Why God Allows Evil?
From Teaching No. 9 of The Third Testament
25. Be watchful and pray, I repeat frequently, but I do not want you to familiarise yourself with this gentle advice, rather that you study it and put it into practice.
26. I tell you to pray, for he who does not pray, will surrender to thoughts which are superfluous, material, and sometimes unsound, with which, unknowingly, he encourages and fosters destructive wars, but when you pray, your thought, like a radiant sword, destroys the veils of darkness and the bonds of temptation which today are imprisoning many beings, saturates the environment with spirituality, and counteracts the forces of evil.
30. Pray, O disciples, and perfect yourselves in your elevation, so that your words of teaching and love will find an echo within the heart of your brethren.
32. When you succeed in elevating your feelings above so much human misery, the most sensitive and sincere petition in favour of your brethren will emerge from you, and that vibration of love, that purity of your sentiments, will be the most powerful swords which will destroy all the darkness that wars and passions of men have been creating.
You ask yourselves: “Then, why do the children of God live in the world, destroying and annihilating? What force motivates them to disavow and destroy one another when they all emanated from the limpid fountain of the Father? What are those forces, and why has not God, with His infinite power, stopped the advance of men who destroy the peace? Why does He permit wickedness among mankind?”
42. Listen, O disciples: The spirit possesses as his heritage, the freedom of will and the conscience, and every man at birth, is endowed within his spirit with the virtues, and can make use of them. In his spirit is the light of his conscience, but at the same time that the matter develops, so do the passions and bad inclinations, these being the ones that battle against those virtues. God permits this, because where there is no struggle, there are no merits, and this is what you need in order to ascend along the spiritual path.
What would be the merit of the children of God if they did not struggle? What would you do if you lived filled with happiness, as is your wish in this world? Would you expect spiritual progress if you were surrounded by comforts and riches? You would be at a standstill, for merit does not exist where there is no struggle.
