1. Why would a good God allow pain, suffering, and evil?

2. Sometimes people respond to suffering and evil with the following: Either God is all powerful but not all good and therefore doesn’t stop evil; or He’s all good, but not all powerful and therefore can’t stop evil.

3. * God has given us the ability to choose. Genesis 2:8-10, 15-17; Genesis 3:6-7 Why would a good God allow pain, suffering, and evil?

4. * God equips us to help others through the suffering 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Why would a good God allow pain, suffering, and evil?

5. * God can be glorified through our suffering John 9:1-6 Why would a good God allow pain, suffering, and evil?

6. * We experience God in our suffering. 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 Why would a good God allow pain, suffering, and evil?

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