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For thou hast magnified thy word above
all thy name. - Psalms 138:2 KJV
God's Answers
Why is there death and suffering?
By YBible
Answer: God didn’t create the world this way and He won’t allow it to last much longer.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. - Revelation 21:4
God created the world without sin or death.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. - Genesis 1:31
God gave us the free will to obey Him or disobey.
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. - Genesis 2:17
We disobeyed and sinned against God. Our sin brought death and suffering into the world.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; - Romans 3:23
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: - Romans 5:12
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. - Romans 8:22
Though we are separated from God by our sin, God provided a way of redemption.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. - Romans 6:23
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. - Romans 10:13
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16
God wants all to be saved.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. - 2 Peter 3:9
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. - Matthew 11:28
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. - Romans 8:28
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. - 1 Corinthians 15:26
- KJV
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