Good and Evil Flashcards
Suffering- ‘God sets the time…’
‘for sorrow and the time for joy’ - Ecclesiastes 3:4
Evil and God-‘Even if I go through…’
‘the deepest darkness, will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me’ - Psalm 23
Suffering is a lesson- ‘We rejoice in our sufferings…’
‘knowing that suffering produces endurance and endurance produces character, and character produces hope and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has bee poured into our hearts’ - Romans 5:3-5
Suffering is a test- ‘Rejoice that you…’
‘participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed’ - 1 Peter 4:13
Suffering is a test- Story of
Job
The Fall/ Original Sin
Genesis 3
Holy Spirit= conscience- ‘Do you not…’
‘know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit?’ - 1 Corinthians 6:19
Holy Spirit/ temptation- ‘So I say…’
‘let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves’ - Galatians 5:16
Suffering is a test- ‘God blesses those…’
‘who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him’ -James 1:12
Free will- ‘For you have been called…’
‘to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love’ - Galatians 5:13
Original Sin and the break in the relationship between God and man- ‘Your sins…’
‘have cut you off from God’ - Isaiah 59:2