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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Bible Question: Something I've been thinking about for a while. God is all knowing, and a loving, merciful God. So He knew all the suffering, pain, and evil that would happen in the world. Why then did He create it in the first place and put mankind on it. Why not just not create it, if He had not created it, we would have never none it, and look at all the suffering and evil that would have been avoided. Anyone have any thoughts? wdc |
Bible Answer: God is indeed all-knowing. I think he provides suffering, pain, and evil for our benefit. Such tribulations are opportunities for us to grow in spirit. God has some big plans that we don't know about for those who have been saved, during and after the second coming, and (I don't mean to be crass, just trying to make my point), God doesn't need wimps, he needs warriors! He needs a people strong in spirit, who have suffered much and overcome! We can't control the suffering, pain, and evil that Satan brings, but we can control how we respond. If we act on faith that God is indeed loving and merciful, then surely He would never subject us to such things if He didn't know we could overcome them. The problem is, people get caught up in the world and lose sight that they *can* overcome anything Satan dishes out. Philippians 4:13, "I can do EVERYTHING [my emphasis] through him [Christ] who gives me strength." (NIV) |