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1 | Did God create evil? | 3 John 1:11 | FlintyJoe | 207892 | ||
Among those who hold that fate rules their future are many who believe in God. They feel that God must foreknow all future events. And, based on that assumption, they reason that all future events are predetermined, for what God foreknows cannot fail to take place. Some extend this idea to belief in divine predestination, which means that God has foreordained certain ones of the human race for salvation and the rest for eternal punishment. Has God actually foreknown all things that have taken place throughout history? Does he now definitely know everything that his creatures will do in days to come? Does such a fate rule your future? The Bible makes it plain that many things that happen to people are bona fide accidents, for “time and chance happen to them all.” (Eccl. 9:11) Then, too, God extends to his intelligent creatures the privilege and responsibility of free choice. Ancient Israel was admonished to “choose life” by listening to the LORD God. The prophet Zephaniah urged meek ones to “seek the LORD.” (Deut. 30:19, 20; Zeph. 2:3) God’s Word, at Revelation 22:17, extends the invitation to “anyone that wishes” to take advantage of God’s provisions for salvation. The inspired Scriptures portray God as a merciful, righteous, impartial and loving God. (Deut. 4:31; 32:4; Acts 10:34; 1 John 4:8) Would such a one encourage people to choose what is right if he already knew that fate prevented many from doing that? |
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2 | Did God create evil? | 3 John 1:11 | bowler | 207902 | ||
Flinty Joe Please take the time to read the following post numbers in order scrolling down - 2, 3, 8 - all by Doc, and 5 by Kalos - you will find these by typing the word "theodicy" in the upper right hand corner in the search function. Doc and Kalos make a great big dent in answering your concerns here as your questions fall under the area of study called theodicy. I particularly like the part where Doc addresses the issue of that God has provided for us to know "what to do", but has absolutely no reason or responsibility toward us to provide a "why things are so". Job 38:1-15 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, "Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? "Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me! "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy? "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band, And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors, And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop'? "Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? "It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment. "From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken. blessings abound, bowler |
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3 | Did God create evil? | 3 John 1:11 | DocTrinsograce | 207904 | ||
"Many are very busy trying to construct a god for themselves, such as they think God ought to be. And it generally turns out that they fashion a god like themselves, for that saying of the psalmist concerning idols and 'idol makers' is still true, 'And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.' Psalm 135:18 These modern manufacturers of gods make them blind because they are themselves blind, and deaf because they are deaf, and dead because they are spiritually dead. Some quarrel with God as a Sovereign, and no doctrine makes them grind their teeth like the glorious truth of divine sovereignty. They profess to want a god, but... he must not be on a throne; he must not be King; he must not be absolute and universal Monarch. He must do as his creatures tell him, not as he himself wills. Their effeminate deity is not worthy to be known by the name of God!" --Charles H. Spurgeon | ||||||
4 | Did God create evil? | 3 John 1:11 | bowler | 207975 | ||
Doc Thanks for that. blessings abound, bowler |
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