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NASB | Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil. |
Bible Question: I know that God gave us free will to choose good or evil but where does evil come from? Did God create it,if so why? What made Satan sin in the first place, where did he get the idea from? Knowing many would end up in hell why did he allow evil to exist in the first place? |
Bible Answer: I know that God gave us free will to choose good or evil but where does evil come from? Evil originates in the heart. The heart is naturally wicked until God changes it. Genesis 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. Mark 7:21-23: 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Did God create it, if so why? God did not create evil, but allowed it. In his sovereignty he allows for the possibility of evil. Depending on your views, evil is not necessarily a “thing” that is called into creation by God but rather, an existing lack of something, that being God or godliness. It is a volitional act totally accredited to the one who chooses to do it. What made Satan sin in the first place, where did he get the idea from? His heart, from his heart. Isaiah 14:13-14: 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Knowing many would end up in hell why did he allow evil to exist in the first place? Since evil is in the heart, it exists because we chose it over good. 1John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1John 3:20-21: 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. WOS |