1. Good and Evil God Free will Devil in the Bible evil Responses
Everywhere
(omnipresent)
Fallen Angel
Genesis
Testing Job
All knowing
(omniscient)
Loving
(Benevolent)
Devil in
the Bible
Tempting Jesus
God
All powerful
(omnipotent)
Symbolic?
A being
WHY?
Problem with evil
Good and
Evil
A force
Humans
choose
evil
Free will
BUT God’s fault?
Psychological
phenomenon
Puppets /robots
Punishment
A damaged mind
Types of suffering
Acceptance
natural
moral
God’s plan
Responses
volcano
Terrorism
Disobeyed God
Closer to God
Suffering of Jesus
Grow in a spiritual way

2. Some Christians believe that the Devil is a real power who works
Evil -The Devil
The Devil or Satan appears in some Bible stories, such as Genesis, in the book of Job and in stories of Jesus’ temptations.
Some Christians believe that the Devil is a
real power who works
Against God and causes evil and suffering.
Others believe the devil is a symbolic way of
describing evil.
Belief in the Devil still leaves questions
about why God allows
The devil to live in the world.

3. Christian responses to suffering
Some people say suffering came into the world
because Adam and Eve rebelled against God.
Other people say that God allows suffering into the
world for a good reason, to help us grow and learn
in a spiritual way.
Some people say suffering brings them closer to
God and helps them to understand the suffering of
Christ.
Many Christians say we can never understand suffering,
and should learn to accept it without always trying
to understand it.