2 Issues. Is there a God? What is his character?

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2 2 Issues Is there a God? What is his character?

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4 The issue of suffering is just as real in an atheistic world view and in fact is a necessary part of the survival of the fittest and the circle of life.

5 Psa 49:20 Man that is in honour, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.

6 Man causes many of his own problems

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9 Mat 24:6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all these things must occur; but the end is not yet. Mat 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in different places. Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

10 Mat 24:7 Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another. There will be famines and earthquakes everywhere. Mat 24:8 All these things are like the first pains of childbirth.

11 Rev 11:13 At that very moment there was a violent earthquake; a tenth of the city was destroyed, and seven thousand people were killed. The rest of the people were terrified and praised the greatness of the God of heaven.

12 Isa 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

13 Isa 24:19 The earth will crack and shatter and split open. Isa 24:20 The earth itself will stagger like a drunk, sway like a hut in a storm. The world is weighed down by its sins; it will collapse and never rise again. Isa 24:21 A time is coming when the LORD will punish the rulers of the earth.

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16 Rom 5:19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many shall be constituted righteous. Rom 5:20 But Law came in besides, that the deviation might abound. But where sin abounded, grace much more abounded, Rom 5:21 that as sin ruled in death, so also grace might rule through righteousness to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

17 The Cost of Freewill

18 Predestined Vs Freewill

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22 Gen 2:16 And Yahweh commanded the man, saying, Eating you may eat of every tree in the garden; Gen 2:17 but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil you may not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, dying you shall die.

23 Luk 13:1 Now there were some present at that very season which told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Luk 13:2 And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these things? Luk 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

24 Luk 13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem? Luk 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

25 3 Main categories for the reason of Suffering: 1)Punishment 2)Testing 3)Glory of God

26 1) PUNISHMENT

27 Lev 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. Lev 26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

28 Mat 25:44 Then they will answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we would not help you?' Mat 25:45 The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones, you refused to help me.' Mat 25:46 These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life.

29 Rev 20:9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth and circled around the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of Heaven and devoured them.

30 Jud 14 And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied to these, saying, Behold, the Lord came with myriads of His saints, Jud 15 to do judgment against all, and to rebuke all the ungodly of them concerning all their ungodly works which they ungodly did, and concerning all the hard things ungodly sinners spoke against Him.

31 2Th 1:5 For this is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which you also suffer, 2Th 1:6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay tribulation to those who trouble you, 2Th 1:7 and to give rest with us to you who are troubled, at the revealing of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with the angels of His power,

32 2Th 1:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2Th 1:9 who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 2Th 1:10 when He shall come to be glorified in His saints and to be admired in all those who believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that Day.

33 Jud 1:7 Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and pursued homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire.

34 1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals, 1Co 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

35 Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

36 2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2Ti 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2Ti 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2Ti 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

37 2) Test and Character development

38 Job 23:10 But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

39 Jas 1:2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations, Jas 1:3 knowing that the trying of your faith works patience. Jas 1:4 But let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.

40 1Pe 1:6 in which you greatly rejoice, yet a little while, if need be, grieving in manifold temptations; 1Pe 1:7 so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

41 Heb 5:7 For Jesus, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong cryings and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared, Heb 5:8 though being a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.

42 3) For the Glory of God

43 Joh 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. Joh 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Joh 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

44 Joh 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. Joh 11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Joh 11:3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he who you love is sick. Joh 11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

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52 A diving accident in 1967 left Joni Eareckson Tada a quadriplegic in a wheelchair. As a result of the accident she was depressed and suicidal. Today, she is a commited christian, an internationally known mouth artist, a talented vocalist, a radio host, an author of 17 books and an advocate for disabled persons worldwide.

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55 Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

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57 Pain also is a necessary part of life for our good.

58 At age 5, Isaac Brown is learning the alphabet and simple addition. He's also figuring out another vital subject: pain. Isaac was born with a congenital insensitivity to pain, a disorder that means he almost never feels pain, even if he breaks a bone. This is called congenital analgesia. Because he doesn't feel injuries, Isaac's parents, Carrie and Randy Brown, are teaching him how to identify them to stay healthy.

59 "The toddler years were an absolute nightmare," said Isaac's mother, Carrie Brown. "He would just drop to the ground and smack his face on the table. He thought the fall was fun." Isaac has dunked his hand in hot coffee without flinching. He once placed his palm on a working oven burner without shedding a tear. Isaac Brown didn't initially realize he broke his pelvis after a fall.

60 After breaking a cup one time, Isaac banged on his mother's door to get her attention with the broken glass. When Brown opened the door, she found Isaac grasping the sharp edge of the glass. He didn't understand that the broken glass was damaging his hand with each strike. Although Brown and her husband sought medical help, there is little doctors can do to treat Isaac's condition. After taking Isaac to a specialist, Brown said initially she was told to watch him carefully and bring him in if he appears to be injured. Looking for relief, the Browns searched the Internet for "children who can't feel pain" and found a Facebook group called The Gift of Pain, where parents talked about their children who had the same disorder as Isaac.

61 While Isaac's doctors didn't have a lot of day-today advice for Brown, the parents in the Facebook group had more detailed instructions about ways to care for Isaac. "We got a ton of ideas of people who have gone through it," said Brown. "And let me tell you, they have been a gift to us." One crucial idea was developing ways to "teach" Isaac to recognize pain and possible injuries.

62 We're doing the best we can to just teach him; he knows blood is bad, said Brown. We taught him even when he was little to say 'ow.' You don't have to tell normal kids to say 'ow. Randy Brown accidently stepped on his son's foot once when Isaac was hiding. The boy started giggling, thinking it was a joke because it didn't hurt.

63 Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection caused by the bacilli Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Initially, infections are without symptoms and typically remain this way for 5 to 20 years. Symptoms that develop include granulomas of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This may result in a lack of ability to feel pain and thus loss of parts of extremities due to repeated injuries or infection due to unnoticed wounds. Weakness and poor eyesight may also be present.

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66 2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

67 Act 5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. Act 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

68 1Th 4:13 But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you be not grieved, even as others who have no hope. 1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him all those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

69 Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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71 1Co 10:13 There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

72 2Co 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, 2Co 1:4 He comforting us in all our trouble, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in every trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.