This Is Why There Is Evil in the World

Fresh Life Church

Pastor Levi Lusko

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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If God is good, why do awful things happen? Why doesn't He just end all evil right now? In this message, Pastor Levi Lusko tackles one of life's hardest questions through Jesus' parable of the wheat and tares. Discover the origin of evil, God's patience with evil, the certain end of evil, and our role while evil remains. Learn why the very existence of evil actually points to God's reality and understand why God waits and what we're called to do in the meantime.NEXT STEPS:Ask for prayer or connect with a pastor: https://freshlife.church/contactRegister your decision to follow Jesus and receive free resources: https://freshlife.church/know-godGive a financial gift to support what God is doing as we take steps forward to see the Gospel reach far and wide: https://freshlife.church/giveSUBSCRIBE:Sign up to receive encouragement straight to your inbox, and to stay up to date with announcements, events, and more: https://church.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ea4d82b2567db3e86b7767cd&id=451f2fe63eDon’t miss a video! Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/freshlifechurch?sub_confirmation=1CONNECT ON SOCIALS:Website: https://freshlife.churchInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshlifechurchTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/freshlifeYoutube: https://youtube.com/c/freshlifechurch/Fresh Life Church was pioneered by Pastors Levi and Jennie Lusko in 2007. We exist to see those stranded in sin find life and liberty in Jesus Christ. Today Fresh Life’s ministry impacts people with the radical, life-changing message of Jesus’ grace, spilling across Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho… and beyond.

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0:00.0	Matthew chapter 13 today, Matthew 13. We want to ask an important question, a hard question,
0:08.4	but an important question. Something can be hard and important at the same time, and this
0:12.4	question is a hard and important one. And the question is, if God is good, why does he allow
0:18.3	awful things to happen? If an all-powerful, all-loving, all-knowing God who's supposedly
0:25.2	good is in control of the universe, why do terrible things take place? I was at a communion service once,
0:33.1	and during the moment of prayer, a young lady asked me a question. She said,
0:39.3	Pastor Levi, I was raped as a teenager. Did God allow that to happen?
0:49.8	The title of this message is, this is why there's evil in the world.
0:56.8	This is why there's evil in the world.
1:00.3	As we continue our series that we started last week, this is the kingdom.
1:05.5	We're trying to get our heads around what we are citizens of, what we're a part of.
1:09.5	The Bible says if we've come to faith in
1:11.0	Jesus, we are no longer citizens of this world. Our allegiance, our citizenship, comes from
1:18.6	our relationship with God that we've been born again into. Birth and death are citizenship
1:26.4	altering events.
1:28.1	Agreed?
1:29.1	I got a death certificate when my daughter died in the mail.
1:32.3	Showed up in between bills and advertisements.
1:36.2	They just mail those suckers out.
1:38.0	They sent out the certificate to let us know this is verifiable.
1:43.5	She's not a citizen of this country anymore. And it's the same with a
1:47.3	live birth. You get a certificate of live birth. You're now a citizen because of this birth. And
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