So are the Christians being slaughtered in Africa and the middle east God’ will? Are they just not as faithful as you? A so are being punished for their lack of faith? Or are they being killed by evil men committing acts of evil free will?
God’s will is of the permissive nature and of the active (and “acting”) nature. The Bible is very clear, absolutely so ... that nothing escapes God’s attention and that he is in ultimate control and that he is all powerful and absolutely nothing can stop his will from being carried out.
ALSO the Bible says that God never does ANYTHING UNRIGHTEOUS and that all his actions are perfectly and 100% righteous (that kind of goes without saying).
Yet we find that God “allows” evil men to carry out evil deeds and kill people (Christians or not). Keep in mind that God has already said that all have sinned and all are deserving of death ... so if God chooses to allow someone to be killed, they were already destined to die by God’s judgement anyway. We’re told in the Bible that the “first death” (our human death) is not something to be concerned about — but that the SECOND DEATH is the one we should REALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
Those that died at the hands of evil ones, died their FIRST DEATH, but those who are Christians are SAVED from the SECOND DEATH and that is what Jesus came for.
The first death comes to all, but the second death does not come to those who have put their faith in the Messiah of Israel, for ETERNAL LIFE. To be absent from the body, in regards to those Christians is to be PRESENT WITH THE LORD - a great blessing.
And in God’s permissive will, in which no one can thwart the will of a God, He is FULLY RIGHTEOUS in all he does.
The evil ones who reject God and his salvation will be punished in the lake of fire, forever and ever for their evil deeds.