Why does God make his servants suffer?

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Why why

PJH359 · Accepted Answer

Always wondered that myself. I grew up in an extended family who followed Catholicism. When I was a child I really enjoyed being involved with the church. Volunteered at charity events, dinners, was an altar boy etc. I lived my life the way I thought God wanted me to. I received an unbelievable amount of blessings and essentially was rewarded with everything I had ever asked for. I had a successful business that nearly made me a millionaire for roughly 20 years, I joined a successful band and played music I loved all over the world and was rewarded financially as well. I married my soulmate of 47 years and had two of the most beautiful little girls I could ever have imagined. It took 47 years of hard work, strong faith and personal charity to receive the many blessings I mentioned. However…it only takes a moment or two to lose everything you have and own…as if it never existed.
For some unknown reason I was the victim of a horrific tractor trailer accident and was clinically dead for about one minute. It took me almost a year to climb back up into a big truck but I did. The event changed my life dramatically and I believe it changed my outlook on life and redefined what was important to me. My wife turned to alcoholism and began abusing my oldest daughter. I turned to drugs and around the same time met a wonderful girl online. She was everything I needed at that time and we began a long distance relationship while my wife and I divorced. This online perfect girl ended up stealing and extorting $300,000 from me and left me destitute with my once flawless credit now ruined. The house sale didn’t yield what we expected, my money was gone and I lost my business. I was forced to sell all of my music equipment to simply pay the bills that were now all outstanding. I became homeless in 2021 and had nothing. A year later now I am still struggling to crawl out of this hole. So far my outlook has not been encouraging. I often wish I would go to sleep and never wake up. Because my troubles never cease and my existence has only brought my parents, children and friends nothing but aggravation, heartache and burdensome. I’ve tried several times to inject myself with a lethal speedball but it never works. I have such a high tolerance for these drugs that it would take an airline load to kill me.
So why has God punished me? I’ve asked that question a million times. Why me when I’ve been such an amazing son, friend, dad who developed all of his talents and only wanted to see his daughters live an easier life than I. Why now at nearly 50 years old when the devastation of these events couldn’t be more destructive to my future? I don’t have enough time now to recover. Why has God done this? Well…my faith isn’t what it used to be if it even exists at all. I believe as Lacy VanZant does after his son Ronnie, leader of Lynyrd Skynyrd, had his life cut short in a plane crash. His father stated that “God is a jealous God”. When He sees certain people succeeding beyond imagination, achieving worldwide success, creating a loving and God fearing family…. He becomes jealous and takes it all away in the snap of a finger and without regard.
So if there is a so called God…. prove yourself and exercise your divine power. Let me die tonight…I dare you, and I beg you.

N192K001 · Accepted Answer

Many reasons: ●  punishments  for sins ●  test of character ●  chipping off the rough spots alla  "into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver" (Zechariah 13:9) ● etc. The world is fallen, and a battlefield  between the Lord יהוה ("YHVH"), who is מלך העולם (" Melech haOlam "; "MEH-lek hah-oh-LAM"; n.「King of the Universe」), & insurrectionist ("haSatan"; "hah-sah-TAN"; n. 「the Adversary」) as acting ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου (" ho arkhōn tou kosmou toutou "; n.「Ruler/Prince/Magistrate/Governor of the world」) in the Greek (considered the original language of the New Testament by Western denominations) or the ܐܪܟܘܢܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܗܢܐ (" arkuna d'alma hana "; 「Ruler/Magistrate/Captain of this world/universe」) in the Syriac Aramaic (considered the original by indigenous Middle Eastern denominations). That said,  collateral-damage  is to be expected. Likewise, ever had  "bad" things happen … only to have harm  turn into an asset ? Had my older-sister's late-2019 plans of getting a job in and moving to New York worked-out as she wanted it, she would have lost her job & income in the heart of the COVID-pandemic while tied tied to N. Y.-level rent-payments, all alone from us during the worst of her marrital-collapse's emotionally-ruthless aftermath. She's suicidal (by the way), so what could have happened had "good" things happened to her?

