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Why Does GOD Allow EVIL & Suffering? (important answer) 

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In this video, the late great Tim Keller answers what is considered by most people to be the single most challenging question to the Biblical portrait of God: Why Does God allow evil & suffering in this world if He is supposed to be good, loving, and powerful?
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@TheWill084
@TheWill084 4 месяца назад
I like what C.S. Lewis stated. We may not live in a perfect world because of free will. But, because of free will, We live in the best of all possible worlds. God created the world perfect and without sin. Our free will is a perfect creation, but as soon as our free will went against Gods will, then sin entered the world. God created the best of all possible worlds. Our free will could choose bravery, compassion, and obedience towards God. But because we were tempted by the great deciever to go against the perfect plan of God, we live in a fallen world.
@DM-dk7js
@DM-dk7js 4 месяца назад
That kinda ignores the stated attributes of god tho. He’s all powerful. Fixing the problem ought be within his grasp.
@frankfeatherstone8976
@frankfeatherstone8976 4 месяца назад
How could you or anyone claim to know that?
@MrGuzmanra
@MrGuzmanra 4 месяца назад
God loves freewill more than he hates sin.
@sdgarrison
@sdgarrison 4 месяца назад
@@DM-dk7js Sure, He could have created a world where no bad choice was ever made and nothing bad ever happened. But that would be a world of "robots", not humans with the true ability to deliberate, choose, love, hate, etc. If parents could give their children a pill that rearranged their brain chemistry such that they always obeyed (because the neurons that allowed for considering and choosing disobedience were blocked or whatever), would they do it? Maybe some would, but most would want their children to retain a real freedom to choose. Otherwise, it's not real love. So, when you say "fixing the problem", what do you really mean by that? I believe He is solving the problem in a way, through Christ. He is redeeming the broken, sad, and suffering, and there will be true justice done. If there is no God, there is definitely NO good reason at all why bad things happen and NO ultimate justice for anyone.
@profpurge
@profpurge 4 месяца назад
Who created the "Great Deceiver"? And if free will is a "perfect creation", how could it be used in error, and result in a vastly flawed and imperfect world? If God wanted a utopia, why allow a serpent/Great Deceiver/Satan/rebellious angel onto the material plane to corrupt it? Why not simply act to correct the damage immediately, instead of allowing eons of suffering and pain?
@dannyh.2861
@dannyh.2861 4 месяца назад
Saw you getting emotional over the gospel. Me too.Your heart has been changed because of God's amazing grace. Love you, brother. God bless.
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom 4 месяца назад
Much love! And all Glory to God! ❤
@alankirby3839
@alankirby3839 4 месяца назад
Why does God allow pain and suffering? Freewill and sin. God made the world and he made it perfect. God gave humans one rule and man said “I don't want to listen to God’s rules, I want to be the God of my life and define good and evil for myself.” Thus bringing Sin and death into God’s perfect creation. Death is the consequence of sin. Sin and death cause suffering. If we didn’t have the free will to cause pain and suffering to others we wouldn’t have free will, if we didn’t have free will then we couldn't love. If we couldn't choose to reject God we could not love God. Without free will there is no love. Free will causes suffering therefore suffering is necessary for love to exist. Without suffering there is no love. @@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom
@bradleygonzalez1160
@bradleygonzalez1160 4 месяца назад
Amen. All glory to King Jesus!
@artifacthunter1472
@artifacthunter1472 4 месяца назад
Grace is defined as unmerited favor! Got found favor in Noah, GRACE!
@truthseeking1571
@truthseeking1571 3 месяца назад
What is the gospel?
@joallen2004
@joallen2004 2 месяца назад
“Just as the Heavens are higher than the Earth; so are my ways higher than your ways; and my thoughts higher than your thoughts”
@LM-yn5xq
@LM-yn5xq 2 месяца назад
Amen 🙏
@omnihein9322
@omnihein9322 2 месяца назад
The most narcissistic thing I've ever heard...
@hm-od5zp
@hm-od5zp 2 месяца назад
@@omnihein9322God is all-knowing that isn’t narcissism. Big difference
@omnihein9322
@omnihein9322 2 месяца назад
@@hm-od5zp all knowing hah? Why did he test Adam and Eve if he knew they would fail?
@hezikiawilliams392
@hezikiawilliams392 Месяц назад
⁠@@omnihein9322God didn’t test Adam and Eve. Giant misconception. Satan is the tempter and tester, but satan has to go to God for permission whenever he does anything. satan does nothing that God does not allow him to do. You forget also that humans have free will. Yes, God knew Adam and Eve would fall. But did he cause them to fall? No. Knowing they were going to doesn’t mean he made them do it. They fell because they were tempted and gave into satans temptation, not because of anything God did. Same with every murder, rape, child abuse, school shooting, lie, etc etc. Humans have free will. If God stepped in every time I was gonna steal, or if God stepped in every time someone walked up to a school to shoot it, that would destroy free will. So, the only way to allow free will is to let us make our own choices. It’s been a big thing for a while with people either disliking God or refusing to believe in God because he allows suffering to happen. Yes, God allows it, but he takes zero pleasure in watching it happen. There have been many instances in scripture where God saves/intervenes in someone about to suffer. But, just because God doesn’t intervene every time suffering is about to take place DOESNT mean he doesn’t exist or he’s this sadist who enjoys it. This entire topic and many more are where reading the Bible and really getting to know God comes in. You’re only going to see God in a murderous way if you don’t study the word and do research on Gods character. People have been trying to portray God in this sadistic, psychotic way for hundreds of years because they don’t take the time to actually read and get to know him. It’s like pulling one part out of the Bible where it says “God destroys a city” and assuming “oh he’s a psychopath and a murderer.” Context is 100% important. I encourage you to research and study the Bible brother(: grow your relationship with God. Don’t assume how he is based off what haters say on the internet or verses that get pulled with missing context.
@jamiekrigbaum6415
@jamiekrigbaum6415 20 дней назад
ive lost 2 younger brothers … Zach at 13 hit by a car on his bike .. and Sam at 29 two yrs ago to drug overdose .. ive been in the deepest depths of grief.. but whats gets me through is they both knew Christ and I believe ill see them again in Heaven .. Mabye the answer is Heaven is our real home .. with Jesus .. so while it hurts here on Earth .. its only temporary.. and Gods goal is to bring as many as He can into his home
@Dr.mohamed_
@Dr.mohamed_ 7 дней назад
If so, I want to go home now, why he refuse my request?
@ericolsen1678
@ericolsen1678 6 дней назад
@@Dr.mohamed_ it's not up to us but it's up to Him when you come home. In Jesus name I pray that you accept Him! God bless man!
@jdmcwilliams7
@jdmcwilliams7 4 месяца назад
“You are a part of the problem of evil, and so am I.” Man that hit home. We so often picture evil as “out there” instead of inside our own hearts. Praise God for the gospel of Jesus Christ which reconciles our evil hearts once and for all.
@asunder6797
@asunder6797 4 месяца назад
Isaiah 45:7 King James Version 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
@Tennethums1
@Tennethums1 4 месяца назад
Do you believe in miracles and/or the intervention of God?
@mr.m4n446
@mr.m4n446 4 месяца назад
@@asunder6797 God's 'evil' is not Satan's evil. Gods' evil is flood, drought, hail, wind, heat, pestilence, etc. Satan's' is idolatry, adultery, fornication, murder, rape, theft, lies, war...you get the idea.
