Have you\never asked yourself the famous question \u201cWhy would a loving God allow this to\nhappen?\u201d I mean seriously! Why WOULD a so called \u201cloving\u201d God allow suffering,\nsickness, diseases, and death? If He was so loving, it would seem to me that He\nwould START loving those who need Him the most during these hard times. If\nthere is really a God in Heaven, why does He allow all this pain? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let\u2019s pretend you believe the Bible to be true. In Genesis chapter 1, the passage ends with the phrase \u201cit was very good\u201d (Vs. 31). Would you say that pain, suffering, disease, and death would be good? No, I wouldn\u2019t either. \u00a0Naturally then, I\u2019d say it would be safe to assume that these problems were not in the very beginning when God Himself said it was very good! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then we turn the page to chapter two. In verses 16 and 17 we see the very first PROMISE God made to mankind. He said, \u201cOf every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.<\/strong>\u201d Here we see God gave Adam the opportunity to make a choice. He could either choose to obey or disobey God\u2019s command. Failure to obey this command came with a promise. That promise was death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not many verses later\nwe see that Adam and Eve failed to obey God\u2019s word. They chose their own way and\nnow God could either keep His promise or break His promise and never be trusted\nagain. The Bible spells it out, God did not choose to make mankind suffer, Adam\nand Eve made that choice. Sin had entered the world and \u201cdeath by sin.\u201d All the\nwhile, God kept His word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Page after page, if you read the Bible, you will easily see pain, suffering, and death. Why? Because God keeps His word. You will also notice that God makes more promises as you get deeper and deeper into the Bible (remember, you are pretending you believe the Bible to be true). God made a promise to send a flood to destroy the wickedness of man, and it happened. God promised to give the old man, Abraham, a son and it happened. He later promised to bring Israel out of slavery, and He did! Why? Because God keeps His word. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As you continue reading, you may notice another promise God makes. He promises that a Messiah would come to earth to be a Savior of the world. The Old Testament makes over 300 promises about this coming Savior.<\/strong> Some of these promises were made 900 years before they were kept. Promises like Christ would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). This promise was kept and is found in Matthew 2:1-10. There is even the promise that Christ would be preceded by a messenger chosen by God in Malachi 3:1 and Isaiah 40:3-5. This promise was kept in Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:2 and John 1:29. There was even the promise that Christ would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver in Zechariah 11:12\u201313, which was kept in Matthew 27:6\u201310. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All these promises were kept, and Jesus Christ fulfilled every single one of them. Why? Because God keeps His word! We like to focus on the bad when hard times come, but do you realize there is something very comforting in all this? The greatest promise God ever made to us is His Son, Jesus Christ. He came to die that death in Genesis chapter one, so we wouldn\u2019t have to live separated from Him for eternity. When we believe the Word of God and the promises, He made to us about His Son Jesus, we can be saved from death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why should we fear\ndeath if we haven\u2019t accepted Christ as our Savior? Because another promise is\nmade in the Bible. That promise is separation from God for eternity in a place\ncalled Hell. There is more mention of Hell in the Bible than Heaven. Christ Himself\nspoke of it more than He did of Heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why would a \u201cloving\u201d\nGod send anyone to Hell? The answer to that question is \u201cbecause He keeps His\nword.\u201d When someone is sent to Hell, it is because they have chosen not to accept\nChrist as their Savior. How do we avoid being sent to Hell? By accepting the\npromise God made to us: His Son, Jesus Christ! What do I have to accept? That\nChrist came, He died, and that He rose again. The Bible says in Romans 10:9 \u201cThat if thou shalt confess with thy\nmouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him\nfrom the dead, thou shalt be saved.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why would I want to place my trust in Christ?\nWith all the promises (prophecies) found in God\u2019s word with no evidence proving\nthey are false; you would be a fool not to consider it. If it is true, that\nwould mean Christ loves you more than you will ever understand; you\u2019d be a fool\nnot to consider Him. With the last promise Christ made of His coming again in Revelation\n22:20; you would be a fool not to believe it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why would a loving God allow pain and suffering? The easy answer is because He never promised there wouldn\u2019t be suffering, but He did promise for those Who accepted Christ as their Savior that it WOULD be worth it in the end\u2026\u2026.GOD ALWAYS KEEPS HIS WORD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever asked yourself the famous question \u201cWhy would a loving God allow this to happen?\u201d I mean seriously! Why WOULD a so called \u201cloving\u201d God allow suffering, sickness, diseases, and death? If He was so loving, it would seem to me that He would START loving those who need Him the most during…
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