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Understand the nature of the problem of evil.
Be able to distinguish between God’s wrath and God’s discipline.
Appreciate the seriousness of rebellion against God and the various expressions it takes.
Rebellion against God always takes the form of rejecting His Word.
The Problem of Evil
If God is all powerful, he could have kept evil from existing.
If God is all perfectly good, he would destroy evil
If God is perfectly good, he would have kept evil from existing.
Evil exists in the world.
Therefore, an all powerful and perfectly good God does not exist.
If God exists at all, he is either not all powerful or he is not perfectly good.
The nature of this objection to Christian belief is logical.
The opponent is claiming that Christianity contains and obvious contradiction.
What is evil?
Ask the antagonist to define evil apart from God.
What is being assumed in this argument?
There could never be a morally good reason for the existence of evil.
Would a perfectly good God give humans free will if he knew in advance that they were going to use that free will to commit moral evil?
Free will doesn’t get Christianity out of the dilemma.
There are a variety of heresies that arise when people attempt to tackle this problem.
The greatest God is God’s own glory.
God had a morally good reason for the existence of moral evil in the world: his own glory.
There is no greater good than that.
The purpose for God creating is not soteriological, it is not redemptive, it is not to display his love.
God’s purpose for creation is His own glory.
We must begin with this simple mindset in life if we want to avoid unhealthy living and unnecessary spiritual and psychological harm:
All the good we receive in this life, we receive by God’s grace.
We do NOT deserve the good we have.
All the bad or evil things that happens in our life we deserve and we never receive the evil we do deserve.
The person on the planet who is has the less good and the most evil in their life has received more good and less evil than they actually deserve.
God is a kind and merciful and gracious God.
What are some explanations you have heard for why bad things happen to good people?
Bad things never happen to good people.
Rebellion against God results when the heart is hardened
Nebuchadnezzar brings Jehoiachin (8 years old) who did evil in the sight of the Lord to Babylon.
In his place, Zedekiah was appointed the puppet king.
שְׁמוֹנֶ֤ה
Eight: שְׁמֹנֶה
Eighteen:שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשֶר
2 kings
Hebrew writes 11 through 19 by writing in this case, 8 + 10.
When we are looking at textual variants one of the questions we ask is if a scribe would be more likely to add a word to the text or miss it.
Scholars believe the scribe misses 10 (ASAR) and just wrote SHEMONEH.
According to ancient Babylonian documents, Jehoiachin had 5 children by the 592.
If he was 8 in 597, it would seem difficult for him to have five sons within 5 years.
First Question:
What are some ways we demonstrate pride in our lives?
How do we in the churches follow the abominations of the nations and defile the house of the Lord?
When the worship service is constructed with my supposed wants, needs, and wishes in mind, it is designed for ALL the wrong reasons.
I watched a youth conference that claims to be for the glory of God where they were actually line dancing.
Many churches have turned worship into a lights-off rock concert atmosphere.
We defile the house of God when we tolerate false doctrine and moral laxity in the churches.
We defile the house of God when we bring in unbelieving pagans and make them members of the community.
When our values become the same values as those in the world.
Feminism.
Homosexuality.
Racism.
Rebellion against God results when God’s Word is rejected
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What are some ways we might respond to a word of correction, and what might those responses reveal about a person’s heart?
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Sin as Rebellion: Because the Bible portrays people as responsible beings, called to respond in faith and obedience to God’s revelation, the Bible often portrays sin in terms of defiance and rebellion toward God the King.
Rebellion against God results in God’s wrath being stirred
Clarification: God’s wrath is never directed to those who are his.
Christ has once for all taken God’s wrath and given to us His righteousness.
The great exchange.
But, God disciplines those who are his.
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What problems arise if we downplay God’s wrath in our theology?
Gods judgment for the sin of believers has already fallen upon Christ on the cross; therefore, God’s wrath no longer remains for those who are in Christ ().
Instead, God uses only faithful, loving discipline to correct His beloved children in their sin and guide them on the path of holiness.
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