Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?

Text:  Luke 13:1-17

Why do bad things happen in this world? Let's identify some false assumptions:

1) Bad things happen to bad people
2) Bad things haven't happened to me, so I am good.
3) Because God is righteous, He always judges sin immediately.

The woman in Luke 13:1-17 has been bent over for 18 years. That's a long time. She certainly didn't want to be in that condition, and God didn't want her in that condition. In Verse 11 Jesus identifies the source of her problem: a spirit of infirmity. He casts it out, but she's still doubled over. Jesus laid hands on her, and she was made straight.

So, why was this woman and others like the man blind from birth bound for so long? Someone had to come against that situation. Jesus saw the woman with the infirmity and came against it. You, as a believer, are made to come against things. We're told in John 10:10 that it is the enemy who comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but Jesus comes to bring life.

Luke 13:16-17 - The woman is in the house of  God. You can be in the house of  God and still have problems. Remember the man who was let down from the roof in front of Jesus? Scripture tells us that the presence of God was there to heal all them in the household, but only that man received healing. God is not moved by:

Location
Need
Goodness

He's moved by faith.

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