Why Is Life So Hard ?

[sahiri abd elkader]

hello
alot of questions in my mind
i wnat to know why life is hard ??? why god don't stop the war ?

 

[tansy]

Short answer: I think that God has to let evil reach its full potential so that in the end He will fully eradicate it, rather than merely suppressing it; and then He will be fully glorified. Haven't explained what I mean very well I'm afraid, and there are certainly other reasons as well, which I'm sure others will be able to expound better than I.

 

[Spunkn]

Man was given a choice. Follow God or disobey God. This is what the tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolizes in the garden.

Man disobeyed God, and thus chose to allow evil. Because the absence of God is evil. God can not tolerate sin, so we broke our perfect relationship with Him.

But through Christ, that can be forgiven.

Life is hard, because we try to take control of our lives and go our own way instead of letting God take control. And also because we live in a fallen nature, because man chose to disobey and there are consequences for disobeying God.

 

[Bible2]

sahiri abd elkader said in post 1:

Why Is Life So Hard ?

Satan can be the one who causes people to suffer (Lk. 13:16), & Jesus came to counteract Satan's work in the world (Jn. 10:10). Jesus miraculously healed multitudes of people (Mt. 12:15b) oppressed by Satan (Acts 10:38), & Jesus still miraculously heals some people today, sometimes through Christians who've been given the Spiritual gift of miraculous healing (1 Cor. 12:9).

Christians, with their hope of eternal life (Titus 1:2), can look far beyond any temporal suffering they may be undergoing (2 Cor. 4:16-18, Rev. 2:10-11, 1 Pet. 4:12-13). God can permit some Christians to suffer in order to help them remain humble before him & others (2 Cor. 12:7). Also, suffering can actually strengthen Christians spiritually (Rom. 5:3-5). It can help them to stop putting any hope in that which is merely mortal & temporal (2 Cor. 4:16-18, Jn. 12:25, Mt. 10:37-39). Also, when God allows Christians to suffer, he provides them with his comfort to help them through their suffering (2 Cor. 1:3-7).

We mustn't say it's evil for God to allow human suffering, for the only way to eradicate any possibility of human suffering would be to eradicate any possibility of humans committing sin (Jn. 5:14), & the only way to eradicate any possibility of humans committing sin would be to eradicate human free will. It's better for humans to have free will & for there to be the possibility of suffering, than for humans to be robots with no free will & for there to be no possibility of suffering. By becoming a human in Jesus & suffering & dying for our sins, God has made a way for us to retain our free will & yet escape suffering in hell forever for our sins. For as the human/divine Son of God, Jesus' suffering satisfied God the Father's justice (Isa. 53:11), which requires an infinite amount of human suffering for sin (Mt. 25:41,46).

Also, suffering is like gravity, in that while it can cause us problems, who would want to live without it? For example, someone could say God was cruel to create gravity because it sometimes causes old people to fall down & break their hips. But who'd want to get rid of gravity & float off into space? It's the same way with suffering. Someone could say God was cruel to create the possibility of suffering. But if God made it impossible for us to suffer, what could happen to us? For example, imagine you went on a camping trip, built a campfire, & laid down in your sleeping bag near the fire & fell asleep. While you were sleeping, you turned over at one point in such a way that your hand went into the fire. But because of your ability to suffer, you immediately woke up & pulled your hand out of the fire, keeping your hand from getting badly burned. But if you'd had no ability to suffer, you'd have stayed asleep with your hand in the fire, & woken up in the morning with no hand: it would have been burned clean off.

So suffering can be a good thing when it causes us to draw back from something that will hurt us. God sometimes brings suffering to those he loves as a way of chastening them & getting them to repent from a sin (Rev. 3:19, Heb. 12:5-11). For God knows how much harm their sin will cause them (Gal. 6:8, Heb. 10:26-29), while on their own they could be oblivious to the danger (Prov. 14:12).

 

[timf]

i wnat to know why life is hard

Christian Pioneer - Why Does God Allow Sufferung

2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

 

[theophilus40]

Suffering is one of the results of human sin. We have all sinned and so we all suffer. But when a Christian suffers God uses that suffering to bring about spiritual development in his life.

We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
(Romans 5:3-5 ESV)
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We will also be repaid for all of the suffering we experience in this life.

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
(2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV)
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[sahiri abd elkader]

Short answer: I think that God has to let evil reach its full potential so that in the end He will fully eradicate it, rather than merely suppressing it; and then He will be fully glorified. Haven't explained what I mean very well I'm afraid, and there are certainly other reasons as well, which I'm sure others will be able to expound better than I.

thank you i think like that now

 

[sahiri abd elkader]

i tank every one for answer thank you brothers

 

[Shulamite7]

Life is hard because satan is the prince of this world. People follow the ways of satan because it appears to be fun and enjoyable. But in the end it leads to despair. But it is not only the sinners who suffer the consequences of sin but the righteous also suffer for their righteousness due to being tested for their faith. They also have to endure the pain of being disciplined by a loving and caring Father who only wants the best for His children in the end.

