WRESTLING WITH GOD/MARCH 12^TH A.M.

GENESIS 32:22-32

1. GOD AND EVIL
   1. Whose Fault? (Jeremiah 12:1)
      1. False ideas
         1. God created the tree in the garden, so it must be His fault (Genesis 2:9; 3:12; 2:16-17)
         2. When Bad things happen to good people
         3. God planned evil for necessary purpose
         4. God deliberately cause evil to be present for our own spiritual growth
      2. Free will
         1. Genesis 1:31; Matthew 22:37; Proverbs 1:29; Job 15:5; Isaiah 7:15; Joshua 24:14-15; James 3:14-16)
2. GOD AND SUFFERING
   1. Why God?
      1. Satan has caused it, not God (James 1:13; Job 1:9-11; 2:4-7; Genesis 3:13-14; Job 1:8; Luke 22:31-32)
      2. Sometimes it is because of natural laws (Luke 13:1-5; John 9:1-3)
      3. Sometimes it is self-inflicted (Galatians 6:7; James 1:14-15; Hebrews 10:26)
      4. Strengthens us (1 Peter 4:12-19; James 1:2-3; 2 Corinthians 4:17-18)
3. GOD AND HELL
   1. How can a loving God?
      1. Hell wasn’t prepared for you and me (Matthew 7:13-14; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9; Matthew 25:41; 1 Timothy 3:6; Isaiah 14:12; John 8:44)
      2. Heaven is where God wants us to go (2 Peter 3:9; 1 Timothy 2:4; Hebrews 6:4-6; John 14:1-3; 10:27)