Why does God let bad things happen? (The problem of evil).
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- Why does god allow suffering and pain? Why does God allow evil, war (wwIII anxiety) natural disasters and all the bad things? Why doesn't God intervene? A "How to" get through the problem of evil with a look from the book of Job, to Jesus, to the Brothers Karamazov.
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I'm an atheist but this is by far the best advice that is applicable to anyone. No matter how cruel our life is, we have to hold firm in our values and strive for ourselves and those whom we hold dear. no need to curse god or fate or even ourselves, try our fullest.
thank you so much for this video 😊
Amen. Thank you for watching. 🙏
That's a fancy way of saying both "it's what it's" and "though it may hurt today, I'll be heading my way tomorrow" the same time
@@thuynguyenthikim7599 I mean you're not wrong. But sometimes when the pain is too much to bear, we kinda have to accept it and feel a bit detached from it first before we can even begin to solve it rationally. And of course as you said, simply enduring the problems head-on without changing any strategies or solutions is also not good.
@@Ayanamiame idk, i just don't bear the pain at all, two of my relative died and I just don't care, telling myself that "they've already been no use for my development anymore" and I live happily
@@Ayanamiame something narcissistic, psychopathic is the key of happiness
I cannot blame someone for giving up on faith when something insanely terrible happens to them and their life, despite doing nothing to deserve it.
I've been here many times man it does seem unfair the only logical answer I've ever. Been able to understand is JOB I believe God's response is sufficient we don't understand things and we try to . But ultimately it still sucks to live in this time of suffering.
Romans 8:18 "The suffering of this present time will not compare to the Glory that will be revealed to us"
welll "if life were predictable it would erase to be life, and be without flavor" -Elarnor Roosevelt and All human are do Bad/Horrible thing bcuz they choice to even a Good person, well sometime you need to do thing that can break the ego/comfort to be realistic and open your eyes, God doesn't first people live a happily even they like it or not, God want us resilience, power(in to overcome the evil), courage and Strength and sometime God is to do opposite of thing that you like and outside control bcuz if you are wotrhy to Live that you want and thing Than God why the evil is exist and Human also are the evils one too
there are 2 types of terrible things, one that comes from natural soruce or cause, another that comes from people,objects controlled by people. Now we need to stop blaming God for the evil done by people/humans. now the other (natural source )is God trying to test you ,your patience, strength and faith.
@@ThinkTank-007 Please stop. God is responsible for throwing us into this horrible slave prison
If your going to hate do it in hell if you don’t believe God is real then that is where you will go
Hey dude. I've been struggling with my faith. Family is extremely Catholic, with no argument allowed whatsoever, and obviously the society we surround ourselves with today is mostly Atheist, with facts and logic backing up their beleifs, while I was taught, "Its just God, can't question it."
Your art is helping me figure out the WHY. Why I should beleive, why we feel the way we do about our beleifs, and it's helped me be more confident in myself and my beliefs. I appreciate you and the work you do. ✌️
Amen. Thank you for this comment my friend... its a big encouragement. If you ever have any questions, just fire them off... I've been there. Peace friend. 🙏
Highly recommend continuing to research the answers to your questions man, using Catholic sources in your searches. Never stop searching--Ask God for guidance with humility, a softened heart, and childlike trust. Also, I recommend praying 3 Hail Mary's every single day asking Mother Mary for Her intercession, as well praying to St. Joseph for his help too! God bless you.
Thank God every day that you are Catholic! read a chapter of the OT and NT daily, pray, meditate, pray the Rosary which is a meditation on Christ's life, read the early church fathers. fast, give alms...these actions will take you directly to God.
Guys, HERE IS Salvation
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Hebrew Book of Isaiah
Genesis 2
Please consider this scenario:
A man is waiting at a crosswalk of a busy intersection. He hears the cries of a terrified mother behind him. Turning around, he sees a toddler running in his direction, giving every sign the child will run past him and bolt into traffic.
Now the man realizes that he could effortlessly extend his hand and stop the toddler, saving the child's life. He also understands stopping the child will prevent the untold heartaches of a mom watching her child horribly die, the trauma of the striking motorist, and the grief of every witness, relative and friend.
Instead the man freely chooses to do nothing. Brakes screech, vehicles collide, lives are ruined and one is lost. The crosswalk light changes, and the man simply walks around the carnage and continues on his way, thinking "I will do the same in the future."
Do you think he acted reasonably?
Did he show any empathy or compassion?
And a simple yes/no moral question: _Is the man who let a child horribly and needlessly die evil?_
My sister died 3 days ago. She was 28 year old. The possibility of not going well rhe surgery on her heart was 5%. All churches was praying even though i knew God has decided to take her. Be the name of God blessed. God gives God takes. Amen.
May God bless you and help you through your tragic times. You’re in my prayers 🙂.
sorry 😥 It sounds as though your sister wanted to go, God cannot do anything even if you guys were praying if her choice was to go
@@parvathipal2920 Did you just said that his sister died because she wanted to?
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
you'll meet her again in enternity, . Stay firm and my condolences to you .
The idea that Christ suffers with us, mourns for us, is brokenhearted when we are broken hearted. That has helped me through very hard times. It doesn't make the sadness go away, but it does remind us of our importance to God. That he cares. And even more than just caring, he feels what we feel. He stops to our level to weep alongside us. And he reassures us that in the end he will be victorious, and none of this suffering will be for naught.
Our minds are truly a puzzle. We can be creative in our own ways. We see people around the world starving but we don’t do anything for them. They cant do anything for themselves which is truly pitiful. But we don’t have to though. Suffering is a real thing which can only come victorious until the end of time.
How do you this.
Simply trust....trust Jesus came down and suffered with us. We live in a fallen world thats progressively getting darker...@@Eric-ej3oy
@@Eric-ej3oyContinue to read the word of God, and talk with him, communicate with him, and share your feelings and thoughts with him. One thing i have definitely learned, and that is super helpful, is not to worry about ‘not’ sinning, instead, focus on Jesus and his word. You cannot get rid of darkness by focusing on darkness, you can only get rid of darkness by focusing on the light, get it? You will only grow by reading, obeying, repenting, and communicating with God. Don’t worry about all the wrong you’re doing, bc it is not your works that matter, instead, it is your relationship with God that matters. Ill tell you right now, you will naturally start to change when you do these things, you cannot change on your own and gain peace on your own, you will only start to get these things when you apply Gods word in your life. Having this connection with God will cause you to naturally gain the fruits of the spirit which is: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Because God will bless you with his Holy Spirit ✝️💝💝💝✝️. I hope and pray this helped you! God bless you!
This argument is null and void for me, because God never became a human. Jesus looked like a human, but he never had to wrestle with the question of if God is real or not. He never had to wonder if God hated Him and was actually using Him as a plaything, to torture and laugh at and keep stretching to see how long it takes to break Him. That’s what I have to wonder everyday. God never struggled like me. Jesus never knew the true loneliness and despair and emptiness that I feel everyday. Jesus KNEW his entire life that He was God, and nothing that happened mattered because He’s God and He’s just gonna be God again when the little people “kill” Him. If Jesus was actually just a “normal” human, who was God but didn’t know it, and still remained innocent and sinless and performed miracles and took on the sin of the world anyway, THEN God could say that He knows what it’s like to be human from experience. But that’s NOT the case. God essentially cheated. He never fully became human, He never truly had to deal with our hardest struggles. The “hardest” thing He dealt with was dying, but even while He was dying He knew for a fact beyond any shadow of a doubt that He was going to Heaven and regaining His “God-ness”. Does any Christian truly know they’re going to Heaven in such a way? No. And they couldn’t possibly. Some may have successfully deluded themselves into the belief, but ironically all of them have different ideas of what Heaven actually is, so you can’t really say this belief was revealed to them by God, otherwise the picture of Heaven would be the same. But I digress; the main point of this comment is, God does not understand my pain, He does not weep with me because He cannot understand it, and the reason He cannot understand it is not because He’s incapable as an all-powerful being, obviously. The reason is that He is God, and not a human, and He knows of His own existence, He doesn’t have to wish and hope and gaslight himself into belief in the face of overwhelming evidence pointing to his non-existence. He simply does not know what it’s like to be a human, and nothing Jesus went through on Earth changes that fact. The most I’ll admit to is that God did a good acting job.
My mother was complaining about headaches on Saturday and we took her to the Hospital immediately, fast forward to Monday she cant remember stuff and finds it hard to speak, i wept , as tough as i thought i was i couldnt stop myself from weeping, funny enough i found your video on "Talkin with God and not to Him" i think , on sunday and addded it to my watch later and watched it on monday at night while bawling my eyes out, i tried praying for the first time in a while and ive been praying ever since, watching this current video peace just flowed into my heart, shes getting better now , may God bless you sir
Did your mother took the Covid vax?
Its a fallacy to assume God exists because god exists
Why pray? It's like asking God to intervene in something he either did himself or allowed to happen. Prayer makes no sense to me
@@Booossterr Praying isn't just a show of faith. Praying gives your thoughts and emotions form and shape so you can better overcome a seemingly overwhelming event that happened in your life
@@BooossterrPraying is talking to God
Whether to thank him, ask for forgiveness or just talk to him and praise him for how awesome he is, it doesn't really matter as long as it comes from the heart, and if it's from the heart it's always honest and pure
I lost my grandfather today and remembered to come to this video, thank you
Praying for strength to come your way
@@summerbaldago420 thank you sm amen
Hopefully your coping okay, wishes you the best ❤
I hope you're doing okay❤
Your grandfather has moved very far away from this existent and when he left, he did not leave material belongings but also relationships but I am sure during his existent, he loved you very much
I don't usually leave comments. but video brought me to tears, god bless you brother
Yes my brother 👦 god is the only god he puts things on you it may be stress and hard things that you think u can’t mange but tbh god said that everything that he puts on you but god knows u can manage ~^😊
@@Remeash God never gives you something you can't handle. 🙏 ❤
I’m an orthodox Christian but this helped me a lot, this message was very powerful and I can really understand now, I can feel like I’m getting closer to God
Amen. peace brother. 🙏
Amen 🙏
@@jaketane1717 /*1) If God wasn`t forced to created?
2) And God know beforehand he created he will create something he doesn`t want (sin) and due to his will of creating that most mankind will be doomed to eternal suffering in hell?
3) And If God don`t want that people to be in eternal pain.
4) This God won`t create something in the first place...
