In this Q&A, Pastor Bill shares insight into a question that has been asked for over 2000 years, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”.
how do you answer the question why do
bad things happen to good people I
understand it we live in a fallen world
and a reclaiming Dominion but I want to
understand what my role is in that
process you know that’s the that’s the
question that’s been asked for 2,000
years you know I don’t know that I have
a good answer I mean we you know we live
we live in a fallen world as the
question already stated we just live in
a world where there’s evil and we’re
learning to navigate that stuff you know
the one time the disciples didn’t get a
breakthrough with that boy you know mark
9 they didn’t get a healing if that
would happened today the group would
walk away saying it just wasn’t God’s
timing but the parent had Jesus there
yeah and Jesus brought deliverance and
the disciples went to him afterwards to
find out why didn’t work I think we got
to find out more often why it didn’t
work you know instead of assuming it
wasn’t his timing instead of assuming
you know we’re trying to make something
happen it really isn’t his will realize
the world have gots pretty clear he
wants people free and and I think I
think we need to know how to ask the
questions better ask the ask the Lord
the question come how come this isn’t
working it does in your book the promise
is there the assignment you gave us to
do as you did that’s all clear yeah you
know how come it’s not working and and
learn in that in that interaction how to
increase our odds so to speak you know I
think it’s a part of the process why do
bad things happen to good people just
because we’re living in a you know in an
evil environment but it doesn’t mean
that I while I believe that’s true it
doesn’t mean I’m I’m now prisoner to an
evil environment yeah you know that I am
just you’re a victim
yeah I’m a victim yeah I don’t like that
either so I have to own up to the fact
you know I live in a place and it’s not
fair you know things things that are
just not fair happy yeah that’s that’s
true but if something had
happens to me that’s unfair I do have an
answer and I have access to the one who
heals and repairs and redeems where
somebody who doesn’t know the Lord they
have to just kind of try to make sense
of craziness you know yeah yeah so I
just consoles me a bit to know that I’m
not a victim
yeah I also there’s this other part that
maybe says the can of worms for now
because we don’t probably have the time
for it but there’s a certain amount for
example for our children there’s a
certain amount of safety and protection
that we provide for them with prayer
support you know they’re really
insulates them grandchildren it does it
it just creates a safety around them and
it says that James was beheaded was
killed and when Peter was imprisoned
that your spray for him
and he was released sometimes I think
there prayerlessness makes people
vulnerable to being under the influence
of their environment or as learning how
to cover each other in prayer keeps each
other safe that makes sense I think
there’s a role there I’ve just
intercessory at least a part of the
situation’s a part it’s not the only
answerable because it would be horrible
to say well I had this horrible who
wasn’t praying for me it was my fault
that yeah yeah yeah yeah but that’s not
the right answer but there’s still you
know still part of the equation yeah
there’s something about prayer support
that creates a safety