Why Didn't God Create a World Without Senseless Suffering?

People sometimes ask me, “Why didn’t God create a perfect world with harmony between man, God and all living things—a world without evil, pain and suffering?”

And I tell them “He did just that!” Yes, God created everything perfect. 

“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 

But Adam's sin brought evil, suffering, broken relationships, chaos, decay, sickness, and death into the world (Genesis 3). 

Evil never existed in God’s original creation, and God never has been and never will be responsible for evil (James 1:13-15; 1 John 1:5).

And that's why our our real question should be this: 

“Since we humans are responsible for bringing evil and suffering into our perfect world, why does God care for us?”

Yes! Why does God save us and offer us an eternal life without suffering or evil when we were and are so rebellious, ungrateful, and selfish? 

That is the greatest mystery of all. God's loving sacrifice for our sins is beyond understanding.

Isn’t it ironic that we creatures who brought evil and suffering into God's perfect world have blamed God for it ever since?

For more on this subject, I encourage you to read Why Does He Love Us? - which talks about something that happened when I gave a presentation on God's love in Budapest, Hungary. And I know you will enjoy "We'll Take Her!" - God's Adoption Plan. It tells the story of how one of my friends experienced the love of God in our fallen world.

 

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