We love to start our services this way. I say God is good. You say all the time. I say all the time. You say God is good. Let's try it. God is good.

All the time. Let's do it again. God is good. All the time.

Have you ever doubted that? Have you ever doubted the goodness of God? I know as a Christian we're not supposed to ever doubt.

We should always have faith in the goodness of God. But I wonder if any of you like me have ever doubted in a moment when you're experiencing something that didn't seem fair.

That didn't seem right and you thought God doesn't really feel good right now.

It might have been when you lost a job or maybe when your parents divorced. It could have been when a spouse betrayed you and left or maybe when a loved one died.

It might have been when you asked the question, why God won't you take away these migraines or why am I still battling with depression or God, why won't you take this temptation away from me?

Maybe it's just an ordinary everyday moment. When you're thinking God, I'm trying to do us right. I go to church. I read my U.V. Bible app. I give some. I try to help people. I'm trying to do us right. But God, I'm just not happy.

I just thought by this point in my life, at this point with you, God, I'd be so much more happy.

Or if it's not those issues, when you look at the global issues around the world, sometimes you just say, God, where are you when children are starving?

What's going on with all of the wars? God, why do the innocent suffer?

If you've ever questioned the goodness of God, today's message is for you, the title of today's message is, why did God let it happen?

Father, we pray that as we open up your word, that your Holy Spirit would do a work. God do a work in the hearts of those who are questioning and those who are struggling and those who are hurting.

Even in the middle of pain and disappointment, God help us to see your goodness.

We pray this in the name of the one who is good, Jesus, and everybody said, Amen, and amen.

Why did God let it happen? This is a question that's been asked really probably since the beginning of time.

In fact, if you go way back 300 years before the birth of Jesus, there was a Greek philosopher named Epicurus, who came to these conclusions about the nature of God concerning good and evil.

He had two statements at a question. The first statement, he said, is this?

He said, if God is not able to prevent evil, if he can't stop bad things from happening, then God must not be all powerful.

His second big statement was this, if God is not willing to prevent evil, then he must not be all good.

That led him to ask this question, if God is both willing and able to prevent evil, then why does evil exist?

Why did God let it happen?

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