At times of sorrow we can find comfort from God if we pray to him. But it is true that God may be testing us at such times in the hope that our characters will be strengthened by the things that we suffer. Paul was able to say For the sake of Christ, then, I [...]
Answers about suffering
I think that this is one of the hardest questions we face: if God really is powerful and loving, the way the Bible says, why do such terrible things happen? God will stop all the suffering in the future. See, plucked from a choice of many passages, Revelation 21:4: “He will wipe away every tear [...]
There are some biblical examples which suggest that God does occasionally use sickness to teach us lessons. One is 1 Corinthians 11:29-30 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. Because of [...]
Paul mentions this in 2 Corinthians 12: So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should [...]
The Jews have suffered numerous and terrible persecutions including the Spanish inquisition, the Russian pogroms and the Nazi Holocaust. The Bible predicted that this is exactly what would happen. For example, Deuteronomy says that if the people of Israel did not serve God as he had commanded then . . . And you shall become [...]
