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Why Did God Let It Happen? | Ever Wonder Why: Part 1

Life.Church with Craig Groeschel

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Why Would God Allow Suffering?

If god is loving, why would he allow suffering? The answer is, if love is a choice, suffering is a possibility. In order for us to have the freedom to choose love, we also have thefreedom to choose evil. That's what makes evil and suffering possible. Why did god give us free will then? And the answer is, because that is the only way that love is sible. He didn't want a rock or a robot. What he wanted was a relationship. God wants us to receive his love, and he wants us to choose to love him back.

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