Why do good people, and even Christians, so often suffer? Much suffering is due to sin. Other kinds of difficulties, which can even afflict the redeemed, arise from four factors:

(1) The Operation of Natural Law.
Step on a banana peel and you may slip. Slide off the roof of a house and gravity will pull you to the ground, possibly breaking your leg. Auto tires skid on wet pavement, perhaps causing deadly accidents. Diseased germs invade human cells, causing sickness.

(2) Progressive Learning.