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NASB | Isaiah 45:7 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 45:7 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing peace and creating disaster; I am the LORD who does all these things. |
Subject: Did God create evil? |
Bible Note: I just stated the verse. Did not God create the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? He told them not to eat it. God created evil, but evil is not sin. Sin is when you choose to do evil and rebel or disobey God. Satan was the first sinner and the author of sin. God created the capacity for Satan to sin and he rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven and condemned to eternal damnation in hell. I heard a famous preacher once say, ”When I get to heaven I want to ask God why he put Satan on the earth?” IF THERE IS NO OPTION TO SERVING GOD HOW CAN WE SERVE GOD BY FREE WILL? EVIL IS THE CAPACITY TO SIN; SIN IS CHOOSING TO DO EVIL INSTEAD OF OBEYING GOD. I HOPE THIS HAS HELPED YOU, Love, Tim hines |