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Cal · 03-22-2019, 10:07 AM

The promise "God causes all things to work for good to those that love him" trumps the problem of evil.

Imagine that each evil thing that happens to you is the equivalent of $1 being taken from you. But imagine that, if you have the right attitude, right after that $1 is taken, you will be given $2. After some time of this, where would you be financially?

You might ask, Why didn't God just give you the money, without the trial? Leaving alone for the moment that he tried to do that and we rebelled, it doesn't really matter. Because the good, perhaps even a greater good, has been achieved in spite of the evil.

That fact that God can make a greater good with the assistance of evil is not evidence he is flawed. The opposite is true. It is evidence he is GOD! It is the complete and utter triumph over evil. Evil is still evil, yet completely put to shame.

03-22-2019, 10:07 AM	#1524
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,330	Re: The Problem of Evil The promise "God causes all things to work for good to those that love him" trumps the problem of evil. Imagine that each evil thing that happens to you is the equivalent of $1 being taken from you. But imagine that, if you have the right attitude, right after that $1 is taken, you will be given $2. After some time of this, where would you be financially? You might ask, Why didn't God just give you the money, without the trial? Leaving alone for the moment that he tried to do that and we rebelled, it doesn't really matter. Because the good, perhaps even a greater good, has been achieved in spite of the evil. That fact that God can make a greater good with the assistance of evil is not evidence he is flawed. The opposite is true. It is evidence he is GOD! It is the complete and utter triumph over evil. Evil is still evil, yet completely put to shame.