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@@a.39886 I don’t know what you’re going on about but have a good day I guess
@@a.39886 God did not create sin. Man entered it into the world when they first chose to disobey God’s command. The consequences are God being a just God and not allowing wrongdoing to go unpunished. The video tried to get that across in the question of “How do you respond to sin and evil?” Are you going to do nothing or even complain about it? Or are you going to fight it with love and charity? Just because we don’t believe in God’s existence doesn’t change the fact that he is there.
We can’t control the terrible things that happen in this world but we can chose how to respond to it
Please consider this scenario:
A man is waiting at a crosswalk of a busy intersection. He hears the cries of a terrified mother behind him. Turning around, he sees a toddler running in his direction, giving every sign the child will run past him and bolt into traffic.
Now the man realizes that he could effortlessly extend his hand and stop the toddler, saving the child's life. He also understands stopping the child will prevent the untold heartaches of a mom watching her child horribly die, the trauma of the striking motorist, and the grief of every witness, relative and friend.
Instead the man freely chooses to do nothing. Brakes screech, vehicles collide, lives are ruined and one is lost. The crosswalk light changes, and the man simply walks around the carnage and continues on his way, thinking "I will do the same in the future."
Do you think he acted reasonably?
Did he show any empathy or compassion?
And a simple yes/no moral question: _Is the man who let a child horribly die evil?_
if i were to set my wife (who i love very very much) on fire, do i love her? most theists answers are “well u never loved her in the first place if u did that.” so that means god never loved us if he’s willing to send us to burn and be tortured eternally hell. god is evil
@@humbleevidenceaccepter7712 Well in human eyes he could have done something and is some form of evil/cowardly. But thats was his free will to make in the Bible talks about sacrificial love. And that we are not saved by works alone so even if he choose to save the child’s life or not we are all evil in some form of way so in humans eyes even if he did save the child he’s a hero. But I’m Gods eyes we’ve all feel short of the glory of good and have to repent of are sins. And if that man in your scenario was truly good he would have read the Bible about sacrifice and saved that child. Just like how Jesus died on the cross for us It was SACRIFICIAL LOVE.
@@hakeemmickoy4417 Thanks for the reply.
Your answer is that the man is "evil" because he needlessly allowed a child to die a horrible death and caused untold suffering among many other people. He had the power to effortlessly prevent all that trauma and heartache but capriciously chose not to. All moral people agree he is a monster.
A follow up question: _Why would you worship a god who also could prevent needless accidents, catastrophes, earthquakes, hurricanes, famines, etc., but capriciously chooses not to?_ Why worship such a monster?
Wow its like other secular schools of thought figured this out without the controversial flaws of a religious text.
My best friends wife passed today. She was saved. We are Christians. However it was hard for me to explain why these things happen to people of faith like us to my friend who just lost his wife. He’s not angry. His faith is strong but still just doesn’t understand. To be honest I understand sit it’s still hard and I mourn too so hard it’s hard to come up with what to say. This put it in to perspective soooo well. Thank you for making this. God bless you. I already miss her so much. My heart breaks for my friend but even more for the 7 and 9 year old children she leaves behind. I know she is in the arms of Jesus now and no longer suffering. Cancer is terrible and can come for us all but Gods grace and our future with him is everlasting. Glory to God.
There is nothing to say. How do you explain this to someone go doesnt even believe
What does "She was saved" mean? How do you know?
@@Lvsl_iftdv because of what the Bible says how we are saved. She did that.
@@11valdano I believe in God. But God is not love, is a cosmic horror. It's you who are mistaken and have not grasped his true intentions and message. Pay attention to his actions, not to the words of mortals who want to convince you of the righteousness of a senseless conclusion.
Great job. I'm under a heavy spiritual attack at the moment, and your videos bring me comfort. God feels far away, but he's there like the sun is there behind dark clouds. You know how it is. Bad things tend to happen in bunches.
My mom's cat got eaten by a coyote. Business has slowed. A friend has betrayed me, and I got scammed by a vanity press to the tune of $5,700. (The novel I'm trying to publish is about how I got sober and found God. The devil wants to stop it at all cost.)
I was feeling low. Re-watching this video has snapped me back from depression. Thanks.
It sounds like a lovely novel. I wanted to be a writer too but severe mental illness and extreme poverty is killing me. We're both in this together.
@@norikokomikado Well, may God bless you. We're ALL mentally to some degree. There's not one human being on the planet that isn't neurotic on some issue.
Money is tight. I pray you find a way to make ends meet. I'm 59 years old and have a manual labor job at a wearhouse. I'm fortunate to pay my bills, but I'm only a paycheck away from poverty.
You're not alone! Good luck. I'll pray for you.
@@garykotowski2622 I'm only 27 but I agree with everything you said. Sad, isn't it? But I know God is in control, so my depression is a lot less severe than it could have been otherwise.
The devil loves me more
@@damhatrebloc I don't think the devil is capable of loving anyone. He loves to troll people and make us miserable, but real love is not in his dictionary.
I have to say I find myself coming back to this video from time to time. This topic was the reason that despite growing up in a Catholic family, I never had faith myself.
I always wondered why some people, despite disaster and suffering, had a strength and light inside them that was unwavering. I wished I could be someone like this. Seeing God working through people moved me in such a way that I am now Christian. I am thankful for my beginnings because I needed to find the faith myself, on my own.
Today I come back to this video after everything going on in this world. I see the suffering and pain of innocent people and I know God is keeping them close. We do not understand evil and cannot but we can understand mercy, compassion and love for your neighbor.
II Timothy 1:7
The Bible does provide an answer to this question. It is the failure of the churches that people don't understand why there is suffering. Would you like to know? I can show you from the Bible.
@Pj-fm7oe comment it?
@@Pj-fm7oe agreed. I believe it is simple. He never told us to be evil. He never told us to do things to innocent people. He created us to give us the choice, and gave us advice. He still constantly gives us the platform, guidance and the ability to do better, so how is this His fault?He created the world TO be perfect, but the only ones who destroyed it was us. people mistaken God for- " if I believe in Him, everything in my life will be perfect and I'll never be sad." but that isn't the point. we'll never know perfection as long as we're on this earth. I know it's hard, and I've lost many people myself but in the end we can't escape the reality of the world. nothing is ever perfect here and we have to accept it. He warned us about it for a reason.
@@Pj-fm7oe may I know the answer?
@@spencer0417
Absolutely you may, let me know if you still have questions.
The simple answer is rebellion, Adam and Eve followed Satan into rebelling against God. They Had everything they needed, perfect bodies, ready food supply, easy enjoyable work (fill the earth, name the animals) and would live forever in the paradise they were given. God only had a single rule, being God and the creator he certainly has the right to make rules, He told them not to eat from his tree.
“From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will certainly die.” Genesis 2:16,17
They had no need for food, no want of any kind, God was not denying them in some way. So simple was his rule that it was more a show of loyalty, a simple act of obedience to show recognition of God's authority. The sovereign of the universe could if he wanted demand anything of his own creation and they would owe him obedience, but he didn't make any such burdensome demands.
Satan saw the situation with the first human pair as an opportunity, he fooled Eve and Adam joined her willingly. They ate the fruit and became sinners and rebels. That original sin corrupted humans, imperfection cannot pass on perfection.
"That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned" Romans 5:12
Sin causes death and sin is passed on through the man (that is why Jesus could be born of a imperfect human mother and still be perfect, he did not have a human father, so no sin was passed to him).
The sin was the cause, however the reason is equally important.
"At this the serpent said to the woman: “You certainly will not die. For God knows that in the very day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and bad." Genesis 3:4,5
Satan (the serpent is Satan talking see Rev 12:9) claimed that God was withholding good from them, then he claimed that they would "know good and bad" like God. So part of his lie is that people can decide good and bad, not follow God's rules but make their own. So he slandered God's motives, and implied that they would be better off on their own. That is the origin of the rebellion. It is the universal issue that all that all of this is actually about, sovereignty, the right to rule, who makes the rules or decides good and bad. It is a universal issue because the angels are also involved, up until the flood Satan tempted the angels to join him and some did. The flood was to put an end to them taking physical bodies and reproducing with the daughters of men (Gen 6:2). Those rebellious angels are called demons.
Like a court case the issue of sovereignty takes time to settle. God gave the angels time to show loyalty or rebel before the flood. Then he gave us his son and the Bible so we can understand what is going on. Then time was allowed for the nations of man to rule without interference, where every conceivable type of government has been attempted. The results of man's rulership are what you see around you, it has been an utter failure. All the suffering you see is an attempt to prove that man can figure it out without God. But it is not possible for man to rule himself successfully.
"I well know, O Jehovah, that man’s way does not belong to him. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step." Jerimiah 10:23
We are now waiting for the fulfillment of the promises. The time to prove has passed, the issue is settled and very soon God will execute justice just as he did in Noah's day. Never again will people suffer, conditions will return to what God intended from the beginning. A paradise earth forever filled with obedient happy people. No one can alter God's purpose, it was merely delayed to answer the issue, it will happen.
"Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more; You will look at where they were, And they will not be there. But the meek will possess the earth, And they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace." Psalms 37:10,11
"And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:3,4
The production of these videos are insane. The video itself, along with your voice... everything about it gives me chills again and again. Great work. God bless!
Amen. He is very good at his depictions of things. God is working through him.
This made me cry so much and I rarely cry, I never really realized how good it felt to have someone there with me
Why does God allow?
Answer = God has given mankind 6,000 years to Self-Govern from Adam's choice.
Mankind was given the Bible on how to stop Self-Governing choice of mankind and follow God instead but, mankind never has and thus, learning the hard way, is mankind's agenda then, stopping and listening and following God.
Once the 6,000 years is over, mankind's allowed freewill, will be removed by Jesus when he returns and Gods way will be forced upon all on the Earth for, 1k years = Mankinds Sabbath = Rest Period from mankind's childish ways.
Haa😂😂😂😂😂😂Satan is God and your savior two ends of the same coin finally realizing it humans? You never was meant to win it’s rigged there is no good god just an omnipotent being that’s All powerful who I Am That I Am I do and be whatever I want to be I’m not created or formed by anyone but my self you all was created for my own desire and pleasure and wants just toys to many of my creations there is no one to stop me there’s no one higher than me I am all first and the last The Almighty One I Am The end of all things just as I Am the Beginning
@@I_AM_ALMIGHTY_GOD_FATHER_SATAN
1. Father in Heaven is called Father for his family name is called "GOD". God, has never been a first name.
2. Only 2 beings are in the family name called God = Father of it and Lord Jesus the Christ.
*3. "God" family name stands for "Authority". When God told us, Satan the Devil is the God of this world, that did not mean he is in the God family name, he is what God stands for and that is Authority.