@conservingcommonsense4980
@conservingcommonsense4980 4 месяца назад
I have a theory. In Ai, the big problem is that they do not know exactly how it works. Therefore, it is difficult to align the Ai to be "good". With this in mind, I believe our souls are similar to Ai. In this world we have free will to do as we wish. At first all was good without evil. This produced souls that could not understand good VS bad. They were easily corrupted. Therefore the devil was put to work. His job is to test the resilience of your soul. Bait you with everything to try and break you from good. All of your experiences are to test your true heart. You will be hurt, lied to and betrayed by those closest to you. In the end, the bad ai(souls) are filtered out and restarted, while the true unbreakable, empathicly good souls go on to their true purpose, whatever that may be...
@asunder6797
@asunder6797 4 месяца назад
@@mr.m4n446 No need to nuance evil is evil and until there's evidence for anybody's god or anything supernatural it's just cosplay.
@reziboy100
@reziboy100 4 месяца назад
I respect pastors who are able to say “I don’t know.” This was a very wise response to a very difficult question.
@mekavio8231
@mekavio8231 4 месяца назад
'pastors' should say those words more often.
@luap4981
@luap4981 4 месяца назад
Yes Tim Keller was an amazing person. RIP
@mattwash5338
@mattwash5338 4 месяца назад
He was asked a question and responded “no let me ask you a question”. Clearly he didn’t have an answer
@nigelmcculloch3746
@nigelmcculloch3746 4 месяца назад
Look at it this way, since Adam and Eve,s disobedience the question has been raised, can humans successfully rule themselves, history shows no! In fact God has stepped in on a few occasions because he was so disgusted by the actions of some. So the question has been answered, never again will the human race be allowed to rule themselves for evermore, God's kingdom ( or government) will rule over mankind forever. Daniel 2 v 44; Matthew 6 v 10
@joshpetermann
@joshpetermann 4 месяца назад
@@mattwash5338 Would anyone but God Himself have a definitive answer to a question of this nature, apart from Him explicitly stating “this is the reason for suffering…”? “I don’t know” is a perfectly acceptable admission that no one can perfectly know or understand everything about the mind of God.
@brianhouse9640
@brianhouse9640 2 месяца назад
GOD bless u brother. I love and pray for you
@adrianburns7975
@adrianburns7975 2 месяца назад
I did love the pastor's answer, just because we don't know why he hasn't stopped evil and suffering, doesn't mean there isn't a good reason. I'm an atheist too, but do give like that answer!
@les2997
@les2997 4 месяца назад
Evil is necessary for free will and moral choices. Without the possibility of evil, humans wouldn't have the capacity for good, as our actions wouldn't be based on conscious choices between right and wrong.
@DM-dk7js
@DM-dk7js 4 месяца назад
But god could still create a creation lacking evil doing. Couldn’t he? We could just like, LEARN about evil to know what’s good. And eradicate evil regardless.
@les2997
@les2997 4 месяца назад
​@@DM-dk7js "But god could still create a creation lacking evil doing. Couldn’t he? " I don't think so. It is logically impossible to force someone to act freely,
@ron88303
@ron88303 4 месяца назад
Tell that to the thousands of children who suffer and die daily from starvation, disease, and abuse. Exactly what free-will do they have?
@keithcampbell7820
@keithcampbell7820 4 месяца назад
Are you suggesting then that God created evil?
@keithcampbell7820
@keithcampbell7820 4 месяца назад
@@ron88303, None, it’s our free will choice to stand around and do nothing other than shake our fist at God. Not necessarily a good idea.
@theoneandonlymsg991
@theoneandonlymsg991 4 месяца назад
I just want to say. I can absolutely feel your compassion in your words. And that it does touch my heart. So don't stop. You are definitely doing something right. Especially if this video has come to me now. At this moment. God bless. And keep going. God be with you always. 😊
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom 4 месяца назад
Thank you & bless you ❤
@wicked810
@wicked810 Месяц назад
Thanks so much to you and other people's comments here, this video came at the exact time in my life I needed reconnecting with God and Jesus ❤
@happyappy19931
@happyappy19931 Месяц назад
I’m thankful that I don’t need all of the answers. Knowing the loving God in a personal relationship and the Gospel is the answer I need. One day, all will be made clear.
@studentoflife3149
@studentoflife3149 Месяц назад
A bit selfish of you, but okay 👌🏼
@happyappy19931
@happyappy19931 Месяц назад
@@studentoflife3149 I still share and plant seeds, but each person has to come to Jesus. I can’t make them.
@QuinnEdwards1
@QuinnEdwards1 23 дня назад
Keep thinking, studying and conversing though. Keep your mind engaged
@happyappy19931
@happyappy19931 21 день назад
@@studentoflife3149 Oh, I still share the gospel and love others… if that’s what you mean .
@Freedom_is_better_than_safety
@Freedom_is_better_than_safety 4 месяца назад
Padre Pio said that he would sit on the floor and watch his mom doing embroidery. He would look up at this, and she would work for hours laying the intricate stitches in place, but he saw that they were just a mess of knots of colors, and they didn’t mean anything. So he asked her what she was doing, because to him it seemed mad. She lifted him up onto her lap and he saw these amazing images she was making, but because he could only see it from the other side, they didn’t make any sense. Now that he could see it from her point of view, it was perfect. God is like that, in my estimation.
@chrismtucson5573
@chrismtucson5573 4 месяца назад
This reminds me of a similar anecdote by Corrie Ten Boom. She's also someone who deepened her faith in the face of unimaginable evil.
@intensemojo
@intensemojo 2 месяца назад
Fabulous analogy.
@Veyren55
@Veyren55 4 месяца назад
Previous week i bought The Holy Scripture and started to read it. Finally I'm beginning to understand it and also the God himself. Thanks to you and your channel. Thank you from Poland
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom 4 месяца назад
Thank you for sharing this!! ❤️
@billwatts9220
@billwatts9220 3 месяца назад
God bless you all
@idealmodernsystems
@idealmodernsystems 3 месяца назад
What do you make of the parts of the bible where god supports murder, rape and slavery?
@Veyren55
@Veyren55 3 месяца назад
@@idealmodernsystems Does God allow it or people who were given a free will by him? For example. If I would give you a gun, would I be responsible for the crimes you'd commit or just you? Than why he does'nt intervene in such situations? Well, it's up to him. We are just simple human beings, unable to know everything like he is. Everyone is a smith of his own destiny, that goes for everyone, also the murders, slavers and so one
@idealmodernsystems
@idealmodernsystems 3 месяца назад
@@Veyren55 - ​@Veyren55 - Have you read the Bible? God both commits and commands genocide. He also commands murder, rape and slavery.
@LIBRA-ej8jk
@LIBRA-ej8jk 2 месяца назад
Im a Buddhist but Amen to this ....because im also believing God
@TheSakufighter
@TheSakufighter Месяц назад
It’s a choice ultimately. A lot of gullible people need some holy boook or savior to hold onto because they aren’t smart enough or moral enough alone. Jesus wasn’t the only one crucified. He’s the only one with a story you idiots fell for that is a copy and paste story of Horus. “But he wasn’t resurrected”. Yeah neither was Jesus you idiots. You idiots sit on your asses and let evil happen because of your made up relationship with a made up god. To cry on RU-vid and get paid for it. Cultish idiots
@GTRKT-qr5sf
@GTRKT-qr5sf Месяц назад
Will be praying for you man🙏
@LIBRA-ej8jk
@LIBRA-ej8jk Месяц назад
@@GTRKT-qr5sfamen
@ivancavar3037
@ivancavar3037 Месяц назад
We know Jesus is the only true God because He is the only one who predicted we would have instant global comms, fast travel and a global totalitarian system at the very end (which is something you cannot have with chariots and carrier pigeons). He is also the only God who provides the answer for the problem of evil because His suffering and glory on the Cross is far beyond any worth that creation has. Purpose of all creation is the Cross of Jesus Christ. He taught us that the world is in the hands of the evil one, until the Day of the Lord when He will return.
