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Conflicts about the goodness of God - Part 5
Sep 20, 2020
God cannot give his children anything less than what reflects his character. Psalm 119:68 states that God is good and does good. Think of the goodness of God to man and all his creation. How vast and enormous! The Psalm 145:9 says, “The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works” (Psalms 145:9 NKJV)‬
Many are struggling with unresolved conflicts about the providence and benevolence of God. They ask such question as: why do the righteous suffer? Why do the righteous experience pain in life? Why does the unbeliever live longer in life, and some cases, enjoy life better than the believer? Why does the unbeliever prosper more than the believer?
A heartbroken widow once lamented over the death of her husband in these words, “Lord, my husband was a very good man. He served faithfully in your vineyard all the days of his life. Why would he die at 53 years, yet his father who was a non-believer died at 98 years?” She further asked God, “Lord, why is it I exercised faith while my husband was sick, I read and confessed all the promises relating to healing, yet you did not heal my servant?” This is the feeling of a heartbroken widow. Some doubt the goodness of God at one time or another. They wished God gave them something better or more of one thing or another.
Not even the prophets are exempted from such conflicting lamentation about the goodness of God. For instance, Jeremiah, 12:1-2; Job, 12:6; 21:6-16; Habakkuk 1:4; Malachi 3:15; and the Psalmist 73:12-17, all questioned why the unrighteous seem to enjoy the goodness of God more than the righteous.
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