Child_Of_Dust · Accepted Answer

I think the question is wrong. God doesn't make or cause suffering. It is the natural state of the world we live in that poses two options. We can choose as humanity to live in goodness, help each other, and do away with suffering, or, as humanity to live selfishly and impose injustice onto each other. God is not the factor when people make these every day factors. The spiritual world can and do influence the physical realities. The cause of suffering is rooted in something much darker and evil which wants to impart total control over humanity and often makes its appearance as something positive to hide its true terrible intentions (take Trudeau for example). The anti-christ is supposed to meet his profile. Goodness and righteousness presents itself clearly and to everyone, but it is the narrow and harder road because we have to battle against human nature. Suffering is the nature of the world we live in. It is what helps us make choices based on cause and effect. We can choose to respond with bitterness and fall into darkness. Or we can choose to stand tall and overcome our suffering to attain something much better for our lives. That goodness cannot be reached without the will and determination to make it happen. God wants the best for us and continuously reaches out and guides the way. It is a soul knowledge. It is like digging your way out of a grave. But you could also choose to stay in the grave and return to the dust whence you came.

KitsuneFoxSpirit · Accepted Answer

To learn from your mistakes.

Take someone who is gluttonous & envious. Two of you Christians seven sins. The sort who embody the old "keep up with the jones" mindset. Their neighbors buy a new car so they have to buy a bigger more expensive new car. They are gluttonous because they have the money to afford that car. And envious because they did what they did.

That person loses their job. They lose that fancy new car they were bragging to all the neighbors and friends about. That is god's way of teaching them to be humble.

MrOracle · Answer

Suffering is a part of life, just as joy is.

In fact, you'll note that nearly everything about the world - and the universe - is kind of binary, or has an opposite. You can't have light without darkness, you can't have health without sickness, you can't have happiness without sadness, you can't have success without failure, etc. Everyone experiences both the good and the bad - the difference is HOW you deal with that.

People who tend to be successful and happy EXPECT to have problems and challenges and failures from time to time, but don't take that personally and don't see those things as the person being a failure - it's just a hurdle to learn to get past. People who are unhappy tend to focus on their problems and failures and wallow in self-pity about it, or take it as if the universe has singled them out for a personal attack. They tend to give up or turn to destructive behavior (drinking, drugs, crime, etc.) to "escape" from the reality they don't want to face.

And, look: there's yet another example of two opposites.

You can't change the nature of the universe - none of us can. All you can change is how you handle the nature of the universe. You can have kind of the "athlete attitude" where you see those things as challenges that ultimately make you better and stronger, or you can give up and declare that you've been defeated and wallow in your misery. You're the only one who can make that choice for YOUR life.

ChillaxingLove · Answer

life itself is a hard road and sometimes very painful. Lack of love for each other is part of the the reason we have the problems we do, this fact alone has no need for answer of why. Some don’t even know what love is and that’s actually very sad. If people just loved each other more then most of the worlds problems would be solved. So as you look on to the lovelessness of the world witness for yourself what a world without any respect for God, unbelieving, heaters of God, Because this is what a lack of God looks like. No love, only lookout for self.

here is what the Bible says:

to those who put their trust in Jesus. You are like a sword being sharpened through pain and suffering, because from it God will make you stronger after you have gone through the fire and come out with victory. Just like an athlete you are train for battle, so you can help others to get through it as well.

