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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:
Is God evil if He has miracles and does not use them. Many think that God can work miracles. Looking about the world today many see evil happening everywhere. Children starving as the highest evil, all of us sinning as a lower evil. I suggest that if a miracle working God is in existence and does nothing then He is acting in an immoral way. He should not be followed. Debate. Is God moral or immoral for allowing the world to just go along in evil? Regards DL |
Bible Answer: DL, First it must be noted that your suggestion is not the moral standard. God Himself cannot be immoral because morality reflects the character of God. It is that which contradicts His character that is immoral. Mankind does not determine morality. Your point that "Children starving as the highest evil, all of us sinning as a lower evil." is indicative of a faulty view of morality. It is the act of sinning (i.e. immorality) that contradicts the character of God not the children starving. Your argument of what is moral and immoral has no foundation in truth or authority. It is a subjective argument that defeats itself. First, you determine that it is a moral issue with God because the children are starving. That in and of itself reveals the lack of authority behind the moral in which you try to establish. It is no longer a moral reflective of God's character but rather that of a fallen man (i.e. you). It becomes relative, no longer objective, no longer transcendent, no longer authoritative, and no longer universal. Your self proclaimed moral is based on what you as fallen man determines in your own heart as right and wrong. It has now become relative. For example, your argument for your moral position is based on a question can God do miracles. You have not even established in your argument if God can or cannot do miracles. Yet without even acknowledging that He can, you set out to then determine Him immoral because He does not measure up to your unauthoritative relative moral standard. And you would have us not follow God but you and this is the argument you have to offer as why? Please! Psalms 52:1, Psalms 119:68, Psalms 33:5, Psalms 145:9, Nahum 1:7, Romans 2:4, 1 John 1:5 "When others behave badly to us, it should only stir us up the more heartily to give thanks unto the Lord, because He is good; and when we ourselves are conscious that we are far from being good, we should only the more reverently bless Him that He is good. We must never tolerate an instant's unbelief as to the goodness of the Lord; whatever else may be questioned, this is absolutely certain, that Jehovah is good; His dispensations may vary, but His nature is always the same" -- C. H. Spurgeon Steve |