If God is all-good and all-powerful, why does evil exist? It is one of the oldest and most difficult questions in human history — and one that every honest believer must be willing to face.
Join us for this Apologetics Month message as we wrestle with The Problem of Evil, tracing the origin, escalation, and ultimate destiny of evil through the pages of Scripture — and confronting one of philosophy's most provocative thought experiments along the way.
The Question That Shakes Faith:
Can God be both all-good and all-just? If He is all-powerful, why didn't He simply prevent evil from entering the world? And if He allows evil to continue, does that make Him complicit in it?
A Biblical Narrative of Evil's Escalation:
Scripture doesn't shy away from the reality of evil. We trace its devastating progression through Genesis:
• Genesis 1:31 — "God saw everything He had made, and behold, it was very good." Evil was not God's design.
• Genesis 3:1-7 — The serpent's question, humanity's choice, and the entrance of evil into a good creation.
• Genesis 6:5-8 — "Every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." The flood and the depth of human corruption.
• Genesis 11:5-9 — The Tower of Babel and humanity's organized rebellion against God.
• Genesis 19:23-29 — The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the question of divine justice.
The Hitler Time Travel Paradox:
Would you go back in time and kill baby Hitler to prevent World War II and the Holocaust? This famous philosophical thought experiment — a specific application of the grandfather paradox — forces us to confront the deepest questions about the nature of evil, justice, and moral responsibility:
• Is it evil to kill an innocent person to prevent a future atrocity?
• Do you have to wait until after the evil has occurred to justify intervention?
• If you allow evil to occur, do you become complicit in it?
• Can evil be redeemed after the fact?
• And most importantly — can God be both all-good and all-just at the same time?
The Final Answer — Evil's Ultimate Destiny:
The Bible does not leave the problem of evil unresolved. We look to Revelation for God's definitive answer:
• Revelation 21:22-27 — A new creation where evil has no place and no entry.
• Revelation 20:7-8 — Evil's final, futile rebellion.
• Revelation 20:10 — The permanent, eternal end of evil and its author.
God is not indifferent to evil. He is not powerless against it. He has a plan — and it ends with complete and total victory.
This message is part of our Apologetics Month series, equipping believers to engage the hardest questions of faith with intellectual honesty and biblical confidence.
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