Romand 5:3-5
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 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.

life is battle and some dont even know we are at war with demons. But this is not a physical war, this is a spiritual battle.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ”

Guy13 · Answer

God, In and Through Christ Jesus, makes each fallen and depraved individual righteous through Jesus’ work on the Cross. God is conforming us to the Image of His Son.
For those who know Jesus the Christ as Savior and Lord, we know that a Sovereign, Creator, Loving, Judging, Wrathful, and Good God has us under His care. If you obey you will be Blessed and if you disobey then you will be Cursed.
—The difference for Christian is that a sinless lamb of God lived, died, buried, and rose to defeat Sin and Disobedience, therefore, ultimately Curse is Blessing in that we are being conformed to the Son of God and will ultimately be glorified with God as Sons and Daughters of God.
—If one is without Jesus as Lord and Savior then I know they are without a spiritual indwelling that walks, talks, and move through you and others who are connected to you. Those without the Holy Spirit are incapable of reconciling “Suffering” as Blessing in Love.

Agape93 · Answer

A god who claims to have drowned a planet and most everything and everyone on it, made an entire nation suffer because he stopped its ruler from doing what he was originally going to do, killed a man for simply dropping a box he was carrying, destroyed cities with meteorites because they weren't friendly enough, told a man to kill his child but at the end was like ha! Kidding!, sent his own child to die horribly etc., no shit he's going to make his servants suffer. He either doesn't care or he's simply a madman

Khronuskeeper · Answer

Perhaps it's a little harsh to put, but let me explain my thinking.

God cannot exist in the way we teach (at least the Christian version) he cannot be all loving, all knowing and all powerful, yet innocent children suffer. If he exists and has the knowledge and power to solve some of the horrendous ways children die (for one thing), he is not worthy of my worship. If he has the knowledge and love but not the power, why would I worship? And if he has the power and the love, but not the knowledge, then why not come down and see for himself. Thus once again, not worthy of my worship.

Lliam · Answer

There's something wrong with an omnipotent being that considers it's children to be servants and demands worship.
That's how a greedy, narcissistic human king treats his vassals.

If I believed in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic god, I'd say he is pretty worthless. And if he needs religions, churches, holy books, and humans to tell other humans what he wants, he's an idiot. I don't trust any of those things. Why doesn't he just make himself known and tell people himself instead of playing mind games?

HaveNoName · Answer

You can only reconcile with that question if you believe in the life hereafter and what it really means to be here on Earth.

This life here is a test. It is a temporary phase where God tests you and the higher you are in righteousness, the more and harder he tests you and that keeps taking you higher and higher and closer to God for a reward in the real eternal life.

We look at it from another angle snd often shiver at the thought that if our life is perfect and all golden over here, sometbing must be wrong. Could that mean all our mosery os written for the eternal hereafter? Yikes.

DermalPunch · Answer

99% of the time our problems are the consequences of our own bad actions. Everyone always putting the blame on God instead of checking themselves. Other times it is to test you and humble you when you have become heedless. Suffering isn't necessarily a bad thing.

genericname85 · Answer

christians like to gaslight you and tell you that you just don't understand god. i personally think that a god who makes people suffer is a shitty asshole god. i don't care fo the reason. if he exists, he's all powerfull and omniscient, so he could make it such that suffering wouldn't exist, if he wanted.

ODC2112 · Answer

If you are a Christian you should know that God is not concerned with material things. Jesus christ promises things in the father's kingdom, not in the material world, he does not free you from material suffering. Indeed the gospel shows how suffering and material deprivation are the way to salvation.
If you want to free yourself from mental suffering, practice Buddhism. If you want to reduce material suffering, study.

Anonymous · Answer

Matthew 10:22

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake:
but he that endureth to the end shall be saved

THATS NOT METAPHOR ITS REALITY

but when the time comes
they will be destroyed just like DAMASCUS

Isaiah 17:1

AND DAMASCUS THE CITY WILL BE DESTROYED
AND BE IN RUINS

LET THE WORDS OF CHRIST BE HEARD through OUT ALL THE EARTH

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libsaretards · Answer

God is not the one who makes us suffer. It is our sinful nature combined with Satan's attacks against God's servants that make us suffer. God gave us free will and he would not be a loving God if he just forced us to see things his way.

