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NASB | James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God" [for temptation does not originate from God, but from our own flaws]; for God cannot be tempted by [what is] evil, and He Himself tempts no one. |
Bible Question: Is God responsible for evil |
Bible Answer: Hi, Grandpa... In theology the question you've asked is dealt with in a branch of inquiry called theodicy. It attempts to Scripturally deal with this problem of evil in the light of a good and holy God. God is not author of evil, that we know from the Word. John Frame, a modern theologian wrote, "Any attempt to give answers for the problem of evil through dethroning God of His sovereign power, limiting God's knowledge, or questioning God's goodness, should be refuted as biblical impossibilities. It would be nice to have a solution to the problem of evil, but not at any price. If the price we must pay is the very sovereignty of God, the faithful Christian must say that the price is too high. After all, it is of little importance whether any of us discovers the answer to the problem of evil. It is possible to live a long and happy and faithful life without an answer. But it is all-important that we worship the true God, the God of Scripture. Without Him, human life is worth nothing." That's an important point to keep in mind. However, Charles Hodge delves a bit more deeply, but makes the same point. I like his assertion that the best method of dealing with the problem of evil "to rest satisfied with the simple statements of the Bible. The Scriptures teach, (1) That the glory of God is the end to which the promotion of holiness, and the production of happiness, and all other ends are subordinate. (2) That, therefore, the self-manifestation of God, the revelation of His infinite perfection, being the highest conceivable, or possible good, is the ultimate end of all his works in creation, providence, and redemption. (3) As sentient creatures are necessary for the manifestation of God's benevolence, so there could be no manifestation of His mercy without misery, or of His grace and justice, if there were no sin. "As the heavens declare the glory of God, so He has devised the plan of redemption, ' To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places, might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God,' (Ephesians 3:10). The knowledge of God is eternal life. It is for creatures the highest good. And the promotion of that knowledge, the manifestation of the manifold perfections of the infinite God, is the highest end of all His works. This is declared by the Apostle to be the end contemplated, both in the punishment of sinners and in the salvation of believers. It is an end to which, he says, no man can rationally object. "'What if God, willing to shew his wrath (or justice), and to make his power known, endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that He might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared unto glory,' (Romans 9:22, 23). Sin, therefore, according the Scriptures, is permitted, that the justice of God may be known in its punishment, and His grace in its forgiveness. And the universe, without the knowledge of these attributes, would be like the earth without the light of the sun." In Him, Doc |
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