How can Christians reply to the challenge of evil and suffering?

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How can Christians reply to the challenge of evil and suffering?

Original sin- Our punishment And to the man he said, "Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. Genesis 3:17

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.” (NIV) WE MUST TRUST IN….

Jesus taught the need to pray and spread good deeds. If life did not involve any suffering we could not achieve this.

Evil is the result of humans use of free will

Evil tests us, makes us better “God has given me over to the impious; into the clutches of the wicked he has cast me. I was in peace, but he dislodged me; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces. He has set me up for a target; his arrows strike me from all directions, He pierces my sides without mercy, he pours out my gall upon the ground. He pierces me with thrust upon thrust; he attacks me like a warrior. I have fastened sackcloth over my skin, and have laid my brow in the dust. My face is inflamed with weeping and there is darkness over my eyes, Although my hands are free from violence, and my prayer is sincere.”. (Job 16:11-17