4. By Adam's choice between the 2 teachers of Jesus and Satan (Satan is not a name, but a title which means enemy) in the Garden of Eden, freewill aka to self-Govern = Adam picked that over following God for Satan conned him into the means to create ruin upon himself and all others after him = A domino effect.
5. Outside mankind's doors now, is the result of mankind allowed to self-Govern than to follow The God Family.
6. Satan is teacher for 6,000 years (time limit God placed. Which, is almost up) and created inventions into mankind's minds to create a sinful existence for all that will lead mankind to suffer/die in.
7. Freewill in beings who cannot control their: MINDS, MOUTHS and ACTIONS aka Character = A DEAD END.
@@I_AM_ALMIGHTY_GOD_FATHER_SATAN and who are you that talk without knowing? Who are you that proclaim and shout about a truth you don't grasp? What proof is that you hold that lands you as the holder of the ultimate facticity? You are nothing, nothing but a lowly and insignificant human as any of us are, no higher power, no great being, no truth keeper, just man
What is this rubbish? Self govern? We ended up nearly from the start, afraid, or curious, about other gods.
That is NOT self governing. Nor were we united.
Not since Babel (if it happened) and you have no, evidence, of that, so far.
Nor of the Exodus either, at present.
And TWO PEOPLE who did NOT KNOW good from evil, or bad - is not 'mankind'.
Nor are they 'governing'. Or if they are, they are 'governing us' by one impulsive choice, unaware of stakes to others? Or that even heaven... had proven, to be less than harmonious, perfect, or fully stable? (or at least, the angelic realm)
The one place sin, and desire to sin, and confusion, and unhappiness, or suicidal, pride - was surely, LEAST likely, to debut, or arise.
Also, 6000 years - counting, from when? When the Black Sea first arose?
Sorry, that's more like 8000 years, currently. Maybe from Gobekli Tepe?
No, that's like, 11,000, at present.
Finally which God - and will, you, unschism selves, first?@@truthseeker6532
Not a Catholic myself, but I can appreciate the soundness of your content. You remind me a bit of my late mentor, a man who truly lived his faith, and who now doubtless enjoys great reward. I feel compelled to share every one of your videos. I hope your words will help otheres as much as they've helped me. #LiveGodly
I lost my wife after last week, we just got married in December 2022, she had high blood pressure and had complications when giving birth, leaving me with our first son, I want to keep fighting for him but I am feeling so defeated, we prayed and prayed for God to save her but she still passed, keep us in your prayers 🙏
See youre on your own. Its awful that stuff like that happens but it sadly does. Keep your head up high and fight on. Youll come out a better human in the end and you can absolutely do it.
You've got this man. It will be hard at times, no doubt, but you will get through it. Stay strong and faithful. Appreciate what you have. Love what you have. You're in my prayers 🙏🏼
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I am so sorry for your wife.
You got this, man. Be strong and let the man above guide you. He is always with you.
Amen
Everything fades eventually
This is really something I needed to hear, I recently had to put down my first pet and I of course, found myself asking the question. This really put it into perspective for me. Sadly I’ve been skimping on my faith for the past couple of years. But this really helped me a lot. Thank you.
You’re welcome! I skimped on my faith for about 20 years. Never too late. Peace.
God gave man free will. Most of the problems that we blame god for we have brought on ourselves.
Yes, I do agree with what you said most of the bad things that happen in this world is because of humans and their Irresponsible Ness but what about the people that have bad things happen to them and they have done nothing absolutely nothing to deserve that treatment. Think of this hypothetical scenario a woman gets beaten by her abusive husband almost to death, and she cries out to God to help her in that situation, but nothing happens. I mean don’t get me wrong. God most likely hear her cry, but nothing supernatural happens Immediately then, what
What about natural disasters and diseases and stuff?
@@KevindusT360 did u even watch the video
No, God created us, he knew bad things like grape would happen, he could’ve stopped it if he wanted too. and no we don’t have free will, Eve and adam disobeyed God and now we suffer even babies suffer and go to hell because of someone else’s actions.
@@michaelpierce-t5l 3 kind of sufferings 1 natural disasters 2 pain and suffering other people give and 3 Diseases
I really believe God just spoke to me through this video, because I've been asking this question for so long.
I believe god isn't and never was
@@jnmarshmello2728no one asked you tbh😂
@kozma8655 i have nothing to look back on in god because the existence of something ive never seen felt or experienced.
But the question wasn't answered. It just boils down too "because you don't know as much as me, you don't deserve an answer." We are expected trust unconditionally because it's all we really can do not because it makes any kind of sense. It's the epitome of "because I said so"
Instead of saying I dont know , People want to believe in something. It gives them a purpose for their lives
Yes, In my life of 74yrs. I have been like Job though never rich in God’s Creation. I have been in that deep hole that everything begins to lookup. A look up that I look up with a grief/confusion I cannot conceive where to begin. I have looked everywhere in my hole to find compassion, the compassion Job found in Our GOD. I have been in and out(?) so often that my answer will come at my judgement, if the Judge knowing my “why” will answer me. Patience is a trying grace, one I ask for too often, if that is conceivable, yet I must ask. Thank you for reminding me of my brother Job. Someday… perhaps the days of eternity I will taste and see the Goodness of the LORD. O, Amazing Grace!!!🙏❤️🙏
Amen Patricia. Thank you for your comment. Peace. 🙏
I was literally in some of the darkest points of my life….thank you so much for your wonderful talent messages and presentations! These really are uplifting…God bless you man ❤🙌🏾🙏🏾
q/*1) If God wasn`t forced to created?
2) And God know beforehand he created he will create something he doesn`t want (sin) and due to his will of creating that most mankind will be doomed to eternal suffering in hell?
3) And If God don`t want that people to be in eternal pain.
4) This God won`t create something in the first place...
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Amen brother, as long as evil is on earth so will GOOD BE ON EARTH
Video got me crying. I still haven't studied and read the Bible yet and I am a beginner to Catolicism, but I just want to thank you for your videos, and thank God for creating me, you, and everyone. 🙏
Please read the Bible cover to cover so that you'll become an atheist 🙏
@j drex mocking someone who is on their own spiritual journey isn't a good thing to do.
I've been atheist, pagan, Christian...and through all of it I think what struck me the most is how miserable some people are to you trying to explore your inner peace.
I hope you find something that brings you peace, if you've not already.
@@cheesay22 Although inner piece is important, it is also about what is ultimately true
@@jdrex5039 Assuming you're an atheist, What makes you think there is not a higher being?
@@IqSteve there isnt anything that leads to there having a higher being, simple as that. In every religion its just fantasy stories that has never been true. Not denying that tehre isnt a higher being but facts right now doesnt indicate there being a higher being
Lately something that I’ve been doing a lot of is research into not only my own beliefs but those of others and really delving into the Bible. I was suggested this video from TH-cam and out of curiosity I clicked to watch.
I love that you started off with the example of Job and his life. But what amazes me is that as much as his story is brought up, most people seem to ignore the biggest parts of Job’s story. When reading this it not only gives us the answer to the question posed in the title of this video but, when you began to conclude by saying you don’t know the answer, nor do you think anyone else does it somewhat baffled me. Why?
To start let’s ask another question, why did Job have such things happen to him?
As you stated at the open correctly, he was a prosperous and respected man, loved and known as a faithful man of integrity. God took note of that, but so did Satan. Satan accused that the only reason that Job was so faithful was because he had been blessed and protected by God. (Job 1:9-11)
He then raised a challenge by asking the question -- would he still remain faithful if he no longer experienced all the blessings he had received. God then ALLOWED Satan to take away the blessings he had enjoyed (Job 1:12-19) But this did not result in Satan winning his challenge, and at (Job 1:22) we see that Job remained faithful despite suffering this evil that had come upon him by Satan.
At (Job 2:3-5) we see he was still faithful to God and so Satan once again raised a challenge, that Job was only faithful because of Gods protection of him.
Notably God did not cause the suffering himself*** but he allowed Satan to afflict him, and the limit he gave was that he was not to take his life. (Job 2:6)
At (Job 2:10) we see that again despite this new horrible affliction and even his wife telling him to “Curse God and die”, he remained faithful.
Many chapters later after his exchanges with those who came to see him at (Job 27:3-6) we see Jobs determination to once again, REMAIN FAITHFUL or to “keep his integrity”. Although he still needed some learning and readjustment to his thinking, which Elihu helped provide before God also spoke to him, he remained faithful and righteous. At (Job 42:12-17) we see that when God stepped in, he removed and undid the suffering Job had experienced, and even doubled all that he had had before.
Jobs example ties in with other things including Jesus life. Jesus did not only die as a ransom to save us, but the way he LIVED his life while he was here on earth proved something else. That someone who was perfect could use their free will to serve god and live their life until they die, faithfully. Jesus was also tested by Satan while on earth. (Matt. 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13)
Through each of those challenges or tests/ temptations he quoted scripture and showed his faith in his father and God. Job was an imperfect man who was tested and challenged to remain faithful. Jesus was a perfect man who was challenged and remained faithful.
The importance of Jesus being perfect and remaining faithful is because Adam was perfect and yet when his obedience and faith were challenged, he chose to go against God. True to later form, Satan raised a similar challenge with Eve and Adam as later with Job and Jesus. Eve was told she could decide and know for herself what right and wrong was, and that god was holding something back and these challenges to give up our obedience and faith, and try to do things our way or depend on ourself instead of God is Satans whole motive to separate us. Adam messed up and Jesus had to correct that and answer Satans challenge against our faith to God, but ultimately Gods right as sovereign over all. (Romans 5:12,15,18,19) Jesus example proved that someone perfect could also make the choice to serve God and be obedient and faithful.
When he died and cried out (Matt. 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46; John 19:30) he had accomplished what he came to do.
How does all of this answer the question of why does God allow suffering / evil/ wickedness?
Since the beginning of human history with Adam and Eve who chose not to remain obedient and faithful, Satan saw that he could drive a wedge between us and our Heavenly Father.
He accused shod of withholding something from them and also said that god was a liar. When Eve took the fruit and disobeyed God, and then Adam shared with her in this, they used their free will to decide for themselves what to do and not listen to god, therefore sin and death entered the world.
Job had his very wife and friends who should have supported him, tell him that he was to blame for his suffering and to just “curse god and die”. He chose to be faithful.
Jesus even though perfect was still human. He used his free will properly. He was tempted to satisfy himself and do what he wanted and to abuse his powers as gods son, and even to take the Kingdoms of the world and be their ruler. He even rejected it when the Jews tried to make him king and said that his “kingdom was no part of the world”. He remained obedient and faithful, taught others to look to god, teach others about him, pray for gods will to be done, and gave his life to accomplish his role in gods purpose, despite being accused of horrible things like blasphemy, and enduring being beaten and tortured, even saying “it is accomplished” when he died.
