He proved that on an old rugged cross, outside the city of Jerusalem one morning 2000 years ago. At a site near the local garbage dump, he watched as his only son, Jesus, was nailed there, squirming and twitching and dying in indescribable pain. This death was not a simple execution. Secondly, and this is harder to understand for most of us, coming to Jesus Christ in a step of life-changing faith frees us from the eternal consequences of our sins, but it does not, free us from difficult, even tragic circumstances in our every day lives. Even believers in Jesus Christ have problems with their parents, lose their jobs, have car troubles and get the flu at the most inopportune time.
Christians even have trouble controlling their sexuality and give in to temptation.
It is not God's fault. It is the result of being a human being. The rain falls, the Bible says, on the just and on the unjust, and so do problems. And some problems we make for ourselves. There is a false theology about these days that says that God wants you to be healthy, happy, and rich all the time, and if you are not, there is something wrong with you.