@Tomonaroma1221
@Tomonaroma1221 17 дней назад
You do not believe in the one true God. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
@johnsattler3414
@johnsattler3414 22 дня назад
Perspective and appreciation. Without great suffering you can’t fully appreciate genuine prosperity.
@akijewell1821
@akijewell1821 14 дней назад
Not true I don't have to get tortured to know I'm lucky enough to grow up with a loving family and a nice home. My parents love me alot and would actually die for me unlike Jesus who did it once apparently justifies everyone else being brutally murdered we didn't ask to for any of this but thinks it's a great idea to let us all die.
@johnnyguitar2929
@johnnyguitar2929 4 месяца назад
I’ve started my faith journey in 2023 after going through some challenging times. Thank you for making these videos.
@Natalia-zx1qn
@Natalia-zx1qn 4 месяца назад
"What is Jesus doing on the cross?" Such a profound question with significant life-altering implications. I could feel the emotion in your tone.
@bensonbrett30
@bensonbrett30 4 месяца назад
Because he was a threat to Roman rule?
@thatoneBMWguy
@thatoneBMWguy 4 месяца назад
the Romans literally did not care about him lol. Take a history class dude. The Jews had to convince the Romans to crucify him, he was nothing more than a small-time trouble maker to them. Until he rose from the dead. Then people took his message seriously, and it spread like wildfire throughout many nations. Quickly became the recognized state religion of Rome. Even spread to the Gallic people who conquered Rome, and continued on. Christianity was brought to Egypt by Mark the Evangelist, where he was also crucified but Egypt quickly turned Christian until being taken over by Arabians who spread Islam. So yes he was actually a threat to Roman rule, but they had no idea the consequences Jesus would bring at the time. They were entirely indifferent until being pushed by the Jews. @@bensonbrett30
@bensonbrett30
@bensonbrett30 4 месяца назад
@@thatoneBMWguy It was a bit of sarcasm. I know the history.
@teresaskipper3875
@teresaskipper3875 4 месяца назад
The old testament is prophecy. The new testament is fulfills the prophecy of a coming Savior. A Savior for what? Sin. The old testaments laws is important because it teaches us what sin is. Without the law(s) from the old testament, how would we know what sin is from God's perspective, not man. The Bible tells us the 'the cost of sin is death". However, God knew no one could keep the law, because if you break one law you break them all. Another key point is in the old testament sacrificial animals were commanded and given to priest to prepare and sacrifice to God for sin. Why is this important. In the New testament, Jesus was manifested and birth through a virgin to be the sacrifice for the world, then and now for sin and to replace the law of Moses with the Law of Grace for those who believe in him and keep his commandments. What does this mean. For the believer, instead of sacrificing animals for sin, we are commanded to pray and keep Gods commandments. We are not under the law of Moses in the sense that we strive to keep ALL the commandments. Instead we pray and repent of our sins. We are under the law of grace, which is unmerited favor for sin, sickness and death. We will be judged under the law of grace and as follows, we inherited life after death forever with Jesus at the time of the rapture and Jesus return. It is only through the Holy Spirit that keeps the law of Moses in our hearts that we have moral and principles and His help to not commit sin and again, when we do, we pray and fast to kill the flesh to hear the voice of God to guide us. No one is perfect and everything we do is vanity. On the otherside, those who rebuke God, have no moral or principles other then their own feelings. If they die in sin, there is no do-over. they will join Satan in hell forever. They have no hope or understanding of what is happening today. They have no purpose in life. To say, Idk who you are, once you are at death, does it matter what your profession was on earth? money left behind? All vanity. The only hope you have at death is being with Christ in the afterlife. No fearing death or hell. I would say, that's life purpose. I hope this helps
@constancegraettinger8403
@constancegraettinger8403 13 дней назад
To answer the question of why God didn't stop the Holocaust?.Perhaps he did. Perhaps he enacted the end of the Holocaust through people. Perhaps he inspired some people to be brave. Some people to fight against tyranny even if it cost them their life or their friends and countrymen 's lives. Perhaps he is letting us solve problems in our society for us to learn, grow, and transform ourselves. I, of course, can not really answer this question, but don't parents sometimes let children find out the "hard way" to learn life lessons?
@joshuacampbell8324
@joshuacampbell8324 2 месяца назад
I just found your channel and may I say that I love it! I see your heart for the Lord!
@davinityridder7595
@davinityridder7595 Месяц назад
If evil did not exist, we would not know good. Horrible circumstances often leads us to seek hope. We also need to realize God has frequently judged Israel by allowing their enemies to triumph over them. This has often led them to repentance and to seek the face of God. We are conceived in sin, so we will all be bent towards rebellious acts. Thank God for his grace and mercy and the cross.
@nonconformist9991
@nonconformist9991 4 месяца назад
God doesn't allow suffering our sinful and fallen state does. God had something completely different in mind.
@Darko.Damjanovic
@Darko.Damjanovic 4 месяца назад
You had insight in God's mind?😂😂😂
@AdrianRamirez-wr2xx
@AdrianRamirez-wr2xx 4 месяца назад
@@Darko.Damjanovic genesis chapter 1 shows the intent
@DM-dk7js
@DM-dk7js 4 месяца назад
So why can’t god, make it better lol? He created it all and nothing is more powerful after all.
@chefgrigs
@chefgrigs 4 месяца назад
@@DM-dk7js why do you deem it’s His intent when those are Our actions
@Darko.Damjanovic
@Darko.Damjanovic 4 месяца назад
@@DM-dk7js Hahaha Dont ask them those kind of questions.
@moretoLivefor
@moretoLivefor 4 месяца назад
Hallelujah! Christ embraced the suffering evil produces and died the death we all deserve to give us the living hope of overcoming alongside Him! He is our only hope, not to escape suffering but to overcome it with Him! Thanks Brother!
@cliveshalice8490
@cliveshalice8490 4 месяца назад
Tell that to the poor children of Gaza.
@countryroadstakemehome
@countryroadstakemehome 3 месяца назад
@@cliveshalice8490 That's man made decisions. A war between people.
@jbatt6088
@jbatt6088 3 месяца назад
@cliveshalice8490 What about the poor children in Africa starving to death. Or the poor children here in America whose parents overdosed on drugs or the poor children in Ukraine. We live in a fallen world. God is the solution, not the problem.
@Ap-sy5nt
@Ap-sy5nt 3 месяца назад
An all powerful god could achieve the same thing without suffering being necessary though. That question hasn’t been answered. It’s like talking to politicians who just dance around the answer
@cliveshalice8490
@cliveshalice8490 3 месяца назад
@@jbatt6088 That's a very good point, what about these poor souls! Surely if God could intervene and make their lives better he would, the fact he doesn't suggests he's not there.
@Dane-Perkins
@Dane-Perkins Месяц назад
God gave us freewill, and the ability to interpret various knowledge good or bad. Hitler had a motive and the hatred with a motive behind it.. May God always be in your heart and may we ALL come to you dear Lord...
@scottspangler1681
@scottspangler1681 Месяц назад
You shared anexcellent perspective, and of course Tim Keller’s explanation is SO GOOD. When we ask this question “why doesn’t God stop evil” a legitimate answer is, “sure, how about He starts with you, with your evil” or me. In fact, He IS currently putting a stop to evil and when the fullness of time comes it will be done.
@Stafus
@Stafus Месяц назад
you forget about the animal kingdom, animals kill and eat other animals and sometimes they kill humans, did God give those meat eating animals the free will NOT to be killers ?
@JD-hx7yd
@JD-hx7yd 12 дней назад
​@Stafus absolutely not. And that is why a mythical sky God simply does not exist. At least, any God mentioned in the silly stories.