We too have free will. And just like Adam and Eve, just like Job and just like Jesus, we have choices to make.
Even those who don’t know it, if they aren’t following God then they are following Satan. But he’s not concerned with those already following him, he wants no one to serve God, he wants that worship and power for himself. So all this time where suffering has been around in the world it is ultimately a test of us as humans. God is allowing us, although imperfect to choose to follow and worship him. But being the God of love that he is just like the end of Jobs story, he promises to undo everything bad in the future. All of this answers clearly where our evil and suffering comes from, who is causing it (1 John 5:19), why it’s been allowed and what we can do about it. What a privilege we have as faithful humans to give the glory and honor and praise to God. And every time we do it’s a slap in Satans face. (Prov. 27:11) we can be an example that God uses to shut Satan up. Suffering and evil are temporary, but we can prove ourselves faithful and answer Satans challenge. We can endure and overcome the suffering by relying on god for endurance and help and working on ourselves to cultivate the fruitage of the spirit and more. And for us who are faithful and obedient we have a grand future to look forward to, promised by god and will see the fulfillment of his original purpose for humans.
Hey Spencer,
I just wanna formerly thank you, so much for taking the time to write this comment. I’m a 17 y/o that struggles with depression that comes and goes, and as I’m writing this, I’m in one of the deepest valleys that I’ve ever been in. My faith in God is so incredibly small, because of so many unanswered questions about Christianity and its origins. These terrible, paralyzing doubts then kinda sneak their way in, doubts like, “What if Christianity was simply made up as a coping mechanism for the hopelessness that is life?” Toppled with the growing number of atheists in the U.S. where I live, who seemingly have plausible reasons for their unbelief. Then if I were to blame said doubts on the enemy, they’re immediately countered with, “well what if that’s just a lie to get you to stay a delusional Christian that only gives money to the church …” and so many other ideas to fill in that blank. It’s like every time I really try to counter these “what-ifs”, there’s no possible thing that I could remind myself of that puts these doubts to silence. It ends up being a huge circle of reminders and making the same points in my head, over and over.
The hopelessness is crippling.
And yet, something (maybe my own desperateness) tells me there’s hope. I’ve been attempting to rely on God’s Word more and strengthen my faith in things unseen, rather than basing my belief in God on the physical, because there’s just gotta be so much more than that.
Anyways, I really just wanted to thank you for sharing this insight. It helps people more than you know. Praying that your faith keeps growing deeper
@@hannahisabelle342
Thank you SO much for sharing! I know it can be very hard to talk about your problems at times, especially when it’s something to do with your beliefs or you have questions, concerns or doubts. There were Bible writers, prophets and others who felt like you. Look at Enoch, Moses, David, Jeremiah, David, Elijah, Peter and Job to name a few. Also just because you’re young- you may find it hard to talk to adults and family but I’ll remind you that Jesus himself was a child when he was ministering in the temple. - *Luke 2:41-50*
And also that Jesus personally invited children and young ones to come to him to learn and talk. - *Mark 10: 13-16, Matthew 18:2-5, Matthew 19:13-15, Luke 18:15-17*
The humility, mildness, and curiosity of a child, or someone who wants to know things is praised.
Also *Psalm 34:8* is a personal invitation for you to “taste and see that God is good.” You may have some questions and doubts at first, or for a while. But you get to find out what kind of God he is for yourself.
*Romans 12:2* also encourages you to “prove to yourself, or “verify”, “test”, … the will of God.” So your faith doesn’t have to be blind acceptance or mysterious. You can find out that what God says is true, and beneficial for you.
The question posed by this video is a hard hitting one because depending on how people answer - really shows the big groups we have.
Agnostics: believe that God MAY exist but just doesn’t seem to care or want to bother with us and we have no proof because he isn’t fixing the suffering and evil we see.
Atheists: claim that he CANT exist because the God that’s described in the Bible as a loving, just, caring God could in no way see what’s all going on in the world and continue to allow it. Therefore must not exist and it’s a lie. Or he’s not all powerful and CANT do anything about it even if he does exist.
Many “Christians” will say they don’t know why, or that God is “in control” and we can’t question him. He “works in mysterious ways” or that somehow he is all good and all powerful- yet he also must have created and permits evil and suffering and therefore it’s just the way things are.
Which still leaves questions honestly and is confusing.
*Revelation 12:9* - tells us that Satan/ the “great dragon” was hurled down to the vicinity of the earth.
*1 John 5:19* - tells us plain and simply that basically because of that, the “whole world is in the power of the wicked one”.
Sometimes, in fact, many times Satan (Gods enemy) IS the cause of a lot of the problems we face. He is definitely the root. *1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 12:12*
Other reasons for the different problems we face though are sometimes you can be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it just happened to be that time and place, and you were there. - *Ecclesiastes **9:11**,12*
It could simply be an accident that was no one’s fault in particular. An example in Jesus time he refers to *Luke 13:4* , where a tower fell on and killed 18 people. He said they were no more or less guilty than others.
*Proverbs 22:8, Galatians 6:7,8* - there are times where it could be a persons own fault, their own actions that get them into a particular situation. A very famous and basic principle that “you reap what you sow”.
*Ecclesiastes 8:9, 2 Timothy 3:1-5* are other examples. It be acts of evil from wicked and evil people. They have been throughout history - and in these “last days” it’s only getting worse.
We should also expect to endure some hardships and difficulties as servants of God. The road isn’t going to be easy. And if they HATED Christ, they are going to continue to hate his followers.- *John 15:20, 2 Timothy 3:12 Matthew 5:10*
And lastly just living in sin and imperfection in this world that we inherited. Sickness, death, growing old, themselves come with many pains and trials. - *Ecclesiastes **7:20**, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:12-14*
These are the reasons behind the suffering and evil we face. To add to my original post about *Why God ALLOWS it all* beyond the fact that we are given a chance to prove and show our faith in him, and prove that we support his right to rule, opposite what Satan and Adam and Eve did.
God is *ALLOWING* it to go on for a short time because he has told us in his word at *Matthew 24:14, Mark 13:10, Revelation 14:6* that we must preach first before he ends it. Yes we’re dealing with a lot of problems right now BUT, he is giving everyone the chance to get to know him, and come to have faith and hear the message and repent before carrying out judgement. This is a beautiful display of his *LOVE* and *JUSTICE*
*Romans 2:4* - he is being kind.
*2 Peter 3:9* - he doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed
*Habakkuk 2:3* - when this prophet was asking God “how long” would things be allowed to be like they were, he was assured that it would stop but it’s also on Gods timetable not ours. He sees and will make the determination WHEN to stop it finally.
Keep up reading your Bible, studying, asking questions and meditating or thinking deeply about things.
@@hannahisabelle342 also I HAVE to respond to what you said about hopelessness. I can empathize with what you’re saying because when questions come up, or you feel like your problems are piling up and you can’t do anything about them, it can be frustrating and feel like a losing battle. Especially when you throw doubts and having your faith questioned.
Going back to the example of Job I think it’s fair to say few may be able to relate to the absolute despair and sorrow and depression he must have been feeling.
When you read his story just the way it all piled up on him very close together must have been extremely overwhelming. All he could do was sit in the burnt out ashes of a fire, rub them on himself and scrape himself with pieces of a broken pot. Then his “friends” turn on him and aren’t helping him at all. Before they even talk to him they get there and sit with him for days not even saying anything. Just watching him sit there helpless.
But one very important thing about Job is that he was NOT *HOPELESS* .
*Job **14:13**-15* Job had the HOPE that even if he died, God would remember him and then resurrect him.
*Hebrews 11:1* the chapter of Faith- tells us what faith is, and then provides examples of those who had faith and what it allowed them to do. Faith and hope have a VERY close relationship.
Faith is an “assured expectation, of what is *hoped* for, the evident demonstration of REALITIES that are not seen”.
In other words you could define scriptural faith as the realization that your hope is real. It’s based on evidence. Realities. These evidences and facts are recorded in the Bible and many in that very chapter for us to be reminded of. Abraham and Sarah, Moses, Noah, etc etc etc.
A prophecy about Jesus that David wrote in *Psalms 16:8-11* showed that Jesus had hope when he was on earth.
Peter talked about this again when he wrote *Acts 2:25-28*
*Romans 5:3-5* is a good reason to not feel hopeless. Yes you may deal with a lot at times BUT, enduring it builds up hope, and even says an approved condition or standing before God
*James 1:12* again the hope to receive life.
There is much more I could say but you many many scriptural reasons to keep your hope and faith alive. Just keep it real to you, no matter what you go through. The very absolute worst thing that can happen in this world is that we die, but God can undo that and resurrect us. And he has promises for the future for his faithful servants. We can have so many more reasons to be *HOPEFUL* rather than *hopeless*.
@@spencer8388 The amount of effort and understanding put into this kind of response just blows me away. Thank you so much for taking the time and opportunity to help encourage me where I’m at. It’s people like you that make it evident that God was never done with me, and never will be. I really really appreciate the ways you’ve compiled so many useful scriptures into an order that emphasizes their importances and connections with each other, which only shows more of how consistent the Bible is.
Seriously, thank you so much. This has helped me more than you could imagine.
The Bible: the magical book with all the magical answers. And what is magic other than sleight of hand? Even Christians admit that anyone can get the Bible to say anything. That's why even athiests quote the Bible to disprove the Bible. If the Bible can be made to say anything, in reality it says nothing. To argue that your right hand is actually your left hand is a useless statement.
Why does God allow bad things to happen? Because it’s a perfect opportunity for God’s love to be demonstrated and proves that Him and His love will always be more powerful than any kind of evil.
So God is doing Show-off.
@notatrueweeb9378 God lets bad things happen to test our faith. And God already knows how we'll respond. But God still lets it happen because he wants a genuine relationship with you.
@@notatrueweeb9378 God is real and loves you. He loves you so much that he died for you. If you ever get told that God isn't real, then don't ever get fooled by those lies.
@@notatrueweeb9378 You should always believe in God. He is real and loves you. The Big Bang was proven to be false. But the LORD'S word and himself is proven by many to be real. I pray these words touch you. God bless you brother in Christ. 🙏 ❤
@@supreme0889 God is a lie, your belief is a lie, when you die, there will be no heaven, only empty void for eternity
Your voice, your thoughts, your powerful words and the animation are all perfect. You deserve wayy more subscribers
Thank you friend. Working on it. Ha!
