Why does God allow sickness?
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Why does God allow sickness? What are some of the possible reasons why God would allow someone to get sick?
Source Article: https://www.gotquestions.org/God-allow-sickness.html
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- Why does God allow sickness? The issue of sickness is always a difficult one to deal with.
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- The key is remembering that God's ways are higher than our ways. When we are suffering with a sickness, disease, or injury, we usually focus solely on our own suffering.
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- In the midst of a trial of sickness, it is very difficult to focus on what good God might bring about as a result.
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- Romans 8 .28 reminds us that God can bring about good from any situation. Many people look back on times of sickness as times when they grew closer to God, learned to trust
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- Him more, and or learned how to truly value life. This is the perspective God has because He is sovereign and knows the end result.
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- This does not mean sickness is always from God, or that God always inflicts us with sickness to teach us a spiritual lesson.
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- In a world tainted by sin, sickness, disease, and death will always be with us.
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- We are fallen beings, with physical bodies prone to disease and illness. Some sickness is simply a result of the natural course of things in this world.
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- Sickness can also be the result of a demonic attack. The Bible describes several instances when physical suffering was caused by Satan and his demons.
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- So, some sickness is not from God, but from Satan. Even in these instances,
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- God is still in control. God sometimes allows sin and or Satan to cause physical suffering.
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- Even when sickness is not directly from God, He will still use it according to His perfect will.
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- It is undeniable though, that God sometimes intentionally allows or even causes sickness to accomplish
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- His sovereign purposes. While sickness is not directly addressed in the passage, Hebrews 12, 5 -11 describes
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- God disciplining us to produce a harvest of righteousness. Verse 11. Sickness can be a means of God's loving discipline.
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- It is difficult for us to comprehend why God would work in this manner. But, believing in the sovereignty of God, there is no other option than suffering being something
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- God allows and or causes. The clearest example of this in Scripture is found in Psalm 119.
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- Notice the progression through verse 67, 71, and 75. The author of Psalm 119 was looking at suffering from God's perspective.
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- It was good for him to be afflicted. It was faithfulness that caused God to afflict him.
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- The result of the affliction was so that he could learn God's decrees and obey His word. Again, sickness and suffering are never easy to deal with.
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- One thing is for sure, sickness should not cause us to lose faith in God. God is good, even when we are suffering.
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- Even the ultimate of suffering, death, is an act of God's goodness. It's hard to imagine that anyone who is in heaven as a result of sickness or suffering regrets what they went through in this life.
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- One final note, when people are suffering, it's our responsibility to minister to them, care for them, pray for them, and comfort them.
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- When a person is suffering, it is not always appropriate to emphasize that God will bring good out of the suffering.
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- Yes, that is the truth. However, in the midst of suffering, it's not always the best time to share that truth.
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- Suffering people need our love and encouragement, not necessarily a reminder of sound biblical theology.