PROPOSITIONS

• 1. God exists

• 2. God is all-good

• 3. God is all-powerful

• 4. Evil exists
PROPOSITIONS

• 1. God exists

• 2. God is all-good

• 3. God is all-powerful

• 4. Evil exists
PROPOSITIONS

• 1. God exists

• 2. God is all-good

• 3. God is all-powerful

• 4. Evil exists
PROPOSITIONS

• 1. God exists

• 2. God is all-good

• 3. God is all-powerful

• 4. Evil exists
PROPOSITIONS

• 1. God exists

• 2. God is all-good

• 3. God is all-powerful

• 4. Evil exists
PROPOSITIONS

• 1. God exists

• 2. God is all-good

• 3. God is all-powerful

• 4. Evil exists
IF GOD IS SO GOOD, WHY
IS HIS WORLD SO BAD?
I F A N A L L - G O O D , A L L - W I S E , A L L - L O V I N G , A L L - J U S T, A N D
A L L - P O W E R F U L G O D I S R U N N I N G T H E S H O W, W H Y D O E S H E
SEEM TO BE DOING SUCH A MISERABLE JOB OF IT?

WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?

 EVIL IS
NOT A
THING

• Not an entity, a being but

a wrong choice, or the
damage done by a wrong
choice
G O D G AV E U S A
SHARE IN HIS POWER
T O C H O O S E F R E E LY

• Origin of evil is the creature's freely choosing sin (spiritual evil)

and selfishness.

• The cause of physical evil is spiritual evil, the cause of suffering is

sin.
 THE CROSS
IS GOD'S
PA R T O F T H E
PRACTICAL
SOLUTION
TO EVIL

• God's practical solution

to the problem of evil is
his Son Jesus Christ.
WHY DO
BAD
THINGS
HAPPEN
TO GOOD
PEOPLE?

• Three questionable assumptions for the philosophical problem

 WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO GOOD PEOPLE?

• 1st questionable
assumption: Who's
to say we are good
people?
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO GOOD PEOPLE?

• 2nd questionable
assumption:
Who's to say
suffering is all
bad?
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO GOOD PEOPLE?

• 3rd questionable
assumption: Who's
to say we know all
God's reasons?
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO GOOD PEOPLE?

• The worst aspect of

the problem of evil
is eternal evil, hell.

• Does hell not

contradict a loving
and omnipotent
God?
SUMMARY
1 . T H E N AT U R E O F S P I R I T U A L E V I L I S _ _ _ , S E PA R AT I N G O U R S E LV E S
FROM GOD.

2. THE ORIGIN OF SPIRITUAL EVIL IS

HUMAN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

3. THE END FOR WHICH GOD ALLOWS SPIRITUAL EVIL IS TO

P R E S E R V E H U M A N F R E E W I L L , T H AT I S ,
HUMAN _ _ _ _ _ _ .

4. T H E N AT U R E O F P H Y S I C A L E V I L I S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

5. THE ORIGIN OF PHYSICAL EVIL IS SPIRITUAL EVIL. WE SUFFER

BECAUSE WE _ _ _ .

6. THE END OR USE OF PHYSICAL EVIL IS SPIRITUAL _______ &

T R A I N I N G F O R O U R O W N U LT I M AT E P E R F E C T I O N A N D E T E R N A L
J O Y.
ANSWERS

1. Sin
2. Free will
3. Human nature
4. Suffering
5. Sin
6. discipline