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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: Dear Sister Azure, I'm always excited to see your questions on the forum. Instead of trying to promote some doctrine or another, or justify yourself, or argue for its own sake -- and we get plenty of these kinds of posts every day! -- you are quietly and studiously digging into the Word of God. (It was with this hope that Lockman created the forum in the first place!) Although I want you to be encouraged, I'm sure you understand that this hunger for the Word is a testimony of the work of the Holy Spirit. Each time you dig deeper into the Bible -- walking it out in your life -- it is a thousand times greater an evidence of Him than all the experiences, feelings, and signs claimed by the superstitious of our own country. It also flies in the face of the cold, dead religion of those at the other extreme. As you are only one tiny voice from the Chinese people, I realize that our Lord is graciously granting us a tiny window into your world for two reasons: (1) That we may praise and glorify Him as He works in the Far East, and (2) that we will express our dependence on Him in prayer for the many Chinese of whom we never hear. Please tell your Christian brothers and sisters that we love them and pray for them regularly. One last thing: If you haven't found it yet, take a look at this web site: www.chinachristianboks.org It contains many classic Christian works translated into Chinese. At one time Europe and this country had many great men of the faith teaching and preaching the Word of God. Because of technology, much of what the Holy Spirit taught them is available to us today. So, although they are dead men, yet they still speak! I have another Chinese resource into which I am making inquiry for you. I'll let you know. In Him, Doc |