The cause of evil and suffering is sin; which came into the world not through God, who is good, but through Adam; the first man. In the Bible it says, “ The LORD is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray” (Psalm 25:8, NLT). Not only does this verse say God is good, but it also says He leads those who have gone astray back onto the right path. This is the exact opposite of bringing sin into the world. Even before sin came into the world God declared all He had made “good” (Gen. 1). So if creation was good, how did sin come into the world? Again, God’s word never fails in giving an answer. In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans, he says, “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man
