Augustine Relationship Between Good And Evil

A question many people ask is why does God allow evil and suffering? It is an issue that people do not understand, if God is the most high and powerful why does he allow these bad things to happen especially to good people? This is because we live in a fallen world, God orchestrates every event in life, even suffering, temptation and sin to accomplish both our temporal and eternal benefits. The story of Joseph is a perfect example of why God allows evil and suffering, in Genesis 37: 3-4. This passage from the Bible talks about a dream that Joseph had that mad his brothers mad at him; the dream specifies that his brothers would bow down to him someday. Joseph’s brothers already were jealous of him because he was their father’s favorite, so

One of Augustine famous quotes says, “The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.” I believe that God allows evil and suffering to make us grow stronger in our faith. The idea of free will is being able to choose from evil and good and God allows that to test our faith, also the idea of suffering in our life and facing evil is only temporary and will benefit out eternal life. Reading the book Enchiridion by Augustine shows us how he views evil and suffering. Augustine says there can be no evil where there is no good. Another great event is Jesus Christ dying for our sins, he had done nothing wrong to suffer and face death. So why does God allow his only begotten son die? Why did God let Joseph go through all the suffering? Augustine answers these questions by stating that wherever there is good there is also evil. God uses these events to give us temporal and eternal benefits and to give us the freedom of

God works in mysterious ways and has a plan for every single one of us. Our culture today is so used to following the path of evil and suffering, for example, people killing, losing loved ones and facing death. Evil is inevitable, people of this world will fall into evil and suffering. The 1 Peter 4:1 it states, “Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.” We must face evil at some point in our life and we need the grace of God to help us choose the right path. With every decision that we must face one path is evil, and the other good. God is not the creator of evil and suffering, so who created it and where does is come from? From an article I read it states, “When God decided to create human beings, he wanted us to experience the world in our own terms.” But to give us the ability to do that, God gave us the ability to make our own choice, but with that free will come good and