God is the perfect definition of good

Let me first begin by saying―if it isn’t already obvious enough―that trying to describe God’s goodness using words is not sufficient. Even if we add in the beauties around us, our experiences, our feelings of great joy at times, and so on, we still cannot even come close to describing how great God is. How do you describe―a God that is infinitely good? A God that is infinitely compassionate? A God that transcends the universe? A God that has always existed? A God that doesn’t change? A God that cannot do evil and deny His self-nature? A God that washed the feet of His disciples (that disobeyed Him countless times) before being brutally tortured and crucified for doing nothing wrong whosoever.

Just look at the fact that God created animals such as horses, dogs, and cats. If you don’t like any of these animals but love your pet gerbil named Sunny, that counts too.

God isn’t a power-hungry megalomaniac who solely exists to constantly remind us: “I’m God, and you are not.”

No, He wants to develop a personal relationship with His creation. That’s one of the reasons why He is called Father God. All of these fictional religious motions, even within Christianity, were invented by humans when in reality God really wants a relationship with you. A relationship in which you worship Him because He is “all that,” in a purely good way.

Trying to describe God using the limitations of words in a finite universe gives us not even a microscopic glance of His goodness. It’s simply not possible to use words to describe an indescribably good God; it can actually hinder our understanding of His true nature.

When I first started following God, I wondered questions such as “Why did He let the Holocaust happen?”, “What about all of the people that are suffering in the world every single day?”, and “Why couldn’t He just end this cursed world?” At times, I thought God could be somehow evil to some extent. I continued to look for answers by doing research, and I have found some answers to gain a better understanding of how God can still be good yet we live in an evil, fallen world.

Everything was good until humans disobeyed God. We are the ones at fault, not God. People say how can the Holocaust happen if God is good? My answer would be God is still good. Can we blame God because humans murdered other humans? That isn’t rational. The truth is by definition, God is the standard of goodness. God lacks any type of evil whatsoever. Our morality is derived from a morality giver: God. As Thomas Aquinas said, “Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.” You can have a car without rust, but you cannot have rust without a car. If God is entirely good, then the lack of God is evil. Evil is the lack of good.

One day He will end this cursed world according to His redemptive plan that is tied to the fact that sin entered the world through us.

Deism is false and unbiblical because God does intervene all of the time and miracles do happen at times even though, by definition, a miracle cannot be an event that happens every single time; miracles are highly improbable events that defy natural or scientific laws via divine intervention. God gives us free will and as Dr. Frank Turek says, if God stopped evil at midnight we would all be dead. Where does God draw the line on when to stop evil and when not to?

Not to mention, we have free will yet God is still sovereign, and His will must be carried out. But, nothing of His will is evil which reinforces the fact that we commit evil acts using our free will. He allows evil because we are free creatures that can do good or bad. Giving someone freedom and not controlling their every move is a good thing, right? If He controlled our movements and nothing bad ever happened, He still wouldn’t be good because He would have created robots. You know, kind of how the government would like us to behave.

Was God the one murdering His chosen people the Jews in the Holocaust? No, absolutely not. Could He have intervened and stopped it, yes, of coarse He could have. Then why did it happen? Aside from us having free will, we deserve death in the first place and yet Jesus Christ came down from Heaven to offer us the opportunity for life. God is also just. Nobody is innocent, and He will justly treat us in the afterlife.

There are also ripple effects in which evil can be used to spread goodness. Also, God decides our fate based upon His will. For example, He may take someone’s life to prevent them from years upon years of torture knowing that’s the best outcome in the situation. He can also make people live longer than they should have if He knows they will come to Him and repent. People also can use their free will to smoke cigarettes, which is likely to shorten their life, and God could use this addiction to accomplish part of His will. There is no easy answer and nobody can figure out the will of God even though we all try to at times. 

The video below gives you an idea regarding why God allows evil and suffering: