He is the only God and he is according to scripture absolutely sovereign.

Now by that I mean he's absolutely in charge of everything.

He is governing history in every minute detail. There's not one

molecule in the universe that's out of the line with his purposes. Thanks for joining us for grace to you.

Phil Johnson here and today we are preempting our regular schedule

to bring you a timely message from John MacArthur called

Why Does God Allow So Much Suffering? Of course that might be a question you've asked

yourself during the COVID-19 pandemic. You may know someone who has gotten sick or

lost a job. There may be people in your church or in your own family who are really suffering.

Why is that? Why would a loving God let that happen?

Thankfully, God's word is not silent on those issues, and as you study along with

John, you're going to see that even an unprecedented trial like COVID-19 is not just something

to endure, it's actually something you can benefit from.

To start helping you see why that is, here's John MacArthur with today's special message,

preached at a Ligonier conference hosted by R.C.

Sproll, the title, Why Does God Allow So Much Suffering?

Why does God Allow Evil and and suffering in the world?

This is a very, very important question.

There are some agnostics, and that's usually a word thrown around as if it were noble, but the Latin equivalent is

Ignoramus just to put it in perspective.

But there are some people who are agnostics simply because they don't care to know.

There are some people who are agnostics and they can give you an apologetic defense of their agnosticism no matter what you say they'll take you through a rational

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