Dear God, There are two views on suffering and purpose. One which is common, and similar to Christianity where suffering is the result of sin. The other is to be believed as a test faith and correct unbelief. Generally, suffering tests belief; a true Muslim will stay faithful throughout life. But suffering also reveals what we call the & ... well because some of the believers of god could be saying that they believe in him. But how would God (Islamic) really know? This is where the test takes part in, and showing the real him inside of that person. As you said about the story of Job I do agree...

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... of a Puritan. The road that was less taken and often very demanding. It was the desire for holiness and the need of salvation from a world filled with sin that brought the early settlers to strive for such perfection. They believed the universe was centered around God and that man was corrupt to the point of eternal damnation and ... not the Puritan way to question or challenge God but they accepted the good and the bad as reward and punishment from God. It was their belief that sin would not go unpunished and that man in his lowly state could slip and fall without any warning and for n...

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... was being tested to see whether or not he was truly the Son of God, he refused to sacrifice himself knowing that God wouldn't put him to this sort of test. Looking back at this gospel of Luke, the lesson I believe we take from it, is that whenever we face a temptation in our lives that is bad, we are being ... right path. The forty days that Jesus going into the wilderness leads us to the meaning of "time of testing." In which it is testing our purification from sin and restores our relationship with God himself. Within the chapter of Luke 15:3-32, there are three parables where someth...

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... of Job, is similar to that of Abraham and his son, Isaac, as they are both put to trial in order to test their faithfulness to God. Even though this test is beyond logical understanding, reason becomes overridden by their steadfast belief in God, meaning, although God presented challenges that seemed unreasonable to his ... respected, god-fearing man who is very devout to his faith. There came a time when Satan approached God so that he may put Job to the test and prove to Him that his faithful servant was only loyal because of his abundance in material wealth. What seems incomprehensibl...

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... more and more comfortable when talking to him. Later on in Genesis 18, God tells Abraham that he will destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because the land is full of sin and wicked people. Abraham, instead of staying quiet and letting God do what he thought was best, he protests. Abraham says to God, "Preadventure there be fifty ... now able to talk about problems more and Abraham does not sit back and let God do whatever he pleases. Throughout the Bible, we will see how God will test his followers to see how much faith they have in him. God does so when he tempts Abraham, "Take now thy son, thi...

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... more than we love each other, in the case; God wants what is good for us and to make us happy. One may ask, does God test us with suffering? God did not necessarily test Job but allowed Satan to take everything away from him and making him very ill, to see what is Job's heart is made of. God allows evil ... suffering and receive many more blessings. Even though Job lost everything and was ill he did not turn his heart away from God, 'In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong' (Job 1:22). Suffering is a blessing, God does not just give one a light after darkness as he did...

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... conflict within himself and to ascertain his identity. While good and evil co-exist, the lure of the evil often causes man to question his beliefs and undergo a test of his faith. This test could bring about, enlightenment and alter him for the better or an awareness to alter him for worse. Sadly enough, the midnight vision altered Young Goodman Brown for ... of his character and morality. A person, in his need to prove his morality would end up actually proving the contrary when he becomes oblivious to everything except man's potential to sin....

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... to fasting, festivals and prayer (8:6). On hearing about the situation facing the town, using courage she rebukes the leaders of the town for testing God, then explaining how this is a test from God, about suffering and faith, similar to those faced by Abraham and Jacob. She is confident that God would come to their rescue if they are faithful people, and ... that God would act through them when required. The theme of the story is that Israel will prosper provided it can avoid sin (Deut 30: 15-20). Her courage is shown by the fact that Judith is the only person, a woman no less, who wil...

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... charming and happy persona. As Francis grew up he became the leader of a crowd of youngsters who spent nights at wild parties. Those were the days where Francis lived in sin. Francis fulfilled his father's hopes which included falling in love with France, and despite his dreaming Francis was good a business. Though Francis wanted more than wealth, but not holiness. Francis ... countryside, Francis came face to face with a leper, nonetheless he jumped of his horse and granted a peace kiss. Francis was once again filled with joy; he looked upon it as a test from god. In which he had passe...

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... God who loves us unlimitedly and unconditionally who to share with us his kingdom and eternal life create Evil. And place us to live on earth with it? Was it a test? Is God playing with us and testing out faith and loyalty? Since it is not an entity, no one created it and thus it has no creator. But where does ... evil does not start with only our choice, we also live with evil created by others before us. Like a plague, evil has spread throughout history. We are born in both sin and evil because of Adam and Eve when they wanted to be God and chose the word of the snake over the word of...

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... families over the generations to come will be blessed; A people who will be looked upon for greatness and holiness in a world that had gone wrong. In a time of evil and sin, Abraham shines and stands out to God, who sees in him a leader, the patriarch of a great nation to be Abraham displays the qualities that God wishes to see in an ... like Abraham. Through his loyalty, generosity, and obedience, Abraham proved to be worthy of being the leader of the nation later known as Israel. Perhaps the series of hardships was a test for him to pass. Either way, Abraham showed that it is possible...

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... . Its charm him and gives him his life energy. Since the Seafarer obeys his conscience and does his duty and obeys his feelings to remain on the sea, he puts a test to the phrase "A man's character determines his fate". Seafarer knows that heaven awaits him after death. All that he does in life to please others as well as him self ... that a prideful leader will ultimately fall. As men did not separate different aspects of their lives into different regions ruled over by different gods, they were prone to take all sin into great consideration, regarding God as an all-powerful being who h...

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