INTRO: The purpose of suffering. It is a huge subject. As I studied this subject again I learned that when you seek to explain how God can be good when He allows suffering or evil to exist it is called a theodicy. And as I think about it more, I think I would differentiate between the reasons for the presence of evil and the reasons for the presence of suffering. But let me give some oversimplified answers. Why is there evil in the world? Satan. Why is there suffering in the world? Sin. And what is the aim of suffering? Salvation.
If the Bible is true, and we believe it is, there is something God treasures above most if not all other things in mankind. It is this: faith! I want to stress faith as we look at this subject of suffering. Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." When one goes to Calvinism's stronghold, Romans 9, and one studies what it is all about it can be answered in one word: faith. When one deals with the atheist, there is one thing he dislikes more than most others. It is the word faith.
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