The Problem of Evil, Part Three

Summary

Elder Chris McCool teaches that from a biblical perspective, evil is not created or condoned by God but entered the world through the fall of Adam, as described in Genesis 3. He distinguishes between moral evil (sin) and natural evil (calamities), explaining that both originated from Adam's disobedience and the devil's deception. God created everything initially very good, and death and suffering are consequences of sin entering the world. The sermon emphasizes that Adam had true free will and that spiritual death results from sin, which only Christ can redeem.