God is love. God is everything good and desirable. God causes and preserves all things. Nothing can happen apart from God’s providence. So why does evil exist?  Does God cause the evil that happens as a part of everyday life? Is the death of a young child who was molested by a pedophile somehow God responsibility? These are all loaded questions and statements. Scripture never shows God as directly involved in doing anything evil but it does show God allowing evil/pagan nations to bring about evil through their actions. Can a person rightly blame God for those evil actions? The Bible is pregnant with examples of men and women who suffered because of evil in the world. In Job’s case, evil was brought about by the devil himself (evidence for the existence of evil that space will not permit in this discussion)! However, Scripture is clear that God never does nor is to be blamed for evil in the world. To blame God for the evil caused by secondary sources would be sinful. It is beyond human comprehension why God would allow bad things to happen to his children. Despite that, bad things still happen. Simply put, we live in a sin stricken world that is subject to the effects of sin. The Bible says that the wages of sin is death. Death is a strong word. However, sin and death have been defeated though Jesus’ sacrificial death and miraculous resurrection! Mankind is responsible for the evil in this world and the effect it has on the ones we love. That is an unfortunate statement. However, to say that God is not in control of the evil in the world would suggest that evil is more powerful than God. This is a conclusion seldom reached by those who argue that God has nothing to with evil. Sadly, that conclusion is inevitable. To say that God uses evil for his purposes, but never does or should be blamed for evil, is an uncomfortable premise. But the conclusion gives God the glory he deserves. His sovereignty remains intact, his holiness unblemished, and his redemption essential.

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