It can happen that people become scandalized or doubt God because of the evil and suffering they see in the world around them.
Christ shows us that this attitude is mistaken because God says, “I swear I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, but rather in the wicked man’s conversion, that he may live. Turn, turn from your evil ways!” (Ez 33:11).
God does no evil. It is we, his creatures, who do evil, and God suffers the consequences twice: He suffers when we reject him through our sins, and he then takes our sins upon himself and suffers on the Cross so that we might be redeemed.
If anyone has a right to complain about the evil in the world, it is God. However, it is through forgiveness that God shows his power and his love.
We should not be scandalized by evil but examine our souls and repent of our own sinful deeds.
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