But There are Some Explanations

• God gave us free will, which means that some will choose to do evil

• • GE 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; [17] but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

• Because of the sin of Adam and Eve, God cursed the creation, allowing natural disasters to take place

• • GE 3:17b-18 Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you
  • RO 8:21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay

• If a Christian were always protected from all harm, people would profess to be Christians for the wrong reason – the desire of this protection, and not for the love of God