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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: Hi Daw, God did indeed create Adam and eve with the gift of a truly free will. But when they chose evil God not only stripped them personally of that gift, but all their decendants as well. All evil is merely the corruption of that which is good. For instance: God has provided us with food which not only sustains our lives, but also can be a delight to our senses. This "good" gift becomes "evil" when we partake of it glutenously. Why Lucifer chose to rebel against his Maker or where this desire came from, I don't think we know. The Bible was no written to satisfy our curiosity. It was written for our salvation. Isa 55:8,9 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. John |