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@@imbeggarbro you didn’t answer the question, that to you just stretched it 5 mins long…
@@imbeggar Dear! Narrow is the road, so don't be upset if only "a few" find their way to your content. Blessings to you friend!
Phillipians 4:6-7 (NIV) - “ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” ❤️😎🌎✝️
YOU ARE AMAZING AND HAVE AN AMAZING DAY!!! GOD BLESS ⭐️❤️💗💖
Amen❤🙏
This video made me cry😭😭. I've always been a loyal follower of God but I would always begin to question God when it comes to evil. I think I can hold onto the message this video has given to me for the days to come
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. Psalm 9:18
@johncollins7062 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Isaiah 46:10
Everything he says here is the complete opposite if everything you just said. Human will isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. Why would human will matter more than the will of devils or angels? Or beast? Just because human beings are made in his image? God shows no being favoritism. Neither does he have any particular bias towards any being. For his glory's sake, he exalts us as his children. And he does it for his by his own will.
I just want to say that the problems I face are self inflicted and I don't pray much but deep iny mind I always thank God for keeping me safe and sound 🙏🙏
It's courage and humble to acknowledge our own problem. Lot of people angry at God as if all the problem in their life just go away if they become a Christian go to church, pray , read Bible, etc. etc. That's the pitfall of their own imaginary god (prosperity god). Or take the miserable victim mindset and blame God for everything happen to them. Such idea is childish and futile in thinking. A young child often angry at parents because he has to eat food instead of candy, little knowing that his idea of *good* is totally wrong. To blame God for their own problem/sin is the spirit of Cain, it leads to anger, resent and when sin takes control it gives full birth to death.
Ive been struggling with my faith and mental health. Oftentimes I question God with what has been happening with my life. I went on a hiatus from college just last week because of the anxiety and suicidal thoughts that I've been having. Your videos have brought me closer to God, thank you and I hope you continue to reach out to all the rest of us struggling with evil. God bless you
Same here brother, I wonder why God has done these things to me and why he continues to let these things happen to others; to the innocent. I hope to find these answers sometime. God bless you.
I know god is real because its impossible for life to appear on its own i hope this increases your faith like this fact did with me
I’m going through the same thing
@@Paulito2026it’s also impossible to god just appears out of nothing so the world existence appearing without god can also be possible but that’s just a maybe don’t think a lot about it just live your life
@@Yan23459 it is said in the Bible that his is eternal.
Thank you, you’re helping me find god, I’m a former atheist and your videos really did help me a lot, especially now in times I’m in.
Amen friend but is all God not me. He’s just using me. Ha. I hear you, I was pretty much an atheist too at one point. Just keep searching for truth. I hope everything is ok. And I wish you peace. Thank you very much for this comment.
i hope you’re doing well in your faith 💚
A WILD OWL HOUSE FAN!? also yeah this vid helps a lot
The humility we need to comprehend all this is never enough. Thank you for this enlightening gem. God has spoken through you in this beautiful video and that is a wonderful feeling felt not just by you but by all who witness it.
I remember seeing this video once before but I thought nothing of it, however months after I found myself asking that question and found this video once more.
The video is well done, the audio, the animation, typography, your southing voice, and inspiring message it brings. Honestly the few of the last lines of the video almost brought me to tears 'Come on now let's do this together'. As the simple illustration of Jesus helped the other illustration to which I interpret as a person in need or yourself who's someone in need, helps lift the cross, it just struck a cord with me.
Again well done, and make sure to make more videos!
When I finished watching this video, I broke down crying. I realized that my entire life desperately searching for an answer and a solution has not only left me with nothing but has made my life worse. I grew bitter, cold, and angry. Although I thought I had stayed true to my Faith, it was only used to fuel anger, rage, and violence. God does not want this for me, I realize this now. But He doesn't want me to give into temptations, ideologies, and sin either. No matter how hated, I shall stand and be one with Christ. For His love is more vital than any hatred mankind could ever conjure.
Grow up, there's nothing after this life except oblivion
Enjoy it while it lasts
@@avi22649that's your opinion
@@avi22649I'm sorry, but my soul refuses to believe that there's nothing but oblivion at the end
@@avi22649 then you'll enjoy oblivion since that is the meaning of hell,a death of the flesh and soul without god
I heard Job's story since I was little, but only now I started reading it on my own. Your animation reminded and enlightened me just how terrible he was feeling. I'm going to continue reading and discover for myself who God is.
Same here, been having these types of questions, and this guy answers them like no other, man, much love
U MADE ME CRIED LIKE A BABY!!! AND I FELT A BREEZE AGAINST MY TEARS AS TO WIPE THEM AND TELLS ME THAT IM NOT ALONE!!!! GLORY TO GOD!!!! JESUS CHRIST IS KING!!!!!
amen. Glory to God. 🙏
No, he’s still not.
Keep the circle jerking that christianity is outside of politics and education. That's all we asked.
@@GabrielXDrums Yes He is! He's already won, in the end Christ wins! I Hope you find Christ soon ❤
@@GabrielXDrums so does satan.
Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good
Amen!
Tell that to the people being butchered in Palestine right now
@@lorenzog7811judges 10:13-14
This video helps. While I AM a Christian, I'm still questioning many things. Especially since my father's murder over two years ago
Thank you, I've been suffering from depression for so long. Everyone that tries to help me. I shove them away, i get irritated very easily. I'm a coward and i know it. I have psoriasis which devastated me for 7 years. I have no hope left in me. I doubted god. To which i will forever regret. I keep dreaming of a life without this burden. Its hard and painful but alot of people still supports me. Even if i shove them away. Thank you for this video. It really helped and hit my soul.
Daily meditation and prayer helps ☯️
It's important to remember that God gave us free will to choose whatever we want and Satan is the one that brings on all this so it's important to remember that Jesus died for our sins so we can go to heaven and there is a promise of heaven and where there is no wars killings hatred so thank you to Jesus Christ for putting his life on the cross so we could have eternal life that is what it's all about we won't get a great life here but we will in heaven that's what it was promised to us by God himself he gave us the Free Will you can choose to be sad and suffer or you can choose Jesus Christ that is yourhimself 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤
While I am someone who has made their own religion taking inspiration off of Buddhism, your video spoke to me in a very emotional way and I commend you for it... It hasn't changed my skepticism of the existence of God but it did help me see things from a different point of view.. I'm happy I came across your channel, keep up the great work man.
Great video. My only remaining question would be, what does God say to that little girl that he let die. Who never got to enjoy life. While this video does answer questions for the once who suffer/endure others suffering, I still can’t help but wonder why a God would allow something like cancer to take the life of an innocent child.
Sometimes we need to experience the bad thing to know how good the good things are.
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This is my own explanation when someone asks me about why God allows Evil. We cannot comprehend what He thinks, and it’s foolish to try. We are not God, we cannot know why He does the things he does, nor why he allows what we perceive as Evil to occur.
Let’s look at the Beggar living in the streets for a moment. He’s been homeless for 5 years now. During those first 2, times were desperate and horrifying, to say the least. But by year 3, he started to understand the ways of street life and by year 5 he had come to accept his Life. He no longer craved the instant pleasures of Society, he no longer cared to own a big house just to flash his junk at people and say “Look how much money I make?”
All he wants is to just live and let live, and be happy with the life he now chooses. He doesn’t harm anyone, he doesn’t cause issues. He just doesn’t care for the fast-paced stress of the day-to-day societal pressures of working to buy a house and a car, to go out with friends and party, etc.
On the streets. He is happy, Life moves a lot slower and he can truly appreciate the beauty in the smallest of things, like how devout an ant can be to building its colony and protecting its queen, or how wonderful the changing of the seasons are when you’re outside every single day with nothing but time to witness the world.
And because of this, he has found the true meaning of Life itself. And Jesus said, “Blessed are the ones who have suffered, for they have find Life.”
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Now let’s look at the man who was born into the highest possible class of his society one could hope to attain. From the moment he was born, he has been given absolutely everything; And until the day he dies, he will never have to work or worry about money because he has millions that were gifted to him by his family waiting for him on the day he turns 18.
He spends his entire life getting every single possible item he could want, he never has to choose because why choose when money solves everything? He travels the entire world hundreds of times before he’s even in high school because he was home schooled by the best private Teachers money can buy.
When he turns 18, he is no longer shielded by his parents and has to make all of his financial decisions on his own. Not wanting to give up the lifestyle he knows, he blows through $15 Million USD by the time he turns 25, and then begs his family to give him more.
They say, “How could you possibly have blown through all of that money? Why didn’t you invest? Why didn’t you start a business or something? Why didn’t you grow your portfolio?”
But that’s because he never took business classes, he never took financial courses, he never had a need to do such a thing. His family assumed he’d watch their success as he grew up and just magically become successful on his own.
Now he’s broke and he’s desperate to continue the only life he’s ever known, but he has no money and his family refuses to give him any more aid as an adult; But yet, he’s never worked a single day in his life at anything even remotely considered a Job.
Because of this, he knows nothing but suffering. He becomes depressed, he turns to drug use to numb the pain, he refuses to get a job and actually work toward attaining the social status he once had by his own volition and hard work.
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Unfortunately, we have to understand what evil and suffering is in some capacity if we wish to know what true Good and Peace are. Many would kill to have what the second man in this Hypothetical scenario had, but being the person born into that situation; He has no understanding of true suffering.
He never knew what it was like to be denied a $1 million dollar car for his 15th birthday, much less what it’s like to have 3 children with a partner who abandoned you, and now you have to work 2 jobs during the week and a 3rd job on the weekend just to keep your children alive. Yet, because you are trying so hard to put food on the table, you never have a chance to actually spend time with your kids when they’re kids and suddenly they’re adults who hate you because they think you were cold and distant in their childhood.
They don’t know what it’s like to have to wonder if you’re going to lose power to your entire neighborhood for an unknown period of time because some drunk idiot smashed into a light pole, but because you live in such an impoverished area, it takes over a week for them to actually come and fix it.
They don’t know what it’s like to grow up in an Orphanage wondering if you’ll die from the cold, or from starvation, or from sheer neglect at any moment because there are only 2 adults looking after a group of 100 children stuffed into a small building.
@@johnnyrocket1685Okay, but saying we don't know still leaves a gap in the understanding. I get your scenarios, but they're cherry-picked. What about the child in Africa who starved at the age of 2? What about the thousands killed by the atomic bomb? What about the dead from cancer? They didn't do anything wrong, there is no lesson to be taught.
@@thebrushman4123they are fycking together in heaven right now, is that what you wanted to hear?
