Day 211. If God is good, why does he permit evil? (2025)

Today is day 211 and we are on the section on The Seventh Petition: "But deliver us from evil".

211. If God is good, why does he permit evil?

God created rational creatures free to love, obey, and worship him, but we have used our freedom to reject his love, rebel against him, and choose evil. Yet no evil can thwart God’s purposes, and he is able to use evil to bring about even greater good. (Genesis 6:5; Judges 2:19–23; Psalm 10; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Romans 8:18–28; Hebrews 2:8–18; Revelation 2:18–29)

We will conclude today with A Collect for Peace found on page 23 in the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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