1. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
“God, why did you take them?”
“If you believe in God, why did God allow the bomb in Manchester to detonate?”
“Why would people do this? What god would hurt people?”

2. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
“Explosion in Manchester,
ISIS invasion in Marawi,
Bomb attack in Bangkok,
Car bombing in Syria,
massacre in Egypt.
God, why didn’t you stop them?!”

3. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
How does God feel about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
What does God do about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
"If God was all-loving, he would want to stop all evil and suffering; and if God was all powerful, he would stop all evil and suffering."

4. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
How does Jesus feel about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
Vs …
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. ‘Where have you laid him?’ he asked.
‘Come and see, Lord,’ they replied.
Jesus wept.
John 11 (p.1078)

5. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
How does Jesus feel about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
Vs …
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. ‘Where have you laid him?’ he asked.
‘Come and see, Lord,’ they replied.
Jesus wept.
John 11 (p.1078)

6. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
How does Jesus feel about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
Vs. 3…
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, ‘Lord, the one you love is ill.’
Vs. 36…
Then the Jews said, ‘See how he loved him!’
John 11 (p.1078)

7. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
How does Jesus feel about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
John 11 (p.1078)

8. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
What does Jesus do about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
He shares in it
He ministers through it
He came to rescue us from it
John 11 (p.1078)

9. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
What does Jesus do about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
He shares in it
He ministers through it
He came to rescue us from it
"If God was all-loving, he would want to stop all evil and suffering; and if God was all powerful, he would stop all evil and suffering."
John 11 (p.1078)

10. “Where was God when it all went wrong?”
What does Jesus do about sickness, suffering, evil and death?
He shares in it
He ministers through it
He came to rescue us from it
“Since God is all-loving, he does want to stop all evil and suffering; and since God is all-powerful, he will stop all evil and suffering."
John 11 (p.1078)