It's just it, they die, it goes black, forever, there's no hell nor heaven for you to stay, there's no such friction thing that prevent you form the worst death, the true emptiness, there's no actually good ending for one, it's only the worst of worst, don't be frustrated if your life doesn't last long because at the end the death will overwhelm the happiness you got form staying here
I believe in my own god... It's the void, you won't be able to convince me to believe in your god so don't try
What a great response! Your words will echo in my life as I deal with chronic pain. I trust in God and the process. I will now pay closer attention not to the struggle or pain itself, but how I and others REACT to it and LEARNED from it, and hopefully do better as I learn from them.. ALL bc of YOU! So…Thank YOU VERY VERY MUCH ! I found THIS to be EXTREMELY helpful! As they say, u may not be able to change the problem but YOU CAN change how YOU LOOK at the problem! I hope THIS continues to helps others as it did for me. God bless you ALL!
Amen. God bless you Lisa, and thank you for this comment. 🙏
Please consider this scenario:
A man is waiting at a crosswalk of a busy intersection. He hears the cries of a terrified mother behind him. Turning around, he sees a toddler running in his direction, giving every sign the child will run past him and bolt into traffic.
Now the man realizes that he could effortlessly extend his hand and stop the toddler, saving the child's life. He also understands stopping the child will prevent the untold heartaches of a mom watching her child horribly die, the trauma of the striking motorist, and the grief of every witness, relative and friend.
Instead the man freely chooses to do nothing. Brakes screech, vehicles collide, lives are ruined and one is lost. The crosswalk light changes, and the man simply walks around the carnage and continues on his way, thinking "I will do the same in the future."
Do you think he acted reasonably?
Did he show any empathy or compassion?
And a simple yes/no moral question: _Is the man who let a child needlessly die evil?_
Sending prayers and love
As an atheists, I did find this comforting, it has given me a way to deal with aspects of my life in general, to go on with life despite of all it's cruelty. (read the all the replys for better context)
I didn't
@@jnmarshmello2728 well to be more specific, just live on with life and 'radiate endless amounts of love' - Buddha, or something like that.
@@generalyapwt i have no intention of dying, im just saying I didn't find the video comforting i saw it as confronting
How are you then an atheist?
@@fetB what makes you say that?
I have had ENOUGH!!!!!!
Not even a Christian , but this video changed my mindset
Very powerful message and just what I needed to hear in this trying and extremely difficult season of my life as a young 22 year old who’s already worked up several occurrences with the law at times I feel my life is over. In the past I’ve often even asked God why? Why me? No longer do I ask such things in my recent defeat as I lied and thought about my mistakes I simply said I trust you God and I repent!
Did God tell you to get into trouble with the law ? You were carelsss
It’s not God fault ! U wanted God to personally come down and stop you from getting into trouble with the law ?
I rarely comment on videos, but your videos have changed my perspective a lot. I have always felt beat down after temptations and resort to resentment for not controlling my mind. I wanted to run away from my temptations instead of facing them directly with His help. And each time, I gave in to temptations, I felt remorseful than ever, but I know these are only temporary as God will help us battle our most evil thoughts. Jesus died for us, so we could live free from sins. Thank you Lord ❤
I am so tired..I am tired of being tired..I am tired of being tormented I am TIRED...I am afraid...Im angry...I have prayed and prayed..and I feel as though God doesn't hear me at all..Why..Why can't I feel the peace others speak of..why can't I feel what they feel..I just want to have peace..I want to be normal..I want to be OKAY. I need to go to an inpatient and can't afford it. Im afraid of the days that continue to pass and the anger I feel..I do my best..my absolute best..But my body my mind are worn. Im running on fumes..I am standing on a ledge. Not living but dragging in this existence. I would do anything anything for help. I would do anything for God to hear me. To know he hears me.
You are your savior. Save yourself. Peace and serenity doesn't come fast either family. It takes solitude and being recluse from the world. If you put all your trust and faith into something you can't see, feel or hear, you will be let down everytime. Trust me I been where you're at. You are the God you're searching for. Don't let people trick you into depression.
Because god isn't real, stop wasting your time praying and search for real help instead...
My friend died few weeks ago but what helped me cope was knowing that soul is immortal and untainted and I hope he mustve reincarnated somewhere good place.
Thank you kind stranger for this wonderful video. I just don't really have words for how moving this is. Jesus loves you all, take care of yourself and those around you
I am grateful for the chance to exist in this reality. It’s a very special thing. However, I have still yet to find the answer to why all the evil. There’s absolutely no excuse why evil should exist & why we have to wait for a heaven
Life is evil, look at the animals, they eat each others inside alive, humans are the same but more crafty
I wish everyday that I was dead.
@@amandamsomi8447 You are valuable and I hope you are able to find people that make you feel valued and loved. I hope and pray you are able to find that. Please try to reach out to someone, family, friends a nearby church, God. Maybe you do not believe in him, but he does work through people, so reach out to them. I pray he is able to help you in some way, if you reach out and really ask and seek it. Life can be worth living, don't let anyone or anything tell you otherwise and stop you from being able to experience that. I know it's hard, and I know my silly TH-cam comment does not fix anything. But I am praying and rooting for you.
@@amandamsomi8447 please don’t say that again. You are loved and your presence not being here would be felt. I pray for you ❤ 🙏
There are two ways to answer the question;
One is for someone who is suffering, where no logical explanation is going to help them. Like telling someone who is upset to "calm down", you can demonstrate to them at length the benefits of "calming down" that is not going to help.
Like the fellow above, usually the best thing to do is not even try to answer but suffer with them to help them through it.
The other is for people who are curious and are academic or theoretical;
A better question is "why is there Good?" What even is "Good"? If we were all fish-people-apes on a random ball of dirt as the result of cosmic coincidence whose very mindsets were shaped by survival, then we can't trust anyone to even have a reliable answer for anything. All "truth" is simply the most useful thing to think at the time.
This is classically known as "Sophistry'.
The opposite is to be principled. To have specific distinct beliefs in universal truths that exist regardless of who is observing them or what their take on that truth is. To define "good" and "evil" in any meaningful way, there must be a God who is morally perfect thus creating the moral principles that make up "Good".
If God is Good, then lack of God is not good, or the opposite of God, which is Evil.
Evil exists as separation from God. The shadow cast by the light. When Adam and Eve sinned against God, it wasn't simply not following God's instruction, but defining for themselves "Good" and "Evil" as apart from God.
Look around the world. How much evil in the world is caused by people's subjective interpretation of "Good"?
How much better would the world be if we all followed the Objective incarnation of Good, Christ?
"Why all the Evil" we only need look in a mirror. If you wonder why God allows it to continue is the same as asking why he allows US to continue. If God snapped his fingers and removed every Evil thing from the world, it would be again a empty ball of dirt.
Even if you don’t believe learning to bare evil with love in this description is honestly some of the best advice in life you could receive
these videos always give me a better perspective in life, im trying to get closer to god and your videos always help me overcome the sadness i feel, i cant explain how much your videos impacted my life for the best
I still think there are three types of "bad things" that are allowed to happen. One is the natural order that is uncomfortable for us, the second is the effects of our (as a cillective human conciousness) actions, and the third is psychosis, one that is bad because we insist to interpret it as bad.
Psychosis steals lives, minds, goals, families in a single day. It can be caused by any number of things randomly, as was the case some hundred years ago, when a whole village took yellow mold and killed each other. There is nothing good about psychosis. The same way there is nothing good about walking through life drunk. Or high. Or ignorant.
@johncollins7062 but you have heard of human greed and irresponsibility (failure to accept accountability).
Im struggling with bitterness and financial hardship last night my tooth fell out while i was eating (im an entertainer too😡😡😡😡) God always let F***ed shit happen!!! Im Salty right now!! F*** Inevitability!!!💯💯💯💯💯💯....it makes me see God as a heartless Tyrant!!! Im greatful for life!!!
Why does god let bad things happen?
Answer: Just accept it and stop asking questions bro.
Seriously, that sounds like an abused child trying to justify to themselves why their parents abuse them.
The moral of the story: “Remember kids, if you think you’re being treated unjustly, just remember to shut up and take it. Thinking about why things are the way they are is reserved only for those above you. Including but not limited to any and all politicians, your boss, your religion, and of course, me.”
The Gnostics had it right. This God of this world is a false god and has created a matrix of suffering.
Christianity doesn't tell not to figure out why things are the way they are, some of the greatest scientist, academics, and Leaders were christians, and it certainly doesn't ask you not to question your boss or politicians like you are implying. What he is simply saying the answer of the meaning life and the existence of good and evil is an enormous question that humanity will likely never fully answer and shouldn't use it as an excuse to abandon God.
For some reason, the perfect video appeared on my home page at the perfect time. Thank you
Praise God.
I can't thank you enough for doing this. You are truly gifted. This is only my second video and I have hope now
I lost my love and i stpped praying all together. This helped me alot
All glory to God for this man's talents and content. All glory to God for his platform to spread his Word. Lot of understanding and wisdom in this content. Please keep publishing and giving all glory to the LORD!
As a Christian myself with struggling faith, it is not about the fact that evil happens, it's rather that he is seemingly nowhere in our struggles and suffering. Love requires action. Where is his helping hand?
While I will never be able to prove his involvement anywhere, I do believe that "Serendipity" is usually indicator of his involvement.
For example, miracles check for a single mother's when she needs it the most, maybe beating cancer, etc.
My doubt rather comes at the perceived lack of his involvement, because I can never know the full story of who he helps and how, however I ask myself what distinguishes me from other's tragedies happening to me? Am I special? I don't believe so. I believe he values us equally.
However, I am a sinner just like those that experience tragedy, likely worse, however I haven't experienced their tragedy.
Before I used to be a devout Christian, but after an incident with suffering I believe he could've helped me in, it truly rocked my faith as a man in his 20s, because I was devout to him even in pain, hoping I'd be able to see his help.
I don't know how my story might play out, but i don't plan to respond with more sinful attitude.
However, that doesn't mean that I don't consider him like a missing father. Something the author of this video has likely not experienced, and therefore can not holistically understand this kind of pain and therefore crevice in any relationship with God (even though the author concludes implying he truly understands)
Fuck Christianity
If God exists, I see god as an absent, manipulative and abusive parent and totally unworthy of anyone's love. As a father if I were to give god a grade I would not only give him an F minus, I would multiply that failing grade to infinity. No matter what my children did or ever may do will I EVER want to see them suffer in eternal loneliness and misery. They know because I have proven multiple times that I love them, will go to ultimate extremes to protect and defend them, and would NEVER turn my back on them.
