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We need to begin with the roots of suffering to understand Job's suffering. God created man and his world without stain. In our disobedience, we opened the door to death and suffering. The Fall twisted creation and those things which cause suffering have affected the world ever since (Genesis 3:16-19.) God does not cause man to suffer, man caused man to suffer. God has the option to lift the suffering off of man, to protect him from suffering, or to remove his protection. The question is not, why is God doing this to me, it is what is the particular cause of my suffering?
There are four main sources for suffering:
1) Suffering because of what we do to ourselves.
2) Suffering because of the actions of others.
3) Suffering because of the Fall.
4) Suffering for the glory of God
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