1. LIST CHARACTERISTICS CHRISTIANS ATTRIBUTE TO GOD Christians believe God is….. Omnipresent: God is present everywhere Omnipotent: God is all powerful Omniscient: God is all knowing Wholly benevolent (good) - God has unconditional love (agape) for all humans and is forgiving What questions do these qualities raise about the nature of evil, Or the nature of God?

3. THE INCONSISTENT TRIAD GOD IS OMNIPOTENT GOD IS WHOLLY BENEVOLENT BUT EVIL STILL EXISTS Consider the qualities mentioned. Explain this diagram. Give examples for each corner of the triangle. How would Christians answer this?

4. How might Christians respond to these ideas about evil and suffering?

9. Galatians 5:18-25 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, [1] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Read worksheet and do two lists to show two different ways of living- Then explain why humans are capable of both good and evil according to Christians.