How many of you have often wondered why good things happen to bad people? I personally have for numerous years. I have asked and received all sorts of answers. Those answers just lay there. It is as if they are just a choice conversational reply with no real substance.
Today I the light came on and there was a great epiphany in my mind and soul. I am very elated to for once understand the answer to this question!
I am reading St Augustine dialogue On Free Will which is some of his earlier writings. He contends that God is not the author of evil a man does though he is the author of evil a man suffers when God punishes us. Evil deeds are punished by the justice of God when man performs evil acts voluntarily.
If this being the case would it not be evil to let a baby suffer from cancer? God did not cause the cancer. The suffering is primarily done at the hands of earthly men and not God, Jesus, or his heavenly creatures.
During the creation God turned dominion of the earth over to man. (See Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2: 19-20) Through the evil acts of free will and not making the proper decisions, man (himself) has caused catalytic events which changed the original biological composition of the body from when God had intended. God then allows man to correct errors they have made. Because man is not perfect, the correction may not be as well or what should be rendered is less than humanly satisfaction. Not all free will is evil or bad just like learning is neither good nor bad.
God guides and answers prayers. They may not be the answers we want to hear. Always remember that God is in control and will use everything in his power, his reach, his creation to maintain that control.
Man has to want to submit 100% to the will of God which includes seeking the grace of God through (1) spiritual revelation and (2) work. Alone work or spiritualism separate will not cut it. It has to be both. This means we are accepting God 100% and everything else is secondary. In the modern evangelical times, this is often overlooked and not even considered; it is also, very much so, taken for granted.
DO NOT BE FOOLED when we are told, accept Jesus and you are reborn. That is true in part and understand that is just a beginning ideal theory. To accept the road to the path of eternity we have just began again. It is a long hard working battle of mentality (spirituality of the soul) over the work of physical deeds. While on this work submitting 100% to God, there is always the possibility that the evils of man can interfere with our physical being. But, we have to put our faith that they evils of man should never be allowed to interfere in the spiritual composition that belongs only to God
Never forget separating the body and the soul while in present form on earth is an impossibility when seeking the grace of God. The separation of such only comes in death. Therefore, the spirituality and the physical work of God have to go hand and hand.
That answers the question of why bad things happen to good people.
Go with God and stay safely in His arms.
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