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NASB | Exodus 4:24 ¶ Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 4:24 ¶ Now it happened at the lodging place, that the LORD met Moses and sought to kill him [making him deathly ill because he had not circumcised one of his sons]. [Gen 17:9-14] |
Subject: God sought Moses to kill him |
Bible Note: Hello Doc, Just wanted to let you know that I had the opportunity to visit the website on Theodicy and I learned much from it. There was a link on the site that I'd like you to look at when you get time. I'd like your opinion on it. You will find the link at the bottom of the page titled "A Good reason for Evil by Gregory Koukl". I am unfamiliar with the author. The article is written in simple, easy to understand language and even though I found a few of his statements rather contradictory I'll have to admit he gave me a lot to think about. His views coincide with St. Augustine's stance on evil. I plan to do further study on Augustine's writings but I just wanted your viewpoint on what he had to say. I'm not saying that I agree with him, merely that he's given me new food for thought. I also found an opinion held by Norman Geisler that states that evil is nothing more than a result of free will. Geisler also draws upon St. Augustine's opinion (but does not, in my opinion, tend to agree with Koukl cited above). "In trying to answer the question of where evil came from, Geisler says that the basic elements in the theistic response to this problem are found in Augustine and Aquinas. Since their time theists have followed the contours of their thought. Both agreed on the response that can be stated as follows: 1. God is absolutely perfect. 2. God created only perfect creatures. 3. One of the perfections God gave some of His creatures was the power of free choice. 4. Some of these creatures freely chose to do evil. 5. Therefore, a perfect creature caused evil. In a nutshell Geisler says, God is good, and He created good creatures with a good power called free will. Unfortunately, they used this power to bring evil into the universe by rebelling against their Creator. So evil did arise from good, not directly but indirectly, by the abuse of a good power called freedom. Freedom in itself is not evil. It is good to be free. But with freedom comes the possibility of evil. So God is responsible for making evil possible, but free creatures are responsible for making it actual." God bless you and keep you, budderfligh |