People ask, "If God is good/if there is a God, why does He allow evil things to happen in the world?" Yet they also proceed to inquire, "why would a good God send people to Hell?" I have to wonder whether the people asking these questions are informed of the fact that the people going to Hell, choose themselves to go there. God is a just God ("But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and JUST to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9) Just because it seems as though some people were/are ignorant of the information needed to make the decision for Heaven or Hell, does not mean that God hasn't/will not get to them. We cannot and do not see all of the evidences of God's working within the depths of people's hearts. We should not assume that it is not happening or being dealt with just because we are not witnessing it.
"This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires ALL men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 2:3-4
"because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. for since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened." Romans 1:19-21
There are those who rebuke the Old Testament for the many stories of God killing so many people. Another thing often not realized when taking these accounts into consideration, was the fact that the Old Testament was still under the time period of the Old Covenant-before the cross (New Covenant). Under the Old Covenant, death was the means that God employed to rid the world of the evil-the same evil that some are so adamant about accusing God of allowing in the world today. Some interrogate as to why bad things happen to "good" people or in this world in general, yet they also become angry if God interferes with their "personal" life and "their" freedom to live their life. So many do not realize that the "right to live their own life" because they've only got "one life to live" often is equated with a life of sin. Sin is evil. Yet when God contends with this evil in the lives of others, people do not like to be restricted. They do not want to live by a "set of rules". They want to do their own thing-while still persistently blaming & accusing God for allowing evil in the world. Oh, but they still want to keep on sinning though. Tell me-how does that even make sense? "God take care of the evil in the world, do something about it. But not my evil, just let me live my life the way I want to." People do not want God infringing on the rights to their own life. Alas, if only they knew that the life they think they own is not theirs. It never was, it never will be. They did not create their own life and they will not vanquish it either. Yet, so many of us (myself included) so often feel as though we are in charge of our own lives. We have it so wrong. For once, let's just let God be God.
I'd also like to add that I am not referring to the evils that do not come from conscious sinful motives, such as sickness and by extension death, natural disasters, and things of the like. These happen simply because we live in a fallen world. The fallen world also a result of the first human's sin. I personally do not believe that God imposes sickness, death, and natural disasters upon the world. He may allow them to happen, but He can and will bring good out of every situation. HE IS A GOOD GOD. "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting." Psalm 107:1
"In giving yourself up, through the release of self, you'd meet with opportunity, wouldn't you?"
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