@Stafus
@Stafus 12 дней назад
@@JD-hx7yd I wasn't saying god exists, dumbo.
@hadithrihaberski8067
@hadithrihaberski8067 5 часов назад
Right, because nothing creates something. I gotta say that is a miracle.
@poopstink2196
@poopstink2196 3 месяца назад
2 words, free will. If you don’t have the capacity for evil you aren’t a person. A moral person is one who focuses his aggressive drives, his shadow, towards a noble goal. But you have to make that conscious decision, otherwise you miss the adventure of your life.
@davidsheriff9274
@davidsheriff9274 3 месяца назад
Well, but then why does God cause/allow all these terrible natural disasters that kill so many innocent men women and children? That has nothing to do with free will.
@RebelzSociety
@RebelzSociety 3 месяца назад
theres no such thing as freewill
@joejohnson5870
@joejohnson5870 3 месяца назад
Is this Proverbs 35:12?
@kickassets6414
@kickassets6414 3 месяца назад
Ok but how can evil b the product of what's holy?
@Themrine2013
@Themrine2013 3 месяца назад
@@RebelzSociety yes there is.
@jimmygove2883
@jimmygove2883 4 месяца назад
My brother, I see you got emotional thinking about Jesus suffering on the cross. It is quite heartbeaking, I agree.
@brianmesser12
@brianmesser12 4 месяца назад
It would be if you had evidence.
@sdgarrison
@sdgarrison 4 месяца назад
@@brianmesser12There is evidence. Such as ancient writers (both Christian and non-Christian) writing that Jesus died on the cross. And numerous ancients, even eyewitnesses, who not only believed He died and saw Him alive again, but gave their lives for that claim. There is more, but the point is, evidence exists. I'm guessing, by "evidence" you mean 100% proof, like video footage or something. If so, you should know it just doesn't work that way for most historical people and events. But you probably don't doubt the historicity of Julius Caesar or Cleopatra.
@nathanielpotts2556
@nathanielpotts2556 4 месяца назад
@@brianmesser12there are more attestations and evidence of Jesus than tiberious caesar (the roman emperor during His time) and the earliest info you can find of Jesus is 20 years after his death, or within a lifetime. To put it into perspective, the earliest evidence we have of Alexander the Great was found 400 years after his death. What other evidence do you need?
@eldarpuntushashvili1087
@eldarpuntushashvili1087 Месяц назад
Pastor John Mcarthur gave The best explanation of why god allows so much suffering. I forgot the name of the sermon where he defines it perfectly.
@gerardoespinal623
@gerardoespinal623 2 месяца назад
God greatest show of LOVE is giving us FREE WILL to so good or evil God Bless
@phdwinner
@phdwinner 3 месяца назад
I had a dream one night and in it I was talking to a dude on a beach at sunset. He was an angel even tho he didn't say so I just knew. But I sat with him and we were talking and I asked him why God let's bad things happen to kids and all this bad shit happen and he laughed and shook his head and said 'man, you guys got it all wrong. You hold on to this life like it's gold, like it's the only thing that matters. Let me tell you something, the only thing that matters is what comes next.". So, when I woke up I was kinda floored because that's a pretty simple answer and it kinda says what we already know but what I took away from itis that yeah it's terrible to us that these bad things happen in our short life here because life is all we know. But what the real deal is that whatever happens here is like smoke and mirrors it's not real, we just need to get through this dream I guess for lack of better words. We will all die, all the shit around us will die. There's nothing to hold onto. Just let go and trust that the only thing that matters is what comes next.
@greghammons5534
@greghammons5534 2 месяца назад
Good answer thanks
@michaelpanarello5173
@michaelpanarello5173 2 месяца назад
Wow man that’s deep
@goranmilic442
@goranmilic442 2 месяца назад
Suffering here is real. What are you talking about?
@bernadettedavid23
@bernadettedavid23 2 месяца назад
Thank you for sharing this! It was beautiful 💜.
@phdwinner
@phdwinner 2 месяца назад
@@goranmilic442 I know it is. But what Im saying is maybe it shouldn't be man we just make it real. Like, if you could convince yourself that whatever happens doesn't matter then its not. I know that's easier said than done my friend. But what are you supposed to do let it eat you from the inside out? Think of it like this maybe, if all things work to the good of the Lord, then we just gotta accept the bad man cause it was part of his plan always. Take solace knowing the bad was for a reason even if we don't understand.
@jimm8922
@jimm8922 4 месяца назад
I hear that emotion in your voice. That's powerful. Thanks for putting that out there for the world to see. Keep up the great work, brother!
@amdedemeke2544
@amdedemeke2544 3 месяца назад
emotion is no justification in an argument
@thilinagamage2569
@thilinagamage2569 2 месяца назад
@@amdedemeke2544 who says so?
@amdedemeke2544
@amdedemeke2544 Месяц назад
@@thilinagamage2569 i have strong emotions that say you should kill babies can you see the flaw in that?
@rahliE777
@rahliE777 2 месяца назад
10:08 AMEN!!! Well said my brother, very well said! This is one of those "goosebump" statements, to God be The Glory! Stay Blessed!!!
@BB-rh2ml
@BB-rh2ml Месяц назад
A masterpiece? It is one of the most fragile forms in all of nature. One tiny air bubble in the blood stream and you are dead. Human eyesight, hearing, smell, and touch are all terrible compared to other animals. We have unnecessary parts such as the appendix and male nipples. None of that came from “the fall”. I don’t mind you asking me anything. What keep me from believing in Jesus is the same thing that keeps you from believing in Santa Claus or Vampires that turn into bats…there is no evidence to support the God claim. Now, if you don’t mind, may I ask you a question….Can you demonstrate the difference between a Claim and Evidence?
@ShivaLadiva-sb9nw
@ShivaLadiva-sb9nw 12 дней назад
Just attended a conference on evil according to judaism and to sum up a deep subject one lecturer said God gives mankind a choice of how to behave
@nancymonahan6361
@nancymonahan6361 4 месяца назад
Thank you for your comments and your great work in bringing together all the important discussions out there. Brother, you are a blessing 😊
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom 4 месяца назад
Thanks for the encouragement! 🙌❤️
@joachim595
@joachim595 4 месяца назад
@@Daily_Dose_Of_WisdomI agree. I like your content. But why do you make thumbs that make it look like Keller was a guests at Joe Rogan’s podcast?
@deedeemooreco.2304
@deedeemooreco.2304 3 месяца назад
It wasn’t until my niece asked me why did God allow her mom to suffer and why would He take her mother away from us (my sister passed from cancer in 1999 leaving a 4 year old son and 3 year old twin girls). He gave me the words: “You know how a 2 year old child will cry for candy before dinner and the parents won’t let the child have the candy, even trying to explain why? There’s no amount explanation that the child will fully understand…all they know is they feel their parents are mean. Well, we are the child and God is our Father. We are incapable of understanding God’s reasoning, and He tells us that. We need faith and trust in God’s plan and His reasoning”. I’ve always remembered that, and so has my niece.
@jbatt6088
@jbatt6088 3 месяца назад
You naild it with that parable. Thanks for sharing it
@cheyennes654
@cheyennes654 3 месяца назад
Praise the Lord (Jesus)!!!👍
@lilyw.719
@lilyw.719 3 месяца назад
Ok. But then it is not fair to claim that God is all good. It's a claim that is not supported by the evidence of suffering and evil. It's a claim based on nothing. It's essentially a meaningless statement.
@paulryan2128
@paulryan2128 3 месяца назад
So you don't know what the answer to the question is either ... rihght?!
@loganwilliams173
@loganwilliams173 3 месяца назад
Amen 🙏🏾
@ciadella1971
@ciadella1971 2 месяца назад
God gave man freewill. That says alot.
