Very quickly lets go through 10 reasons God allows suffering in the world. Many might say God is unfair for allowing sicknesses and Death or even hard labour, bit i dont think so.while we may not be satisfied with what God has revealed about his purposes in suffering, we cannot justifiably say he has not revealed anything about his purposes in suffering. We may not have the answer we are laboring for,but we do have a wealth of answers that lie in the same field.
Here is an outline of ten reasons he identifies in God's Word:
1. To remind us that the world is broken and groans for redemption [ Rom. 8:20-23 ].
2. To do justice in response to Adam's (and our) sin.
3. To remind us of the severity of the impact of Adam's (and our)sin.
4. To keep us dependent on God[Heb. 12:6-7 ].
5. So that we will long more for heaven and less for the world.
6. To make us more like Christ,the suffering servant [Rom.8:29; 2 Cor. 1:5 , 4:11 ].
7. To awaken the lost to their need for God [ Ps. 119:67 , 71].
8. To make the bliss of heaven more sweet [Rom. 8:18 ; 1 Pet.4:13; Ps. 126:5; Isa. 61:3 ].
9. So that Christ will get the glory in being our strength [ John 9:3;2 Cor. 4:7].
10. And so that, thereby, others see that he is our treasure, and not ourselves [2 Cor. 4:8-9 ]Have you read through, do not be discourage for we are only here(on earth) to buy , heaven is our home.
Culled from: thegospelcoalition.com
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