Does God Allow Evil?

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Did you ever wonder why God allows evil? Many people have a hard time believing that God is good. They wonder why God could allow evil to happen and not stop it. The bottom line is that God loves us so much that he wants to give us all free will to choose between right and wrong. If God made us all like robots, He could program us all to be only able to do good.

God wanted to have a relationship with us from the beginning when He put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, where there was no sin. We (Adam and Eve) chose to disobey and eat from the forbidden tree, which God commanded us not to; that is when sin came into the world. It is us that messed up things. Even though God is all-powerful and controls everything, the free will He gave us overrules the result of sin and evil in our world. ~ Bill Greguska

James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Watch this video and learn what the Bible says about the question, “Does God allow evil to happen?” What do you think?

Some Specific Scriptures To Encourage You:

Isaiah 5:20 ESV 

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Proverbs 8:13 ESV 

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech, I hate.

Romans 12:21 ESV 

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Psalm 23:4 ESV 

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Romans 12:19 ESV 

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Ephesians 6:12 ESV 

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV 

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Romans 3:23 ESV 

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV 

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Psalm 34:14 ESV 

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Romans 12:9 ESV 

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Matthew 6:13 ESV 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV 

Abstain from every form of evil.

Psalm 97:10 ESV 

O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

1 John 1:9 ESV 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Proverbs 3:7 ESV

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.