God and

Suffering
Reza, Edwin, Natalie, Hae
Eun, Rachel

Opinion in the existence

Suffering started when Adam and Eve sinned (Genesis 3:6-7)
God is almighty and shows us His existence through everyday
occurrences and miracles
Being able to live another day, healthily
Certain occurrences show that God is really there

God allows suffering:

To teach us a lesson to what weve done wrong
To show the world of the evil we should try to stop/prevent

Debates/arguments circulating around the fact that if God exists, then

why does He allow others to suffer tremendous pain
Pointless evil natural evils known as natural disasters, cancer, etc

The Cause of Suffering & Consequences of

Sin
Genesis 3:6-7 (NIV)
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to
the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also
gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of
both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig
leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Because of Adam and Eve, we suffer because they have fallen into Sin

Romans 6:23, For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Death Hell

If God is Love, why does He allow

suffering?

Suffering can be categorized in 3 ways :

PHYSICAL
MENTAL

EMOTIONAL

There are a variety of causes for suffering :

EVIL PEOPLE

DISEASE

NATURAL DISASTERS

FAMINE

FREE WILL

IT IS THE
RESULT OF SIN

TO SERVE AS A
WARNING

PREVENTION
OF FURTHER
WILL

FOR THE
GREATER PLAN

Is it Gods fault if He gives punishments

that cause suffering?
-It is not all Gods fault
-It will depend on the peoples righteousness
-Peoples actions decide their own fate
-They will have a chance to redeem themselves

- As learned from Genesis 18:16-33 -

The Difference Between These Verses

Revelation 3:19
19 Those

whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

Proverbs 3:12
12 because

the LORD disciplines those he loves,

as a father the son he delights in.

Romans 8:17
17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs- heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we
share in his sufferings in order that we may also share his glory.

Matthew 8:17
17 This was to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.

1 Peter 3:18
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to
God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

God and Suffering with Human Rights

Human rights Number 1 : We Are All Born Free And Equal | Galatians
3:28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you
are all one in Christ Jesus | Genesis 1:26 Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens
and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

To be Good is a Choice, but God always want you to be Good | Isaiah

1:17 Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the
widow's cause.

We have the choice to be bad, but we must face the consequence |

Matthew 25:46 Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.
| Proverbs 12:21, No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

Connection To Field Trip

Visiting NGOs, one of them showing kids who live with disabilities
They physically suffer, although God has made everyone equal
But from them, we learn to be able to appreciate