Why Don't Good Guys Win?

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He said, “no one is good except God alone”. Mark 10:18
“After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to ask him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”Matthew 11:1
John 1:29 “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.”John 1:29
“he must become greater and I must become less.”John 3:30
Observations:
1.Suffering and doubt are part of life
Blessings and Curses fall on good and bad people!
“He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” Matthew 5:45
Suffering can lead to doubt.
Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.” Matthew 11:4
“Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.” Matthew 11:6
2.God still uses people who suffer and doubt.
God uses people when they are in dark places.
As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John:“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?Matthew 11:7
If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces.Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.This is the one about whom it is written:“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
“Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.”
“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it.For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.Whoever has ears, let them hear.”Matthew 11:12
“Blessed is he that does not fall away on account of me”Matthew 11:6
3. Suffering and doubt are tools for spiritual formation
It is not the suffering, it is our response to itWe need to learn from it.We grow through it.
“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:“‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”Matthew 11:16
Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.