Why does He allow PAIN and SUFFERING?

In John 16:33 Jesus said, ‘In the world you are going to have tribulation.’ You are going to have trouble. You are going to have pain. You are going to have suffering,” “Why? Because we live in a sin scarred cosmos.”

Why does God allow it to happen? Does God even care? If God is so good and holy, then why doesn’t He put an end to all suffering and pain? Keep reading, for there is a reason.

Revelation 21:4 that there is coming a time when all sorrow, tears, pain and death will pass away.

There’s coming a wonderful day when God will wipe away all tears from the eyes of His children, and our sorrow will end forever.

  • For Salvation
    • II Kings 5 – Naman
    • John 11 – Lazarus
    • Daniel 4:30-37 – Nebuchadnezzar
  • Chastisement of God
    • Revelation 3:19  “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”
    • Hebrews 12:6-8 – For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.” As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?  If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.
    • I Corinthians 11:31-32 – But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.  Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
    • I Jn. 1:9  – If we confess our sin, He id faithful and just to forgive.
  • For the Lord Jesus Christ
    • II Timothy 3:12 says, “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
    • II Timothy 2:12 says, “If we suffer, we shall also reign with him…” Jesus said, “. . . .
    • Luke 9:23 – Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
  • Teaches Us Vauable Lessons Through Suffering
    • Not all suffering Christians are disobedient Christians.
      • There are many very dear Christians who go through great agony every day, yet they are some of sweetest and most God-fearing saints you’ll ever meet. Why does God allow them to suffer? There are many reasons.
    • II Corinthians 12:7: “And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.”
    • Romans 5:3 – We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.  And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.  And this hope will not lead to disappointment.
    • Psa. 119:71 – My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.

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