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The OP half assed mentioned Job, and chose not to mention the fact GOD MADE A DEAL WITH SATAN!! GOD GAVE SATAN PERMISSION TO INFLICT THESE TORTURES. GOD FORBID SATAN TO KILL JOB. Death would have been much more merciful than the torture GOD ALLOWED SATAN TO INFLICT these horrific events on an elderly human being AND DID NOTHING TO STOP SATAN, he supposedly just stood by and watched. When Job questioned god why; God egotistically responded with a shaming lecture.
@@juans9515there's no rhyme or reason for any of this. If there is a God, he is truly one of the most evil and cruel entities to ever grace this universe. The curse of evil only gets deeper. Poverty, twisted governments, secret societies, nuclear bombs, dead children, cancer, greed, misinformation, ignorance. And what good is there to offset the deep rooted evil that runs this planet? A loving father would never let his child set foot on this shithole of a planet. He either doesn't exist or he is all for the evil that makes us suffer.
Everytime i feel lost or had a really bad day, i always come back to these video to let myself know that im not alone.
I’ve never seen someone approach this question in the way you have. This is an amazing video and I will for sure remember it for years to come
this video is epic. My dad died of pancreatic cancer in 2011 when i was 12. I rebelled so much in anger at God but death is a part of life and though i am grieving i accept my fathers death now and i am trying to make peace with losing him. He was a good man. He cared so much about his family and doing good in this world. I choose to overcome his death by pouring out good energy into the world in the face of evil. I am trying my very best anyway! peace be with ye
I'm very grateful to find your videos and it has helped me to answer a lot of questions I may have asked myself. So I thank you brother and may yahweh bless you. You've helped me and I don't know why your channel isn't bigger
I appreciate this. Thank you my friend, and may God bless you.
You are so gifted! Thank you for the creative ways you describe God's love for us. May God continue to bless you and all that you do!
HERE IS Salvation
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Hebrew Book of Isaiah
Genesis 2
I can’t express how highly I think of your videos. They are incredibly impressive.
Amen. Thank you friend. But it’s not me, it’s the Holy Spirit.
@@imbeggar As a Christian myself with struggling faith, it is not about the fact that evil happens, it's rather that he is seemingly nowhere in our struggles and suffering. Love requires action. Where is his helping hand?
While I will never be able to prove his involvement anywhere, I do believe that "Serendipity" is usually indicator of his involvement.
For example, miracles check for a single mother's when she needs it the most, maybe beating cancer, etc.
My doubt rather comes at the perceived lack of his involvement, because I can never know the full story of who he helps and how, however I ask myself what distinguishes me from other's tragedies happening to me? Am I special? I don't believe so. I believe he values us equally.
However, I am a sinner just like those that experience tragedy, likely worse, however I haven't experienced their tragedy.
Before I used to be a devout Christian, but after an incident with suffering I believe he could've helped me in, it truly rocked my faith as a man in his 20s, because I was devout to him even in pain, hoping I'd be able to see his help.
I don't know how my story might play out, but i don't plan to respond with more sinful attitude.
However, that doesn't mean that I don't consider him like a missing father. Something the author of this video has likely not experienced, and therefore can not holistically understand this kind of pain and therefore crevice in any relationship with God (even though the author concludes implying he truly understands)
Thank you. My grandpa died to cancer last year. He died to cancer. Since then my faith between God and Jesus has been weak. I didn't believe in God for a little while, I always thought we why he do this to me, is he really real. But this video really helped me understand why. Why he would do this to me and for everyone who knew and loved my grandpa. Thank you.
Tears, literal tears bro...
Thank you so much for this.. i needed it, Keep allowing God to work through you bro, it's making an impact
Our fallen flesh/mind is made to suffer and die. The only thing God can do, for God is love, is comfort and strengthen us as we traverse this fleshly experience. Once I dropped all expectations of God life became more bearable. 🙏🏽🌸
“To thee do we sigh, morning and weeping in this valley of tears” 🙏.
I would expect MORE from an all-powerful god, not less.
Ted Bundy killed 30 people. Your god has killed millions AND sent them to Hell on top of that.
Sounds like you hold your god to lower standards than even one evil human.
Religion is just one of many systems of beliefs that provide people with hope in this hopeless universe, remember that always.
Facts!!!! That’s all it is.
Ok
Oh boy! I've been searching for this answer for a long time, and once again, it feels like there's no real response to the fundamental question. I watched the entire video, hoping for some clarity, but it seems to suggest that God is inherently evil and sadistic, and that we, as humans, must respond to His flaws or limitations by upholding goodness and morality.
Hello there!
I'm an Atheist but I still come back to your videos time to time because I've always question my belief in being a good person, being selfless and all the virtues that I've believed in ever since I was a child. This video of yours certainly solidified my faith in being good (not in a sense where I believe in God like Christians do).
Thank you so much pal!
Hi I was just going to ask why you believe in doing the right thing if its not for God. Because if you don't believe in God... why does doing the right thing and trying not to sin even matter to you
@@Maul222we still have morals
@@andrewski8189 I wasn't replying to you but I will say this anyway. From my perspective all sin is equal (so swearing is the same as murder ) but as the world gets worse, more and more sin gets "bumped down the ladder" so to speak, of how bad it really is, (just 24 years ago same-sex mirage was not legal in the US) ( s*x before mirage is more common than ever ) (no one cares about saying f bombs or any other swear word ) ( crimes are more widely excepted in country's that are supposed to be more developed ) what I mean by all of this is that your "morals" are far different now than what they would have been 50 years ago and they will continue to change as long as they are connected to the world and not to God. I hope I don't come across as rude by saying this, all I am trying to do is inform you.
@@Maul222 I completely get what you mean, however there's really nothing I can say to counter this as it's just facts, although to say every sin is the same is such a flawed opinion
@@andrewski8189 The reason we say "all sin is the same" is because God has told us not to break any of his rules and if we break one we break them all (but we can never be perfect so that is why we need Jesus who died on the cross and payed for all our sins, so now that they have been payed we will go to haven nonmatter what [but we will still try to obey him to the best of our abilities]) (when it comes to applying all this in everyday life [yes] we do treat all sin differently, like if my friend lies I won't treat them like a murder, BUT in the grand scheme of things all sin is the same to God. Besides that I think you are a pretty reasonable person to have a good conversation with I will continue to pray for you and I wish you a great day.
I gotta say... From all the christian content out there, this is the best one I found. I understand that everyone has their preference on listening to God's word and all, but you have an approach that is certainly the best in my opinion. Thank you... I consider myself strong and always try to take care of my faith, but seeing your content makes it even better, so again, thank you. I'm really going to be watching your content even more. You got yourself a sub, buddy.
@T Bone even if there was, and even if it was christ, the bible is definetly inaccurate
Don't ask any questions that conflict with the faith. Got it.
You missed the point of the video. It's not about asking why but how we deal with tragedy in life. How to be there for others when they are struggling or suffering.
@@beesechurger929so don’t question gods existence got it
@Topsealguy I can hear the passive agressive tone already lol. Why are Athiests always so aggressively opinionated 😅. I'm agnostic and I still got the point of the video. Have fun being angry.
@beesechurger929 yea that's normal, we should atleast pray for them though (not being sarcastic) :)
@@Soloo0- I suspect they would just get even angrier 😅
This is the best TH-cam video I’ve watched in literally years.
Thank you so much
I’m brought to tears by it
Amazing
This is the answer. In a world without the possibility of evil & suffering, there are certain things that no one on earth could ever experience.
You wouldn't have free will, as someone who doesn't know better will never knew less at least that my take
Thank you for these amazing videos. My 17 year old son showed it to me. He loves listening to you. I wish you had them also in German language. Would be good to show at school in my religion lesson. Thanks a million. God bless you.
I disagree with alot of what you believe in, but this video is fantastic, engaging, and amazingly edited. You put alot of obvious effort and creativity into your videos this was so well done. Even as an atheist I have to respect you as a creator, well done
I really appreciate this comment. Thank you friend. Peace 🙏.
I still struggle so hard with this. A child may not know why the darkness is there and still trust their parent will handle it, but why wouldn’t that parent just remove the darkness/danger/threat in the first place?? I keep wanting to just let this go but my heart hurts too much about this topic. As a parent, I’d simply remove the bad situation my child was in. Yes I may not have control of their lives and situations but I’m not an all-knowing, all-powerful God. I didn’t determine the measures of the universe or any of those awesome things, but an awesome creator like that left us to suffer without answers. You said it yourself with Job: He never answered the question. Why???? Job, his most loyal and model servant, who was the subject of what was basically a bet between satan and God. Why couldn’t he just get an ANSWER?? Why not just answer the question to the servants who praise and worship you without fail like Job?? A parent would never let their child suffer if they could stop it. A parent could at least tell their child why suffering is required for whatever grandiose plan is in the timeless future. I’m just tired of this.
The answer must be - God is not omnipotent
and
if there is a constant battle between the good and the evil - the good is losing big time.
man my whole life I wanted a brother and God gave me one about 6 years ago. but he was born with a small deformation on his heart, of course we tried our best but he didnt survive he died when he was about 1 year old. I was really sad because I wanteda brother so much and when I finally got one he died without me being able to even see him going to school for the first time. and I asked my self why was it not me instead of him, I was about 8 or 9 but I had already lived a good life. but one thing that always conforted me was that God was the one who did it. God did what he said he would do, but that was not his plan. now I have a 5 year old little sister that is a bless. One thing that I noticed after all that is that, How am I supossed to get mad at something that is not mine? Because I cant create life nor end it, but God can and he got all the right to do whatever he think is right. anyways what I mean is you cant feel mad nor sad at something that was never yours because what God gives he take it back whenever he wants becasue its his.
God bless you
Thank you for this insight my friend. And thank you for posting. God bless. 🙏
This explains the meaning of let things heal over time...., You love and appreciate things more making it better for others , I lost my grandmother in 2017 when I first turned 18 but after that I choose to respond to it with love and passion towards others and patience.. even my co workers today ask me sometimes how am I surprisingly nice all the time . I just choose to respond to the horrible aspects in life with love and passion, because hate and blame won't make anything better nor fix anything but love will demish either your own self inflicted wounds or someone else's scars
I have been losing my cat this weekend. My friend Mark sat on the phone and was just with me all weekend. I sent him this last night as a way of saying thank you.
your videos are powerful and gentle at the same time, they are a blessing to those who need to hear how God loves us.
Amen. thank you 🙏
@@imbeggarIm a New subscriber from this Channel. Christian since birth, I regret to ignore you, i didnt know you were this good at expressing such deep meanings and leading us to the right way. You became my first favorite TH-camr since then.
