to GOD!