Why Does God Allow Pain?
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- Опубліковано 4 лис 2023
- "Why does a good God allow suffering?" Pastor Ed Young has a candid conversation that digs into the heart of the pain we face, both expected and unforeseen.
Have you ever noticed how the topic of pain can shut down a conversation? It's almost taboo, yet it's something that every single one of us will encounter. It's the hidden commonality that binds us, yet it's also the biggest stumbling block for many when it comes to Christianity. The issue of theodicy, or the problem of pain, is laid bare in this enlightening discussion.
Pastor Ed doesn't shy away from the hard questions. "How can a good God allow bad things to happen to good people?" From school shootings to the loss of a child, the questions are as heartbreaking as they are difficult. And while some might use these questions as a barrier to faith, Pastor Ed invites us to lean in and learn about the nature and character of God amidst our struggles.
The Bible doesn't gloss over pain and suffering. It's a book that not only acknowledges them but provides unparalleled insight into enduring them, through the experiences of biblical figures like Job, Joseph, Paul, and Peter, each who faced tremendous suffering with faith.
He shares his personal story of loss, echoing the questions we all have in times of despair, and he guides us toward the answers found in faith. It's a message of hope, resilience, and the revelation that even in our darkest moments, we're on a path-a path that Jesus himself walked, marked by the cross, an emblem of ultimate pain and ultimate redemption.
So, if you're ready to face the tough questions about pain and suffering, and if you're seeking a deeper understanding of God's presence in your pain, then this video is for you.
Like, comment, and subscribe for more honest conversations about life, faith, and finding purpose in the pain. Share this with someone who needs to hear that they're not alone on the path. #PainAndFaith #RealTalk #ChristianityAndSuffering #PastorEdYoung #Life'sPath
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Pastor Ed Young is the senior pastor of Fellowship Church based in the DFW Metroplex, he is also an author, and conference speaker noted for his creative communication style.
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Pain is one thing; suffering is something else.
Correct….but still both are painful.😢🥺☹️😞😔😭
What’s the difference for you?
I am in pain I feel like God has sent you to talk to me and other thank you I trust in God that it will be OK
The number one reason people doubt any God or Gods is because there has never been any demonstrable evidence presented for any of the thousands of Gods claimed by humans throughout
Seek him threw the good and bad keep praying you have to hold fast in the storm he will get you through it
You will be okay. Not cause us people tell you. But because God says so. We just have to trust in him. & remember that it’s on his terms not ours. Keeping the Hope & faith alive w/him always no matter what. God bless you & yours always. 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
Me too.. and it just popped up! Gods so keenly aware 😊
We love you my friend. You're SOOOO not alone..... One day we'll rejoice together in heaven. ❤️🙏😘
Love you ed!
Preach on brother! Thank you 🙏
Thank you for your encouraging words.
@TruthRightBack Ministries praying for you today.
I appreciate your prayers!
Sharon Styles I Prayed the prayer. Dear Jesus I know that it’s by the power of the Gospel that I have the ability to do this and right now I respond to that. I ask Jesus to Come into my life. ❤😊
That’s the best decision you will ever make!
Thank you SO much for this message ! It gave me so much life ❤
Thank you! I’m so glad it spoke to you.
Pain in trying to find a path to follow. It seems the whole world is against me and trying to not get stuck on past issues that reoccur. It’s very hard. I am definitely too hard on myself but if I’m not I get taken advantage of by others. Although you explained everything I am feeling and having some laughter in this topic was a relief!
Same same same!!!!
My true meaning of that isn't WHO I AM yet what they are. No
ONE on this green planet is like me yet if your trying to inflict pain upon my existence won't happen. I am covered by the blood of Jesus
i needed to hear this brother, i really need to get closer with God❤️
AMEN
Pastor Rudd,My father asked me to write to u! Back in the "70" his whole family we all was there under the tents in Belle Vernon PA. my Dad at the time WAS 38 AND HE WALKED UP ON UR CALLING TO BE SAVED!! AND IF IT WASN'T FOR U AND ALL THAT U WERE DOING AT THE TIME! PASTER RUDD UR THE PASTOR WHO SAVED HIM! PLZ COME SEE HIM PLZ WE WILL PAY FOR UR TRIP! MY DAD IS 86 NOW AN HE WOULD BE SO HAPPY! AND Pastor RUDD PLZ PRAY FOR ME! IM HEADING TO THE HOSPITAL I THINK I HAVE PNEUMONIA. I NEED TO TELL U MY Vision IN CHRIST! THE Vail IS ABOUT TO LIFT. I NO WHEN!! PLZ GET A Hold OF ME! GOD BLESS u BROTHER!