@Brian6587
@Brian6587 3 месяца назад
Even as a Christian this is a very difficult question. My Pastor is currently in the hospital in a critical condition. He's been my Pastor for 15 years. He has always preached the Gospel and in everything he did He tried to honor God. He is 75 but all the questions I was left with was "Why would he have to suffer this way" and I was left with sadness and anger. Intellectually we as Christians can grapple with the question but emotionally and in our human nature it's very hard to understand. I fully understand why some people can have doubts and disbelief. It's shaken my faith but I know there are some things I will never fully comprehend but know God ultimately is Good.
@nbkknlq
@nbkknlq 4 месяца назад
God allows evil to still happened because we STILL HAVE FREE WILL. Seek God for understanding.
@chrishyde5903
@chrishyde5903 4 месяца назад
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
@sdgarrison
@sdgarrison 4 месяца назад
@@chrishyde5903 I am not exactly sure what you are getting at by quoting this verse, but "evil" here refers to calamity, or disaster, not moral evil. 1 John 2:16
@chrishyde5903
@chrishyde5903 4 месяца назад
@@sdgarrison Yeah, so why would he do that?
@sdgarrison
@sdgarrison 4 месяца назад
@@chrishyde5903 Judgment, in some cases (and especially in the context of that chapter). Or, toward a greater good. But He didn't say He directly/specifically causes EVERY single calamity. Simply that He can/does create them as He wills, for His purpose. Alternately, He allows the laws of nature to run their course, as well as people's free will, all of which leads to various disasters.
@BrunoGonzales-yv9vu
@BrunoGonzales-yv9vu 4 месяца назад
Rah; in the Hebrew,bad,evil,adversity,affliction,calamity,displease,distress,great grief,harm,heavy,hurt,mischief,misery,naught,noisome,not pleasant,sad,sore,sorrow,trouble,vex,wicked,wretchedness,wrong,spoil,by breaking to pieces,to make or be good for nothing,bad(physically,socially or morally,evil doer,ill,mischief,punish,wicked doer,worse. Poneros;in the Greek,hurtful,evil,degeneracy,calamitous,ill,diseased,culpable,derelict,vicious,facinorous,mischief,malice,guilt,the devil,sinners,bad ,evil,grievous,harm,lewd,malicious,wicked.
@Poseforkemp
@Poseforkemp 4 месяца назад
Thank you for being open enough to be vulnerable and emotional about God’s love and sacrifice for us🙏🏾 We Love you!
@nenadb96
@nenadb96 11 дней назад
My thinking is that if God gave us freedom, that means that every war, school shoot... is on us only. He didnt force anyone to do anything, he showed us what is good and what is bad and its up to us what we will do.
@GRB777
@GRB777 2 месяца назад
Keller like most apologists doesn't answer the question, but instead makes clever statements that impress the true believers, while leaving the skeptics without an answer.
@BryghtTheLyght
@BryghtTheLyght 2 месяца назад
Just because you can't see God in the physical realm, does not mean he is not real. He died for us on the cross for our sins. The wage of sin is death, Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price. God in the flesh, his blood washes over us allowing us to be forgiven by God for our countless sins by accepting Jesus Christ as Lord. The choice is yours, Jesus did live on earth. Just because we do not have video evidence, pictures.. does not mean he did not live. Lead by faith, that is the way. By denouncing God, and deliberately turning away from God and sinning without remorse. That can still be forgiven if you repent and believe in him. His love and grace is infinite, but he wants us (including you) to come back to him as his children. The reason for sin and suffering is choice and freewill. God created us as perfect beings believe it or not. But the serpent deceives us, Satan who was ALSO perfectly made by God. Wanted worship to come to him instead of God, so he constantly deceives us by trying to make God seem like he is angry with us and that we are dirty and disgraceful. When really we've been made perfect... But now we view our sexuality as a bad thing, we do horrible things, we do great things, terrible things, amazing things. You catch my drift?.. it's not that bad things are good, we want to aim for all goodness. But negative things will happen, we just need to navigate through and try not to do negative things. Help people believe in the gospel, understand that life is not easy.. We all are going through something dark in some way. And that's all the devil trying to lie to us, lie to us about God's love. God love's you and wants you to return. But if I can't convince you that he loves you, I hope HE shows you one day. In Jesus name, I pray for you brother/sister 🙏🏼
@thomasschaffnit8521
@thomasschaffnit8521 Месяц назад
A skeptic will never see without eyes to see, will never hear without ears to hear and will never understand without a discerning heart & mind.
@josephbartholomew6253
@josephbartholomew6253 4 месяца назад
Biggest thing most people forget… God doesn’t view physical death the way we do. Physical death brings their spirits home to him. That’s a positive thing.
@JamesSmith-ij8nj
@JamesSmith-ij8nj 4 месяца назад
Even by giving someone a painful disease, like cancer?
@Fueganthefireyguy
@Fueganthefireyguy 4 месяца назад
@@JamesSmith-ij8nj where did you get the idea that God gives people cancer?
@None-if3mo
@None-if3mo 4 месяца назад
​​​​​@@JamesSmith-ij8njwhy do you assume that he is the one who give people those miseries? If anything he ALLOWS it, not giving it. And why you only look at the suffering while ignoring the fact that those suffering can actually make someone stronger, not only that he has given people many joy in their lives, yet you only focus on one thing and decides "God is Bad". If God erases evil, then nobody will exist, because all humans are evil/sinner. Anyway death isn't the end of all in this case, so why do you think temporary suffering such as cancer is like the worst thing in the world, when truely it isn't. I don't care if you don't believe in God or you think he is evil, in the end we can only be 100% sure when we die. If you are right(there is no heaven and hell), then there is no real consequences, but if we(Christians) are right, then Good luck denying God. Anyway if you actually care about finding the truth and can put down your ego, worldview, and actually try to find an answer. i recommend you to read Job, Jeremiah, you might find your answer there. Or maybe not
@None-if3mo
@None-if3mo 4 месяца назад
​@@JamesSmith-ij8njalso painful disease is only temporary. If there is no God, why do you think having painful disease is misery when every humans gonna die anyway?
@baconboyxy
@baconboyxy 3 месяца назад
@@None-if3mo If an all powerful God allows an innocent child to suffer and die, then he might as well have done it himself. That god is either not all powerful or not all loving.
@BenjiProffitt
@BenjiProffitt 4 месяца назад
GOD bless your heart! Your commentary at the end... I feel that pain... what our LORD did for such sinful, wicked people (all of us) No greater Love!!!!
@vladkagreen1824
@vladkagreen1824 22 дня назад
I think God wants us to reach the enlightenment on our own and stop doing horrible things from our own will. We have to grow to become much better people.
@deepestwell
@deepestwell 2 месяца назад
In a Free Will Zone, it is to SHOW OURSELVES, Prime Creator and all of Creation, *who we really are* while we are in the veil of forgetting.
@carbonbasedlifeform8335
@carbonbasedlifeform8335 4 месяца назад
God bless you and your passion and love. I’m truly grateful for your videos.
@rw9854
@rw9854 3 месяца назад
“Rain falls on the wicked and the just”
@goranmilic442
@goranmilic442 2 месяца назад
Almost like as rain is just a natural event that doesn't care who is wicked and who is just.
