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1 | Didn't ALL things come from God, evil to | 1 John 1:5 | CiY127 | 136694 | ||
God is light and in him is no darkness at all. God created Lucifer as His second in command, the angel of light. And He created him with free will and Lucifer chose to do evil. Just as we each have free will to choose to do good or evil. It was man that decided to sin against God. God did not create evil, it was Lucifer's rebellion against God that brought evil into the world. Ezekiel 28:15: You [Lucifer] were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in you. | ||||||
2 | Didn't ALL things come from God, evil to | 1 John 1:5 | pcdarcan | 136793 | ||
Free will. Without it we are simply robots. What a kindness to be created with free will! (We take that for granted sometimes, don't we.) Think about it, without free will, we would be nothing more than a computer program - acting out the programmers commands with no choice (ever). Ah, free will is a great gift - but like any gift it can be abused, both by man AND angels. A good illustration to help one see how free-will can be mis-used is this: can we say that a baby is born a thief, bigot, or a murderer? Not really. But, a baby can sure become a "thief, bigot, or a murderer" and as a result, bring evil upon their fellow man. Ah! Did you note that verb, "become". Interesting that the name Satan means "resister [of God]" and Devil means "slanderer [of God]". Any angel that would turn away from the Creator can only have "evil" on their mind because they opt not to serve their Creator, of which Love is His cardinal quality (1 John 4:8) "God is Love". |
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