✝️Despite our perception of being good people; in God's eyes, He sees us all evil. At the end of the day,He doesn't want any of us to spend eternity in hell,according to 2 Peter 3:9. AMEN🙏
Actually, God does not see His children as evil. Just the opposite. When you are saved, He sees the righteousness of Jesus in you!
If we know Christ, than we are not SINNERS anymore. We are the righteousness of Christ. We are the sons , daughters and Priests of God.
While I try not to, I still may yet sin, because I am still in the flesh, (as a service to God, and to gain eternal rewards), but I am sure that I am Forgiven of ALL, and my place in Heaven because of my relationship with JESUS, the one way the Creator of the Universe has given us to reach Heaven,
Where We do belong.
Trust JESUS for the forgiveness of all wrong done in the sight of God, and I'll see you at Home.
Paul said I am the chief of sinners justification we are declared righteous sanctification we are daily seeking to be more like Jesus
@davidharris9243 it blows my mind how people claim to believe in the God of the bible, yet still sin. I call bs, if you really believed there is absolutely no way you would ever sin again
We are always sinners........until we die. But we are forgiven thru Jesus Christ. Amen to that. ✝️🙌🤗
@@AndrewL4mesame way people can claim to love their spouse and yet cheat on them. People are not perfect and are complicated beings. It’s not like believing in god automatically makes you perfect
Jesus help me do this
Praying with and for you!
Subscribed. Thank you
Thank you too!
What about chronic pain? You lose everything with chronic pain......it holds me back from everything.
Radio silence from the Christians who know they don’t have a satisfactory bullshit answer. I’m sorry you have to live with that pain
Prayer worship for me personally , every time I worship I feel presence or God and peace
@@hapisky5013I will answer from a christian viewpoint. Sometimes God allows pain in our lives. Think Job and Paul who had what he called a "Thorn in the Flesh". Living with pain is the ultimate in walking by faith because there some things we will never understand. God will also NEVER override our choices. (eating habits, choice of drugs, playing sports that may leave us with injury...) Also, as we age, our body declines.
You are a great pastor
Thank you for the encouragement!
I like Hathor.
It is written: “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”
1 Peter 1:16
Is it a HOLY thing for God to mock the mockers (Proverbs 3:34), but condemn us for doing as He does???
The description of the Amazon jungles depicts what people who are left behind in Rapture may experience, with NO GUIDE, and go thru....Who will they trust....?? Just a thought
The Rapture, meaning to be taken is when Yeshua--Jesus returns! For if it were not so, then God's Word would fail that He would never forsake His righteous ones. For there would still be believers here, so there would still be His Ruah HaKodesh--Holy Spirit, there would still be His grace, and there would still be His presence. Vehemently even now, if I told you there are believers being imprisoned, being persecuted, millions of believers in some of the fastest growing gatherings in Iran & China...would you understand? Dispensationalsim is a construct from a little Irish girl's dream, popular of a subgroup in America, but it is not the traditional, nor main view in Christianity Orthodoxy.
I believe like an angry teenager, Lucifer wanted to prove to God that he wasn’t perfect. We were made In HIS IMAGE, and he wanted to defile GODS image. So he did. Our downfall wasn’t only a downfall, it was a realization that even the most loving most high, was juvenile at one point. Vulnerable, impressionable. God who created us; who we owe everything to, was once young as well. The reason to me, why God loves us anyways, why he gave his only son for us, is because he realizes that though he may be the most high, though he may be the absolute most wonderful being in this universe, he can still make mistakes. Us breathing and living is proof that not even God can fully predict what will happen. He can predict what he wants for us, and what possible. But him giving us free will means it’s out of his hands. Bad things happen not because of God, but because it’s a side effect of free will.
God knew the gamble he took on us, and we failed him at the start, but he loves us anyways. He loves us because we made him realize that he’s not absolutely perfect either. We made him realize that life is chaotic, but there’s beauty in the chaos.
