WELCOME TO THE MEETING HOUSE

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Part 3 "If God Is So Good, Why Is The World So
Bad?"
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Whoever thinks he has the ways of God
conveniently tabulated, analyzed, and correlated
with convenient, glib answers to ease every
question from aching hearts has not been far in
this maze of mystery we call life and death.
Vance Havner, reflecting on his wifes death
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Over 250,000 children die every week from
malnutrition and related preventable diseases.
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It would take about 30-40 billion a year to
provide all people in developing countries with
clean water, health care, and basic education
the amount we spend on golf each year. U.N.
Study
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We have met the enemy, and it is us. Pogo
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If only there were evil people somewhere
insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were
necessary only to separate them from the rest of
us and destroy them! But the line dividing good
and evil cuts through the heart of every human
being. Aleksandr Solhenitsyn
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Everythings supposed to be different than it
is here. Simon (in Grand Canyon)
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One of the major causes of devastating grief and
confusion among Christians is that our
expectations are false. We do not give the
subject of evil and suffering the thought it
deserves until we ourselves are confronted with
tragedy. D. A. Carson
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Pain makes people better or bitter. Unknown
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We are both complicitous in and molested by
the evil of our race. Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
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There is a kind of maturity that can only be
obtained through the discipline of suffering.
D. A. Carson
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God has no stereotyped way of doing what He
does. He delivered Peter from prison but left
John the Baptist in a dungeon to die. I
accept whatever He does, however He does it.
Vance Havner
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Though justice be thy plea, consider this That
in the course of justice none of us Should see
salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same
prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of
mercy. William Shakespeare
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Alas! And did my Saviour bleed? And did my
Sovereign die? Would He devote that sacred
head For such a worm as I? Isaac Watts
(1674-1748)
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Was it for sins that I had done He groaned upon
the tree? Amazing pity grace unknown! And love
beyond degree! Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
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Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do
all the faithless live at ease? Jeremiah 121
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Dear friends, do not be surprised at the
painful trial you are suffering, as though
something strange were happening to you. But
rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of
Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his
glory is revealed. 1 Peter 412-13 (TNIV)
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God is Great God is Good (But there is still
evil in the world)
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God is Great God is all-Controlling God is
Good God is all-Sweetness (But there is still
evil in the world) Therefore, such a God must not
exist.
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God is Great God is all-Powerful God is Good
God is all-Loving Therefore, evil must come from
another source, and this God calls us to fight
against it.
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We know that we are children of God, and that
the whole world is under the control of the evil
one. 1 John 519 (NIV)
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Omnipotence Omni-control
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Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of
Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets
involved in civilian affairsthey want to please
their commanding officer. 2 Timothy 23-4
(TNIV)
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I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
sufferings, becoming like him in his death.
Philippians 310 (TNIV)
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Even though you intended to do harm to me, God
intended it for good, in order to preserve a
numerous people, as he is doing today.
Genesis 5020 (NRSV)
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God was reconciling the world to himself in
Christ. 2 Corinthians 519 (TNIV)
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Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself
yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward
what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win
the prize for which God has called me heavenward
in Christ Jesus. Philippians 313-14 (TNIV)
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Love your enemies. Jesus
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"If any brother or sister sins, rebuke the
offender and if they repent, forgive him. Even
if they sin against you seven times in a day, and
seven times comes back to you and says, I
repent,' forgive them. Luke 173-4 (TNIV)
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SIN -gt REBUKE -gt REPENTANCE -gt
FORGIVENESS -gt ACCEPTANCE
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Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in
someone elses eye and pay no attention to the
plank in your own eye? How can you say, Let me
take the speck out of your eye,' when all the
time there is a plank in your own eye? You
hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own
eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the
speck from the other persons eye. Matthew
73-5 (TNIV)
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We love because he first loved us. 1 John
419 (TNIV)
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Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been
forgiven as her great love has shown. But
whoever has been forgiven little loves
little. Luke 747 (TNIV)
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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 81
(TNIV)
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If any of you want to be my followers, you must
forget about yourself. You must take up your
cross each day and follow me. If you want to
save your life, you will destroy it. But if you
give up your life for me, you will save it.
Luke 923-24 (CEV)
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