Why do bad things happen to good people

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Why do bad things happen to good people?

• Jesus, The Suffering Servant of GOD

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When you wonder if GOD cares

• consider Him
• (Hebrews 123 NKJV)

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When you wonder if GOD cares

• All doubts about GOD and suffering should be
  filtered through what we know about Jesus.
• I doubt Jesus disciples tormented themselves
  with questions like Does God care? because they
  had visible evidence of His concern everyday.
• They simply looked at Jesus face.

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When you wonder if GOD cares

• Jesus responded with sadness and grief
  (Luke 711-17)
• Jesus cried when His friend died (John 1133-36)
• Jesus healed pain (Matthew 423-25)

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When you wonder if GOD cares

• The word compassion comes from two Latin words
  that mean to suffer with.
• Jesus showed compassion in the deepest sense when
  He voluntarily came to Earth and took on pain.
• He suffered with us, and for us.

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When you wonder if GOD cares

• GOD is not detached from our suffering.
• He has not disassociated Himself from suffering.

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When you wonder if GOD cares

• Not only did Jesus respond with compassion to
  pain He took on pain.
• GOD has gone through the whole of human
  experience, from the trivial irritations of
  family life and the cramping restrictions of hard
  work and lack of money to the worst horrors of
  pain and humiliation, defeat, despair, and death.
• When the Word became flesh, He played
  the man.

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When you wonder if GOD cares

• He was born in poverty and died in disgrace and
  thought it well worthwhile
• GOD did not sit idly by and watch us suffer
  alone
• He joined us in His life on Earth, and endured
  far more pain than most of us ever will

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The Source of Suffering

• GOD the general sense (GEN 316-19)
• GOD the specific sense (Job, Paul)
• Satan (Job, Paul)
• Sin (PRO 1315)
• Righteousness (MATT 510)

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The Cross of Christ

• GOD the general sense (GEN 316-19)
• GOD the specific sense (Job, Paul)
• Satan (Job, Paul)
• Sin (PRO 1315)
• Righteousness (MATT 510)

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The Cross of Christ

• GOD the General Sense
• Jesus lived in our sin-cursed world.
• appointed unto men once to die (HEB 927 KJV)

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The Cross of Christ

• GOD the Specific Sense
• The sufferings of Christ both humbled and
  strengthened Him (Hebrews 57-8).
• smitten by God, and afflicted. (Isaiah 534
  NKJV)
• the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us
  all. (Isaiah 536 NKJV)
• it pleased the LORD to bruise Him He has put
  Him to grief (Isaiah 5310 NKJV)

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The Cross of Christ

• GOD the Specific Sense
• For Christ also suffered for sins, the just for
  the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being
  put to death in the flesh but made alive by the
  Spirit. (1 Peter 318 NKJV)

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The Cross of Christ

• Satan
• Then Satan entered Judas (LK 223)
• the devil having already put it into the heart
  of Judas Iscariot, Simons son, to betray
  HimSatan entered him (JN 132, 27)
• to devour her Child (REV 124)

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The Cross of Christ

• Sin Yours and Mine
• who Himself bore our sins in His own body on
  the tree (1 Peter 224 NKJV)
• borne our griefs and carried our
  sorrowswounded for our transgressionsbruised
  for our iniquitiesthe chastisement for our peace
  was upon Him, laid on Him the iniquity of us
  allfor the transgressions of My people He was
  strickenHe shall bear their iniquitiesHe bore
  the sin of many and made intercession for the
  transgressors. (Isaiah 534-12 NKJV)

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The Cross of Christ

• Righteousness
• And this is the condemnation, that the light has
  come into the world, and men loved darkness
  rather than light, because their deeds were
  evil. (JN 319 NKJV)
• envy (MATT 2718 MK 1510)

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The Cross of Christ

• The most awful act ever done was and is the most
  wonderful event that has ever occurred.
• For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for
  us, that we might become the righteousness of God
  in Him. (2 COR 521 NKJV)

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Hear The Conclusion!

• In the new heaven and the new earth, the Devil
  will not have opportunity to deceive us.
• He will be tormented day and night forever and
  ever in the lake of fire (REV 2010).
• There will be nothing that defiles or causes an
  abomination, no deception, no lies, no
  temptation, no sin (REV 2127).

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Hear The Conclusion!

• Because there will be no sin, there will be no
  curse (REV 223).
• And because there will be no curse, there will be
  no sorrow, no pain and suffering, no sweat or
  tears, and no death (REV 214).
• GOD will make all things new (REV 215).

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Hear The Conclusion!

• Come unto Me
• (Matthew 1128)