"John Piper's Scripture Sermons" Does God Intend Evil for Our Good? (Podcast Episode 2023) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
January 31, 2025TheologyElection,Emil Brunner,Evil,Theodicy Evil & Election Although God created, rules, and guides the world God is not the sole actor in it. The reality of evil and suffering in the world calls divine providence and goodness into question. “Who can deny that this is a ...
God knowledge is scripturally obtainable according to Colossians 2:1-5 (NIV):“I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.2My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that th...
2 Peter 2:4-6: Peter also reveals that the Sodomites are suffering in hell for their sins by comparing the Sodomites’ punishment to the eternal punishment of the evil angels. Just as God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell, so He did the same with the ...
Romans 8:28 assures us that God is in control, even in suffering, and is working out His good purposes for those who love Him. Some of our experiences may arise from hearts that are bent on evil and harm toward us, but God ultimately controls the outcome of those events and uses them...
(or even evil) god, who created the material world, and the New Testament, coming from a good, “more spiritual” deity. Typical of their views was the complete contempt for the human body (and, by extension, marriage and procreation), which to them represented no more than a prison ...
As in Obadiah, God is clearly speaking of a people…a nation, the nation that sprung from the loins of Esau…the Edomites. God despised them, not because they came from Esau, but because they were proud and delighted in evil. We have all seen in Jonah where one of the most abominable...
We already know that Satan will try to kill off the seed of the woman, and as you continue to study, you will find that God uses people motivated by Satan and his demons to carry out the destructive side of evil. End notes: 1) Genesis 1:14 BSB And God said, “Let there be ...
we find there’s a problem that needs to be resolved. A scroll needs to be opened. But no one is worthy to break its seals, open it, and look inside. The scroll is crucial to open because it will announce God’s response to evil in the world. It will reveal God’s justice and ...
clearly states the Lord was disappointed in David during that period. For this time of testing, David is to meet with a very unexpected person on the rush to do the killing. A person who through discernment and wisdom, was used of God to restrain David from this evil reaction to Nabal....