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1 | The origin of evil | Gen 2:17 | Hank | 102812 | ||
New Creature - The idea of man's ability to choose good over evil, right from wrong, obedience over rebellion comes to us very early on in Scripture. In Genesis 2:16,17 God laid it down to Adam: "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." ...... "Thou shalt not eat" is the strongest Hebrew form of prohibition, but the text does not say that the man cannot eat, that is, that he does not have the ability to eat. Of course he did. He had the ability to eat or not eat, and that was the freedom with which God made him. God commanded Adam not to eat of the tree, but God neither caused him to eat nor prevented him from eating. To eat or not to eat, to obey God's command or disobey it was clearly Adam's choice. As Norman Geisler rightly put it, the freedom made evil possible for Adam, but it was Adam's misuse of his freedom that led to his ruin. There are only two possibilities about the origin of sin and evil. We lay the responsibility upon God and make Him the author of evil, or else we lay the responsibility upon man for misuing his freedom in rebellion against God. The Bible thoroughly rejects the idea that God is the author of sin and evil and fully supports the idea that man is accountable for his misuse of his freedom by disobeying God. --Hank | ||||||
2 | The origin of evil | Gen 2:17 | New Creature | 102866 | ||
Dear Hank Very well put I couldn't agree more Thank you Blessings friend |
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