Thank you,you help me redeem my faith in god,keep making videos like this and inspire others.
I’m not a Christian and I always use to think why god or Jesus would do these bad thing to me my uncle pass away and I didn’t even to get to know him that well but this video has show me why these things happens
I just saw your videos recently and I can’t thank you enough for being an instrument for God. Thank you so much for all of the time and effort you put into your videos and message. God bless you brother, please continue :D
Amen. Thanks for the encouragement 🙏.
I find Your Videos so inspiring! Your voice and the way you present some real difficult issues have helped me personally and helped me share with others. The creative way you describe God's love for us is very pertinent in our times. Thank You for allowing God to use your talents for His Glory!!
I appreciate the comment, and the encouragement. God bless you 🙏. (More vids coming soon. Finally).
Suffering makes us grow. That’s why God doesn’t take care of evil. People should not be bliss and people should grow.
This video for me shows how even if there is a god, he doesn’t care about us. When Job questioned him, for me god didn’t reply with a “trust me” but with a “you are too weak to do anything about it”, he didn’t assure it was for a cause, he didn’t demonstrate why he should be trusted, he just told Job everything he did and asked him if he had the power to do it, he was mocking him, questioning how he planned to change things. When Christ was questioned and faced with the consequences of evil, he didn’t say a thing, he showed love but the thing is it didn’t change a thing, evil will still exist.
Ok
Evil will still exist, and what can you do about it?
God's sermon to job isn't a mockery, but a humbling of him: He who has the wisdom to order the world and is all-good allowed this to happen for a reason, and what can you do besides trust that reason, and stick to your values and principles?
If he doesn't care why will he sent Christ
..this video infuriates me to no end, but i will try to express myself as best I can.
Of course evil is not something that can or should be snapped away. With free will we can be happy the way we choose. But the reason why society has laws is because not everyone will use that free will for good. Some people use it to take free will from others, myself included in those victims. I don’t ask for evil to be destroyed, i ask to be protected. Or at the absolute least, given more than just a “well you just have to believe he knows what he’s doing.” I hardly know he does, he might have created a universe, but that does not mean he was any good at it, there is such a thing at being too hands off, inactive. When left without a guiding hand, no matter how gentle the guide, eventually some will cause havoc, cause suffering. And when that happens, undeniably it is their own fault. That choice is theirs. But when a god with the power to stop and protect, who is supposed to be a source of comfort, stands idly by and watches, that blood is on his hands too. Perhaps he gives them a happy life afterward. But to what end? Is it just luck? Do some just get unlucky? That god has to just say “here’s your consolation prize for getting a bad roll, sorry.” THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF GODS WORSHIPPED. Now, i won’t go into why I find it fucked up if someone believes that you’d go to hell just because you don’t believe, which basically amounts to the lottery, and if you lose you suffer forever (pretty evil and horrible in my eyes). But I will say that if you’re remaining so unknown and mysterious to your people that you will make suffer for not believing in you, if you’re so unknown they start coming up with OTHER GODS, that should be a telltale sign to be more direct.
I understand that we must stand and resist evil. I learned that lesson the hard way, but the existence of a god does not change that lesson. No matter whether there is a god or not, we have to resist evil. His existence or lack thereof is pretty irrelevant to that. Sure, Jesus may serve as a figure to base that off of, but its not impossible for humans to come to that conclusion on their own.
All this said, I cannot in good conscience respect, let alone trust a god that has demonstrated complete lack of action and care for myself and so many people who can’t or couldn’t take that action themselves. I got free from my suffering by my own fortitude, none thanks to him. I asked for help and reassurance, for strength to push on, I received nothing, so I held it in my heart I was either not loved by god, or he didn’t exist, and made my own strength.
This has been a frustrated rant, but what I’m trying to say is that I feel as though even the slightest direct action when a small child with no agency of his own is begging for any assistance at all to the god he was told is a source of salvation isn’t too much to ask for. I am told so often to seek god out for strength, yet when I did, I was hung out to dry. That among many reasons is why I do not ever see myself believing in god wholeheartedly. Even if I could, and even if I arrive at those gates to be judged, my opinions won’t change. The pain I endured wasn’t worth the rewards, and I cannot forgive someone that willingly allowed those events to play out how they did.
I agree… I have been going through so much in my life to the point where I cannot remember the last time I was happy. Like truly happy… I used to believe in God but I don’t think I’m going to anymore because I have called and cried out to him multiple times and have heard nothing. I tried living a righteous life hoping I could hear from him, and nothing. Everytime I think the things that are causing me to suffer, are going to go away something else happens… I don’t wanna go into detail but man… it sucks when I’m living a suffering life and I call unto “god” and I hear nothing. I tried reading and understanding the Bible but I’m starting to see that “god” doesn’t keep his word at all… he says that he will be with us in times of distress and he will not leave us comfortless but I have been so lonely for years now… and I have been asking questions like “why do you make us suffer God” and just like the video says, God doesn’t give us an answer which is pretty fucked up. Because I can’t just keep living this shitty ass life with no answers or insight that it will get better.
Moral of that I’m trying to say is, I agree with everything you said. You made valid points. I’m done believing in this “god” 💯💯
Wonderful video!
I like to believe that everything happens for a purpose, and that there is an inert limit to knowledge that we have to truly answer this question.
One of the reasons why suffering exists in the world is so that we can fulfill our purpose - to do fruitful work and attempt to fix them.
“if more is given, more is expected”
And everything that we have is not ours - it belongs to the universe. We only have what we have, know what we know, and are able to do what we do because of the specific circumatances the universe put us in (of which we cannot control). That in itself is already a reason to be thankful and to believe.
"One of the reasons why suffering exists in the world is so that we can fulfill our purpose - to do fruitful work and attempt to fix them." - ask parents if there is any 'purpose' great enough to warrant the death of their 6 year old child?
@@raabbat this comment out of nearly 170 comments...
@@raabbat Depends on "whose" agenda the parents are following. If a parent was secular and lacks belief, there won't be any comfort or releif available, but there are some ppl out there who have experienced this pain and say "for God's glory we will still believe and press on through this, the 3 years we spent with God's gift to us (Sophie) has changed our lives forever, GOD IS AMAZING STILL" and these same ppl have lived to go on and affect change and help others during their grief and have been able to touch others lives who have lost loved ones. The hope they carry...to see them in person....their testimony is amazing, to think they could change the trajectory of someone who has been strung out on drugs with just a smile and good conversation...truly that kind of God given love justifies the existence of Jesus enough to have made me want to believe. Let's be careful of our assumptions, when it comes to these things, as human beings, individuals at large we are still very ignorant to the needs of our next door neighbour and honestly to claim that we are sooooo good and sooooo entitled to wanna hold God on trial doesn't make us look good. We really should like Job, and be quiet. And do something about the pain we notice, with God's help.
@@timothyblake4234 So well said. Beautiful in fact. My reply relates to the commenter saying ...."One of the reasons why suffering exists in the world is so that we can fulfill our purpose - to do fruitful work and attempt to fix them." I was honed in on "why"-"so that" argument. I was trying to highlight the message that the video (and you!) so wonderfully points out, "why" is the wrong question.
Also to your statement: "Depends on "whose" agenda the parents are following." Suffering affects us all. In and of itself, suffering is not something a God of Love and Life desires for us, secular or otherwise. A believer may more easily find solace in knowing the Good News, for sure. But to say that suffering EXISTS TO teach humanity a lesson is not a good nor "true" agenda.
I just came here from watching a news story about an Ohio woman who left her 16 month old daughter alone in a play pen for 10 days while she went on vacation. The child ate her own feces trying to survive and died a horrible death. I am desperately trying to understand why such evil is even possible. What was the point of that baby girl’s suffering? I’m shattered. I just want to understand. My mind and heart can’t take it
7:23 how did he crush evil permanently, if there is still so much shit happening? The answer to this simple question, is that you just have to blindly believe, no proof, not even one reason to do so, but you just have to believe.
No you missed the point my friend, Jesus came to show us how humans need to behave, like our creator, the son of God left all his power so we have hope and he can show us that even we can be like him, to show us how to live in this word, to love one another, love defeats evil, let go of your pride and hate and let God teach you how to live life how he always intended ❤️
I guess this is a sufficient answer for someone who believes in god and is too afraid of hell to admit he's imaginary. But once you realize there simply is no god, this answer is just the same thing a politician does when he gets asked a tough question.
Also, didn't satan, like, call god and tell him "hey god, your Job ain't sht" and god just accepted the bet, and made Job's life into hell, only to narcissistically berate him, once he asks him "wtf man?"
Now that I think of it, this video isn't genuine, because God was playing some sick games in Job's story. And he didn't even have the balls to tell Job that he murdered his family over a freaking BET.
If God knew job couldn't make it, do you think he would've done it? Do you think he knew we would get this message years later? Jobs suffering would not be in vain? Or maybe this was more than just a bet?
@@Moodybloozyou don't murder your loyal devotee's children because of a bet, with satan, no less. period.
I like your thinking....in all honesty Christ got God off the hook. It was religions last shot. Create a God who died for us to save us from further suffering in the afterlife. Nothing changed since Christ....heaven and hell aren't even real places.
@musikamusika1736 They are in heaven now, with no suffering
@@Moodyblooz What's your point? Because you sound like you just justified the killing of children
Wow….just..wow
You my friend have explained this perfectly like..man that was deep
I often have this one quote in my mind when I feel sad or angry about how crappy the world can be an that’s “Everything happens for a reason”
We may have trouble seeing it sometimes but god has a plan sure there are parts of it we don’t like but that’s just how the cookie crumbles
Like back in 2020 my sister and brother-in-law lost there business to a tornado and later that same year they moved into a new house
And on there new property they built there new business building
It’s events like this that can teach us that
While it may seem bad at first things will get better
there is always light in the darkness you just need to know we’re to look
I have been wrestling with this in my own time as part of trying to be okay with my own faith, and though I **know** I have experience I cannot ignore, I still find myself lost in the spiral that comes with overthinking this topic. Thank you for sharing this perspective. I feel a solemnity about it I have not had by myself and feel like I have just stumbled over a chair that I inherently knew was there and neglected to pay attention to.
This video just rocked my world in the BEST way! I have needed this since 2015. Somebody to just … lay it out like that! You have been given a precious GIFT. Thank you 🙏🏻 From the bottom of my heart and for the rest of my life 🥲
Amen. This is my most favorite comment in a long time. Peace my friend. 🙏.
Instead of people judging God from allowing evil, we should look in the mirror and ask "Why we allow evil?".
Why can't we do both?