If God Why Evil

Slide 2: God Does • If God were all powerful, He could destroy evil • If God were all good, He would want to destroy evil • But evil is not destroyed • Therefore, an all-powerful and all-good God does not exist - J. S. Mill

Slide 3: God TD o e s HE And Reason My Story

Slide 4: THE And Reason “My faith in God went up in smoke with my little sister in the furnaces of Auschwitz…” - Elie Wiesel

Slide 5: God Does • What is Evil? • Did God create Evil? • Where did Evil come from? • What kinds of Evil are there?

Slide 6: God Does Evil is a privation or corruption that exists in something that was originally good and perfect

Slide 7: God Does 1. Metaphysical Evil 2. Moral Evil 3. Natural Evil

Slide 8: God Does 1. Satan 2. The fallen world 3. Punishment from God 4. Suffering from following Christ 5. Maturing from God

Slide 9: God Does “If God has singled you out to be a special object of His grace you may expect Him to honor you with stricter discipline and greater suffering than less favored ones are called upon to endure.” - A. W. Tozer, The Ministry of the Night

Slide 10: God Does • If God were all powerful, He could destroy evil • If God were all good, He would want to destroy evil • But evil is not destroyed yet • Therefore, an all-powerful and all-good God does not exist - J. S. Mill

Slide 11: God TD o e s HE And Reason Relief

Slide 12: God TD o e s HE And Reason “and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new. And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” Revelation 21:4-5

Slide 13: God TD o e s HE And Reason robin@confidentchristians.org