The Sunday School Lesson The Problem of Evil and Suffering by David McGee
Aug 22, 2021
The Problem of Evil and Suffering (35:43)
Referenced Scriptures: Genesis 1:29-31; Genesis 3:1-19; Psalm 51:5; Isaiah 64:6-7; Mark 7:20-23; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:18-21; Romans 8:18-39; Revelation 21:1-5
Audio
Click To View Notes & Scriptures
-
The scriptures below are from the WEB Bible.
Genesis 1:29-31
29) God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
30) To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so.
31) God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 3:1-19
1) Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?‘"
2) The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
3) but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.‘"
4) The serpent said to the woman, "You won‘t surely die,
5) for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as God, knowing good and evil."
6) When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
7) Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8) They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
9) Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
10) The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
11) God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
12) The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
13) Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
14) Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
15) I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
16) To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
17) To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife‘s voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,‘ cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
18) Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
19) By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Psalm 51:5
5) Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin did my mother conceive me.
Isaiah 64:6-7
6) For we are all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
7) There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Mark 7:20-23
20) He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21) For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
22) covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
23) All these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man."
Romans 3:23
23) for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Romans 5:18-21
18) So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.
19) For as through the one man‘s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one will many be made righteous.
20) The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly;
21) that as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 8:18-39
18) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
19) For the creation waits with eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
20) For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope
21) that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
22) For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
23) Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
24) For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
25) But if we hope for that which we don‘t see, we wait for it with patience.
26) In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don‘t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can‘t be uttered.
27) He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit‘s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
28) We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
29) For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30) Whom he foreordained, them he also called. Whom he called, them he also justified. Whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31) What then will we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32) He who didn‘t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
33) Who could bring a charge against God‘s elect? It is God who justifies.
34) Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
35) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36) Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
37) No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39) nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Revelation 21:1-5
1) I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
2) I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
3) I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God‘s tent is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
4) He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.
5) He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."
The WEB Bible is provided by Public Domain.