He wants us to be happy; that’s why our life here is so short compared to eternity. But this life is a test. To see who has a good soul, and who is sour. This life was supposed to be a gift, but due to the betrayal (yes betrayal it was more than disobeying) it’s become a test. He wants us; he creates us, we are his children. But he gives us the choice. Before shapes, numbers; letters; and colors; we develop a sense of right and wrong. A conscience.
That’s the first thing to develop because that’s the most important thing. You can be dumb as a bag of bricks, but if you care about others; know your God, do right by others, and show as much love as you can, your ignorance in book smarts doesn’t matter.
Know him. Learn him. Listen to him. Apply him in science, in psychology, in love. And you’ll see; he is real. It may not have been exactly like the Bible says because it was a long long time ago, but the Jist and lessons are real.
Open your heart. Open your mind. Apply what you know. You’ll realize that nothing in science negates God.
It co exists. Even Einstein said there has to be a creator with his equation.
Yes repent; but most importantly, know him. He cares more about your acknowledgment than your confession.
If you try to speak to him, and open your heart mind and inner ears and quiet your thoughts (your conscience and mind) you’ll feel him, and eventually you’ll hear him.
God is good, but only if you believe that he is. It’s easy to blame someone. But it’s also easy to believe in someone. Give him a try; he will never disappoint.
How long??
I was labeled an addict because of chronic pain. Its horrible.
God allows suffering because he enjoys it. Why else would he create a place like hell.
The bad news is both mankind and the devil had free will and hell, pain & suffering are the consequences.
The good news is that God sent his son to rescue us.
Does that mean our lives be pain free? No but it gives us hope that we can find purpose in our pain.
Ya and this video was just a dance around answering the Question. Hes trained in distracting from the point. What is the benefit of gods plan to kids with cancer and genocide? Why isn't he here to confirm that any of this is true if following jesus is the only way out of eternal suffering? Why should we have faith in the word of man if they are all inherently sinful? Whats the point in eternal suffering for finite sin with no chance of resolve? How is it that I have more compassion for others than "the most perfect being"? I don't think anyone deserves eternal hell. Also, supposedly, God didn't destroy the devil because he didn't want the others to follow him from fear, yet if we dont follow, we burn eternally? So he took satans burden and placed it on the entire world? God isn't saving us if he created the threat. If i put a gun to your head and say "follow me, or I shoot" and you follow me, did I save you, or just threaten you?
@@EdYoung God had entire towns and cities destroyed in his name including children. God loves watching suffering. A child has cancer and suffers, God watches. Your God is a god of suffering. Not righteous nor good. But evil.
@@EdYoung You worship a child murdering God and think he's righteous and good. If you ask me, you need help.
@@MrNiceTy did you forget Christ suffered the worst death of all to redeem mankind, He doesn’t cause the pain, sin does and Satan If you have God he is with you through it , we get to choose God or separation
I don't doubt God, I doubt religion.
Wow good stuff but noisy background
Entertainment-I don’t own the rights to this video.
Isaiah 45:7 King James Version7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Understanding this helps you understand who our god jesus is and how he works to test our faith and to bring us closer to him at any cost. Are suffering is just like his suffering when he was in the flesh so to better understand god the more you understand godmlets this happen for reasons. Apocrypha and book of enoch explains it more that it was also amburden to god to make adam mortal amntake him out ofnthe cave into the garden of eden. When adam came out he felt the heat of the sun and thought it was gods wrath upon him. And god explained it wasent to adam.
8:31 If we didn’t have a choice we would be robots?😂😂 We practically are though. God literally gives you a “choice” to choose him but threatens to punish all who don’t “choose” him, that’s hardly a choice. Then when you choose him you have a list of demands you HAVE to follow-regardless of his “grace” you have to follow commands and live the way HE WANTS.
He invites you to be in a relationship with him that you have no choice but to be in and can NEVER leave unless you want to end up in hell. It’s like being held hostage and the person say: “You have free will to leave but I’ll kill you if you do” - It’s a choice that is clearly dictated.
He claims we have free will but wants to control and dictate your ENTIRE life. It wouldn’t make a difference if he just created us as “robots” with “no choice” because we practically have none anyway.
Will Farrell is a Pastor?
