How can evil exist when God is a good God?

The problem of Theodicy –  with wisdom and its power to resolve

The work I present in formulating my argument must be understood that to all degrees I use wisdom to uncover the truths that face the mind of human beings in rationalizing an issue or problem that may seem to evade us without personal position of conflict in interest. I therefore, submit to the full authority of all my reading on biblical accounts and it’s highly favored stance taken to all biblical texts to make it the authority, with a personal degree of resolving any issues of irony or even contradictive statements as it may seem from one party to the text.

So, I will begin with Theodicy in this light:

Defining the statement: If God is a good God, and He is almighty, why does evil exist?

I will reckon the content of theodicy on few main points that can grapple very quickly with the reality that faces us here on earth – the problem of evil.

1.      The evils presented to us in life as humans

2.      Where does it come from

3.      Why has it come

4.      What is the view on God, and does it contradict His status of Almighty?

1.      The evils presented, are the issues of poverty, hunger, murder, rape, abortion, adultery, divorce, pain, sadness etc.

2.      It is evident that evil cannot come from God, as God is good. But then, it causes us to question if God has made all things and created everything, and He is indeed good, where does evil come from? In grappling with such a question causes something controversial in establishing our thinking, we begin to contend with the characteristics of God, basing an evil as bad and deriving to a conclusion that God cannot be good, because this evil exists. So, our paradigm of thinking has done two things, it caused a model of what is good, and it has made our level of good as the benchmark of who God must be, to fit our description of that good. In answering the question then of evil, cannot be resolved in creating a plumb for good in our eyes, as it corrupts the model in the sense that we see things in a limited view point of a life time on earth – that being 70 – 80 years. Good, cannot be restricted to a time span, good must be eternal, good must be unhindered by things that can die, and are temporal. Our model then of good based on these ideas begins to take a different shape. Where has evil come from then? It is a subject matter that contends good, in a temporary space of time, until it can no longer contend and disappears forever. Where has the subject matter come from? It has come from a place that establishes good and creates the distinction so clear that good must reign forever. The subject matter of evil, comes from a refining process, where evil is tested and found wanting.  It is found where a pre-empted order is established in order to find a disorder, in the elements of the order to create a final and conclusive order. It is found, from seemingly a good practice of creating life, to kick away elements that are by-waste products to now make something absolutely worthy. In order to remove this impurity, the refiner (God) knew the waste must be removed before he started the work of creation and while making the things created – He had in mind the conclusive result of then removing the impurity.

3.      Why has it come? It is the wisdom of God to cause evil to reign with good, in order to solve the full completion of the world founded and create on an eternal destination of paradise. It is has come through wisdom. Many questions would have been posed to the validity of the world in the presence of life, with no gained understanding to the world we have and live in. This path to understanding needed, essence of mind, body and soul. These 3 things engage very well with the grasping the essence of everything and it was made in the image of God – He molded in us. These criteria are critical in understanding and creating a life eternal.

4.       With this question we are left with a power of choice. My choice is to serve the living God and believe in His awesome plan of salvation in His One and only Son Jesus Christ, who is the reason why we can believe in God and trust in Him fully. He knows everything from start to finish. God has not forced his love or plan on us, but His wisdom tells us that there is everlasting torment and gnashing of teeth for them who reject His plan of salvation and ignore or simply reject the Holy Spirit.