One of the most consistent arguments made against Christianity is this: how can there be a good God, when there is evil in this world? This is called the problem of evil, and it is an argument that has often been put forward by atheistic sceptics and especially by first or second year atheist university students who study things like philosophy or evolution, and other soft sciences.
But it is also a question that often plagues Christians as well. Many people struggle to understand how there can be evil in this world, when there is a good God.
I am going to address it today, but probably not how you think. Because my contention to you will be this: Christianity does not have an evil problem, evil has a Christianity problem. By that I mean that without Christianity we would not understand evil, and we would not understand the solution to evil. By the end of this sermon you will understand why I say this......
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https://revmatthewlittlefield.substack.com/p/the-conspiracy-of-evil-503?publication_id=1182452&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=y7h5a&utm_medium=email .....Evil can conspire all it wants. And it does. It conspired to bring down the King of kings himself, and in doing so it guaranteed its own defeat. The devil, the Pharisees and more destroyed themselves when they struck at the King. They killed him, but that was not the end of the story as we know. God was at work in this whole event making sure that his wrath against our sins found its satisfaction on the cross of Jesus. Because of this, evil’s greatest victory was its guarantee of defeat.
And evil’s defeat can be your victory, too, if you turn from your sins and place your trust in Jesus.
Never let anyone tell you that Christianity has an evil problem. Without Christianity we would not have our definition of evil. No other religion in the world gives us the modern, western understanding of evil.
And never forget this, if God were to just wipe out evil with a swipe of his hand, that would include us, because in our sins we are evil. But instead of defeating evil by his might and power like that, he chose a better way. God the Son chose to suffer on the Cross because of our evil, because of our sins, to take the punishment we deserved. And to make a way for us to be saved. Which we will cover more on Resurrection Sunday. Let’s pray.