 

[Salmon89]

life can seem hard at times but there is more too it while looking at the natural. everything has a purpose, for it God He sees it as a way to build our strength and wisdom in our weakness.. like Solomon He said in much sorrow someone will find wisdom; mainly In our weakness we find strength to get up and a reason for motivation to keep going and with believeing on GOd we have faith which is wisdom & to help others through their struggles. We got to go through it to get to where GOd is leading us, and if we suffer on the way we know we are going somewhere great because everything changes. if we suffer now we rejoice later, if we rejoice now we will suffer later our whole lives are balanced out but we just dont see it..

 

[Sketcher]

Jesus said: "Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. " - John 15:20. And remember, Jesus was crucified. Since he was not treated well, we cannot expect to be here on Earth. We do have a hope of a good life in Heaven, however:

"In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also." - John 14:2-3

"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.'” - Revelation 21:1-4

 

[Emmy]

Dear Monitor. Where has my Message disappeared to? Why is life so hard? Please let me know, that has happened before. Lies the fault with me? What do I do wrong??
Greetings from Emmy, sister in Christ.

 

[toolite]

From a spiritual aspect I will attempt to answer this..

Why is life so hard? because our soul is very immature and we have alot to learn to be prepared for God so those trials and tribulations are hard.

Why doesn't God stop war? God has things in place to discourage individuals from doing war but, again its their will.. left up to their will.. God allows us to do our will because in the end all most come before Him so he will handle it then.. Some of us do bad things on earth not fully understand what having a free soul means.. This is very sad to see a soul put them self in a place of darkness when from Birth they were given Freedom and Life.. Glory To God.

 

[Emmy]

Dear sahiri abd elkader. It is not God who makes our life so hard, we live in an imperfect world, where many bad and sad things happen. God made us in His image and God gave us a good world. God put Man in charge and asked Man to care. The Bible, God`s Word to Man tells us what really happened.
Adam and Eve our proto-types, ignored God`s warning: Not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge: they rather believed a lying Serpent, and ignored God`s warning. The Bible tells what happened then: Adam and Eve, and all who came after, were banished from God and had to live on Earth. The Bible tells us again how Mankind went ever farther from God and became more and more selfish and unloving.
In time Jesus came and showed us God as God really is: Our Heavenly Father who Loves us and wants us back again. Jesus told us in Matthew 22: 35-40:
" The first and great Commandment is: Love God with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our minds. The second is like it: Love our neighbour as we love ourselves: all we know and all we meet, friends and not friends.
Everything we say or do, everything we advice or stand for, Must be from Love for God, and Love for our neighbour. God will see our sincere efforts, and God will Bless us. Jesus will give us His Love and Joy, and the Holy Spirit
will empower us with His Love, also. Jesus told us to: " ask and ye shall receive," then we thank God and share all Love and Joy with all around us.
We keep asking God and thanking God and sharing all Love and Joy with our neighbour. We will find that people will treat us the same, and Life will be filled with Love and Joy. " Love and Obey," and we will find Life to be abundant, as Jesus promised us while on Earth.
I say this with love, sahiri abd elkader. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.

 

[jd01]

i wnat to know why life is hard ??? why god don't stop the war ?

Hi Sahiri, I don't know. All I can tell you is we do not have God's perspective. Many seemingly terrible things happen all the time but they only seem terrible to us. Everyone dies, everyone suffers in their own way. It is like this life really is not that important, it must be some kind of dream and when we die we awake perhaps to a more real life. If so, suddenly the concerns and questions about this life are not that important, the only really important thing is loving God who has given us this life to experience.

 

[lenamuo]

hi
I recently read an article on this and I really liked what it said. Basically because God loves us so much, He created absolute freedom. For those who have chosen to reject God, then God accepts that and because free will is that important to Him, He will not intercept with that person`s life and is happy to remain absent. We humans asked for the world it is because some of us have chosen to ignore Him. Adam and Eve is a good example. They knew that eating the forbidden fruit was a sin but still chose to do it because they essentially believed tbey can live a life without Him. So a life without Him allows hatred, murder, jealousy etc.

 

[TikataEx]

Great replies! Makes so much sense. What happens when someone is following the lord but commits a very big sin like murder? I mean will he still be forgiven for his sins through the Lord? I guess I find it very difficult to believe that anyone who is truly following God would ever do something like that. Perhaps they were just lost in the first place or maybe posessions?Sorry, I'm not trying to hi-jack the thread. Just think it's a good post and would like some further elaboration.

 

[Spunkn]

If someone is a true Christian, all sins are forgiven the moment you accept Christ. There would still be consequences obviously, but Christ paid for all sins, past, present, and future.

 

[asiyreh]

Most people are guilty of murder under Christ's new covenant.

Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer 1john 3:15

In reply to the main topic. Imagine if everyone on Earth obeyed Christ's golden rule. Love God with all your heart and soul and treat everyone the way you'd want to be treated.

What kind of world would that be.

But to answer the question. God never once promised throughout scripture that life would be easy. He just said that; for those who had life in him, it would be worth it.
Christ never promised a world of milk and cookies when you believed in him. He actually told us the opposite would be the case, Christ said that when you become his follower that they would hate and persecute you.

Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. John 15:20

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 2 Tim 3:12

Your job is to show the person who hates you the love of Christ. Not an easy task

But remember...

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 cor 4