Monday March 30, 2015

COMING UP THIS SONDAY

If I Were God...

Read Psalm 22

Before we begin any thoughts this week about Easter and what transpired 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem, take the time to finish the sentence, “If I were God I would…”

   

I can almost guess that your answer has something to do with evil and/or suffering the world. I can almost guess that you’ve thought of and possibly mentioned something horrible, something wrong and/or something you know should not have happened or be happening.

Evil and suffering! Perhaps the biggest road block for people coming to faith in Jesus Christ is the problem of evil and suffering.

All of us have asked ourselves, ‘If there is a God, why does He let such immense suffering happen? Why doesn’t He intervene? Why doesn’t He stop the suffering?’ Many people have lost loved ones and/or suffered tragically and have cried out these questions from the very depths of their being.

Many people refuse to believe in a loving God because of the state of world around them. Many people choose to ignore God because they themselves have suffered immensely.

As we study the problem of evil and suffering, you may be surprised by what you find out.

While we look at suffering and evil, we do not wish to minimize your suffering or to down play it. Rest assured. There is a God and He cares deeply about your hurts and pains and the agonies of the world.