to the Bible, there are evil spirits who not only visit this earth but have also been known to inflict physical evil on men who live here (Mark 9:20, Luke 13:10–16). Job’s sufferings are so attributed to Satan (Job 1:6, 7). Also there were people in Jesus’ day who were said to be oppressed and afflicted with diseases from the devil (Matt. 17:14–15). 7. Some physical evils are God-given warnings of greater physical evils. Not all pain is bad. Warning pains, like alarm systems, are good since they