Answering the Tough Questions

“Why Is There So Much Suffering in the World?”

Isaiah 45:5-11

 

 

 

I.  One Inadequate Answer

       A.  Stuff Happens

 

 

II.  One Partially-Adequate Answer

       A.  Blame Adam (Genesis 3)

 

 

III.  The Answer You Must Not Miss

       A.  God Brings Prosperity and Creates Disaster (Isaiah 45:7)

       B.  God Takes Personal Responsibility for Physical Disabilities

             (Exodus 4:11)

       C.  God Ordains the Movements of the Oceans (Job 38:8-11)

       D.  God Calls Us to Accept Both Good and Troubling Things

             He Sends Us (Job 2:10)

 

 

 

*** We can hurt WITH God... or we can hurt WITHOUT God. ***