Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

 Truths about John the Baptist 

  1. Greatest of all time … john The baptist 

I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!” Luke 7:28

 

  1. He’s The cousin of Jesus

 

When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

Matthew 4:12 

 

  1. He baptized Jesus 

 

20 John’s two disciples found Jesus and said to him, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?’”” Luke 7:20

 

21 At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he restored sight to many who were blind.22 Then he told John’s disciples, Luke 7:21-22

 

“Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard—the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.” 23 And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me. ” Luke 7:22-23

 I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!” Luke 7:28 

 

Our personal circumstances can’t keep us from seeing that God is a good god

 

  • Your current problem is not a reflection of How God feels about you 

 

It’s not about your outcome, income or circumstances. If I compare my worst circumstances to the blessings God gives everyone else, I will always conclude that God isn’t as good as He says He is.

 

Next steps 

 

  1. Pause and reflect on what god could be preventing 

 

  1. Don’t back down 

 

  1. Pause from the pain and look for the hidden purposes of God

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