Rebecka33 · Answer

Thate a great question. I'm say the devil loves when people suffer and we choose if we want to let the devil let us and win. God is always there ready to come in it we decide.

Anonymous · Answer

There is no "God." People have been trying to use their twisted religious beliefs to try to make sense of reality for centuries. Religious followers use to think that diseases were caused by "demons." As a result, they tortured and murdered people out of absolute ignorance. Fortunately science and reason has pulled us out of the dark ages. As science continues to advance, we will have more answers.

maximumpower · Answer

"he" doesn't.
they set the circumstances so that they do.
this crap is all manmade, you know - has been for centuries.
that's the reason "the church" is experiencing its highest levels of "defection" and disinterest in history.
you can only bullshit people for so long. in the case of the church, it's been nearly 2000 years.

serious · Answer

Servants? We are not God's servant. We are God's children.

Sour-rose · Answer

Well if life was so easy as I can just say "Money. Now." and it's in my hands, I'd be like a fat American... bored... uncreative and got nowhere to go.

slatyb · Answer

It all makes sense if you accept that God isn't real.

Anonymous · Answer

He don’t make anyone suffer. On this earth we have free will and we know what’s right and what’s wrong. We feel in our hearts what’s right and wrong.

As long as you do what’s GOOD and RIGHT, I think there should be nothing to worry about.

Blackcosmo · Answer

1. Suffering in the form of punishment could be a purification for the hereafter 2. A test of religious strength or faithfulness

Subarugirl · Answer

Well if you believe in that kind of thing, the only real explanation would be that he’s sadistic narcissist

Jltakk · Answer

He didn't make his servants suffer. You're gtanted the one thing angels do not have. Free Will. Humans make humans suffer and there are some that simply choose to suffer.

Adronicus · Answer

God scourges those he loves best. I believe it's to make us stronger. There will come a time where either a soul can endure or unravel & does god love something he leaves unprepared?

DryGermanGuy · Answer

„Hate him back, it works for me.“  - Martin Riggs, Lethal Weapon

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

Well one, no. Two, humans or Angels? Holy fish paste Jadus Janes f*ck, stop blaming him all the time and remember that the Devil exists.

Anonymous · Answer

What does the Bible say about it? I quickly google this:

MrTaboo · Answer

He doesn't "make" is suffer. Sin and piss poor dessicions makes us suffer. And he uses those situations to teach and gain us.

Anonymous · Answer

Because he isn't real. It's the same reason Santa didn't bring you any presents, your parents did. Figure it out.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

This world is broken. Everyone suffers wheather openly or in secret.

nawtee_me · Answer

God does not make his servants suffer. Why would you say that?

chilldude33 · Answer

God is consciousness. If you're conscious of suffering, you suffer.

Sorbay · Answer

Here at the church of satanism we don’t make any of our servants suffer

This_Is_My_Opinion8 · Answer

Agnostic here... This question is not for me. I am curious to see the answers everyone is giving.

OddBeMe · Answer

Life is suffering if you depend on unproven things to bring you happiness.

EnglishEuropean · Answer

"Either God doesn't exist, or God exists and he's a dick" - Epicurus

ZenoZoldyck · Answer

I am a Muslim, so Allah is testing your patience and faith , if you really are you will be patient and pray and do what he said, you will get better

ErikaBeexd · Answer

i never thought of that

lofii · Answer

Who said you were his "servant"

Anonymous · Answer

He doesn't. We chose it.

Sirenboobzilla · Answer

Assuming he exists

Gangactivities911 · Answer

Because he doesn’t exist lol

Anonymous · Answer

Because He enjoys our suffering.

StevieNix · Answer

Good question.

BenMacTavish · Answer

mysterious ways you know

Anonymous · Answer

It's not just a Christian Thing.

JosyJosy · Answer

Spectator sport.

Anonymous · Answer

The world is ruled by evil reptilian aliens

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