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Flory Grace Carandang

3 weeks ago

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Can you stop scrolling for a moment, and read this first. And share this with your friends, family, relatives. ‼️ WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SIN AND SUFFERING? If God is so good, so powerful, and so loving... why does He allow sin, suffering, pain, poverty, sickness, war, rápe, heartbreak, depression, and death to exist in the world? — WHY IS THE WORLD SO BROKEN? Let's start with what we see: Innocent people dïé.Children starve. People are trafficked and abúséd. Nations are torn apart by war. The rich get richer while the poor suffer. It's hard to look at this world and not wonder, "God, where are You? Why do You let this happen?" But here's the thing: God didn't create the world to be like this. He created it to be perfect, peaceful, and beautiful. "God saw all that He had made, and it was very good." —Genesis 1:31 There was no death. No sickness. No poverty. No betrayal. No pain. So what happened? — THE ENTRANCE OF SIN God gave humanity something powerful: free will. Why? Because love that is forced isn't love. You can force obedience, but you can't force love.Love must be a choice. Imagine if your friends were programmed to love you. Would that mean anything? No. Real love comes from choice, not control. So, God gave Adam and Eve a choice: Obey and live forever in harmony -or rebel and face the consequences. They chose rebellion. That moment is what we call "The Fall" (Genesis 3). Sin entered the world like a virus-and it infected everything. It broke our relationship with God. It broke our relationship with each other. It broke creation itself (natural disasters, sickness, decay). And it introduced pain, suffering, and death into the human experience. — IF GOD IS GOOD, WHY NOT JUST STOP IT? It's a good question. If God is powerful, why doesn't He just wipe out evil and suffering? Let's say He did that right now. Let's say at midnight tonight, He decides to erase all evil, sin, and suffering instantly. Here's the catch: If He erases all evil-He'd also have to erase every person who has ever sinned... including me and you. Because sin isn't just something "others" do. It's in all of us-greed, jealousy, lust, lies, anger, pride. The same free will that gives us the ability to love and create beauty also gives us the ability to hurt and destroy. So what did God do? He chose a different path: Instead of destroying us, He chose to save US. —GOD ENTERED THE SUFFERING God didn't stay far away. He didn't watch us suffer from the clouds. He stepped into human skin. He became one of us. Jesus didn't come as a rich king in a palace- He came as a poor baby born in a manger. He knew hunger. Pain. Betrayal. Loneliness. He was tortured, mocked, and crucified. Jesus didn't just watch our suffering-He felt it. And in the greatest twist of love in history, He took the punishment for all sin on Himself. "By His wounds, we are healed." - Isaiah 53:5 The cross shows us two things: 1. How serious sin really is. 2. How far God is willing to go to rescue US. —BUT WHY IS THERE STILL SUFFERING NOW? If Jesus died to save the world, why are we still suffering? Because God is patient. He's giving people time to hear the truth, turn to Him, and be saved. "The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise... He is patient, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." – 2 Peter 3:9 We are living in the "in-between": The world has been rescued, but not yet fully restored. Jesus defeated sin and death, but the final victory is coming. One day, He will return. And when He does: No more poverty. No more cancer. No more heartbreak.No more war.No more crying "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or pain." — Revelation 21:4 —BUT DOES MY SUFFERING MEAN GOD DOESN'T LOVE ME? Not at all. In fact, suffering is often where we feel God most deeply. When you're broken, He becomes your healer.When you're grieving, He becomes your comfort.When you're lost, He becomes your guide. When you're poor in spirit, He fills you with hope. God doesn't waste pain. He uses it to shape you, teach you, strengthen you-and sometimes, even through your pain, help others. Look at Joseph in the Bible (Genesis 37-50) Betrayed by his brothers. Thrown in a pit.Sold into slavery.Falsely accused.Thrown in prison. Yet, in the end, he said: "You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good." That's the kind of God we serve-a God who can take even the ugliest pain and turn it into something beautiful.

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Kenna
Kenna Lewis 2 weeks ago

Without suffering, there would be no peace, without sin, there would be no purity. From everything imperfect, God makes perfection.

Khadijah
Khadijah S 3 weeks ago

✨🙏🏾💕

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