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Human Suffering and the Sovereignty of God

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Various Passages
January 12, 2025

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Introduction

  • Where is God when we suffer?

  • The story of Rabbi Harold Kushner

  • Many evangelicals are like Rabbi Kushner

  • Some people take the opposite view

2. The causes behind suffering in the Book of Job

  • What caused Job’s troubles?

  • God governs nature and its laws

  • God governs both intentional and unintentional actions of people

  • God governs Satan and demons

3. An objection...and two answers

  • The objection

  • God is drawn to suffering people

  • God’s motives for decreeing evil are good

4. Summary

  • What about suffering is God sovereign over?

  • For what purpose?

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