@EmmaRonan
@EmmaRonan 2 месяца назад
God in human form-Jesus.,went through every human hardship so that we can feel completely understood and loved because he knows what it’s like to be human, he came down to our level to make sure we have that bond and trust in him❤
@Live-and-Move
@Live-and-Move 2 месяца назад
People misunderstand this topic a lot. God gave us each free will, and while yes God knows what each of us will do through our live, and yes He allows us to express that free will however we choose. He has given us his Word to guide us and written the basic laws of good and evil in our hearts. But as to why he doesn't stop people from doing evil when He knows what will happen is easier to explain than people think. You see God knows what we will do because God can perceive what each of us will do, (based on the different influences that enter our lives, influences that will be brought in by other beings with free will), God is able to perceive all possible outcomes. And has the patience and love for us to not judge any of us until we take our last breath. Because none are beyond redemption until they stand before him in judgment.
@CSF77733
@CSF77733 4 месяца назад
Saying that the Bible is the "Living Word of God" can only be understood once you are transformed by the Living God. Every time I read His word, it speaks to me in a new way. I find & understand things that I didn't see in the past. The Lord will reveal His word to each of us in His timing as we need. It's a beautiful thing. ❤
@antilaw9911
@antilaw9911 3 месяца назад
Joke
@HapaBindery
@HapaBindery 4 месяца назад
Getting me choked up too man… after meeting Christ, I’ve been able to use much of the suffering in my life to help others in theirs… love the Narnia book on the shelf
@melvinrosendaal9795
@melvinrosendaal9795 4 месяца назад
When you choose to believe in nothing you also believe in a fantasy book. Imagine believing in that nothing created everything, biggest fantasy out there. The only reason it is more reasonable to you is because you were born knowing nothing, thats why you keep hanging on to the nothing
@melvinrosendaal9795
@melvinrosendaal9795 4 месяца назад
The purpose of a human is to seek the truth en obey it. How? Be open to perception, surrender and drop the ego
@justin10292000
@justin10292000 4 месяца назад
​@@melvinrosendaal9795The purpose of life is to love God, worship Him in Spirit and in Truth, and enjoy Him forever.
@p.r.152
@p.r.152 19 дней назад
Best part of this video is your commentary at the end. Thank you
@lt7378
@lt7378 13 дней назад
Agree!
@papertowel9490
@papertowel9490 2 месяца назад
Be good to one another. Something so easy to do is so hard for many of us.
@MarkAtherton-bf4pq
@MarkAtherton-bf4pq 4 месяца назад
What a great clip. At the most fundamental level, the answer is: Why anything at all? Why not just nothingness, instead of the beautiful and painful lives we live? Our Universe is dualistic (hot/cold, life/death, good/evil, joy/sorrow, light/darkness) and inhabits all things to their utmost. We're comfortable in a very narrow band of conditions and, when we encounter the extremes, we often either become addicted to it, or reject it completely.
@g.alistar7798
@g.alistar7798 3 месяца назад
No…evil cannot exist without good. Good can exist without evil.
@RobertoRockyMan-fp2cj
@RobertoRockyMan-fp2cj 4 месяца назад
I loved your final testimony. I felt the love and compassion of God through your words. My life s more far from God and you made me feel closer to Him this morning.
@Chad-xs2de
@Chad-xs2de 4 месяца назад
No, it's a delusion. There is no god.
@connie7125
@connie7125 4 месяца назад
I’ll pray for you Chad.
@dmosier
@dmosier 3 месяца назад
@@connie7125 I will think for you Connie
@lisasaims3007
@lisasaims3007 2 месяца назад
I’ve been wondering why God in his infinite wisdom chose out of all time, to come when & where he did. Thank You
@CarolinaAyala-ur6xx
@CarolinaAyala-ur6xx 2 месяца назад
Absolutely loved this video may god bless you & your family always ❤
@luckyluciano1340
@luckyluciano1340 3 месяца назад
I saw & felt the raw, sad emotions you had by simply speaking about what Jesus did for us by being on the cross 😞🙏🏽. THAT, is how He makes me feel as well my brother. The 1st time I watched passion of the Christ, I weeped like a baby. And He stills had that effect on me. When someone has gotten close to Jesus, you can be the toughest alpha male there is, & he’ll still make you appreciate &/or feel His presence in any random vulnerable moment, that was unexpected. God Bless you. Great work again
@isaiahanderson720
@isaiahanderson720 4 месяца назад
God wants us to choose good over evil and to seek him for comfort during times of suffering.
@jaflenbond7854
@jaflenbond7854 4 месяца назад
What do Atheists, Evolutionists, and fanatics of Religions need and want from GOD? ANSWER - Nothing, Atheists, Evolutionists, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and fanatics of all kinds of Religions in the world KNOW and are fully aware that they all rejected GOD's Sovereignty, will, and commandments as worthless and useless, no value whatsoever. . What is GOD's favor and reward for lowly, ordinary, kind, and respectful persons on earth? ANSWER - GOD KNOWS that all lowly, ordinary, kind, and respectful persons on earth who willingly submit to the authority of his Christ and believe his teachings about the "Kingdom of God" and "Resurrection of the Dead" as written in Matthew 28: 18, Luke 4: 43, and John 11: 25, 26 will definitely bring themselves honor and his favor and reward of ETERNAL LIFE and existence without sufferings, pains, griefs, sickness, and death on a safe and peaceful earth without liars, perverts, slanderers, traitors, and murderers as written in Revelation 21: 3, 4, 8 What is the "RESURRECTION of the DEAD for? ANSWER - GOD KNOWS that all human beings will just become worthless and useless dusts on earth after their deaths just like the animals as written in Ecclesiastes 3: 19, 20 ; 9: 5, 6 but he knows too that in the right and proper time, he will let Jesus Christ RESURRECT back to life all his loving, kind, and respectful worshippers who died recently and thousands of years ago like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, King David, his Christ's Followers, and many others so they can all happily and abundantly live and exist on earth forever and fully enjoy his and his Christ's eternal love, kindness, goodness, generosities, compassions, favors, and blessings for eternity as submissive and obedient subjects of the "KINGDOM of GOD" or His Kingdom under the loving and kind rulership, guidance, and protection of Jesus Christ as his Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth as written in Revelation 11: 15.
@kairuannewambui8456
@kairuannewambui8456 3 месяца назад
Yes,choose good, as for suffering go figure, your on your own
@Darth_Vader258
@Darth_Vader258 Месяц назад
I would rather be a willing *SLAVE* to God than experience Evil, Pain and Suffering.
@pebblesintheshoe4438
@pebblesintheshoe4438 17 дней назад
True. We won’t understand everything. But the question is “why is God on the cross?” ❤
@childofgod2758
@childofgod2758 14 дней назад
He’s not on the cross… he was buried and rose again
@MrLeftshot
@MrLeftshot 4 месяца назад
This was very good. I have a few other thoughts. 1. Why doesn't God intervene? Actually, He has. He intervened in Noah's time with the flood. He intervened to free the Jews who were slaves in Egypt. He intervened when Jesus came and paid the price so we could be forgiven. Most everyone who knows God can tell you of times God has intervened in their lives individually. He also has promised to intervene in the future once and for all. So, if we are honest, the question has to be more limited as in 'Why hasn't God intervened in this specific instance, but clearly has in others?' This gets back to Keller's point that sometimes we don't know, but God does. Which leads to the next thought. 2. If God is God then should I be surprised when some of the things He does are beyond my understanding? In ANY relationship there comes a point where understanding reaches its end and trust (or lack thereof) takes over. If this is true with relationships between humans, how much more with God? 3. How would we know God is gracious if He had no one who needed grace? How would we know God loves us even when we fail if no one ever fails? How would we know the extent of His love? How could any of God's creation choose to love God if we never really had a choice (free will)? 4. When we go to the doctor, the dentist, or have surgery we know there is the possibility of some pain and suffering. But we still go through with it because we trust there is a benefit in going through that temporary pain and suffering. All too often we act as if our time here and now is all we have. We are eternal beings. This is just for a little while. That understanding, that perspective changes our perception of a lot of things.
