Good God vs. Evil

I have been listening to the song Truth by Lecrae a lot recently. I recommend you to, too. I feel that he did an excellent job explaining the subject line indicated here. Why is there so much evil in this world when we have such a good God? 

The idea that I am coming to realize that God doesn't necessarily exist in both worlds. Yes, He created everything, He made a beautiful world. However, this evil world does not know God. {{1 John 3:1}} We must go out and share the gospel. {{1 Timothy 2:4}} But our God lives in a world where there is no evil. This world is full of evil. He lives in my heart and in lives in the hearts of those who have accepted His gift. Yes, we do evil from time to time. Just because we are Christian, doesn't make us perfect. I accept it daily that I suck. Plain and simple. The Holy Spirit in me is the only reason I do good (good: behavior for His glory).


Anywhooos:

As Lecrae put it:

"But then some say 'How can God exist when

all this evil stuff in the world keep persistin'?'

Wrong question. Ask again.

'How come God ain't let you feel the wrath from sin?'"

"Some people say that God ain't real 'cause they don't see how a good God can exist with all this evil in the world. If God is real then He should stop all this evil, 'cause He's all-powerful right? What is evil though man? It's anything that's against God. It's anything morally bad or wrong. It's murder, rape, stealing, lying, cheating. But if we ant God to stop evil, do we

want Him to stop it all or just a little bit of it? If he stops us from doing evil things, what about lying, or what about our evil thoughts? I mean, where do you stop, the murder level, the lying level, or the thinking level? If we ant Him to stop evil, we gotta be consistent, we can't just pick and choose. That means you and I would be eliminated right? Because we think evil stuff. If that's true, we should be eliminated! But thanks be to God that Jesus stepped in to save us from our sin! Christ died for all evilness! Repent, turn to Jesus man!"

I just, "Woah."

The truth of the matter is, when you have Jesus, evil has been conquered. It's something that no longer has a grip on you. Christ crushed Satan, the Pizza Hut delivery boy of evil. Don't let Satan run your life. Christ won, don't be confused that God just lets evil happen. Our God is not just a good God, He is a great God. Remember we do have a free will. Life is based on our choices.

We have no reason to whine. {{Philippians 2:14}}

We have no reason to complain. {{Philippians 2:14}}

We have no reason to seek revenge. {{Romans 12:19}}

We have no reason to wallow in our failures. {{1 John 1:9; Luke 5:1-39}}

We have no reason to be saddened. {{1 Thessalonians 5:16}}

We have no reason to be frightened. {{Joshua 1:9; Psalm 23:4}}

However, we do get trapped in these emotions. We are still human and we are still slaves to sin. The turning point is when we turn our back on sin so that it no longer determines our fate. Live a life with God, it is way cooler. He is waiting for you to come to Him.