I doubt god
You doubt god, but you don’t doubt the devil. Think about that. The devil sends you thoughts to doubt Jesus, to doubt god. But you don’t doubt the devil do you? You don’t think the devil isn’t real, but you think god isn’t. Right?
The number one reason I doubt god is pretty simple. There is not a shred of evidence to believe in him.
I am praying for you Jason! That God will reveal himself to you.
Enforcement of someones beliefs should not be allowed in the world. America is majority a Christian nation but it is not by law. Just because the anthem has "One nation, Under God" when multiple people practice different beliefs not just singularly Christianity. Politicians love to say how we need to bring back the God-fearing person into our way of life but thats phony.
And what about the other phrase in the anthem: "With Liberty and Justice for All"
Most Christians love to say how the non-heterosexual people need to be "saved" and "repent" or risk eternal damnation. Why? It's not your responsibility to force others to confine to what you believe. You're supposed to respect anothers way of life and how they decide to live. Isn't that what Jesus would want? Love thy neighbor and all that?
This was not a good sermon for those that are struggling with God. Maybe your flock agree but the message I got was God uses our pain and low times to get what he wants. Sounds like Lucifer to me
Lol, just the title alone gives this whole thing away as being garbage. Nobody doubts God, people doubt the claims made by humans about said God.
Why does God ALLOW pain? Nope that’s not the right question. God created Hell, didn’t he? God is the author and designer of eternal torture. Come on, Christians, get your questions right.
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Yes kk
What about drs who are now torturing patients? They have lowered prescribing in our country. Soon they want to make it opioid free!! We are becoming a third/4 th world country.
This guy talks about God as if he’s met him in person. Delusion at its finest.
Oh man. Thought it was Ed Young Sr. I’m out
Maybe because god is just a fantasy until you prove it exists.
I pray that you find God. It's such a beautiful peace to have. Hope you have a great and blessed day! 😊
You have to find him for yourself. Do your research, look at studies, read and learn about the Bible. This is a good place to start.
@@ballerjerome9187 Been there done that.
”In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.“
Jeremiah 29:12-13
God doesn’t lie. He knows who’s sincere or not. There’s a reason why you haven’t yet found Him.
The people in my circle all have found God and not by imagination but by divine revelation and multiple visitations and encounters. You can have this too but it requires such a deep humility and honesty before God. You can’t come to God with pride.
@@Romans_116 A regular old human wrote that. God is a lie.
Having to justify pain for an abusive “god” sounds like a lot of work. Even if a god existed that made this universe with all knowledge and power, that is an evil god. The excuse that, “we live in a fallen world,” blaming humans for “sin,” sounds like deflection from a god who himself says he created good and evil, is plainly ridiculous. If I created a weapon for some extremists that I KNEW were going to harm others, and on top of it, created the extremists and their deterministic fate since if I were this god, I’d be omnipresent too, whose truly at fault?
I see what your saying and I see why you think that. But God didn’t necessarily create the concept of good and evil. God himself is the embodiment of good and sin is evil. We have the free will to live to make the choices to live in sin or with God. God doesn’t intend for evil, people themselves just indulge in it. Like your example at the end of your text, in the beginning, God didn’t intend for humans to use weapons to harm each other nor did he create concepts to divide us. Humans create those concepts that divide themselves as well as the weapons that are chosen to do harm to others with. Yes, God is all knowing, but if he stopped all humans from sinning that would defeat Jesus Christs purpose for being here as well as defeat the purpose of free will.
Amen.
@@dorionm2160makes no sense
You wouldn’t know what ‘good’ is without evil. In order to experience joy , fulfillment and happiness, you have to know what its opposite feels like
Study Gods word become a Christian then the Bible will then be an instrument that will help you and save you from your sins. In order for you to understand anything in life what you do for a living, how to pay taxes, how to vote, etc…. You have to study
Same thing with understanding things of God you must study to understand our Creators plan for our lives. Trust in God will become a lot easier when you study HIS word, praying for you my friend praying for your salvation.
God is real over 2,000 years ago in Gods word in Revelation says in the end times men will be lovers of money and lovers of self. He also said in the end times there will be lawlessness of all kinds (tell me that isn’t today) it also said in the end times there will be wars and rumors of wars(sound familiar) please give Gods word a chance it will be absolutely to your advantage to do so !!
Get out!