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Why Does God Allow Evil In The World?

April 19, 2026

 

Today’s Questions: Why does Godallow evil in the world?

 

A Good God Created a Perfect World that was Corrupted by Evil Because of Disobedience

 

How Evil Entered the World?

 

Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good (Hebrew: Perfectly complete and fully good with nothing broken or missing). And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. New International Version 

 

God Created Man and the Angels with a Free Will and a Free Will Carries the Risk of Disobedience and Rebellon Which Allowed for Evil to Enter the World 

 

God Allowed the Possibility of Evil Because He Chose Relationship Over Control

 

Some of the Evil in Our World Comes from Mankind 

 

Romans 5:12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. New Living Translation 

 

Romans 3:23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. New Living Translation 

 

Galatians 5:19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, …New Living Translation 

 

Galatians 5:20 …idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living (NKJV Practice, Greek: This is in the present active participle which means to continually practice as a pattern of life with no remorse.) that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. New Living Translation 

 

Galatians 5:22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! New Living Translation 

 

Some of the Evil in Our World is the Result of a Broken Creation 

 

Romans 8:19 For all creation is waiting patiently and hopefully for that future day when God will resurrect his children. Living Bible 

 

Romans 8:20-21 For on that day thorns and thistles, sin, death, and decay—the things that overcame the world against its will at God’s command—will all disappear, and the world around us will share in the glorious freedom from sin which God’s children enjoy. Living Bible 

 

Romans 8:22 For we know that even the things of nature, like animals and plants, suffer in sickness and death as they await this great event. Living Bible 

 

The World is not as God Created It-It is as Sin has Affected It

 

Some of the Evil in Our World is the Result of Human and Mechanical Error  

 

Ecclesiastes 10:9 Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them. New International Version 

 

Some of the Evil in Our World Comes from Our Enemy

 

We must understand that God is growing us through adversity and He is working in all things, even the bad, for OUR GOOD! 

 

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. New International Version 

 

Romans 5:3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop enduranceAnd endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvationNew Living Translation