@rocksolidhope
@rocksolidhope 4 месяца назад
Really good points!👍 His ways and thoughts are so much higher than our own. He is infinite we are finite.
@bensonbrett30
@bensonbrett30 4 месяца назад
Noah’s Ark is a myth.
@timsilk5312
@timsilk5312 4 месяца назад
@@bensonbrett30great, elaborate with sources 👌!
@bensonbrett30
@bensonbrett30 4 месяца назад
@@timsilk5312 Do you have the intellectual integrity to admit that the burden of proof for existence of a thing is on the side which claims factual reality? Or are you truly asking if I have sources? Just curious.
@rocksolidhope
@rocksolidhope 4 месяца назад
@@bensonbrett30 What kind of proof would you find satisfying? (absolute proof? proof beyond a reasonable doubt? proof based upon the preponderance of evidence? proof that's a reasonable inference to the best explanation?) Your answer will give me some insight into your intellectual integrity.
@enigmatic710
@enigmatic710 3 месяца назад
Because God gave us freewill...
@kairuannewambui8456
@kairuannewambui8456 3 месяца назад
Yes,to do only right thing
@fishinwiththegriffins7304
@fishinwiththegriffins7304 3 месяца назад
💯
@fishinwiththegriffins7304
@fishinwiththegriffins7304 3 месяца назад
​@@kairuannewambui8456 Free will is the choice to do good or evil. If you take away evil, you take away free will.
@phumlanimakabingwe5852
@phumlanimakabingwe5852 3 месяца назад
The same bullshit answer
@nileswillis7992
@nileswillis7992 3 месяца назад
Ah...the old "go to" when you have no defense against an argument. There is no proof at all that God exists...none. You may as well believe in Bigfoot or UFOs...because you have the same level of certainty.
@TheRealTrucido
@TheRealTrucido Месяц назад
The argument that makes sense as to why God doesn't stop all the atrocities in the world is because he is all knowing and knows the maximum amount of people who will eventually be saved will be saved through this path. Example: I lost my two favorite cousins when I was a teenager (they were also teenagers) from events several months apart. Do I know if I would still be a Christian or that they would have went to Heaven later in life if events played out differently? And then the ripple effects. How many of my family members and people that knew them both get saved as a result of those events compared to how many of them would have ignored God without it? So on and so forth. It's like thinking about your life choices and what would ultimately be different if even one thing had been changed. What if you didn't date that girl when you were younger? Would you have met your next girlfriend at the same exact time you did? Would you go on to get married and have children at the same exact time you did creating the children you have now? Would you give that up for anything? No. Those events had to happen....
@scotthensley4726
@scotthensley4726 2 месяца назад
God gave everyone free will. He has never interfered in that as far as I know.
@Ready-ForTheEnd
@Ready-ForTheEnd 4 месяца назад
I have to agree with Joe on this as a Christian. No matter the answers others give, it still doesn't make sense why God would create Lucifer knowing he would become evil and tempt man who is but a child compared to him. 🤷🏽
@memastarful
@memastarful 4 месяца назад
But God's ways are higher than our ways, His thoughts higher than our thoughts. Just because we can't always fathom why it doesn't mean God is wrong or doesn't know what He is doing.
@Ready-ForTheEnd
@Ready-ForTheEnd 4 месяца назад
​@@memastarful That doesn't directly answer the question but I suppose that's about as good of an answer we can get to this question. Most Christians don't want to admit that they don't actually *know* why. They just throw verses out there that are irrelevant.
@memastarful
@memastarful 4 месяца назад
@@Ready-ForTheEnd I know that I don't know all the answers but I do know that I can trust God in the mystery.
@Ready-ForTheEnd
@Ready-ForTheEnd 4 месяца назад
​@@memastarful So true and thanks for the reply. It has been helpful. God bless
@memastarful
@memastarful 4 месяца назад
@@Ready-ForTheEnd God bless you too
@israelisjeshuas7009
@israelisjeshuas7009 4 месяца назад
I remember David Pawson (great Bible teacher) pointing out that if God got rid of all the evil in the world there would be no one left. This video was useful too, thanks.
@ForesFishing
@ForesFishing 3 месяца назад
David Pawson is amazing. He really helps understand everything!
@kairuannewambui8456
@kairuannewambui8456 3 месяца назад
I will be left,
@sevensages5279
@sevensages5279 3 месяца назад
@kairuannewambui8456 you and a lot others too! What a terrible answer by David Pawson! This guy on here doesn't do any better answering , why is evil allowed if there is a God?
@GuillermoSanchez-Apex
@GuillermoSanchez-Apex Месяц назад
If we didn't have evil we wouldn't have good. That's what makes the world go around. It's all necessary and everything has a purpose.
@Nightjar726
@Nightjar726 4 месяца назад
More of Timothy Keller please. He was such a learned beautiful kind soul. Very missed.
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom 4 месяца назад
Roger that!
@ronregnier2179
@ronregnier2179 4 месяца назад
@@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom If there had been a Nazi sympathizing pastor who sounded like he had good bible teaching I STILL WOULDNT want to hear him!!!!!!!!!! this loser was all for the injections that have been part of the biggest assault on humanity ever apart from the satanic one!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO AWAY WITH THIS LOSER and stop shaming yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@kauaifishing1365
@kauaifishing1365 4 месяца назад
Although I like Keller. He should have explained God’s purpose and plan. Read Clarence Larkin
@darrenallarde
@darrenallarde 4 месяца назад
Bro. So powerful. What a presentation. You took us on a journey to renew the mind and delivered a piercing message on Jesus Christ. Felt that.
@renatomarques264
@renatomarques264 3 месяца назад
Beautiful! Thank you 🙏
@davesrvchannel4717
@davesrvchannel4717 2 месяца назад
God allows man to make his own mistakes. God gave us a rule book for all to live by. He didn’t want to operate us like puppets. If this was a perfect world , we would never focus on the promise of heaven. We would focus on here and now
@CalebThornhill
@CalebThornhill 4 месяца назад
Excellent explanation of God's response to evil -- in and through Jesus Christ, particularly his work on the cross. God is far from indifferent to human suffering. The cross makes that option impossible. His love is the best good news!
@stevebosman162
@stevebosman162 4 месяца назад
Read your Bible
@anamericanprayer1967
@anamericanprayer1967 4 месяца назад
The Bible - the living word has all the answers.
@maxhagenauer24
@maxhagenauer24 4 месяца назад
@@anamericanprayer1967 All the answers to what? I wouldn't say the bible has all the answers to the questions about itself, I definitely wouldn't say it has all the answers to the deeper philosophical questions people have.
@anamericanprayer1967
@anamericanprayer1967 4 месяца назад
@@maxhagenauer24 keep it simple. Good grief - enter through the narrow road. Philosophers aren’t saviors, nor have they died for my sins. There is nothing I need to know here on earth, that will save me… I surrendered a long time ago. Forgive me - philosophy made me laugh.
@jjevans1693
@jjevans1693 4 месяца назад
​lolololol 😅 Talking snakes and donkeys oh my.​@@anamericanprayer1967
@maxhagenauer24
@maxhagenauer24 4 месяца назад
@@anamericanprayer1967 What is the bible suppose to tell you then? What's it for? Why do we read it?
@carolinelewis952
@carolinelewis952 2 месяца назад
God gave all people free will.
@leslietanner7828
@leslietanner7828 2 месяца назад
God gave us free will I thought that was why there is evil
@sling247
@sling247 3 месяца назад
I've been on the fence in my faith for years for the very same reason. Tim Keller"s answer is the best I've heard. Thanks for this. It has given me some hope of coming back.
