PPT-Why Does God Allow Suffering?

In our world its easy to forget that God exists Our world can be a frightening place At times we just dont understand why God allows innocent people to suffer Why cant he take away illness and pain. TEXT: Hebrews 2:10-18. THEME: The believer should not fear death or suffering.. There is something about having someone who has been through your suffering that gives us encouragement. . Setting:. 1. Paul is still arguing the case for Christ's superiority over angels. . The Story So Far…. So far, we’ve presented 4 arguments which together, make for a powerful argument for belief in God.. - 2 cosmological arguments. - the design argument. - the moral argument. TEXT: Job . THEME: God uses suffering to make His will known to us and others.. Leprosy. What happened to the fingers and toes of leprosy patients? Did they wear off? Or drop off? Was nerve damage haphazard, or was there a pattern? Was there a possibility that surgery might be effective in making a claw hand usable? If so, why had it never been attempted? . The Descent into Glory. What is suffering?. Strong negative emotion or . psychological or physical pain, which itself can cause further suffering. From mass atrocities, like the Rwanda genocide…. Horrible suffering happens in the world. as a . Mahāyāna. Virtue . Yasuo DEGUCHI (Kyoto University). @ . Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya. . University. 2015.8.26. Backgrounds. After 3.11 tsunami disaster, a Mahayana Buddhists’ idea ‘suffering surrogate (. About Suffering they were never wrong/ The Old Masters how well they understood/ Its human position, how it takes place/ While someone else is eating…. -- W.H. Auden “Musee de Beaux Arts”. Breugel. Romans 8.12-25. Biblical examples of suffering…. P. eople suffered . because of self-inflicted misery. . (Adam/Eve & King David). P. eople suffered . by no fault of their own – life is simply hard. Matthew 14:1-21. Matthew 8-16. Kingdoms In Conflict. Matthew 8-18. Intro:. . Matt 14:13. Timing — Responses . Jesus—His Disciples—The Crowd . . A perspective On Suffering. Matthew 14:1-21. Free will. What is Free Will?. Adam and Eve. The story of Adam and Eve explains how the snake tempted Adam to eat from the tree of knowledge. It showed disobedience to God and as a result Adam and Eve were thrown out of the garden (paradise) and would have to endure suffering. Luke 22:39-46. What is this Cup?. The wrath of God brought to bear . on Jesus in behalf of . the . sinner. The actual death upon the cross. The suffering that Jesus was to endure, especially the emotional and metal suffering of the Christ . WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SO MUCH EVIL?. God’s . original plan . was for us to live in a garden of Eden with . no thorns and no . suffering – Genesis 1-3. Why is their so much suffering. ??. (. 1)Free will (2)sin . Dr. Joseph Chang. 2/23/2014. BOLGPC. 1. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, . 2. through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. . Servants’ Meeting. October 9, 2010. 1 Peter 4. 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”. --. Khalil. Gibran (. BrainyQuote. ). Scientific Evidence. “Post-traumatic growth”. The suffering of traumatic life-events can lead to personal development .