John 9:1-3. Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, p. 133 In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt,

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John 9:1-3

Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, p. 133 In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, and other people are going to get lucky; and you won’t find any rhyme or reason to it, nor any justice. The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is at the bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good. Nothing but blind pitiless indifference. DNA neither knows nor cares. DNA just is, and we dance to its music.

SILLY EXPLANATIONS God is testing us. God wants to find out who is worthy. God has taken himself out of the picture. God doesn’t know what is going on. Etc.

GOD DID NOT CREATE EVIL

Evil is Not a Thing

GOD HAS CREATED BEINGS OTHER THAN OURSELVES CALLED ANGELS WHO HAVE THE ABILIY TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. SOME OF THEM HAVE CHOSEN EVIL.

YOU CAN NOT FORCE LOVE, LOVE IS IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS THERE IS CHOICE!!

WE ARE IN A WAR, AND THE ENEMY USES SPIRITUAL WARFARE.

God’s purpose is that all the powers and authorities in heavenly realms should now see the complex wisdom of God’s plan being worked out through the Church. Eph 3:9-10

JOB 1 JOB 2

YOU ARE JOB (OR JOBBETTE) !!!!!

GOD’S WILL IS NOT ALWAYS DONE

GOD’S WILL IS NOT ALWAYS DONE!! THOSE THINGS GOD ENJOYS. THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN – JUDGEMENT THOSE THINGS WE HAND GOD AND SAY “SOLVE IT MY WAY.”

THE BATTLE IS VERY HARD!! GOD CARES.

John 11:4 – This will not end in death John 11:11, 14 - Lazarus is dead John 11:23 – Your brother will come back John 11:33 – Jesus groaned, troubled John 11:35 – Jesus wept John 11:38 – Shaken by emotion

PROBLEMS IN LIFE CAN AND SHOULD BECOME MINISTRIES

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