@dwightdow8495
@dwightdow8495 2 месяца назад
God does'nt make those evil things happen. He gave us free will and some people choose to do bad/evil things. To believe in God and follow his teachings, he gives u a change for the ultimate prize. Eternal beatifull life of our spirit 😇🙏
@yourenotspecial3735
@yourenotspecial3735 2 месяца назад
@@dwightdow8495so you’re saying if I anally rape your daughter or son, if I believe in the same god as you, all will be forgiven if I give my life to Christ? Lol I shit you not that’s what people say.
@Justmekpc
@Justmekpc 2 месяца назад
@@dwightdow8495bs he orders evil in the Bible We’re celebrating Passover right now where god orders the Jews to smear lambs blood on their doors so he only murders Egyptian children that’s f…ing evil period
@robertburke9920
@robertburke9920 2 месяца назад
So then, for a breakthrough understanding of the Book of Job, read the novel "Where Do We Go Now, LORD? - Burke."
@user-lf7es3pf4g
@user-lf7es3pf4g 4 месяца назад
We will always fall short before the God.But we will always get up and fight for Jesus Christ.Love You brother.Together we strong in Jesus Christ.
@mh9713
@mh9713 3 месяца назад
What a load of crap!
@blayzemuzik7879
@blayzemuzik7879 2 месяца назад
If there’s no evil, there’s no free will
@trevorminniefield3568
@trevorminniefield3568 2 месяца назад
Do you know what free means. No cost. Stop being stupid
@FollowerOfTheLight2782
@FollowerOfTheLight2782 20 дней назад
But we do not have a free will ! KJV+ King James Version Romans 7:15-24: For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
@BobCalNor
@BobCalNor 17 дней назад
Not if she eliminated the free will to do evil but replaced it with the will to do good. And an all powerful God could certainly selective selectively engage in free will.
@wellworn23
@wellworn23 14 дней назад
Great video, thank you.
@ivancavar3037
@ivancavar3037 4 месяца назад
Centrality of the Cross is the most accurate and the most ignored answer to the problem of evil. It is such a relief to hear it from another person. You never hear this and it should be in every sermon. Praise God for Tim Keller.
@SecondPlaceMusic
@SecondPlaceMusic 4 месяца назад
Your passion for apologetics is tangible. Thank you for what you are doing :) the gospel is amazing
@christyj6108
@christyj6108 2 месяца назад
Wow, this is the first time I've had some kind of understanding of a rational answer to this question
@samthompson2269
@samthompson2269 2 месяца назад
There is no light without the darkness… We wouldn’t know true bliss without knowing true suffering.
@straightupgamer354
@straightupgamer354 3 месяца назад
I started the bible!!! Actually. I finished Matthew, now im on mark and just finished chapter 5. Ive been shooting for one chapter a day, if possible lol and yeah its been great! Really changes you when youbactually decide to read the bible man! Peace and love! ❤
@loganwilliams173
@loganwilliams173 3 месяца назад
Peace 🙏🏾❤️
@ryanovercash8725
@ryanovercash8725 3 месяца назад
Start with the Old Testament, that way you can see how horrible the god character is before wasting any more time.
@Jelly-sk2ry
@Jelly-sk2ry 3 месяца назад
I actually starting my Bible reading with the Old Testament and that showed how God is a promise keeper while humans are just so shallow and weak yet God still chose to make covenants with sinners@@ryanovercash8725
@HiThereHeyThere
@HiThereHeyThere 2 месяца назад
When you finish reading Mark, pop over to grace to You channel in playlist they have a Mark series... fantastic 🤩
@JESUS23LIVES
@JESUS23LIVES 4 месяца назад
I love your spirit in this video , truly awesome message. Thank you brother. In Jesus name !!
@user-wi1ce6zg7z
@user-wi1ce6zg7z 2 месяца назад
The Lord gave us free will . Simply Understand the complexities of that .
@donnajoyner3040
@donnajoyner3040 2 месяца назад
God has given every man free will and He does not interfere with that free will., whether it be for evil or good.
@clintisaacs
@clintisaacs 4 месяца назад
God bless you and keep you, brother 🙏
@AlphaAchilles
@AlphaAchilles 4 месяца назад
This question has been so thoroughly answered at this point that if you don’t know the answer you’re not really searching for it.
@maylene421
@maylene421 4 месяца назад
how so?
@Ok-pt9oc
@Ok-pt9oc 4 месяца назад
Let me guess the same ole same ole answer Christians answer questions like politicians 😂
@IYamWhatIYam136
@IYamWhatIYam136 4 месяца назад
The answer was "I don't know ".
@user-be9eb7gs6o
@user-be9eb7gs6o Месяц назад
The answer: "I don't know". So tell us @AlphaAchilles what's the answer. You seem to know.
@TheArtofEngineering
@TheArtofEngineering 2 месяца назад
As a humanist non believer I can look after the weak because of empathy…. I don’t need God. We live as part of a community and are hardwired to help our community. We also know one day I WILL BE WEAK!!! There but for the grace of…. GO…OD fortune goes me.
@Intrepid_Insomniac
@Intrepid_Insomniac 2 месяца назад
Sometimes when your child is acting out, you have to let them suffer a natural consequence to learn. If we stop them before every mistake they won’t really value the lesson.
@veronicapalczer5879
@veronicapalczer5879 3 месяца назад
Amen, Brother! Amen, amen, and amen!
@rommel-777
@rommel-777 4 месяца назад
Thank you brother for what you do. I thank the Lord for having brothers and sisters who help me understand much more than I can on my own. God Bless you all!
@beautifullybroken1591
@beautifullybroken1591 2 месяца назад
Oh my word. It is really very simple. Free will.
@CraigStewart
@CraigStewart 17 дней назад
Excellent assessment for the problem of evil, my brother in Christ.
@solongsarita
@solongsarita 4 месяца назад
This channel is doing great work. Making these huge theological/ philosophical concepts and conversations digestible without diluting their complexity or significance is not an easy task. I commend you! I know that you’re being blessed for how your blessing others!
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom
@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom 4 месяца назад
Thank you my friend! All glory belongs to God! 🙌❤️
@OnForAndInTheRight
@OnForAndInTheRight 4 месяца назад
“God doesn’t make the world this way. We do.” - Rorschach
@NewLifeFromTheWayofTruth
@NewLifeFromTheWayofTruth 4 месяца назад
😂
@chrishyde5903
@chrishyde5903 4 месяца назад
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
@childofgod2758
@childofgod2758 8 дней назад
Telll that to ppl in third world countries countries who struggle daily to get water for their children to drink. It breaks my heart.
@JenniferMarget-cf6wg
@JenniferMarget-cf6wg 7 дней назад
God allows children die in war forever how you can be god. Allows your creation become evil
@childofgod2758
@childofgod2758 7 дней назад
@@JenniferMarget-cf6wg Satan is the prince if this world… I hate it too. I often ask God y? Hard to understand.
@rachidstewart2686
@rachidstewart2686 2 месяца назад
This change my life I totally understand ❤
@joeshamblen6881
@joeshamblen6881 Месяц назад
"I want you to want me...I need you to need me". The answer may be that we are eternal intelligences given form by God and that the only way to discern who of us will really love him and be loyal is to allow total agency. We choose what kind of world we will live in. Our choices indicate whether we will be comfortable in his presence. Our regret and shame or bliss will be of our own choosing. Justice and mercy...neither one robbing the other.
@muppetonmeds
@muppetonmeds 4 месяца назад
Imagine being forced to be good and then being forced to live with God for eternity and you don't even love him to some that would be a nightmare.
@SAN_E7
@SAN_E7 4 месяца назад
Free will in a nutshell
@Farmingdaneo
@Farmingdaneo 4 месяца назад
Not compared to the eternal torture God would make non believers experience
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