This is part three in answering the question, “Are there innocent people that God allows to suffer?” in the larger series question, “How can a loving God allow suffering?” Parts 1 and 2 were posted in the previous two days.

Cain and Abel inherited a sin nature, which made life a test

God blessed Adam and Eve with two sons, Cain and Abel. Growing up under the discipleship of their parents, they learned that they must worship the Lord and offer sacrifices in the promise of God’s coming sacrifice (Jesus), “But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins. (Heb. 10:3 NKJ)  However, Cain and Abel offered two very different kinds of sacrifices. Continue reading →

This is the second part in answering the question, “Are there innocent people that God allows to suffer? in the larger series answering the question, “How can a loving God allow suffering?” Part 1 was posted yesterday.

Adam and Eve were innocent when God created them

Adam was created by God on the sixth day of creation. Moses wrote, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” (Gen. 2:7 NKJ) God breathed into Adam the breath of lives (literally lives is plural in the Hebrew referring to both physical and spiritual life).  When God finished creation, He completed His work on the sixth day and said, “It was very good.” Adam was in an innocent, untested state. Continue reading →

This is the first part of the article answering the question, ‘Are there innocent people that God allows to suffer?” which is part of the larger series, “Why does a loving God allow suffering?” Three additional parts will be posted over the next three days.

In June 1991, in South Lake Tahoe, California, Jaycee Lee Dugard walked from home to a school bus stop and was kidnapped. She was kept captive for 18 years and forced to bear two daughters in 1994 and 1998 from sexual assaults.¹ Why did she have to suffer like that and for that long? How could thousands of innocent people suffer from hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquake and tsunamis? How can God, who is purportedly good and powerful, allow this? Continue reading →