And always the next question that causes us to squirm in our seats: but if God is sovereign, does He cause bad things to happen?
I certainly don't have all the answers to such a big question. But here's what I'm thinking.
God sovereignly allows some natural disasters, directing when & in what quantity. (I say this because the Bible indicates there are more toward the end of time.) God sovereignly allows some of the wicked works committed by slaves of sin. Those who are slaves to sin are under sin's rule and authority, and so would destroy themselves and the world in no time without God's intervention and restraint.
He allows evil in controlled quantities as a "kindness to lead us to repentance". If there were no darkness, we wouldn't see the light. If we could successfully live by the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, we would all go happily to death and destruction. But He wants to remind us of Life. Therefore, I believe He uses the works of darkness as one of His tools to turn us back to Him.
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